The Latest Breaking News from Ashes

Injured Ben Stokes at risk of watching final day of Ashes tour from SCG pavilion

Ben Stokes is set to spend the final day of this Ashes tour watching on from the old pavilion at the Sydney Cricket Ground

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

Revealed after 100 years: how a corrupt official robbed Percy Fender of the England captaincy

Documentary makers seeking funds to finish making film of an extraordinary man and his influence on the game

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

Why Jacob Bethell was England’s best and worst selection decision of the Ashes

Bethell ended his Ashes on a high with a sublime century on day four of the final Test to give a tantalising glimpse of a bright future

The Independent UK · Jan 7

Jacob Bethell's sublime Ashes hundred cements his status in England's future

‘Starboy’ provides glimpse of what might have been had the selectors backed him earlier

Evening Standard · Jan 7

Triple threat: Webster turns SCG Test on its head

Australia are facing an intriguing final-day chase in the fifth Ashes Test after England went to stumps on day four at 8-302, with a lead of 119 runs.

AAP · Jan 7

Jacob Bethell’s coming-of-age century offers silver lining for England as defeat looms in Sydney

Bethell – 22 years old and playing just his sixth Test match – had never scored a first-class hundred before hitting an unbeaten 142 at the SCG

The Independent UK · Jan 7

Bethell’s elegant first Test century presses pause on Australia’s Ashes party

Tourists lead by 119 thanks to 22-year-old Bethell’s Swiss-clock precision and despite Australia’s unremitting bowlers

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

Young Bethell's century gives England hope for future

Young gun Jacob Bethell's century will give England plenty of confidence for the future following the tourists' mostly poor Ashes tour with the bat.

AAP · Jan 7

England superstar suffers injury in final Ashes Test

England captain Ben Stokes suffered an adductor injury in the fifth and final Ashes Test at the SCG.

AAP · Jan 6

Australia v England: fifth Ashes Test, day four – as it happened

Tourists reach 302-8 with a lead of 119 runs going into final day of fifth Test after fighting maiden century for Jacob Bethell

The Guardian - AU · Jan 6