3 d. ago Ashes winner drops verdict on how Ben Stokes will respond to Australian media criticism

Ben Stokes has been targeted by the Australian media, but his former team-mate believes that could prove to be a mistake

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3 d. ago 'Australia's ancient Ashes cricket team of old gits are pooing themselves about England'

EXCLUSIVE: Our very own ‘Mister Sledge’, cricket fanatic and Radio X DJ Toby Tarrant, will be offering the Star his views throughout the Ashes. His first column takes aim at the old gits in the current "Saggy Greens" team

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3 d. ago Australian Ashes cricket team of fossils dubbed 'Saggy Greens' as they unveil Dad's Army team

The Creaking Matildas have unveiled an ageing team of has-beens in their quest to beat England's young guns in the Ashes - including three debutants all in their thirties

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4 d. ago Ben Stokes branded ‘Cocky Captain Complainer’ by Australian media as he arrives for Ashes showdown

Ben Stokes has been targeted by the Australian media with just over two weeks until the Ashes gets underway

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4 d. ago ‘Baz Bawl’: Australian media stoke Ashes rivalry with welcome for England’s Stokes

Captain labelled a ‘Cocky Complainer’ on arrival in PerthArticle critical of Stokes and McCullum’s positive tacticsAustralian media gave Ben Stokes a scathing welcome to the country in the buildup to the Ashes. A picture of the England captain pushing a trolley laden with luggage at the airport was accompanied by the headline “Baz Bawl” on the front page of the West Australian newspaper.“England’s Cocky Captain Complainer, still smarting from ‘crease-gate’ lands in Perth early thinking dopey “BazBall’ can take the Ashes,” read the subhead in reference to an incident in the last series when Jonny Bairstow was controversially stumped. The article went on to criticise England’s tactics under Stokes and the head coach, Brendon McCullum, describing it as “carefree and careless thrash batting”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago England’s Ben Stokes gets hostile reception from Australian media ahead of Ashes

The build-up has begun in earnest to the first Test in Perth later this month.

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4 d. ago Australia recall Marnus Labuschagne for Ashes with three uncapped players in first Test squad

Tasmania’s Weatherald or Labuschagne will replace the dropped Sam Konstas at the top of the order

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5 d. ago Bazball reminds me of Sir Alex Ferguson’s style, says Gary Neville

Brendon McCullum has instituted the no-fear Bazball style of play into England’s cricket team and Gary Neville sees echoes of Alex Ferguson’s approach

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8 d. ago Australia’s Women’s World Cup defeat exposes need for a reset – not an overhaul | Mrinal Asija

Australia’s women have lost their grip on both the T20 and ODI crowns within 12 months but were the most well-rounded unit at this year’s tournamentWhat a difference a night makes? The Australian women’s cricket team, undefeated at the tournament and hot favourites to again lift the Women’s Cricket World Cup, fumbled the semi-final in Navi Mumbai and coughed up the chance to defend their title.Known as the mentality monsters for their unmatched ability to fight back from the most dire of situations, Australia failed to defend their total of 338. In a contrasting display, their opponents – co-hosts India – shed their own tendency to buckle under pressure in knockout games and held their nerve to overhaul the record for the highest successful run chase in women’s ODIs. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Standing on their own: Cricket World Cup highlights drive to reclaim public space for Indian women | Emma John

As India’s most popular sport, cricket offers a forum to help change attitudes – educating men and empowering womenIf there was any better sight than India’s cricketers celebrating victory over Australia on Thursday, it was that of their supporters doing the same. For several hours, the nerves of the 35,000 spectators in Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium – most wearing Indian blue – had jangled in sympathy. As the home team booked themselves into Sunday’s Cricket World Cup final, the TV cameras picked out the men and women in the stands caught up in the flood of delight and relief. It was more than a moment of triumph – it was a vision of solidarity.But let’s leave the stands, now, and head to the city streets of Indore, the largest city in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It’s here that a pair of Australia players were sexually harassed as they walked from their hotel to a nearby cafe, the morning after last week’s game against England. They reported the incident, there was an immediate invest...

