England have made a bold selection call ahead of the third Ashes Test, recalling tall fast bowler Josh Tongue to the playing XI for the crucial clash starting December 17 at the Adelaide Oval. Standing at 6 feet 4 inches, Tongue replaces Gus Atkinson, whose struggles with the ball have forced England into a change […]

Cricket Australia (CA) and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) came together on Monday to issue a powerful joint statement condemning the horrific terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach and expressing solidarity with the victims and their families. The unified response from two of cricket’s most influential boards underlined the global sporting community’s shared […]

Tensions surrounding the Ashes 2025 series spilt off the field on Saturday, December 13, when a member of the England cricket team’s security staff was involved in a heated verbal exchange with a cameraman from Australian broadcaster Channel 7. The incident came at a sensitive time for the touring side, who are already under intense […]

England’s Ashes campaign is already hanging by a thread after slipping 2-0 behind, and Nasser Hussain believes the time has come for skipper Ben Stokes to shift from shielding his players to confronting some uncomfortable truths. The former England captain feels Stokes’ tone after the Gabba defeat revealed a significant change—this wasn’t the usual defiance […]

England’s Ashes campaign suffered a major blow as senior pacer Mark Wood was officially ruled out of the remainder of the Australia tour after a recurrence of his left-knee injury. The setback resurfaced during the first Test in Perth last month, and despite England’s best efforts to manage his workload, the 35-year-old has been forced […]

Matthew Hayden’s bold pre-Ashes prediction about Joe Root is threatening to turn into a nightmare, and the Australian great is the first to admit it. Ahead of the series, Hayden confidently declared that Root would “definitely” score a century in Australia this summer—so confident, in fact, that he jokingly promised to “walk nude around the […]

Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad has warned that the second Ashes Test in Brisbane will be unpredictable, with the toss likely to be decisive in a pink-ball match. Australia have dominated day-night Tests, winning 13 of 14 such fixtures, their only defeat coming at the Gabba last year against the West Indies. England, by […]

Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has taken a firm stand against England’s Bazball strategy after their humiliating eight-wicket defeat to Australia inside just two days in the Ashes 2025–26 opener at the Optus Stadium in Perth. England, who arrived with the aggressive and often risk-heavy philosophy of Bazball, were outplayed entirely as Ashwin questioned the […]

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has once again sparked conversation around England’s Bazball philosophy, suggesting that the celebrated approach was never a grand cricketing revolution but a targeted plan designed for one purpose — to win the Ashes in Australia. Speaking to 7NEWS, Ponting argued that England’s public narrative around Bazball has been misleading, claiming […]

Former England captain and seasoned cricket analyst Nasser Hussain believes the upcoming Ashes series will be a defining moment for current England captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum. In a recent interview with The Athletic, Hussain asserted that, regardless of the official stance, the Ashes continue to shape the legacy of English cricket […]