Australia won’t cope with best England – Anderson

James Anderson believes “nobody in the world” can cope with England at their best as they bid to regain the Ashes from arch-rivals Australia.

Smith better than in 2019 – Labuschagne

Marnus Labuschagne has warned England that tweaks “freakish” Australian teammate Steve Smith has made to his batting mean he is as dangerous as when he dominated the 2019 Ashes.

Archer out of Ashes with elbow injury

Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the Ashes with a stress fracture to his right elbow.

Stokes fitness doubt in latest England Ashes scare

England Test captain Ben Stokes is still unable to bowl and is only “batting cover”, his coach at the Chennai Super Kings says.

Lyon warns England over Ashes boundary ploy

Australian spin king Nathan Lyon has dismissed concerns that England could use short boundaries for the upcoming Ashes to supercharge their attacking “Bazball” strategy.

Bradburn named new Pakistan coach

Grant Bradburn has been appointed Pakistan head coach for the next two years after serving on an interim basis.

Neser, Abbott set to join Australia’s pre-Ashes camp

Australia have called up fast bowlers Michael Neser and Sean Abbott to their pre-Ashes training camp.

India call up Kishan for WTC final

Batsman Ishan Kishan was on Monday named in India’s squad for the World Test Championship final against Australia in place of the injured KL Rahul.

Rickelton: Ankle op will open doors for me

Ryan Rickelton hopes to be batting again in a month’s time following successful ankle surgery.

Elgar ‘hurt’ by ‘unexpected’ captaincy axing

Dean Elgar says losing the Proteas Test captaincy was a “massive setback” for him.

Rahul out of IPL, WTC final

India batsman KL Rahul has been ruled out of the ongoing IPL and the World Test Championship final.

Smith targets ‘bucket list’ Ashes win in England

Australia great Steve Smith will prepare for potentially his final overseas Ashes series with a stint at county club Sussex.

India go top of ICC Test rankings

India overtook Australia on Tuesday to go No 1 in the ICC Test rankings, while also retaining the top position in T20Is.

Mendis bags five as Sri Lanka crush Ireland

Sri Lanka thrashed Ireland by an innings and 10 runs in the second Test on Friday.

Jayasuriya breaks seven-decade Test record

Sri Lanka’s Prabath Jayasuriya became the quickest spin bowler in Test history to claim 50 wickets on Friday in Galle.