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The Ashes: Mcgrath blames Stokes, says England should have declared early

Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath criticised the England captain for scoring way too many runs instead of trying to give his bowlers 10-15 more overs on the third day to get Australia all out

Ashes 4th Test drawn: Manchester rain washes away England and Stokes' dream

Australia has retained the Ashes after rain prevented any play on the final day of the fourth test against England at Old Trafford on Sunday. Australia has an insurmountable 2-1 lead with one test left. England needed to win the five-match series to take the urn off holder Australia. England was favorite to win the fourth test with Australia 214-5 and 61 runs behind the hosts. Only 30 overs were possible on Saturday.

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.

Women's Ashes 2023: Viewership, attendance records shattered in England

England women defeated world champions Australia in both the ODI and the T20I series. Viewership of Women's Ashes soared high with 5.3 million Live TV watchers across Sky Cricket and BBC Sports

Ashes 4th Test: It was not a day to be proud of for Australia - Ian Healy

Former wicketkeeper Ian Healy has targeted Australia skipper Pat Cummins for the team's abysmal showing in the fourth Ashes Test saying, "it was not a day to be proud of" for the visitors. Australia surrendered the initiative on the second day of the Test to England, who took a 67-run first-innings lead on Thursday and look set to pile more misery on Australia with Harry Brook and skipper Ben Stokes batting on 14 and 24 respectively. Responding to Australia's first-innings score of 317, England are 384 for 4, dealing a huge blow to the visitors' hopes of winning the crucial Test at Old Trafford. Healy was unimpressed with Cummins' tactics on Thursday, saying Australia couldn't keep the opposition in check. "It was not a day to be proud of whatsoever. We couldn't keep things tight. Cummins had a terrible day in the field. He dropped two catches and didn't see one," Healy told 'Sen Radio' on Friday. The legendary 59-year-old former wicketkeeper indicated that Cummins, while off-col

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: Carey says he would repeat Bairstow stumping if given another chance

Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey warned England he would repeat his controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow if another chance arose in the rest of the Ashes series. I definitely would, Carey said on Saturday. He has been bemused by the reaction to him throwing down the stumps after Bairstow wandered out of his crease without checking if the ball was dead. It caused unprecedented scenes of uproar in the Lord's test two weeks ago. England was chasing on the last morning. After the incident, the crowd accused Australia of cheating. The Australians were abused in the Long Room by Marylebone Cricket Club members. The club apologized. The MCC, which owns Lord's and curates the laws of cricket, added Carey was in the right. But England claimed Australia broke the unwritten spirit of cricket,' prompting each country's prime minister to back their teams. Carey and the Australians continued to draw abuse from the crowd last week in Leeds, where England won to trim the visitors' lead to ...

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

Women's Ashes: England's Capsey guides team to series victory in T20Is

Alice Capsey's explosive knock of 46 off 23 powered England to a T20I series win by 2-1 against Australia at Lord's. This victory has kept the Women's Ashes alive with Australia leading 6-4

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

Ashes: England playing Cazball, not Bazball says Australia's Glenn McGrath

The former Australian fast bowler wrote in his columns that England have been too casual in their approach in this Ashes so far

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

Ashes: Ollie Pope ruled out, to undergo surgery for shoulder dislocation

England vice-captain Ollie Pope was on Tuesday ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series after dislocating his right shoulder during the second Test at the Lord's and will now undergo a surgery in coming days. The 25-year-old batter had hurt his shoulder when he landed awkwardly during Australia's first innings in the second Test last week. He then aggravated his injury during the second innings on the third day after England were erroneously told they were not permitted to use a substitute fielder in the second essay. "England and Surrey batter Ollie Pope has been ruled out of the rest of the LV Insurance men's Ashes series after dislocating his right shoulder during the second Ashes Test at Lord's last week." "Scans in London on Monday revealed the full extent of the injury and he will miss the rest of the summer campaign and will require surgery," the England and Wales Cricket Board said in statement on Tuesday. England have not named a replacement. The third Test is sched

Ashes 2023: Australian, English media react to Bairstow runout controversy

While Daily Express' Sports lead was 'Spirit of Cricket reduced to Ashes', The West Australian's lead image showed the English captain as a baby, captioning it Crybabies

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

Bairstow's run-out creates controversy, Ashwin backs Australian keeper

Jonny Bairstow (10) ducked a bouncer from Cameron Green and walked out of the crease thinking the over had finished. However, wicketkeeper Alex Carey hit the stumps with an underarm throw

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