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Sports finance expert Professor Rob Wilson has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board and English cricket fans that giving up ‘Bazball’ could bring the national team back despite failures in the Ashes this year. In an interview with Grosvenor Sportssponsor of TNT Sport’s live English cricket coverage, as the final series against Australia draws […]
England’s Harry Brook has publicly apologized for his part in a late-night altercation during the pre-Ashes tour of New Zealand, when investigations into the team’s culture and drinking habits overshadowed another defeat Down Under. Just hours after Australia scored the winning points in Sydney to seal a crushing 4-1 victory, the latest news from the […]
The England and Wales Cricket Board has launched an immediate investigation into the Ashes defeat, with CEO Richard Gould promising “necessary changes in the coming months”. Gould, who arrived in Sydney to watch the final stages of England’s 4-1 defeat, issued a strongly worded statement just over two hours after Australia’s victory in the fifth […]
Australian head coach Andrew McDonald has suggested next week’s New Year’s Test in Sydney feels like a minor event, saying: “The Ashes were done at 3-0”. The Baggy Greens claimed a series win within 11 days of wins in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, but saw their hopes of a 5-0 whitewash vanish as the tourists […]
Joe Root insists England’s players remain “absolutely committed” to the current regime after an overdue Ashes win in Melbourne eased some of the mounting pressure. Head coach Brendon McCullum and general manager Rob Key both faced questions about their futures after England surrendered the urn with three successive defeats, but the prospect of a whitewash […]
Captain Ben Stokes marked the end of Australia’s 15-year winning streak by sharing a little hug and a few words of relief with former skipper Joe Root. Stokes will not take home the urn after defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, but he also leaves an unwanted record after overseeing his country’s first away Ashes […]
England’s long wait for an Ashes victory on Australian soil is finally over as they came out on top after two days of chaos in Melbourne. Ben Stokes’ dreams of bringing the urn home may already be over after three successive defeats, but the grim prospect of a 5-0 whitewash is off the table after […]
Some of Ashes cricket’s biggest names have attacked the state of the MCG pitch after a record crowd saw 20 wickets fall during a Boxing Day blowout between England and Australia in Melbourne. An official crowd of 94,199 broke the attendance record at the country’s largest sporting venue, eclipsing the 2015 World Cup final and […]
Chaos reigned in front of a record Ashes crowd as Australia got the better of England in Boxing Day madness at the MCG. Any sense that Melbourne’s unassailable 3-0 lead would turn Melbourne’s big match into a lame duck event was dispelled as 94,199 fans poured through the gates, the most this famous ground has […]
England captain Ben Stokes has put a protective arm around his beleaguered side and pledged his support for under-fire opener Ben Duckett. The tourists have already surrendered the urn after a 3-0 defeat and their build-up to the Boxing Day Test has been plagued by reports of excessive drinking during their mid-series trip to Noosa. […]
