Ashes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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