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1 week ago Australia star Alex Carey responds to Stuart Broad’s ‘worst team since 2010 Ashes’ jibe

David Warner predicted a 4-0 home win in the Ashes, leading Broad to call the current squad the worst Australia team for 15 years and now wicketkeeper Carey has had his say

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1 week ago TNT Sports’ Rob Hatch: ‘Of course I can commentate on the Ashes from afar – I called Mark Cavendish’s 35th win from my house!’

It is fair to say that when TNT Sports announced its broadcast plans for the upcoming Ashes series, they weren’t met with universal delight by cricket fans. TNT revealed it will send a team of analysts including Sir Alastair Cook and Graeme Swann to Australia, but their lead commentators will be watching on TV screens 10,000 miles away in the UK. What’s more, they will not necessarily be familiar voices: Alastair Eykyn is better known for his coverage of rugby union, while cycling commentator Rob Hatch has voiced many iconic moments of the Tour de France in recent years.

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1 week ago Indian minister condemned for ‘victim blaming’ after Australian women cricketers allege sexual harassment

Cricket Australia says players of Women’s Cricket World Cup team were ‘touched inappropriately’ in Indore

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2 w. ago Two Australia players ‘touched inappropriately’ at Women’s Cricket World Cup

Cricket Australia said two members of the team were involved in the incident in Indore, India

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2 w. ago Australia World Cup players ‘touched inappropriately’ in India

Cricket Australia said two members of the team were involved in the incident in Indore.

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2 w. ago Two Australian women cricket players allegedly molested by a man on a motorcycle in India

Two members of Australia's women's cricket team were allegedly molested by a motorcyclist in Indore on Thursday morning

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2 w. ago England delay team reveal for latest T20 with weather forcing training indoors

Third series game against New Zealand set for FridayBanton ‘still learning’ but relishing second chance England’s preparations for a hot, dry T20 World Cup in India in February brought them on Wednesday to a cool, drizzly Auckland, where they were forced to conduct the final training session ahead of their third game against New Zealand indoors. It is not always obvious what purpose these bilateral series serve, what useful lessons could possibly be being learned – but on this occasion, for at least one of the players, that is not an issue.Tom Banton says he is “still learning now”, and if it is the kind of line regularly trotted out even by players who have long since scaled the pinnacle of their sport in his case it is undeniably true. After forging his reputation as a top-order batter, mostly as an opener, Banton suddenly finds himself in a completely unfamiliar role, coming in at five or six. “There weren’t really too many conversations,” he said. “I just got brought back into t...

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2 w. ago Kevin Pietersen reveals tennis ball trick to prepare for Mitchell Johnson speed in Ashes

Pietersen discussed how he got ready for Australian seamer Johnson in the first Test of the 2013/14 Ashes

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3 w. ago Brendon McCullum brings David Saker back into England camp for Ashes series

Australian named special skills consultant for seriesCoach has been part of setup in three previous AshesBrendon McCullum has finalised his coaching team for the Ashes, with the Australian David Saker returning to help England in a fourth Test series against his homeland, having been involved during the 2010-11 and 2013 series, both of which England won, and again in the drawn series of 2023.Saker, whose official title is special skills consultant, will be in Australia from the arrival of the England Lions squad at the start of November and will remain with the senior team through all five Tests. Tim Southee, who has had the same title since May and is with the white-ball squad in his native New Zealand, will continue to work with the team until the end of the first Test in Perth, after which he will depart to fulfil playing obligations at the International League T20 in the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Stuart Broad hits back at David Warner’s Ashes ‘moral victory’ jibe

Broad labelled the hosts the “worst” Australian side in 15 years in response to Warner’s Ashes prediction

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