England’s Ben Stokes, centre, celebrates with teammates (AP Photo/James Elsby) England managing director Rob Key has said the board will examine claims that players drank excessively during a mid-series break in Queensland, following reports that the trip resembled a “stag-do” during the Ashes. After heavy defeats in the opening two Tests in Perth and Brisbane,…
Australia 371 and 349 (Head 170, Carey 72, Tongue 4-70) beat England 286 and 352 (Crawley 85, Smith 60, Jacks 47, Starc 3-42, Cummins 3-48, Lyon 3-77) by 82 runs In the third Test, they rose again, but there was to be no Christmas miracle. Despite a gutsy fight from England’s lower order that hauled…
England 286 and 207 for 6 (Crawley 85, Cummins 3-24, Lyon 3-64) need 228 runs to beat Australia 371 and 349 (Head 170, Carey 72, Tongue 4-70) Australian relentlessness in Adelaide has all but ensured possession of the Ashes for two more years. Set a world-record target of 435 to win the third Test and…
Australia 371 and 271 for 4 (Head 142*, Carey 52*) lead England 286 (Stokes 83, Archer 51, Boland 3-45, Cummins 3-69) by 356 runs At times during the first half of the third day at Adelaide Oval, England threatened to keep their Ashes hopes alive, but on his home ground Travis Head’s second century of…
England 213 for 8 (Stokes 45*, Brook 45, Archer 30*, Cummins 3-54, Boland 2-31, Lyon 2-51) trail Australia 371 (Carey 106, Khawaja 82, Archer 5-53) by 158 runs Australia have not yet officially retained the Ashes, but it already seems a matter of “when” not “if” after England’s challenge wilted in the heat on day…
Australia’s Alex Carey, left, celebrates his century (AP Photo/James Elsby) England were weighing up whether to formally approach the match referee over the use of Snickometer technology in Australia after the company supplying the system accepted responsibility for a possible operational mistake on the opening day of the third Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval….
Australia 326 for 8 (Carey 106, Khawaja 82, Archer 3-29) vs England Astonishingly, this Ashes series is just seven days old, but it remains in no mood to slow down and take stock of its surroundings. This opening day at Adelaide Oval was, in its own way, every bit as chaotic as the six that…
Big picture: Stokes cries havoc, but is it too late as Cummins returns? The gloves are off, the dogs are unleashed, the battle is joined… or so England must fervently hope. At the third time of asking, there can be no more false dawns for an Ashes campaign that began with an optimism unparalleled for…