Ashes

This is where you will find all The Cricket Paper’s Ashes news, opinion and content.

BATTERED BY BORDER RAID

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Paul Edwards continues his look into the Ashes archive and this week it’s a massive home reverse for England which […]

Aussies try to up fear factor with talk of ‘quickest’ track

1 December 2017 0 comments

By Adam Collins THIS is not the Adelaide you remember. The last time England were here, it was the first […]

Ifs and butts of Ben and Jonny are keeping us in the pink…

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Adam Collins and GeoffLemon, our two Aussie journos, fly into Adelaide for the second Test trying to digest the startling […]

I do! Ashes hopes given a royal seal of approval

1 December 2017 0 comments

ASHES IN BRIEF Tradition: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle IF THERE’S anything to inspire England in the Ashes it’s a […]

Crossword

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ACROSS 1. Glamorgan seamer with a 2015 double century v. Surrey off215 balls (4) 3. 25-year-old Derbyshire lefthander with his […]

Root: We won’t stoop to Aussie style verbals

1 December 2017 0 comments

By Chris Stocks You’re having a laugh: Steve Smith, right, and Cameron Bancroft at the bizarre post-match Press conference PICTURE: […]

ENGLAND CAN PREY ON OUR WEAKNESSES

1 December 2017 0 comments

Sam Pilger speaks to Adam Voges, who hails the performances of two of his old Western Australian team-mates in the […]

WELL DONE BT… BUT REMEMBER LESS CAN BE MORE

24 November 2017 0 comments

PETER HAYTER (RICHIE KNEW VALUE OF SILENCE) No one thought to hand over a cap to BT Sport’s Matt Smith […]

HOW ENGLAND LINED UP…

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Tom Hayward Tests: 5 Runs: 321 Average: 35.66 “Plum” Warner (Capt) Tests: 5 Runs: 249 Average: 27.66 Johnny Tyldesley Tests: […]

PLUM TRUMPS TRUMPER

24 November 2017 0 comments

Even Aussie legend was no match for brilliance of Rhodes and Foster ASHES TO ASHES Paul Edwards continues his look […]

HOW AUSTRALIA LINED UP…

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Reggie Duf Tests: 5 Runs: 304 Average: 30.4 Victor Trumper Tests: 5 Runs: 574 Average: 63.8 Clem Hill Tests: 5 […]

GAMBLER BAYLISS COLLECTS EARLY ON VINCE

24 November 2017 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE In the recent past the Gabba Test has set the tone for the rest of the Ashes, so […]

That couple of minutes will make a difference!

24 November 2017 0 comments

ASHES IN BRIEF AFTER a 95-minute rain delay on day one of the Ashes, officials were always looking at ways […]

Why Trott does not deserve constant haunting from his Gabbatoir ghosts

24 November 2017 0 comments

Peter Hayter argues that England’s prolific former No.3 should not be defined by that failure in Brisbane Had he been […]

New guns fire Ashes warning!

24 November 2017 0 comments

Vince blasts back at Hayden after Aussie’s ‘rabble’ jibe By Chris Stocks at the Gabba JAMES VINCE hit back at […]

When Lillee put game’s legislators on their metal

24 November 2017 0 comments

Though not an Ashes series, Richard Edwards recalls Dennis Lillee’s aluminium bat that stirred trouble in England’s ranks ACTION REPL […]

When even the Gabba failed to spark into life

24 November 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks braves the pre match hype to witness a surprisingly muted opening day at the ‘Gabbatoir’ Starc contrast: Aussie […]

JOHNSON WAS ON HIS OWN, WINDIES HAD FOUR THREATS

24 November 2017 0 comments

Derek Pringle takes a look at how batsmen faced up to the fearsome pace bowlers of the Eighties and Nineties […]

HANDSCOB, A POM IN THE AUSSIE CAMP

24 November 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks talks to the Australian No.5 batsman about his English links and his time in the County game Peter […]

STOKES HAS A STRONG MESSAGE OF SUPPORT

24 November 2017 0 comments

The trouble was, against those West Indies attacks, that unless you hooked well or could uppercut over the slips, there […]

Keeper Davies is eyeing life at top for England

24 November 2017 0 comments

By Charlie Bennett ENGLAND are currently blessed with fine keepers but Alex Davies offers something different. The Lancashire man has […]

‘Strictly’ business as usual with all this hardtalk but there’s Danni & Co,too

24 November 2017 0 comments

Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon, our two Aussie journos, find themselves going cinematic in their criticism of the Ashes war […]

WE’D HAVE TARGETED SKIPPER ROOT ANYWAY

24 November 2017 0 comments

Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting tells Joshua Peck that, as England’s best bat, Root was always in firing line Leaders […]

Crossword

24 November 2017 0 comments

ACROSS 1. Fawad ___, Pakistan all-rounder with 168 on debut v. Sri Lanka in 2009 (4) 4. Essex captain from […]

AUSSIE SELECTIONS HAVE PRESSED PANIC BUTTONS

24 November 2017 0 comments

MARCUS NORTH Former Aussie Test Batsman Two days into this Ashes series, and there is still a lot of talk […]

Ashes

BATTERED BY BORDER RAID

Aussies try to up fear factor with talk of ‘quickest’ track

Ifs and butts of Ben and Jonny are keeping us in the pink…

I do! Ashes hopes given a royal seal of approval

Crossword

Root: We won’t stoop to Aussie style verbals

ENGLAND CAN PREY ON OUR WEAKNESSES

WELL DONE BT… BUT REMEMBER LESS CAN BE MORE

HOW ENGLAND LINED UP…

PLUM TRUMPS TRUMPER

HOW AUSTRALIA LINED UP…

GAMBLER BAYLISS COLLECTS EARLY ON VINCE

That couple of minutes will make a difference!

Why Trott does not deserve constant haunting from his Gabbatoir ghosts

New guns fire Ashes warning!

When Lillee put game’s legislators on their metal

When even the Gabba failed to spark into life

JOHNSON WAS ON HIS OWN, WINDIES HAD FOUR THREATS

HANDSCOB, A POM IN THE AUSSIE CAMP

STOKES HAS A STRONG MESSAGE OF SUPPORT

Keeper Davies is eyeing life at top for England

‘Strictly’ business as usual with all this hardtalk but there’s Danni & Co,too

WE’D HAVE TARGETED SKIPPER ROOT ANYWAY

Crossword

AUSSIE SELECTIONS HAVE PRESSED PANIC BUTTONS

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