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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JULY 22: England huddle ahead of taking the field on day four of LV= Insurance Ashes 4th Test Match between England and Australia at Emirates Old Trafford on July 22, 2023 in Manchester, England.  (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

The Ashes: An English sacrifice to the Test cricket gods

Australia have won the battle but Bazball was batting for a greater cause

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 02:  Jonny Bairstow of England walks off the pitch after being stumped by Alex Carey of Australiaduring the 5th day of the LV=Insurance Ashes Test Match at Lord’s Cricket Ground on July 02, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images)

Ashes to dust: It’s just not cricket

The story of the sport is too often written by the bigots and the privileged

Godlimpi warned that even though current polls showed the ANC winning 48% of the vote next year with Cyril Ramaphosa as president, that figure was not guaranteed if the governing party could not resolve the electricity crunch.
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‘England’s character to get face-saving Test win’

Australia has already clinched the Ashes with an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series ahead of the fifth Test in Sydney next week.

David Warner clubbed 40 from just 16 deliveries.

England hit back with Warner, Marsh wickets on final day

It was painful going with Warner and Smith adding just 35 runs in the 75 minutes to drinks as the Australians dug in to save the Test on the final day

There are still 471 schools in the Eastern Cape that are made of inappropriate materials (Madelene Cronje)

Warner posts Boxing Day Test century after no-ball reprieve

​David Warner was handed a no-ball reprieve before posting a century to put Australia in a strong position over England

Kevin Pietersen during the Ashes thrashing.

Kevin Pietersen’s international cricket career ends in ashes

After a dismal show at the Ashes, England batsman and former captain Kevin Pietersen’s career in international cricket has ended unceremoniously.

Australia crush England to seal Ashes 5-0

A rampant Australia sealed a 5-0 Ashes series sweep by skittling England out for 166 to claim a 281-run victory on Sunday.

Australia beats England to claim 4-0 series lead

Australia has claimed an eight-wicket victory over England during their fourth test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Former cricket players rally around Trott

England batsman Jonathan Trott’s announcement that he was to leave the Ashes team with a stress-related illness has left many pundits feeling guilty.

Australian players Mitchell Johnson

Australia beat England by 381 runs in first test

Australia thumped England by 381 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Ashes series.

Hot spot inventor calls for removal of cricket bat coating

Protective coating should be removed from cricket bats for Hot Spot to achieve "optimum" results, the technology’s inventor has said.

Allegations that players have tried to dupe the decision review system have enraged both teams.

Tech duping allegations enrage Ashes teams

England and Australia players have rejected claims that bats may have been tampered with during the Ashes series to avoid infrared camera detection.

Australia has only once bounced back from a two-nil deficit to win a five-Test Ashes series.

Defeated Australia’s Ashes hopes swept away

Australia’s thrashing in the second Ashes Test by England has sealed the nation’s worst losing streak in 30 years.

Columnist Gideon Haigh singled out opener Shane Watson for particular criticism.

Amateur hour: Papers slams Oz team’s dismal Ashes performance

Newspapers have ripped into the team’s feeble batting in the second Test against England, fearing the Ashes campaign might have unravelled.

Australia’s bid for Ashes parity rocked by Mickey Arthur row

The Ashes Test series has been rocked by revelations that South African Mickey Arthur is taking legal action over his sacking as Australia coach.

Cricket’s decision review system needs another look, say Aussies

Cricket’s decision review system and the continuing struggles of Aussies’s brittle batting order was the cause of irritation in the first Ashes Test.

Mickey Arthur.

Australia gives former Proteas coach Mickey Arthur the boot

Mickey Arthur has been fired as Australia’s coach and replaced by former batsman Darren Lehmann, plunging the team into turmoil ahead of the Ashes.

Flintoff opens up about pressure of leading England

Flintoff opens up about pressure of leading England

Andrew Flintoff has spoken of the emotional anguish he experienced while leading England during their Ashes thrashing in Australia five years ago.