The latest duck for Australia's No. 4 has raised further questions over his future in the team

Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus and Stuart Clark all struggled at various junctures and, if not for a succession of muddle-headed strokes, Australia might have faced a more treacherous path over the coming four days

Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus and Stuart Clark all struggled at various junctures and, if not for a succession of muddle-headed strokes, Australia might have faced a more treacherous path over the coming four days

The ICC has confirmed its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) received a report from the Australian team management after one of their players was approached by a man suspected of links to illegal bookmaking

Andrew Flintoff believes an England victory in his farewell Test would be a greater accomplishment than the team's heralded 2-1 Ashes triumph four years ago

Player approached in team hotel by man suspected of links to illegal bookmaking

Tim Nielsen has not discounted the prospect of Brett Lee making a surprise return for the Ashes decider at The Oval should conditions prove conducive for reverse swing

His South African mentors on his journey from precocious talent to potential Ashes saviour

Australia have drafted in Saqlain Mushtaq, the former Pakistan and Surrey offspinner, to work with Nathan Hauritz in the build-up to the fifth Ashes Test

Australia turned in a clinical and collaborative bowling performance against the England Lions on Sunday

Mark Ramprakash has yet to be contacted by Geoff Miller's selection panel, but said he would "cherish and savour" the opportunity to make a dramatic comeback in the final Ashes Test at The Oval

Andrew Hilditch, the Australia's chairman of selectors, insists Stuart Clark could be dropped for the final Ashes Test

Paul Sheldon, the Surrey chief executive, has tempered speculation of a Mark Ramprakash recall and suggestions the ECB could influence the character of The Oval pitch for the Ashes decider

Justin Langer has told Cricinfo that he bitterly regrets the fact that a dossier he compiled on the England team has been leaked to the press

Since arriving on these shores two months ago, Ricky Ponting has artfully dodged questions relating to England's 2005 Ashes triumph and its lingering impact on his emotions and legacy

Sifting for positives is a tricky business for any team faced with a 343-run first innings deficit and an historic defeat on the horizon, but Stuart Broad's career-best haul temporarily lifted English spirits on Saturday

He started the Ashes slowly, and was close to being dropped, but Australia's spearhead is finding peak form again

Stuart Clark feared his Test career was over after an extended stint on the sidelines coincided with the rise of a new generation of Australian pacemen

Having arrived into Leeds hopeful of a series-clinching victory, England were left to lament a dramatic first day in which form, injury and even faulty fire-detection equipment conspired against them

Stuart Clark fulfilled the role he was expected to play in the fourth Test at Headingley, while Steve Harmison did not