England take Ashes 3-1 with innings win It took England all of 12 overs, to grab the last three Australian wickets to take the final Ashes Test, at Sydney, by and innings and 83 runs. The tourists thus won the series 3-1 and had claimed victory Down Under ...
Eng 3 wickets shy of victory on Day 4 England are on the brink of a historic Ashes victory yet again. After toting up a mammoth first innings total of 644, thanks largely to centuries from Alistair Cook, Ian Bell and Matt Prior, they then reduced Australia to 213/7. Thus ...
Botham slams Hughes for claiming catch Stand-in Australia captain Michael Clarke denied claims that teammate Phillip Hughes tried to cheat England's Alastair Cook out of his third century of the series at the final Sydney Ashes Test on Wednesday.English Test great Ian Botham, who was commentating on ...
England in driver's seat on Day 3 England are in a strong position at stumps on Day 3 of the fifth and final Ashes Test, at Sydney, with the score at 488/7 and the lead at 208. The advantageous status was brought about mainly due to a 189 ...
Johnson slams umpire referral system After Aussie captain Ricky Ponting, now the side's premier fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, has become one of the detractors of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS). Johnson hit out at the review system after umpires used it to confirm that the ...
Eng trail Aus by 113 with 3 down on Day 2 On a dramatic second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test, at Sydney, England emerged on top of the Australians. The tourists bowled out the hosts for 280 with James Anderson picking up four wickets and Tim Bresnan, three before ...
Aus wobble to 134/4 on rainy Day 1 On Day 1 of the fifth and final Ashes Test of England's tour of Australia 2010-11, the hosts won the toss and opted to bat first. It looked like the Aussies were intent on quelling the mistakes of their previous few ...
Eng team in hangover after booze-bender The Aussies might just enjoy an edge over the English team in the just-begun fifth and final Ashes Test, at Sydney. That's because the visitors went overboard with their alcohol-heavy celebrations following their victory in the fourth Test which enabled them ...
Can Aus hold Eng to a drawn Ashes? A beleaguered and embattled Australian Test team has allowed the Ashes to slip through its fingers after squaring the series. Thus, the present English side became the first team from Old Blighty to retain the Ashes Down Under since Mike Gatting's ...
Team Aus to get its first Muslim player When Usman Khawaja takes guard at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) sometime this week in the fifth and final Ashes Test, he will be doing a lot more than filling in for injured Aussie captain Ricky Ponting. He will be filling ...