Brydon Carse ‘pretty daft’ to get caught up in nightclub incident – Stuart Broad England fast bowler Carse was handcuffed by police as he celebrated Durham’s win over Derbyshire. The Independent UK · Aug 24
Northants thrash Lancashire to keep Kent in sight: county cricket day four – as it happened Northamptonshire won by 316 runs at Old Trafford which keeps them close to Kent at the top of Division Two The Guardian - UK · Aug 23
Ben Stokes stars as Durham boost promotion hopes in County Championship The former England captain took five wickets against Derbyshire, while Warwickshire pipped Sussex in a Division One thriller The Independent UK · Aug 22
Essex beat Leicestershire by six wickets to go top: county cricket day four – as it happened Meanwhile there was high drama at Wantage Road, where Calvin Harrison blazed 92 from 100 balls to give Northamptonshire a seven-wicket victory over Gloucestershire with just 13 balls to spare The Guardian - UK · Jun 15
County cricket: Anderson stars as Lancashire win thriller against Derbyshire – as it happened Jimmy Anderson’s magical spell of four for seven helped Lancashire to a dramatic 29-run victory against Derbyshire The Guardian - UK · Apr 13
England bowler Matthew Potts makes brutal Ashes admission: ‘I wasn’t good enough’ Matthew Potts had an Ashes debut to forget in the final Test in Sydney The Independent UK · Apr 1
Test, Shield star Labuschagne reveals injury battle Queensland captain Marnus Labuschagne has been battling a serious thumb injury since he was hurt in Australia's Ashes victory over England in Sydney. AAP · Feb 6
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 The Independent UK · Jan 8
Australia wrap up dominant Ashes series with five-wicket victory Josh Tongue claimed three for 42 as the hosts chased down 160 to clinch a 4-1 series success in Sydney The Independent UK · Jan 8
England have only one choice after total mental disintegration in Ashes ASHES 2025-26: Comment: England have completely failed in three basic areas during this Ashes, writes Cameron Ponsonby at the SCG, to confirm exactly what must now be done The Independent UK · Jan 6
Conscript Potts is England’s paratrooper fighting a lonely Ashes war in Sydney While England’s batting always gets to hog the limelight, this tour has also been lost in the bowling fade-outs The Guardian - UK · Jan 6
Ashes: Joe Root's 160 puts England in charge before Travis Head hits back for Australia England record their best total of the series, but it still may not be enough Evening Standard · Jan 5
How Jamie Smith’s ‘dumb’ dismissal epitomises England’s brutal Ashes failure While Joe Root’s century was all class, Smith’s inexplicable shot summed up another day where England were on the wrong side of the moments in this Ashes series, amid an impressive Australia fightback The Independent UK · Jan 5
Joe Root’s 160 puts England in charge before Travis Head hits back for Australia Root was a class above his team-mates as he converted his overnight 72 into an outstanding 160. The Independent UK · Jan 5
The Independent UK · Jan 2 England set to hand out Ashes debut with Shoaib Bashir also in contention for fifth Test squad Potts and Bashir have both been named in a 12-man squad for Sunday’s fifth Test at Sydney, with Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes set to make a late call
The Independent UK · Jan 2 England seamer Matthew Potts likely to make Ashes debut in Sydney Potts and spinner Shoaib Bashir have both been named in a 12-man squad for Sunday’s fifth Test at Sydney.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025 Five things England must do to make it two Ashes Test wins in a row in Sydney Ben Stokes could take a leaf out of Keira Knightley’s book, Carse and Tongue can hurt Australia again and Crawley must dig in
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2025 Hamstring injury rules Gus Atkinson out of Sydney Test The 27-year-old bows out of his first Ashes series with six wickets at 47.33.
AAP · Dec 29, 2025 Atkinson out: England lose third Ashes quick England arrived in Australia with a four-strong pace cartel ready to rock the hosts. They will end the series with just one of them still standing.
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2025 England suffer injury blow with Gus Atkinson ruled out of final Ashes Test in Sydney Atkinson’s early exit follows the withdrawals of Mark Wood and Jofra Archer
The Guardian - AU · Dec 29, 2025 Matthew Potts poised to play in fifth Ashes Test after England rule out Gus Atkinson Tourists expected to pick fast bowler in XI for series finale at SCG, while the Cricket Australia boss is confident of a ‘good wicket’ in Sydney
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025 The four changes England must consider to revive Ashes hopes Needing to win all three remaining Tests to win back the Ashes, will England make changes in Adelaide?
AAP · Nov 29, 2025 England blow with paceman set to miss second Ashes Test Mark Wood is expected to miss the second Ashes Test, after suffering soreness in the same knee that ruled him out of England's entire home summer.
Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2025 England reject chance for pink-ball tune-up before second Ashes Test Tourists resist calls to dispatch key batters for floodlit Lions fixture in Canberra despite 11-day gap before day/night clash at the Gabba
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025 England make final call on pink-ball warm-up match amid criticism of ‘amateurish’ Ashes preparation Former captain Michael Vaughan had called for England’s senior players to head to Canberra to play a warm-up match with the pink ball