RonBall trumps BazBall as Aussies retain the Ashes Australia's players have celebrated with Test greats and declared they want to clean sweep England 5-0, after retaining the Ashes with victory in Adelaide. AAP · Dec 21, 2025
'I doubt I'll play': Cummins to join Lyon on sidelines Australia captain Pat Cummins is unlikely to play in the Boxing Day Test against England, while spinner Nathan Lyon is expected to miss the rest of the Ashes. AAP · Dec 21, 2025
Dominant Australia defeat England in third Test to retain Ashes – as it happened Australia win by 82 runs as England fall short of record run chase in Adelaide The Guardian - AU · Dec 21, 2025
Pat Cummins is in rare air as an Ashes captain. Can his Dad’s Army go around again? Captain has achieved an Ashes feat that few others have but he’s still missing an outright win in England The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025
Starc breaks England hearts again as Australia retain the Ashes in tense third Test Will Jacks, Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse resisted but Australia won the Adelaide Test by 82 runs to take an unassailable 3-0 Ashes lead The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025
Pat Cummins primed to pop the corks after bursting England’s fragile bubble Australia’s captain, the ultimate flat-wicket operator, stormed into this third Ashes Test like he had never been away The Guardian - AU · Dec 20, 2025
England on brink of Ashes defeat as Nathan Lyon stars for Australia Hosts have one hand on the urn Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2025
Zak Crawley defends Ollie Pope after latest Ashes dismissal and claims ‘he’s had a good year’ England’s No 3 has averaged 17.62 against Australia but Crawley denied that anyone’s place in the team is under threat The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025
England require Ashes miracle but avoid further humiliation as Australia on verge of victory England were left on 207 for 6, needing a 228-run miracle on day five in Adelaide, while Australia require four more wickets to seal a 3-0 lead The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025
Australia on verge of Ashes triumph as Lyon dulls England’s glimmer of hope Australia need four wickets to win the third Test and seal a series victory after Nathan Lyon struck late on day four at Adelaide Oval The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025
Zak Crawley and Joe Root show fight as England battle to avoid Adelaide defeat The tourists face a monumental target of 435 to achieve an almost unthinkable comeback. The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025
Ben Duckett falls before lunch as Australia progress towards Ashes victory The tourists were left chasing a world record 435 to avoid going 3-0 down in just 10 days of cricket. The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025
Head hundred helps Aussies home in on Ashes retention Australia have a 3-0 Ashes series lead in sight after Travis Head's century helped them to stumps on day three in Adelaide at 4-271 and with a lead of 356 runs. AAP · Dec 19, 2025
Testing timing is right as Cummins makes perfect return Pat Cummins waited five months to get the ball in his hands against England in the Ashes, and Australia's Test captain didn't miss a beat when given the chance. AAP · Dec 18, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 ‘Sack’ Snicko: England and Australia frustrated by DRS drama again in third Ashes Test England’s batting coach, Marcus Trescothick, described the use of DRS in the third Ashes Test ‘not ideal’ at the end of another day of technology confusion
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 Nathan Lyon exposes tourists’ flaws and eases into Australia’s record books Off-spinner and the returning Cummins looked as if they had never been away as the hosts’ attack proved too hot to handle
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 Graeme Swann rips into Ollie Pope after ‘awful dismissal’ as England toil in third Ashes Test Nathan Lyon dismissed Pope for three runs as the England batter’s woes continued in Australia
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 England coach denies Ben Stokes has been let down by his team after another Ashes collapse England look set to slip to another Ashes series defeat in Australia after struggling with the bat on day of the third Test in Adelaide
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025 The Ashes: England hopes fading fast after latest batting capitulation Tourists trail by 158 in must-win third Test after collapsing again on day two despite perfect conditions amid more Snicko controversy
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 England’s Ashes hopes melt away as Australian bowlers share spoils in the sun Tourists trail by 158 thanks to late stand from Stokes and Archer after Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon made impressive comebacks
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 England in dire trouble in Adelaide after another day of desperate batting Already 2-0 down after falling short in Perth and Brisbane, the tourists were found wanting for the third Test in a row.
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 Dubious Jamie Smith dismissal reignites DRS technology controversy: ‘Snicko needs to be sacked’ Smith was judged to have been caught behind despite the technology not matching up again
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 England batting collapse leaves Ashes hanging by a thread in Adelaide After defeats in Perth and Brisbane, England moved closer to an irretrievable 3-0 deficit as the top-order wilted in all too familiar fashion.
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 England’s top-order toppled again to leave Ashes hopes on lifeline England crumbled to 59 for three at lunch.
AAP · Dec 17, 2025 'A special moment': cricket unites in Bondi tribute John Williamson has performed an emotional version of True Blue as shockwaves from the Bondi shootings reverberated around Adelaide Oval's Ashes Test.