Australia v England, 3rd Test, Perth

Smith stands up with hugely significant innings

Dec 13, 2013: Few expected Australia to reach Perth with a chance to claim the Ashes in the third Test. Fewer still would have predicted that the author of a pivotal innings in that match would be Steve Smith

Australia v England, 3rd Test, Perth

Australia and England on the brink

Dec 12, 2013: ESPNcricinfo's preview of the third Ashes Test between Australia and England at the WACA Ground

Australia news

Marsh receives settlement from SLC

Dec 10, 2013: Geoff Marsh has reached an undisclosed financial settlement with Sri Lanka over his sacking as coach of the national team in 2012

The Ashes 2013-14

McDermott says bouncer barrage will continue

Dec 10, 2013: Australia's bowling coach Craig McDermott is unapologetic about the short-pitched assault that has rendered England's tail all but irrelevant over two Tests

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

Lord's humiliation fired turnaround

Dec 9, 2013: Australia's dramatic turnaround from Test match lightweights to the brink of regaining the Ashes is the flowering of a regeneration that began in the aftermath of shattering defeat in the second match of the previous series at Lord's

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

Reactive England dance to Australia's tune

Dec 9, 2013: England have lost control of their game in a very public fashion

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, 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, 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

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

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

'It's good to live as normal a life as possible'

Dec 4, 2013: Keith Bradshaw battled cancer throughout 2013, but has happily declared himself fit for the Adelaide Ashes Test and cricket's many challenges beyond

County news

Bradshaw revives franchise debate

Dec 3, 2013: Keith Bradshaw, the former MCC chief executive, believes the ECB and the counties will have to revisit the concept of a Twenty20 franchise competition in the future

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

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, 2nd Test, Adelaide

Adelaide Oval's mixed future

Dec 1, 2013: For so many years a cricket ground, the home of Bradman, Chappell and Hookes has become a stadium after $500m redevelopment