Australia survive Stokes heroics to take 2-0 Ashes lead

Australia secured another nail-biting victory in the 2023 Ashes on day five of the second Test, surviving an astounding Ben Stokes century in the fourth-innings to establish a 2-0 lead in the series. The English captain threatened to pull off another Ashes miracle on a chaotic final day at Lord’s but eventually departed on 155 […]

Starc, Cummins put Australia within touching distance of Lord’s victory

Australia inched closer to taking a 2-0 Ashes lead on day four of the second Test at Lord’s after a sensational new-ball burst from Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins rattled the English top order in their chase of 371. The hosts recovered nicely in the morning to bowl Australia out for 279, but their hopes […]

Khawaja half-century hands Australia the advantage on Day 3

Australia strengthened their grip over the second Ashes Test on day three at Lord’s, taking advantage of some wasteful batting from England to secure a 91-run first innings lead in the morning before stretching that advantage to 221 by the close of play. Usman Khawaja led the way with another half-century for Australia, adding an […]

Australia dismiss openers to edge ahead on rain-hit Day 3

Australia gained the upper hand on a rain-hit third day of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, dismissing both English openers in a chaotic 22-ball spell under lights before persistent showers brought an early close of play. The hosts enjoyed a profitable morning session, picking up the final four Australian wickets for just 14 runs, […]

Root century leads England’s charge on whirlwind Ashes Day 1

The opening day of the 2023 Ashes lived up to the hype as England treated a full house at Edgbaston to another entertaining display with the bat against their age-old rivals. Joe Root led the way for the hosts, creaming a majestic century to take England to 393 for 8 before Ben Stokes’ daring declaration, […]

The Ashes 2023 – Series Preview

Test cricket’s fiercest rivalry resumes on Friday at Edgbaston as England take on Australia in the first Ashes Test of the summer in Birmingham. After losing 4-0 last time out in Australia, Ben Stokes’ new-look England side will look to change their fortunes against their age-old rivals and regain the Ashes for the first time […]

England implode under the lights as Australia seal 4-0 series victory

Day three of the fifth Ashes Test began with some hope of a consolation English victory in Hobart before eventually descending into chaos as the visitors lost all their final ten wickets in the space of 22.5 overs. Chasing a target of 271, England collapsed from 68 for no loss to 124 all-out as Pat […]

Travis Head century leads Australia fightback after early collapse

Travis Head’s free-flowing century outlined another successful day for Australia in the first-ever Ashes Test played at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, helping the hosts recover after the top order collapsed to 12 for three inside the opening ten overs. The South Australian was given good company by Marnus Labuschagne (44 off 53) and Cameron […]

England pick up two late strikes on rain-soaked Day 1 in Sydney

The rain played spoil-sport on the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, allowing only 46.5 overs of action in a stop-start day’s play. Having already sealed the series victory in Melbourne, Australia’s hopes of a clean-sweep were curtailed by the moody Sydney weather and a strong start from the […]

Starc, Lyon shine for Australia as England suffer another batting collapse

England’s Ashes hopes continued to crumble on day three of the second Test in Adelaide as the visitors collapsed from 150 for two to 236-all-out to give Australia a first-innings lead of 237. Joe Root and Dawid Malan steadied the ship for England in the morning session with another excellent century partnership, but Mitchell Starc […]