Already, two matches into this series, a pattern is developing as Australia claimed a 2-0 lead with 39-run victory at Lord’s. Once again they were put into bat and managed only a par score as Callum Ferguson top-scored with 55, but then restricted a run-chase that England should have knocked off with ease, especially after [...]
Australia have been knocked off their long-held perch as the No. 1 team in the world in the ICC Test rankings after losing the Ashes series 1-2 in England. England won the final Test at the Oval by 197 runs on Sunday to regain the Ashes. Ponting’s side has now slipped to fourth position in [...]
Amid scenes of delirium unwitnessed in South London since the unforgettable summer of 2005, England’s cricketers reclaimed the Ashes on a tumultuous fourth afternoon at The Oval, as Australia’s brave resistance – led by a century of incredible mental fortitude from Michael Hussey – was unpicked, wicket by wicket, minute by minute, until, at 5.47pm, [...]
After a devastating day of cricket, Australia is staring down the barrel of another 2-1 Ashes defeat. What happens next will be a comeback worthy of champions, or the fall of a cricketing superpower. In the fifth and deciding Ashes Test at the Oval, the Australians crumbled for a meagre 160 all out, in response [...]
England’s totemic allrounder does not quite meet the standards for true greatness. His record is more about competence, stout-hearted service and some irresistible performances at critical moments Somewhat to the amusement of observers, England seems to dwell upon and to equate The Battle of Agincourt, the repelling of the Spanish armada and the Battle of [...]
Andrew Flintoff will be fit for the decisive Oval Ashes Test after a meeting with his surgeon on Monday revealed his right knee had improved since he was left out of the innings defeat at Headingley. Following England’s humiliating loss the clamour for a fit Flintoff to be restored to the team would have been [...]
Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke moved up to second place in the International Cricket Council’s test rankings for batsmen after hitting 93 in the fourth Ashes test at Headingley. Clarke, Australia’s highest run-getter in the series with 445, recorded his career-best ranking after the tourists beat England by an innings and 80 runs on Sunday to [...]
LEEDS: Australia thrashed England by an innings and 80 runs as they won the fourth Test at Headingley on Sunday inside three days to level the series at 1-1 and revive their bid to retain the Ashes. The result left the Ashes all square ahead of the fifth and final Test at The Oval starting [...]
Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus claimed five England wickets for 20 runs in the space of 44 balls in a thrilling final hour of the second day at Headingley, as Australia built on the batting efforts of Marcus North to surge towards a stunningly comprehensive Ashes-squaring victory. North’s 110 from 206 balls, coupled with 93 [...]
Australia was fighting to keep alive its hopes of winning the Ashes series Sunday, slumping to 88-2 at stumps on the fourth day of the third test to trail England by 25 runs. Shane Watson was 34 not out and Michael Hussey unbeaten on 18 at Edgbaston after England had totaled 376 and then dismissed [...]
Ricky Ponting resisted the temptation to bowl in friendly conditions caused by a six-hour rain delay as Australia attempt to fight back from a 1-0 Ashes deficit in the third Test. Ponting won his first toss of the series and batted – a reverse of his costly decision here four years ago – and it [...]
In his last Test at the home of cricket, Andrew Flintoff broke England’s 75-year Lord’s curse with his first five-wicket haul since the Ashes-clinching Oval Test of 2005. It was, unquestionably, a performance that will enhance his already mythical status within English cricket, but more pertinently for now, delivered England to a 1-0 series lead heading into [...]
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