19 h. ago Beach, beers and a kick: How England’s Ashes cricketers are spending their Noosa break

Members of the travelling English media posted photos of the squad on social media at the beach on Wednesday, the second day of their Sunshine Coast jaunt.

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45 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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62 h. ago All bravado, little humility: Hayden takes aim at England’s misfiring Archer

Jofra Archer delivered a few thunderbolts, along with a verbal barrage in the closing stages of the second Test, but Australian great Matthew Hayden says it was the pillow he carried to the game a day earlier that showed where his head was at.

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4 d. ago England’s Ashes dream on life support after Starc stars with bat and ball

Australia are poised to take a 2-0 series lead on Sunday after Mitchell Starc frustrated England with a gritty 77 then helped reduce the tourists to 6-134 in their second innings – still 43 runs short of Australia’s total of 511.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 second Test day three as it happened: Australia close in on crushing victory after critical DRS reviews and English collapse

Australia’s bowlers dominated first with the bat, then with the ball under lights too, leaving a demoralised England staring down a 2-0 series deficit.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: Mitchell Starc’s critical DRS call nails Joe Root as England collapse under lights

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: Scott Boland sends Ben Duckett packing as England chase massive deficit under lights

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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4 d. ago Relentless Starc turns Gabba into England’s Ashes Death Star

So thoroughly did the left-hander torment Ben Stokes and his team that Australia’s innings lingered for more than half the day. England had been taken to the Starc side.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: England make rapid start in pursuit of massive deficit

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: Mitchell Starc finally falls after tail

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: Starc pushes Australia’s lead beyond 100 as tail

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: Carey falls for 63 as England take new ball and speed up frenetic contest

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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4 d. ago The Ashes second Test day 2 recap: The whipping boy who became England’s unlikeliest of game

As far as plot twists go, they do not come more bizarre than Brydon Carse hoodwinking Cameron Green and Steve Smith.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE updates: England’s Ashes campaign already on the line at the Gabba

A pivotal day in the Ashes looms at the Gabba as Australia look to shore up a potential 2-0 series lead over England. Follow all the action live.

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5 d. ago England vowed they wouldn’t abandon Bazball. They did, and look what happened

Despite all their huffing and puffing after the first Test loss in Perth about not changing their approach, the visitors did just that in Brisbane.

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5 d. ago Inglis kept England and Root at bay. His next move could seal Khawaja’s fate

One moment of Josh Inglis brilliance has kept Australia in the hunt at the Gabba. His next move, however, could spell the end for a hometown hero.

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6 d. ago Root’s ton of courage, late Archer burst carry England to safety on day one

It has been a long time coming, but Joe Root’s first Ashes century on Australian soil rescued England from another perilous position in the second Test, helping the tourists to 9-325 at stumps.

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7 d. ago If Australia are just messing with England’s heads, it’s a plan that’s worked before

Will Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon play in Brisbane? We will find out for sure, eventually.

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8 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 ‘Unlike Bazball’: England go safe at selection, recall forgotten spinner for Gabba Test

It’s three years since Will Jacks played the only Two matches of his Test career, but he got the nod on Tuesday for the Gabba Test, a selection former captain Michael Vaughan said was unusually conservative for the current hierarchy.

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