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Tea and sympathy won't suffice as England face up to another drubbing

Stoicism is an admirable trait that serves the country well, but it's time to get really rather cross about the state of English cricket

08-Jan-2018•George Dobell at Sydney

The futile finale of a drained Joe Root

Joe Root started the Ashes with boyish optimism but finished it asleep in the dressing-room, ill and exhausted after a tour of perpetual scrutiny and failure

08-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Sydney

The Ashes event now transcends the cricket

This was the second-highest attended Ashes of all time, viewing figures have been strong and Steven Smith has moved towards greatness. But much of the action was far from memorable

08-Jan-2018•Daniel Brettig

Australia's bowling quartet dominate

Stats highlights from the last day's play of the 2017-18 Ashes, as Australia wrapped up an emphatic 4-0 win

08-Jan-2018•Gaurav Sundararaman

Farbrace calls for honesty after England failings are 'exposed'

Planning must start now, says assistant coach, if England are to mount a challenge on future Ashes tours

07-Jan-2018•George Dobell in Sydney

Lyon's share recalls Warne impact

Expectation rises whenever Nathan Lyon takes the ball, and England have largely been worried out of attacking him

07-Jan-2018•Daniel Brettig at Sydney

Brotherly hundreds, and Crane's record

Stats highlights from another day at the SCG completely dominated by Australia

07-Jan-2018•S Rajesh

The toast is aflame but butter won't melt for England

England, in training, in batting, in self-appraisals, are beginning to sound just a little bit soft

06-Jan-2018•George Dobell in Sydney

Crane's exoticism atones for lack of impact

Mason Crane was a source of endless fascination in spite of a tough first outing in Test cricket, but he bore the attention well

06-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Sydney

Khawaja's Ashes hype grows into substance

Seven years on from an oddly overblown debut innings, Usman Khawaja finally attained Ashes fulfilment at the ground where it all began

06-Jan-2018•Daniel Brettig at Sydney

Headed run-outs, jumbotrons and a world record

In just a few years, the local rivalry between the Stars and Renegades has thrown up a number of memorable moments

06-Jan-2018•Srinath Sripath

Cosmetic changes won't mask England's deep structural flaws

England's inability to compete in the Ashes would once have been a matter of national shame. But the ECB's priorities lie elsewhere

05-Jan-2018•George Dobell in Sydney

Khawaja, Bancroft contrast on village day

The 22nd day of Ashes combat in this series stretched the mental reserves of both teams, but some players coped better than others

05-Jan-2018•Daniel Brettig at Sydney

Nightwatchman would not have halted England's crime wave

England keep repeating the same errors without learning or suffering the consequences

04-Jan-2018•George Dobell in Sydney

Pretty starts and brainfarts: the story of Vince's career

The beauty of James Vince's batting masks a consistent failure to convert starts into finishes, a flaw that would not be tolerated in a less attractive player

04-Jan-2018•Jarrod Kimber at Sydney

Australia reminded of Starc reality

Australia are not the same team without a 100% fit Mitchell Starc - and that includes when Starc is actually playing

04-Jan-2018•Daniel Brettig at Sydney

Australia lose moral high ground on pitches

Australian cricket has long prided itself on the independence of its curators and the quality of its pitches, but the ICC's 'poor' rating for the MCG strip is a warning sign that the surfaces at the major Test centres are no longer what they used to be

03-Jan-2018•Daniel Brettig

England never ever lose eight away Test matches on the trot

Also, not everything in the '60s was sexy

03-Jan-2018•Andy Zaltzman

New year, new Ashton Agar

Four years after a meteoric rise and fall, the young left-arm spinner has gathered experience on bowling, international cricket, and life

31-Dec-2017•Daniel Brettig

Which kind of pitch is worst for Tests?

If you were a part of the ICC's pitch-monitoring process, what would you clamp down hardest on?

30-Dec-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

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