Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 5th day

Siddle and Harris give Australia 2-0 lead

Dec 9, 2013: Australia took a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series, with three to play as they inflicted a 218-run defeat on England in the Adelaide Test to follow up their overwhelming 381-run win in the opening match in Brisbane

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 4th day

Can England Flower again?

Dec 8, 2013: England's second-innings resistance should not mask the need for change in the team; the only question is whether Andy Flower is the man to lead it

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 4th day

Siddle thrives on hard day's fight

Dec 8, 2013: As Australia grafted for wickets, Peter Siddle restated his immense value to the team

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 4th day

Root fights but Australia tighten grip

Dec 8, 2013: As Joe Root led a stubborn England rearguard action in a third Test that logically seems as good as lost, perhaps the name of Faf du Plessis occasionally sustained him. It was du Plessis who stonewalled for seven-and-a-half hours on this ground a year ago

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 3rd day

England performance 'not good enough' - Bell

Dec 7, 2013: Ian Bell could hardly hide his frustration after seeing his England team-mates deliver another batting performance of striking incompetence

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 3rd day

Johnson 'emotional' after dispelling doubts

Dec 7, 2013: Mitchell Johnson admitted he had doubts about his own consistency after blowing England away in their first innings in Adelaide

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 3rd day

Johnson joins pace pantheon

Dec 7, 2013: With a spell for the ages, Mitchell Johnson appears to have discovered how to harness his formidable gifts

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 3rd day

Johnson's Ashes best, England's long tail

Dec 7, 2013: Stats highlights from the third day's play between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval

Big Bash League 2013-14

Dwayne Smith joins Perth Scorchers

Dec 7, 2013: West Indies allrounder Dwayne Smith has joined Perth Scorchers for the upcoming Big Bash League season

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 3rd day

Johnson annihilates listless England

Dec 7, 2013: Mitchell Johnson produced a blood-curdling display of world-class fast bowling to destroy England in the second Test in Adelaide. Johnson's sustained menace bore comparison with the great fast bowling spells of the modern age as he took 5 for 16 in five o

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 2nd day

Battle-weary England slide again

Dec 6, 2013: England look jaded, joyless and over-reliant on tired players who have too many miles on the clock; it is hard to avoid the sense that their time has passed

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 2nd day

Clarke, Haddin plump records

Dec 6, 2013: Stats highlights from the second day's play between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 2nd day

Robo England suffer malfunction

Dec 6, 2013: A team that used to programme calculated destruction of the opposition has been reduced to making flawed, human gambles

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 2nd day

Warne, Haddin fortify Clarke

Dec 6, 2013: Brad Haddin and Shane Warne have both provided reassurance to Michael Clarke during his captaincy and helped him, in different ways, during his hundred in Adelaide

Big Bash League 2013-14

Mendis signs for Sydney Thunder

Dec 6, 2013: Ajantha Mendis, the Sri Lanka spinner, has signed with Sydney Thunder for the upcoming season of Big Bash League

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 2nd day

Clarke, Haddin tons put Australia in command

Dec 6, 2013: It has been a while since an Australian captain has looked as serene during an Ashes Test as Michael Clarke did at the Adelaide Oval. During a period of England domination, uncomprehending exasperation of Ricky Ponting has been followed by the lurking fea

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 1st day

England fail to grasp advantage

Dec 5, 2013: On a day littered with self-inflicted mistakes, England dropped three catches and missed the opportunity to gain anything more than a foothold in the match

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 1st day

Clarke grins and bears it, again

Dec 5, 2013: As Australia's top-order batsmen squandered their starts, the job of ensuring a score the situation merited was once more left to Michael Clarke

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 1st day

CA issues apology for Panesar tweet

Dec 5, 2013: Cricket Australia was compelled to apologise after its official Twitter account posted a picture of four bearded, turbaned men dressed up as Teletubbies with the caption "will the real Monty Panesar please stand up?"

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide, 1st day

Missed chances cost England ground

Dec 5, 2013: Adelaide's first transportable Test pitch, as far as batsmen were concerned, promised to be more check-in than drop-in. England had no option but to hang in there