24 h. ago England cricketers go their separate ways as they pick up the pieces after shattering Ashes loss 

There will be plenty of soul searching in the England camp this week after getting hammered in the opening two Ashes Tests in Australia, with players going their separate ways before reuniting in Noosa.

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31 h. ago Is England’s failing Ashes campaign the end for Brendon McCullum’s Bazball project?

Brendon McCullum has transformed England’s Test team from where he found them, but their struggles in Australia will not be solved simply by the ‘courage’ that his coaching instils

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35 h. ago McCullum’s ‘overprepared’ Ashes blunder may prove England’s Bazball epitaph

Australia’s superior basics have shattered expectations and pushed the broader philosophy into the spotlightBrendon McCullum hated the term Bazball from the moment it entered the lexicon, deeming it to be reductive and perhaps knowing how it might be weaponised down the line. Now, 2-0 down in an away Ashes series that began with high hopes, it has become the butt of Australian jokes.But McCullum has not helped himself, either. After the gutting at the Gabba, his insistence that, if anything, England trained “too hard” before the day‑night match was like trying to put out a bin fire with petrol. It risks becoming his epitaph as England head coach if performances do not take an upturn. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago McCullum’s ‘overprepared’ Ashes remark may prove England’s Bazball epitaph

Australia’s superior basics have shattered expectations and pushed the broader philosophy into the spotlightBrendon McCullum hated the term Bazball from the moment it entered the lexicon, deeming it to be reductive and perhaps knowing how it might be weaponised down the line. Now, 2-0 down in an away Ashes series that began with high hopes, it has become the butt of Australian jokes.But McCullum has not helped himself, either. After the gutting at the Gabba, his insistence that, if anything, England trained “too hard” before the day‑night match was like trying to put out a bin fire with petrol. It risks becoming his epitaph as England head coach if performances do not take an upturn. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar details 'agonising' trip to New Zealand to scatter her late husband Steve's ashes after losing him to kidney disease

ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar has detailed her recent 'agonising' trip to New Zealand to scatter her late husband Steve Ronson's ashes. 

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36 h. ago Brendon McCullum demands strong response from England to rescue Ashes campaign

England are on the brink of another Ashes series defeat in Australia after losing the first two Tests

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37 h. ago McCullum insists England do not have a ‘glass jaw’ and can fight back in Ashes

Head coach defends squad’s break before third Test‘You have to be strong and get on with it’Brendon McCullum has insisted that England have the quality and character to pick themselves off the canvas and fight their way back into the Ashes contest, and refused to accept the idea of players feeling sorry for themselves after starting the series with two savage defeats. “You come to this country and have a glass jaw, you have no chance,” he said. “You have to be strong, tough, and you have to get on with it.”England travel to Noosa on Tuesday for a short break before moving to Adelaide to begin their preparations for the third Test, 2-0 down for the third Ashes series in succession. In 2020-21 Australia converted that lead into a 4-0 series win, but in 2023 England fought back to draw 2-2. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Brendon McCullum: No chance England can win Ashes with ‘glass jaw’ in Australia

The window of opportunity in one of the most hotly anticipated series in years is fast disappearing.

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41 h. ago England stars get rewarded with holiday in one of Australia's most stunning spots after humiliating Ashes defeat

England's sore and sorry Ashes squad have been gifted a vacation straight out of a tourism brochure.

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47 h. 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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58 h. ago England just don’t get it and reaction to another Ashes thrashing leaves a bitter taste

Comment: England slumped to another heavy defeat to go 2-0 down in the Ashes and move to the brink of a series defeat, but the words of coach Brendon McCullum failed to strike the right tone

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62 h. ago Brendon McCullum claims England ‘trained too much’ ahead of second Ashes defeat

England fell 2-0 behind after another heavy defeat to Australia at The Gabba

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2 d. ago The 'Grumpy Trumpers' could ignore all the mad stuff if he made them feel better off. Perilously for him, he doesn't, writes LORD ASHCROFT

Has the red-hot glow of the MAGA movement in America given way to a new and less enthusiastic band of devotees to The Donald: the 'Grumpy Trumpers'?

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3 d. ago The 'Grumpy Trumpers' could ignore the craziness if he made them feel better off: LORD ASHCROFT

Has the red-hot glow of the MAGA movement in America given way to a new and less enthusiastic band of devotees to The Donald: the 'Grumpy Trumpers'?

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3 d. ago SARAH VINE comes out as a 'bald lady' as she tells other women with hair loss 'not to be ashamed'

After many, many years of wearing hairpieces, I have decided to come out as a bald lady. I want to try and normalise this experience and show it's not something to be embarrassed about.

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3 d. ago Myleene Klass stuns in a sparkly red gown as she joins Zawe Ashton and Tom Hiddleston at Save the Children carol concert in London

The radio presenter, 47, channelled old Hollywood glamour in the floor-length gown, which elegantly pooled on the floor.

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4 d. ago Zoe Saldaña looks effortlessly chic in a black gown as she joins her co

The actress, 47, who plays the lead heroine Neytiri, stunned as she stepped out in a floor-length dress featuring a dramatic black, structured bodice.

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4 d. ago Sky News host bids emotional farewell as she QUITS after five years on screens

One of Sky News' hosts has bid the team an emotional goodbye after announcing she was quitting the programme after five years on screen.

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5 d. ago I never thought I'd be living with strangers in a shared house at 47. These are the financial mistakes I made that all women MUST avoid if they want to own a home before 50, by Traitors star ASH BIBI

Endlessly scrolling through profiles, I feel my heart sink. This one has no photo, the next guy admits he's terrified of germs and a third insists on bringing his girlfriend. It's one red flag after another.

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5 d. ago Are YOU a cricket mastermind? From Don Bradman's glittering record to Steve Harmison's shocking first ball, take our Ultimate Ashes Quiz to find out

Christmas is approaching, the nights are drawing in, and what better way to warm up your braincells than with a bit of Ashes trivia?

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