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Ben Stokes eager to keep Ashes thoughts at bay as England prepare to end 2024
Ben Stokes plans to turn down the volume on England’s Ashes talk, insisting his side must focus on the here and now. This week’s clash against...
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/ 4 months agoBrydon Carse relishing prospect of ‘dream’ Ashes trip after England breakthrough
England seamer Brydon Carse is licking his lips at the prospect of being involved in the Ashes with the long countdown...
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/ 6 months agoPerth to host Ashes 2025-26 series opener in November
Perth will host the opening Test match of an Ashes series for the first time next year, Cricket Australia has announced....
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/ 8 months agoDifferent strokes for different Woakes
By Phil Walker A year ago to the month, Chris Woakes sat back in the stands at The Oval, overlooking the...
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A Cricket Life
/ 12 months agoA Cricket Life with Michael Vaughan
Interview by Jo Harman A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the ex-England skipper...
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/ 2 years agoIt’s a summer of redemption
Australian opener Usman Khawaja talks about an epic Ashes series in which he was rarely far from the action Usman Khawaja...
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/ 2 years agoSangakarra awards Poms a moral win
By Mel Farrell Australia may have retained the urn, but cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara believes Ben Stokes’ side achieved something greater...
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/ 2 years agoWe need a re-think says Hogg
Aussie ace wary of Bazball down under By Gary Fitzgerald Brad Hogg has admitted that Australia must be prepared to ‘change...
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/ 2 years agoMLC chief: We can reign long term
By Richard Edwards Star-spangled: Big names such as Rashid Kahn and Marcus Stoinis thrilled the crowds PICTURES: Alamy Major League Cricket...
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/ 2 years agoThe numbers game
The Cricket Paper looks at the very best statistics from Stuart Broad's glittering career 847: Broad’s tally of international wickets –...
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/ 2 years agoThe best of the tributes to Stuart Board
Test best: Broad walks off after hitting 169 against Pakistan Glenn McGrath, writing for the BBC: Australia may have always cast...
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/ 2 years agoSimply, an unforgettable Ashes series
We take a look at the key moments from a summer that will live long in the memory Can they do...
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/ 2 years agoThe Cricket Paper’s Ashes Team Of The Series
ZAK CRAWLEY 5 matches, 480 runs @ 53.33, 1 hundred, 2 fifties A remarkable few weeks for an opener who entered...
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/ 2 years agoThe tale of the Test
THE STORY FROM THE OVAL James Wallace runs through a thrilling final Ashes instalment at The Oval which saw England draw...
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/ 2 years agoBroad: Murphy ball was meant to be the end
Stuart Broad thought he was running in to bowl his final ball for England before he ended up dismissing Todd Murphy...
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/ 2 years agoBotham leads tributes as Broad bows out on high in England win
England great Sir Ian Botham led the tributes to Stuart Broad after the 37-year-old bowed out of Test cricket on a...
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/ 2 years agoCummins rues ‘missed opportunity’ as Oval defeat denies Australia Ashes win
Australia captain Pat Cummins saw another Ashes defeat at the Kia Oval as a missed opportunity but was proud to play...
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/ 2 years agoBroad and England’s victory bid held up by Australia openers
Stuart Broad’s hopes of retiring in a blaze of glory threatened to go awry as his old rival David Warner helped...
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/ 2 years agoZak attack set the tone
By Jim Wallace Elegant: Joe Root flicks one off his pads for four more in his 91 PICTURE: Alamy ZAK Crawley...
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/ 2 years agoBuoyant Brook lifts the mood
THE STORY FROM THE OVAL: DAY 1 INSIGHT By Jo Harman THERE WAS an inescapable flatness in the build-up to the...
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/ 2 years agoLocal grit halts farewell party
THE STORY FROM THE OVAL: DAY 2 INSIGHT By Phil Walker At last: Jimmy Anderson celebrates after bowling Mitch Marsh PICTURES:...
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/ 2 years agoEalham denied scalp
It looked set to be a memorable moment for George Ealham, England’s 21-year-old substitute fielder. Well set on 42, Australia’s Steve...
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/ 2 years agoThe last days of summer
OVAL OVATIONS – THE ASHES IN THE 21ST CENTURY A look back at Ashes Tests this century at The Oval where...
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/ 2 years agoWhen Zak showed the Aussies a thing or two
By Richard Edwards We’ve been here before: Steve Smith congratulates Crawley on his stellar innings PICTURES: Alamy In the end it...
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/ 2 years agoBrook hails ‘decent’ first day as England look to level Ashes
Harry Brook insisted England were happy with their work after being bowled out for 283 on day one of the concluding...