Aussies take the lead after messy day at Gabba Australia have chased down England's first-innings total in the second Ashes Test, but the hosts have left the door open with some batting brain-snaps. AAP · Dec 5, 2025
Starc, Root star on seesawing first day of Gabba Test The second Ashes Test has begun with Mitchell Starc and Joe Root standing up for their respective sides. AAP · Dec 4, 2025
Australia v England: Ashes second Test, day one – as it happened Advantage England as Joe Root hits his first hundred on Australian soil in the second Test at Brisbane. The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2025
Cummins conundrum is key as Australia try not to overthink tactics Will the captain return? Will Nathan Lyon play? Who will open? Ashes hostilities are renewed and the hosts don’t need to ask too many questions The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2025
In face of Bazball, Smith opens up on the Aussie way Steve Smith has offered an insight into Australia's plan to counter the English "Bazball' tactics in the second Ashes Test at the Gabba. AAP · Dec 3, 2025
In the pink? Cricket bosses and players still not seeing benefit of day-night Tests The Ashes pink-ball Test at the Gabba may once again leave many in the sport wondering if the format has a future The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025
Pat Cummins poised to return for Australia in second Ashes Test at Gabba Steve Smith hints fast bowler may be late call-up in Brisbane, while Josh Inglis is favoured to replace injured Usman Khawaja The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2025
'Looks pretty good': Cummins eyeing Gabba Test return Test captain Pat Cummins is a chance of returning to the Australian Test team when the Ashes series continues at the Gabba. AAP · Dec 3, 2025
Flailing Usman Khawaja’s Test future now lies out of his own hands After years of selectors arguing that his presence brings stability to Australia, the injured opener is now the team’s main source of uncertainty The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2025
Khawaja out of second Ashes Test and into the unknown Beleaguered opener Usman Khawaja is out of the second Ashes Test due to the back injury that afflicted him in Perth. AAP · Dec 2, 2025
England have 'massive confidence' for Gabba Test Despite a huge loss in the series opener, England's Brydon Carse says the tourists have reason for confidence heading into the second Ashes Test. AAP · Dec 1, 2025
Brydon Carse confident England can recapture hostility in second Ashes Test The tourists were condemned to a two-day loss in Perth but it was not one-way traffic. The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2025
Pink-ball batting master still prefers red-ball cricket Australia's No.3 Marnus Labuschagne has weighed into debate as to whether the Ashes should feature a day-night Test match. AAP · Nov 30, 2025
Head ready to open again in second Ashes Test and says flexible batters will be key Travis Head arrived in Brisbane with the belief that the future of Test cricket lies in the hands of batters who can flex into a variety of positions The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2025
AAP · Nov 30, 2025 Head says he can work in any role in Australian order Travis Head has arrived in Brisbane unsure if he will open or bat No.5 for Australia in the second Ashes Test, but is happy to be fluid between the roles.
AAP · Nov 29, 2025 Head's role as No.5 saviour offers food for thought Travis Head's Perth heroics showed he could be an option to open for Australia, but his regular efforts to rescue Australia at No.5 may be just as important.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025 Why the needless mystery from Australia over Cummins and Khawaja for second Test? Mixed messages over captain Pat Cummins’s potential return to bowling in the Ashes are a curiously dismissive attitude towards the paying public
AAP · Nov 28, 2025 CA to speak with Khawaja over Perth pitch criticism Usman Khawaja could face a sanction for labelling the Perth pitch a "piece of shit", with Cricket Australia understood to be disappointed by the remarks.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2025 Cummins out of Australia Ashes squad as Khawaja lays into state of Perth pitch Captain Pat Cummins’s return is on hold as Australia named an unchanged squad for the match in Brisbane, with Usman Khawaja retaining his place
The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025 Cricket nerds love precedent so maybe England can channel spirit of Lord’s 2005 The parallels are imperfect but just as with Michael Vaughan’s Ashes winners, hyper-aggressive cricket with a tweaked approach in the second Test is the 2025 cohort’s only chance of winning
AAP · Nov 27, 2025 Doggett will 'be ready' for Gabba Test as Cummins looms Paceman Brendan Doggett is unsure whether he will play in the day-night Test at the Gabba but has guaranteed he will be ready to fire if Pat Cummins is absent.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025 Perth pitch not the problem for England in first Ashes Test as it receives highest ICC rating Optus Stadium pitch offered ‘fair balance between bat and ball’ as Cricket Australia says good bowling and ‘frenetic’ contest led to early result
AAP · Nov 27, 2025 Perth's Ashes wicket gets full marks from ICC The Perth pitch was not to blame for the fast-and-furious nature of the first Ashes Test, according to the International Cricket Council.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025 Travis Head’s devastating knock gives Australia’s selectors a dilemma Test-winning century and Usman Khawaja’s bad back make strong case for Travis Head to open Australia’s innings again
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