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The Latest Breaking News from Steve Smith

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - AU

Pat Cummins ruled out of first Ashes Test in major blow for Australia

The Australia captain has not recovered in time from a long-term back injury

The Independent UK

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Pat Cummins ruled out of first Ashes Test, with Steve Smith to captain Australia

Bowler resumes running as he continues his recovery from a stress injury in his back

The Guardian - AU

'Really optimistic': Cummins to target 2nd Test return

Pat Cummins' return from injury for Australia's upcoming Ashes series remains unclear, with Steve Smith to captain the Test side in his absence.

AAP

The Shane Warne effect: why some cricketers are loved by fans of their fiercest rivals

Rivalries are hard and real in cricket but the game’s capacity for fluctuating, compelling narratives creates heroes out of foes

The Guardian - UK

Chris Woakes sounds Ben Stokes warning over Ashes bowling

Woakes retired from international cricket this summer but is backing England to perform well down under

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Steve Smith expects ‘seamless transition’ if he fills in for injured Pat Cummins as Australia’s Ashes captain

Smith is likely to captain Australia in the Ashes opener if Cummins fails to recover for the Perth curtain-raiser.

The Independent UK

Smith says move to opening will be no issue for Marnus

Steve Smith famously moved to open for Australia for four Tests in 2024 before moving back to No.4, but he says Marnus Labuschagne can make the switch.

AAP

Smith feeling fresh and back to his best after two hits

Steve Smith believes pre-seasons spent in New York are providing the perfect tonic for his batting, setting him up to score runs deeper into the Ashes series.

AAP

England beware: terminally obsessed Marnus Labuschagne has gone back to basics

Australian batter, an evangelical Christian who believes this is all written out in advance, may force his way back for the Ashes

The Guardian - UK

"People found out we weren't The Beatles and that came back to haunt us": The curious case of the band whose career was derailed by a rumour

They were The Beatles – or so amillion record buyers thought in 1977

Louder

Doubt grows over Cummins' availability for Ashes

Pat Cummins' back injury hasn't healed enough to start bowling, as the Australia captain faces the prospect of missing the whole Ashes series.

AAP

Steve Smith obituary

Other lives: Copywriter responsible for memorable adverts for Harp lager, Pepe Jeans and Leyland trucks

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The Independent UK

Australia boss casts doubt on Pat Cummins’ ability to play full role in Ashes

The series gets under way in Perth on November 21.

The Guardian - UK

Speed thrills: from Donald to Archer, why pace is a spectacle like no other

In a modern game peppered with sixes and slanted towards batters, we need the raw beauty of fast bowling more than ever

AAP

Injured Cummins to play key part in Ashes: coach

Australia's captain Pat Cummins will play a key part in the Ashes series, though it may not be in all five Tests, coach Andrew McDonald says.

AAP

Usman Khawaja says Sam Konstas must blaze his own trail to the top of Test cricket but insists the power of the mind and learning from failure is paramount.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I had a lighthearted crack at Steve Smith’: James Vince on the Ashes, sandpaper and his T20 Blast record

As he bids for a fourth Finals Day title, Hampshire’s captain is enjoying a new life in Dubai as a T20 freelancer with few regrets over his England career

The Independent UK

Hundred strugglers Welsh Fire earn unexpected double win over Birmingham Phoenix

Steve Smith secured an eight-wicket success in the evening to back up a 36-run triumph in the opening game.

AAP

Smith wins, but fails to lick Tongue in Ashes preview

Fellow Aussies Riley Meredith and Chris Green have bowled Steve Smith's Welsh Fire to victory in the Hundred, but his contest with Josh Tongue caught the eye.

AAP

No contest as Warner wins duel of illustrious Aussies

The evergreen David Warner has won player-of-the-match honours - and all the bragging rights - in his Hundred knock-out win over old pal Steve Smith.

The Independent UK

Joe Root’s appetite for runs impresses fellow ‘Fab Four’ member Kane Williamson

Root shows no sign of slowing down with 22 hundreds in his last 61 Tests

AAP

Steve Smith eclipsed by Ashes rivals in the Hundred

Australian great Steve Smith has savoured his debut in the Hundred, but it was a couple of his English Ashes rivals who stole the show at Headingley.

AAP

Warner's Hundred debut stalls as Spirit are downed

David Warner made a quiet debut in the Hundred, attracting few boos or cheers as he made nine runs in his team's heavy opening day defeat at Lord's.

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