Fans often get sucked into forgetting how good the Australian cricket team is but when you reflect on what that group has done in the last 12 months while overcoming challenges, it’s been awesome.
Craig O'Donoghue
Josh Hazlewood is defiant that his Test career is not over despite repeated soft tissue injuries that has forced him to pull out of The Ashes.
Jake Santa Maria
David Warner has given Australian Test selectors a clear message for who he thinks should open the batting in the third Ashes Test.
Martin Gabor
David Warner says moving Travis Head back to No.5 could make Australia's batting more dangerous in Adelaide, with Usman Khawaja opening.
Scott Bailey
England have no intention of putting their drives away despite their poor batting returns, with their stars once again hitting the greens ahead of the third Test.
MITCHELL JOHNSON: England need a plan that’s more than slogans, more than catchphrases, and certainly more than waiting until the last over to show some fire.
Mitchell Johnson
Down 2-0 after just six days of competitive cricket, life is still a beach for the Poms, enjoying the sand and surf on offer at Noosa. SEE THE PICS
Tough decisions await Australia’s cricket selectors as they must decide whether to recall Usman Khawaja, and where to bat the veteran if he does make his return to the team.
Marco Monteverde
Australian cricket legend Glenn McGrath is warning this Ashes will get embarrassing for England with their Bazball philosophy stripping accountability from their touring squad.
Jhye Richardson will be fit in time to play a part in the end of the Ashes series, almost a full year after electing to have shoulder surgery, he has confirmed.
Jackson Barrett
Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey is being lauded around the world, but says his latest masterclass came with no specific training and a basic mantra.
Steve Larkin
On the verge of a complete and utter Ashes disaster, England’s under-the-pump cricketers hit the beaches and the beers in Noosa on Tuesday. SEE THE PICS AND WATCH THE VIDEO.
Aaron Kirby
LISA STHALEKAR: England has made a complete mess of this Ashes tour and claiming they trained too hard is utter nonsense
Lisa Sthalekar
England great Michael Vaughan says Ben Stokes must lead the way if his side are to stop their spiralling Ashes campaign, urging the under-fire skipper to move up the order.
England’s hopes of winning the Ashes have taken another devastating blow with a star fast bowler ruled out of the series.
Josh Hazlewood won’t play a part in The Ashes, with the pace star officially ruled out for the remainder of the series.
Chris Robinson & Jasper Bruce
‘These players have never learned from their mistakes.’
Ben Sutton
Champions of England cricket are piling on Brendon McCullum for his bizarre claim his side trained too much before their Brisbane Test defeat, with one former Test player calling the comments a ‘cop out’.
England’s embarrassing Ashes capitulation has prompted cricket legends, fans and even their home press to turn on the hapless Poms as Australia strolled to a 2-0 series lead.
Samantha Rogers
There was a lot not to like about England’s woeful effort in Brisbane, but this is what would have terrified me the most as a coach if I was in charge, writes Justin Langer.
Justin Langer
A host of England players failed to make the grade in Brisbane. See our ratings of every Pom here!
GEORGIE PARKER: In a sporting world where everything is spun to suit a palatable narrative, the veteran’s raw honesty was refreshing.
Georgie Parker
It’s no surprise Mitchell Starc tops our ratings for a second straight Test, but the man who’s right behind him deserves his plaudits despite not being a headline act. See Jackson Barrett’s rankings here!
An England great has unleashed after the side’s Second Test defeat, pulling no punches in a scathing review of a team “up their own backsides”.
Tyler Lewis
