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Shane Watson eyes maiden Ashes century

12.08.09
Shane Watson is revelling in his new role as a Test opener and is targeting a maiden hundred in the Ashes decider... more

I'd rather see an Australian win than have to listen to Bumble Twittering all day

31.07.09
Tuning in expectantly for the first session at Edgbaston yesterday, and being lumbered instead with David Gower chatting away with Beefy, Athers and other fellow inmates at the Sky Sports Sheltered Home for Former England Captains, it was hard to avoid joining in the current weather forecasters hate-fest... more

Phillip Hughes is told to go back to drawing board, not keyboard

31.07.09
Phillip Hughes has been given a slap on the wrist by Australian cricket chiefs after revealing he had been left out of the Third Test before the team was announced... more

Green giant Ricky Ponting has little time for record as he eyes victory

30.07.09
One of the few certainties of this unpredictable Ashes series is that Australia captain Ricky Ponting will be jeered whenever he walks to the wicket... more

Axed Hughes angers Aussies over Twitter clanger

30.07.09
Australian opening batsman Phil Hughes found himself in hot water after revealing on Twitter he had been dropped before the Australians had officially announced their team... more

The short stuff is still too tall an order for Phillip Hughes

24.07.09
Aussie opener falls to the lifting ball yet again as tourists are made to struggle by Northamptonshire... more

Glenn McGrath's battle to get Mitchell Johnson back on track

24.07.09
Aussie ace helping wayward bowler to find form and backs him to roar back in the Third Test... more

Justin Langer offers to come to rescue as Hughes falls short

23.07.09
Record-breaking Australian opener ready to come out of retirement as his current successor struggles yet again... more

Advantage Andrew Strauss in the Ashes mind game

22.07.09
Apart from burying 75 years of unhappy memories, the most significant thing about England's famous victory at Lord's is that everyone now knows Ricky Ponting's team can be beaten.... more

England's top order batsmen admit they should have scored more runs

10.07.09
Graeme Swann has revealed that England's top batsmen accept they have given the Australians the initiative in the opening Ashes Test by failing to score centuries... more

Katich has the itch to show he's no longer frightened of Flintoff

10.07.09
Before this Ashes series began, England's coaching team tried to come up with plans to combat Phillip Hughes. Unfortunately, it appears they forgot all about his opening partner, Simon Katich... more

Flintoff back with a bang but Aussies hold firm

09.07.09
Andrew Flintoff claims crucial wicket of opener Phillip Hughes after a brilliant rearguard action by England's tail but Ponting and Katich combine to raise tourists' spirits... more

England v Australia - facts

07.07.09
The teams have played 64 Ashes series. Australia have won 31, England 28 and five have been drawn... more

Player Profiles: Australia

07.07.09
Phillip Hughes will lead the charge of Australia's young guns when the battle for the Ashes begins in Cardiff on Wednesday... more

Phillip Hughes can be Australia's Ashes trump card

07.07.09
Phillip Hughes has taken the cricketing world by storm since making his test debut in February and is suddenly lurking as one of Australia's trump cards in this year's Ashes series... more

Shane Warne: New players can match me and McGrath

07.07.09
More than a few introductions may be required when England and Australia take the field for the first Ashes Test in Cardiff... more

We have nothing to fear but fear itself

07.07.09
The biggest battle Andrew Strauss’s England team face over the coming months is not against Australia, but with themselves... more

Steve Harmison puts Australia in place again

03.07.09
Cricket: Steve Harmison struck two big psychological blows for England at Worcester today, bouncing out Phillip Hughes for a second time in the Lions match against Australia and then condemning Ricky Ponting to another failure... more

Aussies suffer humiliation at the hands of Sussex rookie

24.06.09
Cricket: Australia suffered a spectacular batting collapse during the afternoon session of their tour match against Sussex — one that will have left England’s bowlers licking their lips in anticipation... more

Phillip Hughes will be a bat out of hell for England, admits Andre Nel

29.05.09
Cricket: Andre Nel has warned England's bowlers that trying to get the better of Australia's new batting star Phillip Hughes will be the toughest challenge they face this summer... more

Hotshot Phillip Hughes can’t wait for Ashes return

22.05.09
Cricket: Aussie star says he’s ready for the big clash this summer after heading back home following his brilliant spell here... more

The men from Down Under

20.05.09
Cricket: With the Ashes set to start in less than 50 days, we take a look at the players Ricky Ponting will have at his disposal... more

New faces have the same old attitude

20.05.09
Cricket: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting tells England that their West Indies wipe-out counts for nothing with his young side... more

Ashes venue is penalised for having a poor pitch

19.05.09
Cricket: Glamorgan have been docked two points for preparing a "poor" pitch at the venue that will host the first Ashes Test on 8 July... more

Phillip Hughes will haunt home side, insists Ricky Ponting

19.05.09
Cricket: Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes Middlesex's decision to sign batting sensation Phillip Hughes could return to haunt England in the Ashes... more

Australia star Phillip Hughes flops with bat again

14.05.09
Cricket: Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland... more

Andrew Symonds in Ashes boost as he's given new contract

14.05.09
Cricket: Andrew Symonds's hopes of making the Ashes were boosted today when he was handed a new contract by Cricket Australia despite his recent controversies... more

Phillip Hughes in England warning as he hits century on debut

24.04.09
Cricket: Phillip Hughes fired an immediate warning to England ahead of the Ashes by scoring an unbeaten hundred on his Middlesex debut... more

Phillip Hughes is plotting to bring down England from within

22.04.09
Cricket: Phillip Hughes intends to use his controversial six-week stint with Middlesex as preparation for punishing England's bowlers in this summer's Ashes series... more

Andrew Strauss calls for unity of counties and country

21.04.09
Cricket: England skipper Andrew Strauss has warned cricket chiefs they must forge a stronger relationship with the county sides to give the national team a better chance of success... more

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