Ashes Test

Cricket Australia says 2025-26 Ashes series will begin in Western Australia

Cricket Australia said on Wednesday that the five-Test Ashes series between Australia and England in 2025-26 will begin in Perth, Western Australia. That first Test is scheduled for November 21-25, 2025 with the second a day-night Test at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 4-8. Adelaide Oval will host the third Test from December 17-21. The Melbourne Cricket Ground will host its traditional Boxing Day Test beginning December 26, with the Sydney Cricket Ground also maintaining its usual time slot for the January 4-8 fifth and final Test. Australia currently holds the Ashes, having retained them with a draw in the 2023 series in England.

Cricket Australia makes neckguards mandatory at domestic, int'l level

The Cricket Australia (CA) has advocated the use of neck protectors since the demise of Phillip Hughes in 2014

Ashes 5th Test: ENG vs AUS Playing 11, match time, live streaming in India

England vs Australia 5th Ashes Test at the Oval: Pat Cummins wins the toss and elects to bowl first. Todd Murphy replaces Cameron Green in Australia Playing 11

Ashes: Cook praises Stokes and McCullum, says won't have fit into Bazball

Cook does not criticise McCullum or Stokes for their failure in getting back the Ashes

Ashes: Rain delays start of fifth day; England's chances hang by a thread

Rain prevented play from starting on time on the last day of the fourth Ashes cricket test between England and Australia on Sunday. The weather forecast is bleak and it is possible that play will be washed out for the rest of the day. Only 30 overs were possible on Saturday, with plenty more rain forecast on what could be a frustrating final day at Old Trafford. Australia are more than happy to settle for a draw that would see them retain their 2-1 lead and the urn, meaning England will be forced to make the most of whatever windows of play are possible. They have already been frustrated by a 103-run stand between centurion Marnus Labuschagne and Mitch Marsh, but saw their prospects rise when Joe Root had the former caught behind. There is little margin for error after their 275-run first-innings lead was whittled down to 61 by the tourists, who will resume on 214-5.

Ashes 4th Test highlights: Crawley blasts 189 as ENG lead AUS by 67 runs

Opener Zak Crawley hit a rapid 189 as England dominated the second day of the fourth Ashes Test to take a 67-run lead over Australia with six wickets left at stumps on Thursday. England rocketed to 384-4 in 72 overs with a heavy dose of Bazball bravado after Australia was dismissed for 317 in the morning session at Old Trafford after resuming on 299-8. Crawley took England into the lead after just 54.3 overs with a superb flick for six off Mitch Marsh. Australia's woes continued as England was allowed a couple of overthrows when Australia captain Pat Cummins forgot to back up Steve Smith's throw from the deep, although it did have some respite when an off-balance Crawley dragged Cameron Green (1-40) on to his stumps. Crawley scored 189 in 182 deliveries, including three sixes and 21 fours, repaying the rock-solid faith England captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum have shown him. The 25-year-old Crawley's inconsistency has attracted criticism and he arrived at the crease w

Ashes 4th Test: Steve Waugh points out Australia's error in selection

Todd Murphy played in the last Ashes Test but Autrslai lost it. He bowled only 9.3 overs but picked the crucial wicket of Stokes in the first innings

Ashes 4th Test: AUS 299-8 at stumps on Day 1; Broad claims 600th wicket

Stuart Broad claimed his 600th test wicket for England, under-fire wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow took three catches and Australia batters kept the runs ticking along to reach 299-8 at stumps on the first day of the fourth Ashes test on Wednesday in what already looks like another close contest. Broad joined test cricket's exclusive club as he and Chris Woakes kept England's hopes of a rousing Ashes comeback alive at Old Trafford. Three years after taking his 500th wicket at the same ground, Broad completed another century to join a hall of fame that includes only four other names: Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Broad's teammate James Anderson and Anil Kumble. Among fast bowlers, Anderson and Broad stand alone in the pantheon. The 37-year-old Broad dismissed the series' top run-scorer Usman Khawaja (3) early on and returned after tea to bounce out Travis Head (48) as his landmark victim, overtaking Ian Botham's record for an England bowler of 148 Australian wickets in the ...

