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'Declare Pup, make a game of it'

A blistering opening ceremony, followed by a cracking opening day at the Ashes - you couldn't ask for more. Except maybe sunlight

11-Jul-2013•Jack Vittles

Jayawardene approaches 400th ODI milestone

Mahela Jayawardene will become the second Sri Lankan to appear in 400 ODIs when he plays the tri-series final against India

11-Jul-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Treachery in the Trinidad pitch

The pitch for the final league game between India and Sri Lanka offered lateral movement and extremely uneven bounce, making shot-making virtually impossible

11-Jul-2013•Aakash Chopra

England turn up bearing gifts

Instead of sticking to first principles and patiently grinding out a match-defining total, England's batsmen misguidedly attempted to assert themselves

10-Jul-2013•George Dobell at Trent Bridge

Siddle flicks switch to light way

His first spell mirrored an inauspicious start to the tour but Peter Siddle roared back and provided a template for the bowlers to follow

10-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Siddle and Anderson find their bunnies

Stats highlights from a frenetic opening day of the Ashes

10-Jul-2013•S Rajesh

Wide, but not <i>that</i> wide

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the opening day of the Ashes series

10-Jul-2013•George Dobell and Jarrod Kimber at Trent Bridge

Selectors beguiled by a natural

Ashton Agar has talked about looking up to Daniel Vettori and Australia are now hoping he can have a similar impact

10-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Freddie's Ashes

The 1981 Ashes belonged to Ian Botham. Nisseem Burkule weighs in on why the 2005 series should be called Freddie's Ashes.

10-Jul-2013•Nisseem Burkule, India

England to win (unless Australia do)

The official, unequivocal Confectionery Stall Ashes prediction looks at ten key factors in the series

10-Jul-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Most memorable Ashes Test

Vote on our shortlist of classic Ashes moments that have taken place in England since 1981

10-Jul-2013

The summer everything changed

Revisiting the 2005 Ashes with those who lived through those thrilling moments

10-Jul-2013•Phil Walker

Two Ashes series or one?

Trent Bridge marks the start of an epic Ashes run of ten Tests and it is the result of the second series, which finishes in Sydney, which may give a more accurate assessment of where Australia are

09-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Swann and Anderson can expose Australia's cracks

It may not matter hugely in Bangalore or Bridgetown, but in England and Australia, in cricket at least, nothing matters more than what is about to begin

09-Jul-2013•George Dobell at Trent Bridge

A rough venue for England's batsmen

Stats preview to the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, a ground which has been pretty tough on batsmen over the last ten years

09-Jul-2013•S Rajesh

Old Boof, new tricks

Darren Lehmann's ascent to the Australian coaching job was seen as a win for the old school. But his rise has also been a triumph of invention, reconciliation and, believe it or not, sports science

09-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig

Royal honours, and frugal averages

Also: highest ODI scores by not-out openers, shortest completed internationals, and most wickets by a visiting bowler in each country

09-Jul-2013•Steven Lynch

Ashes tradition cannot disguise flaws

There is no amount of marketing or jingoistic hubris that can dress up the Investec Ashes series as a battle between the two best Test sides

08-Jul-2013•George Dobell

Virat Kohli and the art of ODI batting

A look at how Virat Kohli paces his innings in ODIs, and how it has helped him in his success as a batsman in ODIs

08-Jul-2013•Shiva Jayaraman

'I've learned I have to think faster'

As observed by Michael Hussey, Nathan Lyon is the beating heart of the Australian team. Fortified by the lessons of India, he is poised to play a pivotal role during a dry English summer.

07-Jul-2013•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

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