5 h. ago Six days of Test cricket, 14 days off and a trip to Noosa: England’s tour by the numbers

Nine is the number of days off (and travel days) the England team has had since their arrival here – and that is about to grow as the tourists head to Noosa for some R and R before the third Test in Adelaide.

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32 h. ago Won’t listen. Won’t change. This England team are up their own backsides

This Australian team was there to be beaten. But after just two Tests, England now need a miracle.

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6 d. ago I’m a big fan of attacking cricket, but England and Bazball must evolve

The mindset behind Bazball – to play bold, positive, and exciting cricket – need not change. It is the fuel that powers this England team.

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8 d. ago England were too aggressive in the first Test. Here’s why they’ll go harder at the Gabba

Brendon McCullum’s approach to batting was the opposite of mine. Death or glory was his mindset. He’d rather go down swinging than trying to defend. I expect his England team will follow suit at the Gabba.

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8 d. ago The dressing room tantrum that says everything about England’s ‘death or glory’ mindset

Brendon McCullum’s approach to batting was the opposite of mine. Death or glory was his mindset. He’d rather go down swinging than trying to defend. I expect his England team will follow suit at the Gabba.

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9 d. ago English destroyer Mark Wood set to be ruled out of Gabba Test

England’s fastest bowler is set to miss the second Ashes Test in a hammer blow for the tourists.

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1 week ago ‘Call us rubbish. But don’t call us arrogant’: Stokes defends England team

England’s captain has emerged after a week of heavy criticism to back his side’s approach – and maintained they won’t deviate from it in the second Test.

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1 week ago England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a clash that Australia’s current players and Justin Langer are all too familiar with.

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1 week ago England’s Test team is at odds with its past players. It could explode into a civil war

England’s Ashes team has a strained relationship with its past players. Unless they show the capacity to listen and learn, they’re headed for a clash that Australia’s current players and Justin Langer are all too familiar with.

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4 w. ago ‘Go at him’: Vaughan predicts another ‘Bazball’ blitz is heading Boland’s way

England are the one team that’s got a hold of Scott Boland in Test cricket. But that was in their home conditions, and he did decimate them on his debut in Australia. The question this time around is how they will play him on a lively Perth surface.

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