Ashes fallout continues as Seven faces $7m revenue hit from two-day Tests Unusually brief series affects free-to-air broadcaster as Southern Cross Media Group reports 2.1% revenue drop on last year The Guardian - AU · Feb 11
T20 World Cup fatigue hits Australia amid concern over injuries and form As Australia head into the fourth men’s tournament in less than four-and-a-half years there are questions about how much it means to players and fans The Guardian - AU · Feb 8
Zampa four-fer can't save Aussies in Pakistan defeat With three new faces in their team, Travis Head's Australia have succumbed to a 22-run defeat against Pakistan in their first T20 international in Lahore. AAP · Jan 29
'No stress': Aussie skipper on disjointed T20 lead-in Australia's T20 captain Mitch Marsh says a disjointed preparation won't be an issue against Pakistan in a three-match series ahead of the World Cup. AAP · Jan 28
Batter up: BBL announce exciting new innovation BBL teams will be allowed to select a designated batter - similar to baseball's designated hitter - in a move designed to boost the league's star power. AAP · Jan 15
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
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
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 The Guardian - AU · Jan 9
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. AAP · 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
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 The Guardian - UK · Jan 8
Taking a closer statistical look at where the Ashes urn was lost for England Jacob Bethell’s brilliant 154 in Sydney lifted him to the top of England’s batting averages. The Independent UK · Jan 8
Who fired and who flopped? Aussie Ashes player ratings A look at how Australia's players fared in their 4-1 Ashes series triumph over England. AAP · Jan 8
The Guardian - AU · Jan 8 Talismanic Mitchell Starc adds final flourish to his imperious Ashes series The bowler’s smarts and stamina from the first ball in Perth to the last in Sydney – not to mention his batting – made him a worthy man of the series
AAP · Jan 8 Mitchell Starc named Ashes player of the series Australia's Mitchell Starc has been crowned player of the Ashes series for his superb performances in leading the bowling attack against England.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 8 Australia hold on to win fifth Ashes Test and leave England rueing missed chances Alex Carey hits winning runs at SCG to defeat tourists by five wickets as hosts wrap up Ashes series 4-1
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
AAP · Jan 8 Questions linger as Weatherald's debut Test series over The curtain has officially come down on Jake Weatherald's first Test series but questions linger as to whether he will remain atop the order in the long term.
AAP · Jan 7 Bucket list item still looms after Ashes domination Australia have produced one of the most impressive series wins of the Andrew McDonald era in the home Ashes, but the lure of 2027 still looms large.
AAP · Jan 6 Bethell staving off Australia's push to finish Ashes England's batters have fought back on the fourth day at the SCG to go to tea at 3-174, but they still trail Australia by nine runs in the fifth Test.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 6 Majestic Smith passes Hobbs to leave only Bradman clear on top of Ashes mountain The great Australian batter was typically twitchy before passing his latest personal milestone in Sydney
The Independent UK · Jan 6 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 Guardian - UK · Jan 6 Bethell admits ‘tired’ England need to ‘graft’ after hitting Ashes wall in Sydney Jacob Bethell admitted mental and physical fatigue is playing a part in England’s failings in the fifth Test
The Guardian - 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