Ashes: England keep faith in Bairstow even after poor-shwing in three Tests

England moved early to show its faith in Jonny Bairstow on Tuesday by keeping the wicketkeeper for the fourth Ashes test next week at Old Trafford. Bairstow was the only keeper in an unchanged 14-man squad. England won the third test on Sunday at Headingley to stay alive in the series and trail Australia 2-1 with two games to go. Bairstow has played poorly behind the stumps, missing eight chances of varying difficulty in the first three games. He has also fired only once with the bat, making a run-a-ball 78 on the first day of the series. He has a combined 63 runs since then. That has led to calls for Ben Foakes to be restored but the selectors resisted the temptation. Bairstow was England's test player of the year in 2022 then broke his leg and dislocated his ankle in September in a freak accident on a golf course. Foakes took over but coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes promised to pick Bairstow when he was ready. His movement, however, still appeared limited. The fou

Ashes: Brook, Wood and Woakes star as England win Headingley to stay alive

The English team will stay alive in the Ashes 2023 after they won the third Test at Headingley, Leeds by seven wickets. They have come back in the series which they trail 1-2 to Australia

Ashes 3rd Test Day 3: Rain in favour of England, hosts need 224 more to win

With hardly two hours of play possible due to rain on the third day of the third Ashes Test in Headingley, hosts England managed to bowl Australia out for only 224

Steve Smith's 100th Test: Best batting average and stagging numbers

34-year-old Smith is known for his pre-ball manoeuvres, making him prone to getting caught on the crease. But the modern-day great hardly gets out leg before the wicket

Ashes 3rd Test preview: ENG vs AUS playing 11, weather and live streaming

England are already 0-2 down and in a must-win game, need to showcase the fight for survival in the series. They have removed James Anderson, Josh Tongue and injured Ollie Pope from the playing 11

Spirit of cricket debate sparked with Bairstow's stumping, Long Room drama

Alex Carey stumped Jonny Bairstow controversially on the last ball of an over. The batter did not want to take a run but was out of his crease. It didn't go well with Long Room members at Lord's

Nathan Lyon ruled out of rest of Ashes series due to right calf injury

Nathan Lyon's ruling out of the Ashes brought to an end his remarkable streak of 100 consecutive Test matches

Ashes 2nd Test, Day 5: Stokes herculean effort in vain, Aussies lead 2-0

Australia beat England in the second Test by 43 runs despite, Ben Stokes' brilliant 155. The Aussies have taken a 2-0 lead in the Ashes after the Lord's Test win

Ashes 2nd Test, Day 4: Stokes, Duckett keep England alive; Aussies ahead

On the final day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's, hosts England need 257 runs to win with Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett in the middle and six wickets remaining

Ashes Test: Bairstow pulls away Just Stop Oil protesters from Lord's pitch

Two protesters from the Just Stop Oil group ran onto the field at Lords and briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the start of the second Ashes cricket test between England and Australia on Wednesday. The environmental activists tried to spread orange powder on the field but the England and Australia players intervened. England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow tackled one protester and carried the person about 50 meters (yards) before leaving him in the hands of security over the boundary hoardings. England captain Ben Stokes and Australia batter David Warner corralled the other protester. Some orange powder was released but only on the grass, away from the pitch. Police have arrested three people and taken them into custody, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Bairstow went to the England changing room to clean himself of some powder, Lord's staff quickly cleaned up what little orange fell on the grass, and play resumed about five minutes later. Just Stop Oil

Ashes 2nd Test preview: England to test Australia by pace at green Lord's

There is not just a tinge of green, but the entire pitch looked green at Lord's on the eve of the start of the second Ashes Test. England have selected their playing 11 and it has five pacers

Ashes: Ponting offers advice to Labuschagne and Head ahead of 2nd Test

Former captain Ricky Ponting has offered technical advice to Australia batters Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head to counter England's bowling attack ahead of the second Ashes Test starting Wednesday at the Lord's. Australia won the opening Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham by two wickets in what was the first match of the new ICC World Test Championship cycle. There were a number of impressive individual performances, but Labuschagne and Head struggled in the Ashes opener. Ponting wants Labuschagne to go back to basics to find success, and has offered one-on-one time to the 28-year-old right-hander. "I'll wait for them to come and ask me. It's not my place, I'm not one of the coaches, I'm just a past player that's sitting back and analysing what a lot of these guys are doing," Ponting said in the ICC Review. "But I would like to catch up with him (Labuschagne) and have a chat about his batting, because I think what I've seen over the last couple of weeks, as far as I'm concerned, I t