Stokes targets 3-2 Ashes series win
England captain Ben Stokes wants his players to use the pain of their controversial second Test defeat against Australia as fuel to mount a sensational Ashes fightback.
Stokes: Is Bairstow exit in ‘spirit of game’?
England captain Ben Stokes insists he would not have wanted to win a game of cricket with the kind of dismissal that led to Jonny Bairstow’s controversial exit at Lord’s.
Highlights: 2023 Ashes (2nd Test, Day 5)
Ben Stokes’ brilliant 155 wasn’t enough for England at Lord’s as Australia took a 2-0 Ashes series lead.
Australia survive Stokes’ assault
Australia took a stranglehold on the Ashes series after beating England by 43 runs in a fiery and controversial second Test at Lord’s on Sunday.
Bairstow dismissal sends Lord’s into revolt
Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal in the second Ashes Test on Sunday sent the Lord’s crowd into an unprecedented rage as Australia players clashed with spectators in the famous Pavilion Long Room.
Watch: Aussies booed in Lord’s Long Room
Usman Khawaja was held back by security while the Australians were booed by Long Room members at Lord’s on Sunday.
Watch: Aussies punish dozy Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow was stumped during the final day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s after mistakenly thinking the ball was dead.
Lyon: I knew the risks, I wanted to bat
Injured Australia spinner Nathan Lyon insisted he had no regrets about risking further damage to his torn calf during his extraordinary innings at Lord’s on Saturday.
Highlights: 2023 Ashes (2nd Test, Day 4)
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins put Australia in charge at Lord’s on Saturday.
Starc strikes before Duckett gives England hope
Mitchell Starc sparked an England collapse at Lord’s on Sunday before Ben Duckett was given a controversial reprieve .
Watch: Controversial Ashes catch – out or not out?
Mitchell Starc celebrated catching Ben Duckett, only for the third umpire, Marais Erasmus, to rule that the Australian was not in control of his body when grounding the ball.
Limping Lyon helps Aussies set tough target
Nathan Lyon came hobbling out to bat as Australia set England a Lord’s record 371 to win the second Ashes Test on Saturday.
England ‘about breaking records’
England are facing a huge run chase against Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.
Highlights: 2023 Ashes (2nd Test, Day 3)
Usman Khawaja’s unbeaten half-century helped Australia take a big lead at Lord’s.
Khawaja adds to England’s Ashes agony
Australia’s Usman Khawaja dug in to put Australia in control against England after the hosts’ batting collapse in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Friday.
