Australia pacer Mitchell Starc cleared of serious foot injury
However, the left-arm pacer remains in doubt for the Boxing Day Test against England. Jackson Bird is the reserve seamer in the Australia squad.
Dec 20, 2017, 10:17 AM IST
Steve Smith equals Len Hutton's record, now only behind Don Bradman
The Australia captain has equalled the English batting legend's tally of 945 points on top of the ICC Test Player Rankings and is now only behind the greatest batsman of all, Bradman.
Dec 19, 2017, 12:48 PM IST
Sanjay Manjrekar trolls 'English batsmen' after Ashes fiasco
"As long as we have English batsmen, we will have balls of the century," Manjrekar tweeted on Tuesday.
Dec 19, 2017, 12:27 PM IST
The new Bradman? Quirky Steve Smith rises to exalted heights
Steve Smith has broken English hearts and smashed records with his phenomenal Ashes batting and is being acclaimed as the best Australian batsman since the greatest of all, Don Bradman.
Dec 19, 2017, 09:45 AM IST
England face postmortem after Ashes capitulation
England will have to make some tough decisions about the futures of some of their most decorated senior players after they were ruthlessly exposed by Australia in a 15-day Ashes capitulation.
Dec 19, 2017, 09:33 AM IST
Ashes: Watch how Perth squall swept the groundstaff at WACA
In a video on Twitter, the groundsmen could be seen running to prevent from being engulfed by the covers that blew and then rose up gaining height like Tsunamic waves.
Dec 18, 2017, 12:35 PM IST
Ashes: Wobbly England 71/3 at tea after Australia declared at 662/9 on Day 4 of Perth Test
After Smith top-scored for the hosts with 239, three quick wickets by Hazlewood - who removed both England openers - and Nathan Lyon put the hosts within seven wickets of reclaiming the Ashes.
Dec 17, 2017, 11:43 AM IST
Ashes: Alastair Cook not thinking about retirement ahead of 150th Test
Cook, former captain and England's most prolific Test run-scorer, has made 62 runs in four innings as the tourists have gone 2-0 down in the five-match series in Australia.
Dec 12, 2017, 14:06 PM IST
Final farewell to the WACA - England`s theatre of nightmares
The WACA ground, where the third Ashes Test will be played this week, has been described as ramshackle, frozen in time, evocative and a veritable graveyard for visiting teams.
Dec 12, 2017, 11:42 AM IST
England face last Ashes stand at WACA graveyard
England's chaotic tour reaches the point of no return as Australia, 2-0 up in the five-match series, look for an Ashes-clinching victory in the last ever Test to be played at the WACA Ground in Perth.
Dec 12, 2017, 11:12 AM IST
In Ashes exile, Ben Stokes travels to New Zealand for 'work on golf swing'
The fiery allrounder was tight-lipped after touching down in Christchurch, where he hopes to play first-class cricket for the Canterbury in New Zealand's domestic one-day competition.
Nov 29, 2017, 14:06 PM IST
Ashes: Nathan Lyon challenges England batsmen to go after him in Adelaide
The 30-year-old has returned to his former home ground in top form ahead of the Test, which starts on Saturday, after taking five wickets in Australia's easy win at the Gabba.
Nov 29, 2017, 13:59 PM IST
Ashes: Aussie 'adults' don't need curfew, says coach Darren Lehmann
Lehmann spoke after England banned their team from being out after midnight following Jonny Bairstow's headbutt on Australian opener Bancroft in a Perth bar late last month.
Nov 29, 2017, 10:45 AM IST
Ashes outcast Ben Stokes eyes New Zealand hit-out
The Ashes resumes on Saturday when the day-night second Test starts in Adelaide.
Nov 28, 2017, 21:46 PM IST
'Man of the Match' Steve Smith praises Australia's Ashes grit
Australia sealed a dominant victory before lunch on Monday, having chased 170 runs without the loss of a single wicket in a blow to England’s pride.
Nov 27, 2017, 11:06 AM IST
Ashes: England can bounce back from Gabba hiding, says Joe Root
Root’s team matched Australia for three days at the Gabba but their batsmen crumbled on day four to be dismissed for 195 in the second innings.
Nov 27, 2017, 10:59 AM IST
Ashes: Cameron Bancroft, Jonny Bairstow play down 'headbutt' incident
With his captain Steve Smith sat beside him laughing, Bancroft recalled the meeting that prompted sensational reports in the Australian media on the eve of the home side’s victory in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba.
Nov 27, 2017, 10:19 AM IST
Ashes: Stonewall Steve Smith drags Australia back from the brink
Captain Steve Smith frustrated England with a fighting half-century and pushed Australia to 165/4 at the close of a see-sawing day two, rescuing the hosts after a top-order collapse in the series-opening Ashes test in Brisbane on Friday.
Nov 24, 2017, 14:38 PM IST
Ashes, 1st Test: Australia fight back but England 137 runs ahead at stumps on Day 2
Australia dismissed England for 302 and then survived loss of early wickets to reach 165/4 at stumps, led by skipper Steve Smith's unbeaten half-century and Shaun Marsh on 44.
Nov 24, 2017, 13:29 PM IST
Ashes: James Vince collects praise for fighting knock
Vince fell short of a potentially career-defining century on day one of the first Test at the Gabba, with Nathan Lyon running him out after tea at 83.
Nov 23, 2017, 16:36 PM IST
