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What is the highest Test score by an England batsman in Australia?

And does anyone have more Test hundreds against England than Steven Smith?

09-Jan-2018•Steven Lynch

Big Vern reels in the big fish

Over the course of 13 balls delivered from his favourite Wynberg End, Vernon Philander set Virat Kohli up and sent him back with the most artful of knockout blows

08-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

'A master of his craft'

Vernon Philander took the plaudits after a career-best effort gave South Africa the series lead in a low-scoring encounter at Newlands

08-Jan-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

India should rue fatal first day

It's easy to fall for recency bias and blame a fourth-innings collapse for losing a winnable contest, but India know their bowlers and batsmen really let the Newlands Test slip in the first innings

08-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

Rohit, Dhawan and the limits of 'current form'

Runs against Sri Lanka earned Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan their places in India's XI for Cape Town, ahead of Ajinkya Rahane and KL Rahul respectively, but neither justified his selection

08-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

South Africa play starring role in 'advert for Test cricket'

In what Faf du Plessis called one of his 'favourite games of cricket', South Africa kept getting into difficult positions and kept finding a way out of them

08-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Philander dominates at Newlands, yet again

The fast bowler won his third Man-of-the-Match award on his home ground, while Wriddhiman Saha set a new catches record for Indian wicketkeepers

08-Jan-2018•Bharath Seervi

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

Immy's crowd

Sanjay Manjrekar looks back at his encounters with Imran Khan and the side he led, and the Sharjah matches of the '90s

08-Jan-2018•Sanjay Manjrekar

Afterlife in the Newlands turf

Eddie Barlow and Hylton Ackerman are among the famous names whose ashes have been scattered on the Newlands outfield, but you don't need to have been a cricketer to make this famous ground your final resting place

07-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

Difficult road back for Soumya in mentor's absence

Chandika Hathurusingha had a lot of belief in Soumya Sarkar's ability, even when he went through prolonged lean patches. Dropped from the Bangladesh squad soon after the coach's exit, the batsman will have to prove himself all over again to stage a comeba

07-Jan-2018•Mohammad Isam

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

Did we see the first and the last of South Africa's pace quartet?

When Steyn went off the field, we were quickly faced with the reality that this quartet may not play many matches together

06-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

A day when Pandya talked, and walked it too

The impact of the 24-year-old allrounder's 93 runs and two wickets in this Test will be seen soon, but there is a larger impact of this effort that merits commendation

06-Jan-2018•Sidharth Monga in Cape Town

Pandya - 93 (95), other India batsmen - 102 (347)

Statistical highlights from Hardik Pandya's rapid knock at Newlands, including his share out of India's total, his scoring against South Africa's quicks and where his average stands now

06-Jan-2018•Bharath Seervi

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