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Why Australia will win v why England can win: two Guardian cricket writers make their Ashes cases

No 1-ranked Australia are favourites on home soil but through a forest of caveats for England, there is still a path to the urn

The Guardian - AU

Royal Ascot: Angela Hartnett among star chefs to cook at next year's event

Steve Smith of Latymer at Pennyhill Park is another new addition

Evening Standard

Ashes 2025-26: player-by-player guide to England and Australia squads

Visitors have their strongest Ashes squad in years but face an Australian team brimming with experience

The Guardian - UK

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X-factor Jofra Archer primed to unleash on Aussies

Jofra Archer put Steve Smith in a world of pain in 2019, and he's on track to get another crack at the Australian star in the first Ashes Test in Perth.

AAP

Jimmy Anderson pins Aussies as Ashes favourites

Pace bowling great James Anderson feels Australia are favourites to win the Ashes as fellow England quick Steven Finn pinpointed Steve Smith as the key danger

AAP

Numbers crunched: how the votes were cast in the Guardian’s men’s Ashes top 100

Australians dominate at the very top of our list but the overall numbers are split evenly and England lead the way for all-rounders

The Guardian - UK

England's need for speed may not suit the Ashes: Smith

Steve Smith has indicated he'd rather face England's speedsters this Ashes rather than James Anderson and Stuart Broad, given Australia's lively pitches.

AAP

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Australia’s reluctance to rest its fast bowlers could prove disastrous during the Ashes

Australia faces a huge challenge before the Ashes even begin.

The Conversation

Australia’s ‘old blokes’ rally together for the Ashes chasing one last demolition of England

Australia’s Ashes squad contains only one player – Cameron Green – younger than 30 years old but that does not mean this battle-hardened Test team are over the hill just yet

The Independent UK

Smith hits another 50 as Vics give NSW the blues

Steve Smith will enter the Ashes with a century and two scores above 50 for NSW, but the Blues were beaten by 300 runs by Victoria at the SCG.

AAP

Smith in form but NSW struggling against Victoria

Steve Smith has again shown he's in fine touch ahead of the Ashes, but his half century couldn't stop NSW conceding a 254-run first-innings deficit to Victoria.

AAP

The Ashes: Armchair guide to this winter’s series

England head Down Under looking to reclaim the urn, starting on November 21 in Perth.

The Independent UK

Ollie Robinson bowls at Steve Smith in pre-Ashes nets

The Sussex paceman has an Ashes pedigree.

The Independent UK

Australia v England: Player-by-player guide to Ashes squads — and our combined XI

England are hoping to win a Test on Australian soil for the first time since 2011 as they face their fiercest rivals

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - AU

Squad ratings: how much each Australia player can influence the Ashes series

With captain Pat Cummins injured, it’s up to five-star stand-in Steve Smith, among others, to lead from the front when the series begins in Perth

The Guardian - AU

Australia keep options open with Ashes squad selection containing few surprises

The lineup for the Perth Test appears to be locked in after a question at the top of the order was answered and the dominoes tumbled further down

AAP

Ashes bolter unlikely to play as Labuschagne returns

Jake Weatherald has beaten out Matt Renshaw for a spot in Australia's 15-man squad for the first Ashes Test in Perth, with selectors keeping their options open.

Woman & Home

Lorraine Kelly reveals her secret to 'marital bliss' as she admits laughter is the antidote to 'infuriating' each other

Lorraine and husband Steve have been married for over three decades

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The Independent UK

Australia captain Pat Cummins steps up recovery ahead of the Ashes series

The 32-year-old has not played for Australia since the West Indies series in July.

AAP

Smith puts England on notice with sparkling Gabba knock

Steve Smith has hit 118 in his first innings of the summer, in a boundary-laden Sheffield Shield knock for NSW that will no doubt be noticed by England.

Evening Standard

Housing migrants in barracks worth it to quell public anger despite cost – No 10

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman also rejected suggestions the Government had not moved swiftly enough to grasp the migrant crisis.

The Independent UK

Marcus Trescothick says bowler-friendly Ashes wickets could suit England

Stand-in Australia captain Steve Smith predicts conditions are going to make it ‘hard work for batters’.

AAP

Indoor cricket cut as CA tighten purse strings

Cricket Australia has told indoor cricket bosses it can no longer operate the sport as a result of the organisations own "unsustainable" cost base.

Evening Standard

Steve Smith to captain Australia in First Ashes Test as Pat Cummins ruled out

Cummins will not recover from back injury in time for next month’s series opener against England in Perth

The Guardian - AU

Crunch time nears for Australia as selectors try to fit Ashes batting puzzle pieces together

Plot twists have thrown up more uncertainty over which six batters will be included in the hosts’ squad just under a month out from the first Test

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