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Dismissed by England after a disappointing 2023 Ashes, Australia quick Scott Boland admits he has a point to prove this time around With England believing they have his measure, Australia quick Scott Boland admits he has a point to prove after being taken down during the 2023 Ashes. After his stunning Boxing Day Test demolition of England on Test debut in 2021, Boland’s reputation outside Australia took a battering 18 months later. The Victorian ace finished with figures of 2-231 across the two Tests he played in the last Ashes series. Despite a stunning Test average of 16.53, Boland’s certain…
England’s Joe Root is yet to score an Ashes hundred in Australia, something the local media were quick to remind him of as he landed in the country for this winter’s series.Ahead of the first Test in Perth from Friday, Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain looks at why Root is in a great position to break that duck, why a century in Australia may have eluded him so far, and what is really fuelling the batter ahead of his fourth Ashes tour… Root seems in a really good place at the moment, clearly enjoying playing with and for his great mate…
From a ‘caged lion’ eager to justify his selection to becoming the leader of the attack, Mitch Starc’s lead-in to the opening Test of a home Ashes series could not be more different from the last one four years ago. With Australia’s fast bowling attack to take on a decidedly new look for the first NRMA Insurance Ashes Test on Friday, Starc is the only constant who remains.Starc will be taking the field without long-time partners in crime Pat Cummins (back) and Josh Hazlewood (hamstring), both of whom have been ruled out with injury. Instead, Starc will be joined by…
Three weeks ago, Andrew McDonald made an optimistic prediction about the physical state he expected Pat Cummins to be in leading into the first Ashes Test. “You’ll see him and it’ll almost be a question of, ‘Why isn’t he playing in Perth?'” the Australia coach said after Cummins had been ruled out of the series opener with a back stress injury. “That’s where we think he’ll be placed by that that stage.” The sight of Cummins repeatedly whizzing balls off the Perth Stadium’s lively practice wickets, past his teammates’ outside-edges and thumping into the blue advertising fabric on the nets…
Hurricanes captain Elyse Villani has called on the Big Bash to introduce a Pride round, as Hobart prepares to host its annual game on November 29 Cricket was a refuge for a young Elyse Villani trying to find herself. It was the place she felt safest to be her true self, and the Hobart captain wants the same for all members of the LGBTQIA+ community. As the Hurricanes prepare to host their annual Pride match, against Perth Scorchers on November 29, Villani has called on other clubs and the league to follow the Hurricanes’ lead, saying there was “no excuse”…
Match facts Who: Australia v England What: First NRMA Insurance Test, men’s Ashes When: November 21-25, first ball 10.20am local time (1.20pm AEDT; 2.20am GMT) Where: Perth Stadium Live scores: Match Centre How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Kayo Sports, Foxtel and TNT Sports (UK and Ireland) How to listen: ABC Radio, Triple M, SEN Radio and BBC (UK only). All radio broadcasts will be available to stream in standard and real-time with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the CA Live app. Find out more here Buy tickets: A final release of…
A team in disarray or classy operators waiting to show their worth on home soil? Which version of Australia are England likely to be presented with when the talking stops and the cricket finally starts in one of the most highly-anticipated Ashes series in memory? Are Ben Stokes’ England catching an ageing ‘Dad’s Army’ Australia at the right time with injuries aplenty or will they end up getting burnt if the Bazballers choose to fight fire with fire? Whichever side of the coin you land, there is no escaping the bare statistic that winning Test series away from home is…
Can Steve Smith reprise last summer’s heroics? Which fast bowlers hold the key for England? Can Joe Root finally break his Australian drought? These are just some of the talking points ahead of the Ashes. CAN BAZBALL SUCCEED DOWN UNDER? Since Brendon McCullum took over as coach in 2022, England’s win rate away from home is 50 per cent (8-8). The only time ‘Bazball’ faced a fellow Test powerhouse on the road, they were smoked 4-1 by India in early 2024. England will start the Ashes having played just one warm-up game, against their second XI, in Australia. But a…
Sam Konstas will face international opposition for the first time since his Test axing with the opener named in the Prime Minister’s XI to face England between the first two Ashes Tests. Former Test bat Peter Handscomb will captain the side in the two-day pink-ball contest in Canberra from November 29 that shapes as important preparation under lights for Ben Stokes’ side ahead of the day-night Test at the Gabba. Prime Minister’s XI to face England: Peter Handscomb (c), Benji Floros, Campbell Kellaway, Campbell Thompson, Charlie Anderson, Doug Warren, Hugh Weibgen, Joel Curtis, Nathan McSweeney, Oliver Peake, Peter Siddle, Sam…
A pair of half-centuries from Pakistan’s middle order have secured victory in the series finale against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman have guided Pakistan to complete a 3-0 series sweep of Sri Lanka with a clinical six-wicket victory in their third and final ODI. Rizwan made an unbeaten 61 and Zaman 55, their second successive half-centuries, to ease Pakistan to their target on 4-215 with 32 balls still remaining on Sunday. Sri Lanka had earlier wasted a brisk start before they were bowled out for 211 in 45.2 overs after Shaheen Shah Afridi, returning to lead…