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News The multi-format series will now begin with the T20Is in Adelaide, followed by the Test and ODIs The schedule for the Women’s Ashes which begins later this month has been amended to allow Australia and England more time to complete their quarantine and preparation ahead of the ODI World Cup in New Zealand. North

Report Australia rue missed opportunities as top three squander starts Australia 3 for 126 (Harris 38, Anderson 1-24) vs England Australia’s quest for another Ashes whitewash could well be washed away by Sydney’s weather after just 46.5 overs were bowled on the opening day at the SCG with rain interrupting play four times and ultimately

News But managing director of England men’s cricket warns against mass sackings as a solution Ashley Giles has apologised for England’s heavy Ashes defeat but warned against mass sackings as a solution, saying that “systemic change” is needed. Speaking to reporters in Sydney ahead of the fourth Test, Giles, the managing director of England men’s

Preview Both sides make just one change with a flatter pitch expected at the SCG and some wet weather forecast Big Picture It feels like an eternity since the end of the Boxing Day Test with the early finish on the morning of day three plus a later start to the New Year’s Test in

News England batter believes that some of his team-mates haven’t been in the right “headspace” to get the runs expected of them Zak Crawley has conceded that some of England’s batters may have been overawed in the Ashes series but believes the last two Tests could start a rebuilding process. England were blown away for

News Hollioake too won’t join the depleted coaching staff as planned due to covid reasons Covid continued to stalk England’s preparations for the Sydney Test with Adam Hollioake unable to join the depleted coaching staff as planned, a scare involving the net bowlers at the ground on Sunday and a positive test for head coach

News Some net bowlers are back, but with four coaches in isolation, everyone available has been helping with preparations Low on coaches, low on runs, and low on expectations – England’s Test team has entered 2022 in a pretty grim state but captain Joe Root is clinging to the hope that the turnaround can begin

News “There is a long time between now and the tour of the Caribbean in March and I have never been one to make emotional decisions.” Stuart Broad has said he will not take “any spur-of-the-moment calls” on his future as an England player after a “very disappointing” tour to Australia which has seen him

News Stokes insists under-fire Chris Silverwood retains dressing room’s support Ben Stokes has insisted that he has never held any ambition to be England’s Test captain on a permanent basis and that Joe Root and Chris Silverwood retain the “thorough support” of the dressing room. Root enjoyed a remarkable period with the bat in 2021,

News Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, George Garton, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley and James Vince to head home by January 7 Six members of England’s T20I squad are to be withdrawn from the BBL by January 7 to allow them time at home in the UK before flying out for the tour of the West Indies.

News Adam Hollioake added to coaching staff after Covid-19 isolation rules hit tourists England’s batters have been given a “wake-up call” and an “education” by Australia’s bowling attack in the first three Ashes Tests. That is the view of Graham Thorpe, their assistant coach, who will stand in for the self-isolating Chris Silverwood in next

News Former Test captain advocates radical change with call for ECB to impose Hundred template on first-class game Former England batter Kevin Pietersen believes that the ECB must create a first-class competition with a similar structure to the Hundred if the men’s Test team is to “return to its former glories”. Pietersen, an Ashes winner

News England’s leading wicket-taker says county pitches must improve James Anderson has called for English cricket to “redress the balance” between red- and white-ball formats, throwing his weight behind Joe Root’s demand for a “reset” in priorities. “It’s a big part of where the game is at in our country right now that the only

News Kirsten was beaten to the role by the under-fire Chris Silverwood in 2019 Gary Kirsten has declared his interest in becoming head coach of England’s Test team, with Chris Silverwood likely to pay for their Ashes debacle with his job. Kirsten, the former South Africa and India coach, has applied for the role twice

News A family member has become the seventh positive case in the England touring squad England head coach Chris Silverwood will miss the fourth Test in Sydney after being forced to isolate for 10 days due to a family member becoming the seventh Covid-19 case within the touring party. Covid cases started to emerge in

