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'Determination': Wallaroos futures at stake before Test

Australia are about to enter a crucial period of their season, and contracts are lingering in the back of Wallaroos players' minds ahead of a series of Tests.

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Cummins reveals ODI plan ahead of Tests in South Africa

Australia captain Pat Cummins has stressed the importance of the upcoming three-Test tour of South Africa and will use white-ball cricket to get ready to fire.

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The Kiss Wallabies 'flex': don't call it an experiment

Les Kiss thinks there is more flexibility yet in the Wallabies squad that will head to Argentina for two Tests on a refreshing three-game winning streak.

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England dealt major injury blow as Dan Lawrence and Ollie Pope recalled for Pakistan Tests

Jacob Bethell will miss the three-Test series with Jordan Cox set to bat at No 3

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The numbers behind Joe Root’s mixed record as England captain

Root returns to the role having already overseen a record number of Tests as England skipper

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Final frontiers drive Hazlewood in twilight years

Test quick Josh Hazlewood wants to play alongside Scott Boland more often as he prepares to play home Tests for the first time since 2024.

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'Every road's different': a Cairns to Canberra Wallaby

A 26-year-old who never played representative junior rugby is in line to be Joe Schmidt's eighth different No.10 in the upcoming Nations Championship Tests.

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Summer break could be ‘right thing to do’ for Maro Itoje

England head coach Steve Borthwick feels the captain may benefit from missing next month’s Tests.

The Independent UK

All change for the Oval as England hope for normality after extraordinary week

It is rare to make five changes after winning by more than a hundred runs, but this has not been a normal week between Tests for England

The Guardian - UK

Ireland and Lions rugby great Fergus Slattery dies aged 77

Slattery started all four Tests on the unbeaten Lions tour to South Africa in 1974

The Independent UK

MJK Smith obituary

Cricketer who captained England for 25 Tests and amassed 39,832 runs across his first-class career

The Guardian - UK

Why don’t broadcasters want England’s tour of South Africa? This is what it says about Test cricket’s future

England’s three Tests and three ODIs in South Africa this winter are currently going ahead without a UK broadcaster, in the latest sign that bilateral series are increasingly an endangered species

The Independent UK

Departing great wants more Tests for women's cricket

Alyssa Healy played just 11 Tests across her 16-year international career, and she wants future stars of the game to get a bigger crack at red-ball cricket.

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Liam Dawson won’t ‘overthink’ Test prospects as he prepares for T20 World Cup

The Hampshire spinner has played four Tests, having made his debut a decade ago.

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England’s Ashes player ratings: Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope flop in 4-1 defeat by Australia as Jacob Bethell shines

England toiled to another Ashes humiliation at the hands of Australia

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Warne would've 'went off his brain' about spin: Clarke

Michael Clarke fears Australian wickets are doing little to promote future generations of spinners, predicting Shane Warne would have been furious about it.

The Guardian - AU

Sydney has a history of hosting Ashes comebacks – and launching dynasties

Classic New Year’s Tests offer clues for how England and Australia can end this series on their terms at the SCG and set up for the next

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Two-day Tests to cost CA Bradman-era attendance record

Two quickfire Ashes Tests have cost Cricket Australia at least 210,000 attendees, with this summer's games the shortest on average since the 19th century.

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The Ashes inspiration, overpreparation and bold tactics: a history of Australia v England two-day Tests

Old rivals have featured in eight of the 27 Tests to finish inside two days – these are the tales behind the six matches played before the current series

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'Obviously it sucks': Stokes calls for England pride

As the hits keep coming for England, captain Ben Stokes is urging his players to rally in the last two Ashes Tests, starting at the MCG on Boxing Day.

The Independent UK

Everything we know about England’s drinking habits after Ashes ‘stag do’ in Noosa sparks investigation

The inquiry follows England’s humiliating Ashes performance in Australia

The Guardian - UK

Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days

So this is Christmas. And what have we done? The Ashes is over. With two Tests still to come

The Independent UK

Zak Crawley admits outclassed England are ‘staring down the barrel’

A series defeat looms inside three Tests despite opener Crawley ditching his typical expansiveness in a dogged 85 in Adelaide.

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Greenberg makes long-term call on pink-ball Tests

Brisbane could continue to host some day-night Tests instead of Adelaide, but the pink-ball fixtures are staying on Australia's calendar until at least 2031.

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