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

CA issue 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

Australia wobble after steady start

Dec 5, 2013: Three wickets frittered away in an extended afternoon session undermined Australia's workmanlike intent to build on their victory in the first Test at the Gabba by posting an unassailable first-innings score on a placid Adelaide surface

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Trott could return for England - Cook

Dec 4, 2013: There is no reason why Jonathan Trott cannot return to international cricket, according to England captain, Alastair Cook

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Cook wants no repeat of 'ugly' Brisbane scenes

Dec 4, 2013: Alastair Cook has called upon both teams to "play the game in the right way" on the eve of the second Ashes Test

England in Australia 2013

Brett Lee to captain Prime Minister's XI

Dec 4, 2013: England's batsmen will face retired international fast bowler Brett Lee one more time after he was named to captain the Prime Minister's XI in January

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Cook looks to senior players to up their game

Dec 4, 2013: Alastair Cook has demanded a response from his senior players as England attempt in Adelaide to stem the feeling that power is shifting towards Australia

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Painful memories keep Australia on guard

Dec 4, 2013: Australia's most recent Ashes wins have been followed by heavy losses, and Darren Lehmann and Michael Clarke know that cannot be allowed to occur again this time

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Rare unchanged team for Clarke

Dec 4, 2013: Australia's captain Michael Clarke named an unchanged team for the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, the first time he has been able to do so since the corresponding match last summer against South Africa

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Can Australia hold their unfamiliar lead?

Dec 4, 2013: ESPNcricinfo's preview of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval

ICC news

BCCI discusses restructure in sharing of ICC revenue

Dec 3, 2013: The BCCI is understood to be in favour of a sharing of ICC revenue that better reflects the size of its financial contribution to the game, rather than an equal split among all Full Member nations

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Watson takes greater responsibility

Dec 3, 2013: Australia's No. 3 batsman Shane Watson freely admits he will need to carry a far greater burden in Adelaide, both as a top order runmaker and also a change bowler, on what is shaping to be an exceedingly dry and unhelpful surface for the fast men

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Lyon ready for hard toil on 'belter'

Dec 3, 2013: Nathan Lyon is preparing for a heavy workload in the Adelaide Test on a pitch he described as "a belter"

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Clarke misses training, but 'will play' Test

Dec 3, 2013: Michael Clarke did not train at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday due to his stiff and sore ankle but Cricket Australia insists he is not in doubt for the second Test

CA Chairman's XI v England, Alice Springs

Announcer denies Panesar mockery claims

Dec 2, 2013: David Nixon, the announcer who was 'stood down' by Cricket Australia at lunch on the second day of England's tour game in Alice Springs, has vehemently denied any suggestion that he made racially insensitive remarks

Western Australia v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, Perth

Voges scores double-ton in draw

Dec 2, 2013: Adam Voges made the first double-century of his first-class career, and the highest score ever by a Western Australia captain, but his declaration late on the fourth day led to a draw from which Queensland took first-innings points

The Ashes 2013-14

All guns blazing for Harris

Dec 2, 2013: Ryan Harris, the Australian fast bowler, is relishing the prospect of playing the second Test in Adelaide and once again attacking the England batsmen on what is expected to be a dry pitch at the Adelaide Oval

The Ashes 2013-14

Batsmen have to accept sledging - Gooch

Dec 2, 2013: Graham Gooch was up indecently early as usual. Once the media had been despatched, he had a chat planned with two England batsmen. It was just routine, he insisted, but he did not hide the fact that the art of dealing with a sledging fast bowler, banging

Australia v England, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Clarke trains well after injury scare

Dec 2, 2013: Michael Clarke sent a scare through the Australia camp on Monday when he appeared to roll his right ankle at training at Adelaide Oval

The Ashes 2013-14

Prior searches for an end to slump

Dec 1, 2013: Cricketers often face demoralising periods of failure which they are resilient enough to survive. Matt Prior needs to arrest a prolonged batting decline to lift England's Ashes challenge

Western Australia v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, Perth

Voges nears ton as Warriors fight

Dec 1, 2013: Western Australia captain Adam Voges was within touching distance of a 17th first-class hundred at stumps on the third day at the WACA, as his Warriors edged ahead of Queensland after conceding first-innings points