Ashes 5th Test Day 4 Live Score and Updates: Smith looks to push hosts lead further

13:33 IST: In reply, Australia commenced their first innings positively, with openers Jake Weatherald and Travis Head forging a 57-run stand before the former fell victim to Ben Stokes, dismissed LBW for an unconvincing 21. Weatherald had looked scratchy, but his partner, the aggressive Travis Head, looked in supreme touch. Head was joined by Marnus Labuschagne, […]

First time in 138 years: Australia break tradition by fielding no spinner in SCG Test | Cricket News

Across the first four Tests of the series, spinners claimed just nine wickets, accounting for only a fraction of the total overs bowled. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia created an unwanted slice of history by naming a Test XI without a specialist spinner for a match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with skipper Steve Smith […]

Ashes: England to maintain pressure on Australia following Melbourne victory: Zak Crawley

England batter Zak Crawley has said that his side will continue to take on the Australian bowlers in the fifth and final Test of the Ashes 2025–26 series. England head into the final Test of the series having finally ended their long-standing victory drought in Australia. The Three Lions registered a win on Australian soil […]

Australia’s Usman Khawaja slams ‘racial stereotyping’, to retire after Ashes finale – ‘treated differently’

Australia batter Usman Khawaja said on 2 January that he will retire from international cricket after his nation’s fifth and final Ashes clash against England. Khawaja leaves a legacy as Australia’s first Muslim Test cricketer while lashing out at perceived “racial stereotyping” during his 15-year career. The 39-year-old will pad up for the last time, […]

1888, 1895, 2025: Shortest completed Ashes Tests ever | Cricket News

England’s previous Test win in Australia had come at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2011. (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: England finally exorcised their Australian demons, ending an 18-match winless streak Down Under with a dramatic four-wicket victory in the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. The result not only restored […]

Ashes: 15-year wait over! England beat Australia in chaotic fourth Test at MCG | Cricket News

The win was England’s first Test success in Australia since January 2011, ending a run of 16 losses and two draws. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Staring at a clean sweep, England finally found a way to fight back, winning their first Test on Australian soil in 15 years with a gutsy four-wicket victory in a […]

Rohit Sharma joins the Aussies, trolls England after Ashes humiliation

Star India batter Rohit Sharma took a dig at the England cricket team following their Ashes series loss in Australia. England suffered their fourth successive Ashes series defeat on Australian soil as they lost the third Test in Adelaide by 82 runs. Following their win, Australia took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series […]

Ashes, 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score and Updates: Australia look to end England resistance early

04:05 IST: England, meanwhile, face a monumental challenge that will require grit, clarity of thought, and a touch of magic. With the big guns back in the hut, the responsibility now rests heavily on the shoulders of the lower order, led by the unbeaten Jamie Smith and Will Jacks. Smith, in particular, has not had the […]