Smith backs axing but day-night Ashes Test not dead yet Steve Smith has backed calls to axe the day-night Test from Australia's next home Ashes series, but things might not be so simple for organisers. AAP · Jan 15
Aussie in the frame as England RL World Cup coach Shaun Wane has stepped down as England rugby league coach, with Australian Willie Peters among those being tipped to take his place for the World Cup. AAP · Jan 14
Shaun Wane steps down as England coach in World Cup year England lost all three home Ashes Tests against Australia last autumn The Independent UK · Jan 14
Ashes hero Starc's summer far from over with BBL return Australia's Ashes hero Mitchell Starc is far from feeling spent, saying there's one more item on the bucket list ahead of his BBL return with the Sydney Sixers. AAP · Jan 14
Why Sean Abbott won't give up on T20 World Cup hopes Sydney Sixers gun Sean Abbott missed the cut for Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad but is on stand-by for a late call-up. AAP · Jan 11
Ashes calamity has trashed McCullum’s credibility. It’s time to call on Alec Stewart England’s best performances came when the players didn’t follow the coach’s rhetoric and that highlights the problem with his one-dimensional approach The Guardian - UK · Jan 11
Ashes 2025-26: our writers’ end-of-series England v Australia awards Brainless moments, moral victories and tough lessons were abundant during a series that still provided plenty of drama The Guardian - UK · Jan 10
England ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastime The Guardian - UK · Jan 9
All-heart Travis Head leaves indelible mark on Ashes series by playing his own game The Australian’s rare attitude to the game and his destructive batting against England have seen him elevated to cult hero status The Guardian - AU · Jan 9
Alastair Cook outlines stance over becoming England’s next head coach The former England captain has been linked with replacing Brendon McCullum as head coach The Independent UK · Jan 9
Brendon McCullum to continue as England head coach ahead of T20 World Cup Major decisions expected to be made following the tournament Evening Standard · Jan 9
Brendon McCullum holds talks on England future and ‘keen to carry on’ The head coach’s position is under scrutiny as the ECB reviews a dismal Ashes defeat. The Independent UK · Jan 9
Ben Stokes ready to deliver some hard truths in England's Ashes post-mortem The England captain admits that the ‘Bazball’ approach has not been working Evening Standard · Jan 9
Sports quiz of the week: Ashes, Afcon, Australian Open and moving managers Have you followed the big news in football, cricket, boxing, tennis, athletics, snooker, darts and cycling? The Guardian - UK · Jan 9
The Guardian - AU · Jan 9 Green or Webster, Head the opener: Australia’s searching questions to rise from the Ashes Australia take away 4-1 series victory and bragging rights but also a number of issues that need to be addressed over a busy 18-month period ahead
The Guardian - AU · Jan 9 Five Ashes charts: the numbers that show how Australia got the better of England From Ben Stokes’s drastically reduced strike rate to Mitchell Starc’s imperious bowling figures, the statistics from the series tell their own story
AAP · Jan 9 Nostradamus Starc and Smith saw England's woes coming Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc's Ashes predictions have proven correct, with the pair highlighting England's biggest bowling issues months before the series.
AAP · Jan 8 Starc warning: age no barrier for Aussies at next Ashes When Australia left England after the 2023 Ashes, it looked likely most of the squad could retire before 2027. Now, the vast majority look set to return.
AAP · Jan 8 Travis Head compared to legend after brilliant Ashes Travis Head has been compared to Test legend and former teammate David Warner after his sparkling Ashes series at the top of the batting order.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 8 The mediocre Ashes: England arrived as a rabble and Australia weren’t much better Australia were there for the taking but Brendon McCullum’s tourists were so poor and ill-prepared they never got close
The Guardian - UK · Jan 8 Sack the vibe: goodbye Bazball and hello England’s search for a cricketing soul There have to be consequences for Rob Key and Brendon McCullum but English cricket’s problems lie much deeper and will be much harder to fix
AAP · Jan 8 Stokes concedes other teams are decoding Bazball Ben Stokes has pledged to fight for "very, very, very good coach" Brendon McCullum as other teams begin to decode his 'Bazball' tactics.
AAP · Jan 8 Smith, Starc come to defence of George Bailey Mitchell Starc and Steve Smith have pointed at Australia's success during George Bailey's time as chief selector, dismissing criticism of him during the Ashes.
The Independent UK · Jan 8 Kevin Pietersen calls for six England changes after miserable Ashes defeat England slumped to a heavy 4-1 Ashes series defeat with the ECB set to ‘review’ a difficult tour
The Guardian - UK · Jan 8 England’s Ashes humbling was more a series of letdowns than ‘series of our lives’ They landed in Perth expecting to challenge Australia but after a 4-1 defeat and more off-field revelations, the laid-back approach of McCullum’s regime is in the ECB’s sights