Job done at home, 2027 Ashes has lure for Starc Australia's players insist the job is not complete after retaining the Ashes and attempting to win a series in England remains a bucket-list item. AAP · Dec 22, 2025
For first time in 15 summers, Australia need a spinner The last time Australia entered a home Test with a frontline spinner other than Nathan Lyon, Michael Beer was the surprise selection. Another big call looms. AAP · Dec 22, 2025
Australia retain Ashes as England suffer crushing series defeat England lose third Test by 82 runs as tour crumbles in record-equalling time Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2025
RonBall trumps BazBall as Aussies retain the Ashes Australia's players have celebrated with Test greats and declared they want to clean sweep England 5-0, after retaining the Ashes with victory in Adelaide. AAP · Dec 21, 2025
'I doubt I'll play': Cummins to join Lyon on sidelines Australia captain Pat Cummins is unlikely to play in the Boxing Day Test against England, while spinner Nathan Lyon is expected to miss the rest of the Ashes. AAP · Dec 21, 2025
Dominant Australia defeat England in third Test to retain Ashes – as it happened Australia win by 82 runs as England fall short of record run chase in Adelaide The Guardian - AU · Dec 21, 2025
Pat Cummins is in rare air as an Ashes captain. Can his Dad’s Army go around again? Captain has achieved an Ashes feat that few others have but he’s still missing an outright win in England The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025
Starc breaks England hearts again as Australia retain the Ashes in tense third Test Will Jacks, Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse resisted but Australia won the Adelaide Test by 82 runs to take an unassailable 3-0 Ashes lead The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025
Harry Brook’s moment of madness a fitting epitaph for England’s flawed cult of Baz The day was transformed in Australia’s favour by the batter’s failed swish, a perfect demonstration of talent being wasted and Test matches squandered The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025
Pat Cummins primed to pop the corks after bursting England’s fragile bubble Australia’s captain, the ultimate flat-wicket operator, stormed into this third Ashes Test like he had never been away The Guardian - AU · Dec 20, 2025
England on brink of Ashes defeat as Nathan Lyon stars for Australia Hosts have one hand on the urn Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2025
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. The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025
England require Ashes miracle but avoid further humiliation as Australia on verge of victory England were left on 207 for 6, needing a 228-run miracle on day five in Adelaide, while Australia require four more wickets to seal a 3-0 lead The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2025
Australia on verge of Ashes triumph as Lyon dulls England’s glimmer of hope Australia need four wickets to win the third Test and seal a series victory after Nathan Lyon struck late on day four at Adelaide Oval The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025
Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2025 Travis Head scores second century of Ashes series to crush England hopes of remarkable comeback England are now battling to avoid an unwanted record following a difficult third day of the Test series
The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025 Travis Head piles more misery on England as Australia edge closer to Ashes win Head struck a match-winning hundred in the first Test and another vital ton put his side in sight of an unassailable 3-0 lead
AAP · Dec 18, 2025 Testing timing is right as Cummins makes perfect return Pat Cummins waited five months to get the ball in his hands against England in the Ashes, and Australia's Test captain didn't miss a beat when given the chance.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 There are only two things wrong with this England team. They can’t Baz. And they can’t ball Even losing seems to involve doing so without the qualities that were supposed to make England win
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 England’s sad batting collapse leaves Ben Stokes ‘broken’ and Ashes dreams in tatters THE ASHES: Ben Stokes struggled in the Adelaide heat and Cameron Ponsonby reports on how Ollie Pope’s tortured innings was part of another England collapse to remove any lingering doubt about a series of great opportunity
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 Nathan Lyon exposes tourists’ flaws and eases into Australia’s record books Off-spinner and the returning Cummins looked as if they had never been away as the hosts’ attack proved too hot to handle
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 Graeme Swann rips into Ollie Pope after ‘awful dismissal’ as England toil in third Ashes Test Nathan Lyon dismissed Pope for three runs as the England batter’s woes continued in Australia
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025 The Ashes: England hopes fading fast after latest batting capitulation Tourists trail by 158 in must-win third Test after collapsing again on day two despite perfect conditions amid more Snicko controversy
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 England’s Ashes hopes melt away as Australian bowlers share spoils in the sun Tourists trail by 158 thanks to late stand from Stokes and Archer after Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon made impressive comebacks
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 England in dire trouble in Adelaide after another day of desperate batting Already 2-0 down after falling short in Perth and Brisbane, the tourists were found wanting for the third Test in a row.
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025 England batting collapse leaves Ashes hanging by a thread in Adelaide After defeats in Perth and Brisbane, England moved closer to an irretrievable 3-0 deficit as the top-order wilted in all too familiar fashion.