HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 | History Defined

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

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

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

The Guardian - AU · 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.

AAP · 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 Guardian - 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