Play in the day-night Test starts at 3pm in Hobart, 4am GMTThe Spin: subscribe to our weekly cricket newsletterAny thoughts? Feel free to email Jonathan In this chilly climes, Brendan from Sydney reminds us that Onslow in Western Australia yesterday re…
Ashes 2021-22 fourth Test, day five: Australia v England – live!
The Spin: subscribe to our weekly cricket newsletterAny thoughts? Email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisle12th over: England 30-0 (Hameed 8, Crawley 22)Boland kicks things off and there’s a bat-pad appeal straight away, but it’s non-committal. Hameed leaves the …
Ashes 2021-22 fourth Test, day three: Australia v England – live!
Khawaja’s century a triumph for Australia’s problem solverAny thoughts? Email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisleSpeaking of the sounds of cricket, here’s The Final World Daily podcast for your ears.“I am envious of Mr. Ineson’s ability to fall gently to sleep to…
Welcome back to Test cricket – there’s much life in the grand old game | Barney Ronay
At last there is a contest in this Ashes series, while action in New Zealand and South Africa shows the red-ball duel is in rude health: take note, ECBAnd here, as they used to say on TV game shows – as that tumble dryer, that golden fondue set, drifts…
Never mind England’s misery, celebrate Australia’s Ashes brilliance | Sam Perry
Australia won the Ashes in twelve days playing superb cricket, despite starting the series under pressureHave Australia been good or have England been bad? Obviously, this is the only way to analyse the Ashes. And it allows us to fling open the door to…
‘The respect of everyone’: how Ray Illingworth won the Ashes
Current England team could learn a lot from the gutsy captain who triumphed against the odds in 1970-71As Joe Root has discovered, an Ashes tour to Australia can unspool as precipitously as a ball of wool bounding down a fire escape. Five England teams…
English cricket must aspire to more than Giles’s brand of middle management | Jonathan Liew
The England setup seems to be lacking the innovation, imagination and variety of voices that moves a team forwardWith an impeccable sense of timing, Ashley Giles flies into Sydney next week to join up with the England squad ahead of the fourth Ashes Te…
English cricket is in disarray – and it’s a metaphor for the whole country | Martin Kettle
Cricket is ruled by upper-class white men, deluded about their abilities. It’s hard not to see a parallel between the Ashes shambles and BrexitIt has been years since football surged past cricket to become England’s favourite sport. Even so, more than …
Ashes 2021-22 third Test, day two: Australia v England – live!
Covid scare in England team delays startThe Spin: subscribe to our weekly cricket newsletterAny thoughts? Email or tweet @tjaldredEngland are on their way. Start time delayed by 30 minutes.You can also listen to Geoff (and Adam Collins and Emma John) d…
Great escapes and all-time thrillers: the history of Boxing Day Ashes Tests
The MCG fixture has become a major part of cricketing folklore but it was a surprisingly recent addition to the calendarHowever incompatible they superficially appear, the link between English cricket and Christmas has blossomed since the moment their …