News “He’s got a great cricket brain and I think his record as England captain is actually pretty good.” Root will become England’s most experienced Test captain during the fourth Test in Sydney, going clear of Alastair Cook by leading them for the 60th time, but despite his own record-breaking year with the bat, his

News Play will resume on the third day after a clear set of results among the playing groups but questions remain Cricket Australia is breathing a huge sigh of relief after all players from Australia and England returned negative tests to COVID-19. The outcome of those tests left CA sweating on not only the remainder

Report England blown away in little more than an hour on third morning for third Test rout Australia 267 (Harris 76, Anderson 4-33) beat England 185 (Root 50, Cummins 3-36, Lyon 3-36) and 68 (Boland 6-7, Starc 3-29) by an innings and 14 runs Scott Boland’s six-wicket haul on Test debut powered Australia to an

Report Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland both strike twice in an over as Australia look to capitalise on 82-run lead England 185 and 4 for 31 (Boland 2-1, Starc 2-11) trail Australia 267 (Harris 76, Anderson 4-33) by 51 runs Some vintage James Anderson bowling kept England in the contest on an eventful second day of

News Play was delayed by 30 minutes after two members of England support staff and two family members returned positive Covid tests Two members of England’s support staff and two members of England’s family group have returned positive Covid-19 rapid antigen tests on day two of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne but the match

News Latest failure adds to scrutiny on tourists’ methods and approach Going into the third Test, captain Joe Root had called for a response from his team after “basic mistakes” in Brisbane and Adelaide had left them 2-0 down in the series. However, Root was again left flying a lone standard, top-scoring with 50 as

Report England dismissed for 185 after another flaky display with the bat in Melbourne Australia 1 for 61 (Warner 38, Harris 20*, Anderson 1-14) trail England 185 (Root 50, Cummins 3-36, Lyon 3-36) by 124 runs It was a case of the more things change the more they stay the same for England as Australia

News Yorkshire and England legend passes away after long battle with esophageal cancer Ray Illingworth, England’s Ashes-winning former captain, head coach and chair of selectors, has died at the age of 89, following a battle with esophageal cancer. As an offspinning allrounder, Illingworth’s professional career spanned a remarkable 32 years, from his debut for Yorkshire

News David Malan said it was important players did not go into the shell but some were learning on the run Dawid Malan admitted England’s players are “hurting” after the drubbings in the opening two Ashes Tests but added that it’s vital that they do not become too defensively minded and still aim to put

Preview The series is still alive, but only just, with England making four changes as they look to hit back Big Picture The Ashes is alive heading to Melbourne…thanks to the schedule. In the last two series Australia have had things tied up before Christmas, but with two Tests in the New Year this iconic

News Uncapped trio set to win opportunities in absence of players involved on Ashes tour England could hand T20I debuts to George Garton, David Payne and Phil Salt against West Indies in January but have stuck with the core of the squad that was knocked out in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. The

News Only a victory in Melbourne will keep the Ashes alive heading into the new year There is a chance that 2021 finishes as a record-breaking year for Joe Root, and record-equalling for England, but for significantly different reasons. Root currently sits fourth in the list for most runs scored by a batter in a

News Captain says he expects response from team in Melbourne with series on the line Joe Root, England’s Test captain, has admitted that “basic mistakes” from his team in Australia had left him feeling angry and frustrated. With the tourists 2-0 down and struggling to stay alive in the series, Root said he would “expect

News Analysis England would not ideally be turning to a batter who averages 11.14 in Tests this year – but their situation is far from ideal Zak Crawley was mapping out his route to Test cricket when he was still a teenager. At the time he told a local newspaper about spending the 2017-18 winter

News Analysis Last year’s Test surface was very good after life has been injected into the drop-in wickets England would give anything for one of their batters to replicate Alastair Cook‘s 244 not out at the MCG this week. But the chances of that happening on the new and improved surface appear as remote as