20 h. ago England’s sad batting collapse leaves Ben Stokes ‘broken’ and Ashes dreams in tatters

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

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21 h. ago England coach denies Ben Stokes has been let down by his team after another Ashes collapse

England look set to slip to another Ashes series defeat in Australia after struggling with the bat on day of the third Test in Adelaide

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26 h. ago 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.

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28 h. ago The Ashes LIVE: High drama in Adelaide as England collapse gets even worse after no

Get all the latest scores and updates from Adelaide Oval as England and their fans fume over the most controversial call of the series so far.

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6 d. ago Even Bazball’s implosion can’t shake Barmy Army’s crew of Ashes veterans | Emma John

If anyone knows how to weather a whitewash, it’s the merry band of England fans marking their 30th anniversary at their spiritual homeCourage, soldier. Ben Stokes’s England team may be heading into the third Ashes Test already 2-0 down, but not everyone in English cricket is fazed. There is one group tailor-made for this scenario, a crack(pot) unit who can lay claim to be the ultimate doomsday preppers. Have your dreams been shattered? Are you crushed beneath the weight of unmet expectation? Then it’s time to join the Barmy Army, son.Already their advance guard are moving in on Adelaide, the city where they officially formed 30 years ago. England’s most famous – and per capita noisiest – travelling fans will be hoping for an anniversary win-against-the-odds, like the one they witnessed on that 1994-95 tour. And whatever happens on the pitch, off it the parties will be long and loud. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago England cricket great reveals why he fears for Ben Stokes' health during the Ashes

Former England starl Steve Harmison has grave fears for the welfare of Ben Stokes after the battering the team has copped in the opening two Ashes tests in Australia

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8 d. ago England cricket stars sink beers under Aussie sun after Ashes humiliation

Ben Stokes and his England team-mates were snapped enjoying beers and sunbathing before they attempt to salvage the Ashes in the third Test

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9 d. ago ‘Having a Bazball at Noosa’: Australian media goes to town over England’s mid

The host nation’s newspapers could barely contain their delight after Ben Stokes and his team were spotted relaxing before the crucial third TestA mid-tour jaunt by the England cricket team to a Queensland beach town was covered gleefully by Australia’s tabloid newspapers, which splashed a shirtless Ben Stokes across their pages amid taunting headlines.“On back foot, England bails to the beach”, one read. “Life’s a beach, even for the sinking Poms,” added another. “Sun’s out, runs out”, offered a third, alongside a photo of Stokes’s tattooed biceps. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How English fans and cricket legends have turned on their own team after Ashes disaster at the Gabba

Skipper Ben Stokes and his team crashed to their second humiliating defeat in a row as Australia won by eight wickets on Sunday night.

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1 week ago Marcus Trescothick insists England will stick to attacking principles despite Ashes collapse

England have endured a growing collection of increasingly familiar dismissals.

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1 week ago The Ashes LIVE: England stare down the barrel of humiliating defeat after disastrous day at The Gabba

Get all the latest scores and updates as Ben Stokes's England team try to bounce back after a mistake-riddled day two in Brisbane.

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1 week ago Ashes 2025 live score: Australia rampant as England collapse to leave hopes in tatters

Ben Stokes’s side are in trouble in Brisbane

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1 week ago The Ashes LIVE: Ben Duckett falls for England, with tourists facing mountain to climb on nightmare day at The Gabba

Get all the latest scores and updates as Ben Stokes's England team try to bounce back after a mistake-riddled day two in Brisbane.

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1 week ago The Ashes LIVE: Australia hunt down England's first innings total of 334 at a rapid rate as Marnus Labuschagne and Jake Weatherald punish lacklustre tourists in Brisbane

Get all the latest scores and updates as Ben Stokes's England team try to avenge their loss in Perth and avoid a disastrous start to the series.

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1 week ago The Ashes LIVE: Jofra Archer gets major breakthrough for England, as Australia get some awful news about one of their best players

Get all the latest scores and updates as Ben Stokes's England team try to avenge their loss in Perth and avoid a disastrous start to the series.

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2 w. ago The Ashes LIVE: England strike back to remove Travis Head after horrible dropped catch

Get all the latest scores and updates as Ben Stokes's England team try to avenge their loss in Perth and avoid a disastrous start to the series.

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2 w. ago The Ashes LIVE: Joe Root enters nervous nineties after Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith lose wickets in quick succession

Get all the latest scores and updates as Ben Stokes's England team try to avenge their loss in Perth and avoid a disastrous start to the series.

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2 w. ago The Ashes LIVE: Mitchell Starc lands major breakthrough after England fought back from horror start as Ben Stokes arrives at the crease with night drawing in

Get all the latest scores and updates as Ben Stokes's England team try to avenge their loss in Perth and avoid a disastrous start to the series.

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2 w. ago Top Aussie politician blasts 'silly Pommy cricketers' after Ben Stokes and his team

Queensland's Minister for Sport Tim Mander has blasted 'Pommy cricketers' Ben Stokes, Mark Wood and Jamie Smith for riding around Brisbane on Lime Scooters without helmets.

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2 w. ago What England's Ashes flops are doing ahead of crucial second Test in Brisbane

The England cricket team's preparations are under the spotlight after Ben Stokes's side capitulated to a two-day defeat in the first Test in Perth

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