Ashes

MAY 18, 2013

Why I don't really care about the Ashes

Andrew Hughes: The tide of hyperbolic drivel has been rising with every series since 2005

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MAY 10, 2013

When AB and Thommo nearly pulled off a Melbourne heist

Matt Cleary: One December afternoon in 1982, Allan Border found an ally in the form of No. 11 Jeff Thomson and they almost pulled off the greatest last-wicket chase in history

MAY 09, 2013

We'll miss Mitch

Jon Hotten: Risky or not, Johnson is thrilling in his unpredictability. More's the pity we won't see him this Ashes

APRIL 25, 2013

My Australian XI for the Ashes

Matt Cleary: The squad that has been selected isn't bad at all. The quicks could trouble batsmen, and someone like Usman Khawaja needs just one good score to start a chain of them

APRIL 05, 2013

'Do you think about the Ashes when you're with me?'

R Rajkumar: Players' love lives affected by focus on upcoming mother of all series

APRIL 01, 2013

Meet Australia's future Ashes stars

Alan Tyers: Not excited by what's been on offer so far? These players will get you perked up

MARCH 28, 2013

One big muddle, 23 million solutions

Matt Cleary: Once upon a time, selecting the Australia Test XI was a straightforward business but, nowadays, you could ask everyone in the country and get an entirely different team from each of the them. Here's mine

MARCH 21, 2013

Ashes talk undermines Australia effort

Mahesh Sethuraman: A rivalry that used to be hotly contested and for a decade produced some of the finest cricket in the world seems to have been sidelined by the Australians because of an obsession with their Ashes preparation

MARCH 20, 2013

Don't mention the Ashes

Andrew Hughes: Build-up? I'll tell you where to stick your build-up

MARCH 08, 2013

The worst Australians since the last lot

Matt Cleary: Australia need to make changes to the team of lumberjacks that have chopped themselves down in India - but those yukking it up in England should know that we've seen worse and haven't given up on the Ashes yet

MARCH 05, 2013

Singing or shouting?

Philip Brown: I covered the entire Ashes tour of England in 1989 and I hadn't looked at these photographs since that time.

DECEMBER 29, 2012

A guide to 2013 in cricket

Andrew Hughes: Includes the formation of a new planet, a scandal about Alastair Cook, and the ashes of the Ashes

SEPTEMBER 03, 2012

Strauss' Ashes ecstasy, framed

Philip Brown: I've decided to jump on the Andrew Strauss bandwagon. He retired from all professional cricket just last week

JULY 10, 2012

The 'Rashes' effect

Jarrod Kimber: If you listen intently you can almost hear the hum of a huge Test series coming up. That is if you have an ear trumpet and it's aimed at Somerset this week

JUNE 27, 2012

The astonished MCC members

Philip Brown: There was a lot of excitement before Australia visited England in 2005. England hadn't won the Ashes since 1986-87, but I for one thought that this time they had a very good chance of reclaiming the famous urn

MAY 09, 2012

An action shot in the English countryside

Hamish Blair: The photo I've chosen for this post is a shot of Adam Gilchrist from the opening match of Australia's 2005 Ashes tour of England against the Professional Cricketers Association Masters XI