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England's drops, spinners' drought and Starc's Ashes
All the stats from an Ashes series notable for fast finishes and a lack of slow bowlers
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England
Cricket
The urn spurned: How naivety and decay wrecked England's Ashes ambitions
With only a handful of exceptions, England's cricketers proved too callow to stand up to the scrutiny of an Australia tour
Big Bash League
Rogers and Harper dismantle Renegades to get Stars back on track
Brown's one-man show with the bat ended in vain due to lack of support
Big Bash League
Khawaja puts on a show to secure Brisbane Heat victory after Warner suffers injury
Two days after finishing his Test career, Khawaja struck the ball to all parts on his return to the Gabba
Bangladesh Premier League
BPL round-up: Mustafizur and Nasum sizzle, Nasir rolls back the years
After 20 games of the BPL 2025-26 season, Dhaka Capitals are struggling to keep pace, while Noakhali Express look down and out
Australia
Cricket
Ten to watch: who could push for Australia call-up?
The Test side remains a formidable group but from later this year face a crammed schedule that could require reinforcements
England
Cricket
McCullum open to England 'evolution' but won't give up control
If he is not "able to steer the ship", head coach concedes, "maybe there is someone better" for job
England
Cricket
Switch Hit: Crash and (b)urn
England went down 4-1 after another Ashes defeat in Sydney. On the pod, Alan Gardner was joined by Andrew Miller and Andrew McGlashan to sum up a grisly tour
Big Bash League
Liam Scott's 91* in vain as Hurricanes ease past Strikers
Hurricanes' Riley Meredith and Nathan Ellis reduced Strikers to 8 for 4 in 179 chase
Big Bash League
Majority of Australia Test players made available for BBL finals run-in
Travis Head will rest ahead of the T20 World Cup while Cameron Green also won't feature
England
Cricket
Swann - Bethell's 'old-school' method should be the template
Former England spinner Graeme Swann says England's fundamental problem in the Ashes was a lack of runs
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Travis Head
England in Australia 2025-26
Clarke - Head showed England's batters the way
Michael Clarke says that Travis Head's impact as an opener showed the balance that the visiting batters were unable to find
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Australia
Cricket
Ferguson - Starc reaping rewards of prioritising Australia
The Around The Wicket team laud the performance of Mitchell Starc in the Ashes and the depth of Australia's bowling
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Australia
Cricket
'Outrageous': Starc, Australia's Ironman, pushes to new highs
The left-arm quick was still hurling them down at 145kph late in a series where he broke the 30-wicket mark
Australia
Cricket
Head's Warner-like impact reshapes Australia's batting
A sliding-doors moment on just the second day of the Ashes produced one of the great batting performances
Big Bash League
Dwarshuis, Edwards, Davies set up Sixers' comfortable win
The trio shared nine wickets as Stars were bowled out for 128 to suffer a third defeat on the trot
England
Cricket
Karma for Culture Club as ill-disciplined England get the Ashes they deserve
England knew they had a golden opportunity on this tour, but they simply were not ready to take it
Australia
Cricket
Khawaja 'grateful' after Test goodbye despite imperfect fairy-tale finish
Retiring Australia batter Usman Khawaja admits he struggled to control his emotions in his final Test
Australia
Cricket
'We do things in real time' - Smith won't look back at no-spin selection slip
"I think it just shows our depth," Steven Smith says of winning the Ashes 4-1 with Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon playing little or no part
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Stats - Starc emulates Botham after 40 years; Head's rare 600-run feat
Stats highlights from the Sydney Test and the 2025-26 Ashes, which Australia won 4-1
England
Cricket
McCullum accepts 'tweaks' are needed, ECB announces 'thorough' Ashes review
ECB CEO Richard Gould says a full review is already underway that "will cover tour planning and preparation, individual performance and behaviours"
Vijay Hazare Trophy
Mumbai lose the unlosable; Nabi, Sarfaraz, Gaikwad sparkle
Karnataka, MP, UP, Vidarbha, Punjab, Mumbai, Delhi and Saurashtra qualified for the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26
India
Cricket
Tilak Varma ruled out of first three T20Is against New Zealand
His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the return-to-training and skill phases
Sarfaraz Khan
Vijay Hazare Trophy
Sarfaraz Khan smashes fastest List A half-century by an Indian
He took just 15 balls to reach his fifty during Mumbai's game against Punjab, breaking the record jointly held by Abhijit Kale and Atit Sheth
news - uk cricket
England team culture in the spotlight after Ashes thrashing
Matt Roller and Vithushan Ehantharajah look back at 4-1 series loss as head coach Brendon McCullum faces increased pressure
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Ranji Trophy
| Elite, Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | T | P | |
| VIDAR | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| AP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| JHK | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
| UP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| BRODA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| ODSA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| TN | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| NAGA | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elite, Group B | ||||||
| Team | M | W | L | T | P | |
| KNTKA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| MAHA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| MP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| SAU | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| GOA | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| PNJB | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| KER | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| CHD | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elite, Group C | ||||||
| Team | M | W | L | T | P | |
| BENG | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| SVCS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | |
| HRYNA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |
| UKHND | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
| GUJ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |
| RLYS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| TPURA | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| ASSAM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Elite, Group D | ||||||
| Team | M | W | L | T | P | |
| MUM | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| J + K | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | |
| RAJ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| HYD | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| CGR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| DELHI | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| PONDI | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| HP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Plate Group | ||||||
| Team | M | W | L | T | P | |
| MNPR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| BIHAR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| MEGHA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| SIKM | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| MIZO | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| ARP | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |