England v Australia: T20 and ODIs
England are still reveling in their Ashes success while Australia have been quick to forget it, but attention now turns to the shorter formats.
England are still reveling in their Ashes success while Australia have been quick to forget it, but attention now turns to the shorter formats.
The Ashes was fought ferociously, but often inconsistently, and with that came inconsistent performances. SACricketmag.com rates the players’ performances throughout England’s 3-2 victory over Australia.
Australian captain Michael Clarke finished his illustrious career on a high on Sunday, as Australia beat England by an innings and 45 runs in the fifth and final Test match at the Oval, ending the series 3-2 to England.
Australia need just four more wickets to seal a consolation victory against England in the fifth and final Test, after another dominant display at the Oval.
David Warner and Steve Smith put on a solid display of batting as they helped Australia to 287-3 on day one of the fifth and final Test match against England at the Oval on Thursday.
England have already wrapped up the Ashes series and regained the precious urn. But there’s still one match left, and both sides will be eager to walk away from the Oval with a victory. Here are five points of discussion leading into Thursday’s contest.
England wrapped up a remarkable innings and 78-run victory on Saturday, winning the series 3-1 in the process to regain the famous urn. Here are five things we learnt from the three-day contest at Trent Bridge.
England wrapped up a sensational innings and 78-run victory against Australia at Trent Bridge on Saturday, to go 3-1 up in the series and regain the Ashes in the process.
England and Australia head into their fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on Thursday with the illustrious urn on the line. The hosts are one victory away from recapturing it, while the tourists are out to level the series going into the final Test. Tom Sizeland discusses what’s required to seal victory.
Barely a week after Australia thrashed England by 405-runs at Lord’s, the hosts responded with an emphatic eight-wicket victory at Edgbaston, to go 2-1 up. Tom Sizeland picks five lessons learnt from the encounter.
Test match cricket is being played at a furious pace – a pace that leaves the Test-format doubters needing to rethink their philosophy.
England are 2-1 up in the Ashes, as they needed just three days to beat Australia by eight wickets in the third Test match at Edgbaston on Friday.
England have victory in their sights, as Steven Finn took 5-45 to limit Australia to 168-7 in their second innings and leave them just 23 runs ahead, on day two of the third Test match at Edgbaston.
James Anderson took 6-47 as Australia were skittled for 136, before England closed on 133-3, on a rain-affected but dominant day one of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
Rilee Rossouw, who has become one of the world’s brightest batting prospects after a difficult start to his Proteas career, is on the cover of the August/September SACricket magazine.