Sydney: England closed to within 113 runs of an innings lead over fighting Australia today, after an engrossing second day of the final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The tourists, chasin

Sydney: Usman Khawaja's initial eight balls in international cricket provided some of the rare flourishes today in the fifth Ashes test before he was out for 37 on the last ball of a gloomy, rain-sho

Melbourne: Losing Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday that he would probably be reviewing his future as skipper and could be looking for a new job if the team lost the Sydney As

Melbourne: England were on the verge of retaining the Ashes after feeble Australian batting left the fourth Melbourne Test at their mercy on Tuesday.

The tourists left the Australians with the huge t

London: Paul the psychic octopus of FIFA World Cup fame maybe dead, but that doesn’t mean the predicting the results in key events has gone down south, for now, a mystic monkey in North Tyneside has c

Perth: The Ashes was delicately poised on Friday after Mitchell Johnson single-handedly lifted Australia back into contention with an inspired display of fast bowling on the second day of the third Te

Perth: Australia were fighting a rearguard action to keep their Ashes hopes alive after a horror start to the third Test at the WACA in Perth on Thursday.

England won the toss and reduced the hosts t

Spin bowler Michael Beer was a surprise choice as Australian selectors cut Marcus North, Doug Bollinger and Xavier Doherty for the third Ashes test against England.

England has named two captains for its series of shortened matches against Australia — Andrew Strauss for the seven-match one-day series and Paul Collingwood for the two Twenty20 matches.

Graeme Swann took three of the last six wickets to tumble on Tuesday as England dismissed Australia for 304 to complete a comprehensive innings and 71-run victory in the second Ashes test.