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The circus around Jonny Bairstow's bizarre "headbutt" greeting to Cameron Bancroft risks destabilising England's Ashes campaign

The England team "have to be smarter" about how they go about life off the field, the coach said, in the wake of the latest controversy to surround the team

How do you define a headbutt? Where did Jonny Bairstow make contact with Cameron Bancroft? And actually a bit of cricket as well. The full transcript of an unusual press conference

Trevor Bayliss, England's head coach, has promised that his team will receive another "stern talking-to", after confirming that Jonny Bairstow was involved in an altercation with Australia's opening batsman, Cameron Bancroft

Australia eased to a crushing ten-wicket win in just over an hour's play on the fifth and final morning at the Gabba

Moeen Ali has admitted England "let themselves down" with the bat in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane

England's tour has been thrown into turmoil by allegations of another off-field incident involving Jonny Bairstow and Cameron Bancroft

Ricky Ponting believes the Steven Smith can reach record peaks in his career but did caution that things could get tougher for the Australia captain

After Australia scythed through the tail to set a target of 170, the extinguishing of English hope was left to David Warner and Cameron Bancroft

Stuart Broad has dismissed the suggestion that James Anderson is suffering from an injury, despite questions around his deployment by England on the third day at the Gabba

Steven Smith said he needed patience and resilience to achieve one of his finest Test hundreds in the face of England's defensive tactics

Australia's captain led from the front before England's top order was rattled in a hostile final session to tilt the opening Test the home side's way

A swimming pool, a beer or two and an Ashes Test in full swing - what better time to pop the question?

An absorbing Ashes contest will go into the third day with neither side having made a convincing grab for the upper hand

Australian legend Matthew Hayden called England "no-hopers" and insisted he didn't know who James Vince was. You learn something new every day

Mark Stoneman and James Vince added a century stand for the second wicket as England doused some of Australia's fire in the opening Ashes exchanges

The Australia captain acknowledges the importance of using Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood in short bursts, but assures that they are more than capable of keeping at it for longer periods

Jake Ball will be the fourth member of England's seam attack when the Ashes starts in Brisbane on Thursday

England have not won at the Gabba in 31 years and few give them a chance on this occasion, but for all the talk Australia are not without their issues