Matches (30)

NZ vs WI (1)

The Ashes (1)

ILT20 (2)

Sa Women vs IRE Women (1)

WBBL (2)

ENG Lions Tour (1)

Sheffield Shield (3)

QEA Trophy (1)

IND vs SA (1)

SMAT (17)

231 & 466/8d

(74 ov, T:531) 167 & 212/4

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Schedule Report Series

ENG

334

AUS

(73 ov) 378/6

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Schedule Report Videos Series

David Hopps

@davidkhopps

Swann mistaken not to see it through

At their time of need, Graeme Swann has decided to desert his team-mates

22-Dec-2013•David Hopps

How Australia regained the Ashes

ESPNcricinfo charts how Australia won back the urn in just 14 days

17-Dec-2013•David Hopps

Siddle and Harris give Australia 2-0 lead

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

09-Dec-2013•The Report by David Hopps at Adelaide Oval

Root fights but Australia tighten grip

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

08-Dec-2013•The Report by David Hopps at Adelaide Oval

Johnson annihilates listless England

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

07-Dec-2013•The Report by David Hopps at Adelaide Oval

Clarke, Haddin tons put Australia in command

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

06-Dec-2013•The Report by David Hopps at Adelaide Oval

Missed chances cost England ground

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

04-Dec-2013•The Report by David Hopps at Adelaide Oval

Batsmen have to accept sledging - Gooch

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

02-Dec-2013•David Hopps

Prior searches for an end to slump

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

01-Dec-2013•David Hopps

Bresnan haul points to fitness return

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.

28-Nov-2013•David Hopps

Root most likely solution for No. 3

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.

26-Nov-2013•David Hopps

Time for Trott to seek new truths

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

26-Nov-2013•David Hopps

Trott returns home due to stress-related illness

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

25-Nov-2013•David Hopps and Daniel Brettig

Johnson blows England away in a 381-run drubbing

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

24-Nov-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Warner and Clarke flay England

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

23-Nov-2013•The Report by David Hopps

Johnson sparks England's Gabba nightmare

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

22-Nov-2013•The Report by David Hopps at the Gabba

Broad undermines Australia's challenge

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

20-Nov-2013•The Report by David Hopps at the Gabba

ECB adopts Super Over for NatWest T20

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.

13-Nov-2013•David Hopps

Gooch prefers his beef wellington

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

08-Nov-2013•David Hopps

England insist on Ashes cookbook

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

07-Nov-2013•David Hopps

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