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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Queensland Second XI v England PP, Brisbane, 2nd day

Bresnan haul points to fitness return

Nov 28, 2013: Tim Bresnan could not be making better use of his first competitive outing since breaking down with a stress fracture to proclaim that he has no wish to sit out the entire Ashes series.

The Ashes 2013-14

Root most likely solution for No. 3

Nov 26, 2013: Joe Root is the likeliest solution to England's issue of who will bat No. 3 in the second Test in Adelaide after Jonathan Trott's return to England with a stress-related illness.

The Ashes 203-14

Time for Trott to seek new truths

Nov 26, 2013: England's vast support network provides for a player's every needs. Perhaps in a curious way that is part of the problem

England in Australia 2013-14

Trott returns home due to stress-related illness

Nov 25, 2013: Jonathan Trott, the England batsman, has left the Ashes tour with a stress-related illness and will not return for the remainder of the series

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 4th day

Johnson blows England away in a 381-run drubbing

Nov 24, 2013: The field set for Mitchell Johnson summed up Australia's supremacy as they closed in on victory in the first Test at the Gabba

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 3rd day

Warner and Clarke flay England

Nov 23, 2013: Domineering hundreds by Michael Clarke and David Warner, a declaration with an impregnable position swiftly achieved and two England wickets in the final hour: things could not have gone much better for Australia

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

Johnson sparks England's Gabba nightmare

Nov 22, 2013: Australia vigorously protected their long unbeaten record at the Gabba on the second afternoon of the first Test as their bowlers ran rampant to dismiss England for 136

Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st day

Broad undermines Australia's challenge

Nov 21, 2013: The wicket looks fantastic," said Michael Clarke, an Australian captain with renewed heart, as he won the toss at the start of the return Ashes series. The same could not be said of Australia's batting

County news

ECB adopts Super Over for NatWest T20

Nov 13, 2013: England's revamped domestic Twenty20 competition will adopt the Super Over to settle tied matches throughout the tournament in a package of changes intended to make the tournament more appealing for spectators.

Australia A v England XI, Tour match, Hobart

Gooch prefers his beef wellington

Nov 8, 2013: Graham Gooch has been variously described over the years as a fitness freak and a bit of a trencherman, so he was well qualified to provide an official response to all the delighted gossip over their leaked Ashes cookbook

The Ashes 2013-14

England insist on Ashes cookbook

Nov 7, 2013: The leaking of England's minutely detailed dining requirements highlights their attention to details. The days of pies, pizza and pints are long gone

The Ashes 2013-14

England's career 12th man

Nov 6, 2013: Jonny Bairstow appears to have lost the ebullience that initially won England over and now faces another trying time carrying the drinks on tour

WA Chairman's XI v England XI, Perth, 3rd day

Everything 'fantastic' for Prior

Nov 2, 2013: Matt Prior might have been standing in for the first time as an England captain, but he proved in Perth that he has already mastered the art of positive thinking