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Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

Australia have an English-style bowler ready to cause havoc in the Ashes

Swann backed ‘brilliant’ Ali to add new dimension to England’s bowling attack for the Ashes

The Australian team on paper holds slight advantage on a bouncy Oval track but both Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting feel that the Indians are better prepared for the World Test Championship final beginning Wednesday with IPL game-time under their belt.

Switching from playing T20s to the longest format of the game is difficult but practising with the red ball through the IPL will help in the tough transition at the World Test Championship final against Australia, feels India all-rounder Axar Patel.

Alyssa Healy is considering moving down the order for the women's Ashes Test, concerned by the impact keeping wicket has on batting at the top and vice-versa.

One suspects that, for many Londoners, St James’s is one of those neighbourhoods that you’ve heard of but don’t really know. There’s a vibe of private members’ club to the entire postcode, a sense that, if your surname isn’t double-barrelled and your net worth isn’t at least seven figures (not…

The 2023 edition of the chunky yellow tome tells the story of the Dukes ball, pays tribute to Shane Warne and does much more

Mitchell Swepson took Australia A's only three wickets before their clash with New Zealand A petered out into a draw in Lincoln.

Coastal Carolina’s Sara Sarrion won the individual title at Caledonia with her 5-under total.

Brendan McCullum's England will face a new challenge in the home Ashes series with Australia with the heavily criticised Dukes ball now being "back to normal"