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The Latest Breaking News on International Cricket

Bethell admits ‘tired’ England need to ‘graft’ after hitting Ashes wall in Sydney

Jacob Bethell admitted mental and physical fatigue is playing a part in England’s failings in the fifth Test

The Guardian - UK

Conscript Potts is England’s paratrooper fighting a lonely Ashes war in Sydney

While England’s batting always gets to hog the limelight, this tour has also been lost in the bowling fade-outs

The Guardian - UK

CA refuse ABC interviews over Clark's criticism

Cricket Australia have made their anger known over Stuart Clark's criticism of selector George Bailey and cricket boss James Allsopp, boycotting ABC interviews.

AAP

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Smith and Head hit centuries to help Australia grind England into the dust

Australian charity was in short supply in the middle with the hosts 518 for seven at stumps, 134 ahead, after the captain scored 129 not out

The Guardian - UK

Clarke's middle-order plea to selectors for transition

Michael Clarke believes Australia's batting is in a good place ahead of a period of transition, provided selectors do one key thing right.

AAP

Jamie Smith accused of ‘brainless’ dismissal after England collapse

Smith got himself out in extraordinary fashion on the stroke of the lunch interval

The Independent UK

Head expects he'll keep opening after Ashes domination

Travis Head has indicated he'll keep opening for Australia, after he and Steve Smith's centuries put their side in charge of the final Ashes Test.

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Joe Root eyes 2029 Ashes series in Australia – when he will turn 39

Root hit a terrific 160 against Australia in the fifth Test in Sydney, his second century of the series

The Independent UK

Ben Stokes unlikely to face reprimand for Ashes spat with Labuschagne

Ben Stokes is unlikely to face a reprimand for ‘inappropriate physical contact’ after a spat with Marnus Labuschagne

The Guardian - UK

Australia ignoring spin forgets that good bowlers are good bowlers

Why is a middling back-up seamer suddenly better than a quality spinner, whatever the conditions?

The Guardian - UK

Anatomy of an Ashes brain-fade: Jamie Smith and the shot heard around the world

England’s meek concession of the series is a waste of talent and Jamie Smith’s stroke sums up the structural failure

The Guardian - UK

Ashes: Joe Root's 160 puts England in charge before Travis Head hits back for Australia

England record their best total of the series, but it still may not be enough

Evening Standard

How Jamie Smith’s ‘dumb’ dismissal epitomises England’s brutal Ashes failure

While Joe Root’s century was all class, Smith’s inexplicable shot summed up another day where England were on the wrong side of the moments in this Ashes series, amid an impressive Australia fightback

The Independent UK

Root hits masterful century for England before Head leads Australia fightback

Joe Root’s 160 helped England to 384 but Travis Head responded with his own masterclass to lift Australia to 166 for two at the end of the second day of the fifth Ashes test

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'Wasn't good enough': SCG's bad light frustrates CA

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg was frustrated that bad light curtailed the first day of the Ashes series finale at the SCG.

AAP

Travis heads towards another ton in Test counterpunch

Travis Head is in sight of his third century of the Ashes, going to stumps on 91no and with Australia 2-166 in reply to England's first-innings 384.

AAP

Test selectors, curators urged to give spin a chance

Queensland leggie Mitchell Swepson wants more balance in pitches around the country after Australia again overlooked a front-line tweaker for the Ashes finale.

The Guardian - UK

England big guns cut loose to highlight folly of Australia’s bowling choices

Playing without a spinner is one thing, but Beau Webster and Cameron Green are only good enough to be the fifth bowler

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The Guardian - UK

Harry Brook urges England to make most of ‘good wicket’ after series-best score

‘We’re in a very good position,’ said Harry Brook after he and Joe Root helped England recover from 57 for three to end the day with 211 runs

The Independent UK

Joe Root and Harry Brook tease England with a glimpse of what these Ashes could have been

Perhaps it was not a coincidence that England’s best day of the series came on a rain-reduced afternoon where they were denied the time to stuff it up – but for one afternoon, one of cricket’s greatest pleasures occurred

The Independent UK

England on top as weather brings early end to first day of Sydney Test

Bad light and rain forced an early end to proceedings just before the tea break.

The Independent UK

Joe Root and Harry Brook rebuild England’s position after slow start in Sydney

Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell and Zak Crawley all fell quickly to make it 57 for three inside 13 overs.

AAP

Damien Martyn back talking in 'miraculous' recovery

Australian cricket great Damien Martyn has been brought out of his induced come and is progressing well amid a battle with meningitis.

AAP

Partners in time to stir up some sparks among the Ashes

The ever-adventurous Harry Brook and the somewhat more reliable Joe Root took England to 3-211 on day one in Sydney before a storm hit the SCG.

The Independent UK

Steve Smith says he has no intention to follow Usman Khawaja into retirement

Khawaja will bow out from international cricket after the fifth Ashes Test against England

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