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Australia seal the whitewash

Australia surfed a tide of emotion in front of a packed fourth-and-final day crowd, sealing their first Ashes whitewash in 86 years with a ruthless demolition job at Sydney. They had a full two days available to do the necessary, but in the end they neede

04-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

Warne sets up the whitewash

Shane Warne's scriptwriters have stretched credulity to the limits in this series, but today one of their plotlines was deemed just that little bit too ludicrous for publication

03-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

England play down Flintoff concerns

On a day when England needed to be firing on all cylinders to prevent Australia taking control of the fifth and final Test, Andrew Flintoff's contribution with the ball was a cause of concern

03-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

Hussey and Symonds keep England at bay

England's bowlers did their level best to atone for another underwhelming batting display, reducing Australia to 4 for 155 in reply to 291

02-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

England show New Year fight

The first of five days of Australian celebrations were interrupted by a solid England batting performance as they tried to upstage the hosts

01-Jan-2007•Peter English at Sydney

Changing of the guard

Two eras will end at the SCG this week and the speed that Australia and England deal with the new beginnings will determine how they recover from the losses

31-Dec-2006•Peter English

Flintoff still full of cliches

England's captain, Andrew Flintoff, is running out of ways to express his disappointment on this tour. Another day, another defeat, another round of hollow insistences that his team is still full of "character" and "pride"

28-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Melbourne

MCG provides the perfect stage

The biggest game of the Australian cricket year just got a whole lot bigger

24-Dec-2006•Peter English

Flintoff focussed despite festivities

23-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

'I'm still proud to be captain' - Flintoff

After England's victory in the 2005 Ashes, a gung-ho ABC news journalist kicked open the saloon doors to Ricky Ponting's post-match press conference, and before anyone else could open their mouths, had launched into an immediate demand for the Australian

18-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Perth

Warne stars as Australia regain the Ashes

Australia have regained the Ashes with a comprehensive 206-run win two balls after lunch on the final day at the WACA

18-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Fletcher sticks to his guns

England's coach, Duncan Fletcher, has admitted his frustration at England's inability to compete on equal terms with Australia in this Ashes series, but insists he has no regrets over the controversial selections that have overshadowed the latter stages o

16-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Perth

Flintoff aims to create history

Despite that traumatic defeat in the second Test at Adelaide last week, England's captain, Andrew Flintoff, believes his team are capable of making history when the crucial third Test gets underway

13-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Perth

Warne lays blame with Fletcher

England's controversial team selections for the Brisbane and Adelaide Tests - and the buck-passing that has followed them - must be hurting the visitors' preparation for the Perth Test starting on Thursday, according to Shane Warne

12-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Defiant Fletcher blames batsmen

Duncan Fletcher was in a defiant mood on the morning after England's disastrous defeat in the second Test at Adelaide, insisting that England's batsmen were to blame for the collapse of their Ashes prospects, and not the defensive team selection that had

06-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller in Adelaide

Flintoff shocked after collapse

Andrew Flintoff has admitted that a single hour of madness on the final morning at Adelaide cost his side a share of the second Test at Adelaide

05-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Adelaide

Warne and Hussey sink England

Australia have won the second Test at Adelaide and taken a 2-0 lead in the Ashes, after Shane Warne bounced back to form on a sensational final day to spark a dramatic England collapse

05-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Adelaide

Fletcher calms Flintoff injury concern

Duncan Fletcher has allayed fears about the fitness of England's captain, Andrew Flintoff, who bowled just four overs on the fourth morning at Adelaide

04-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Adelaide

Collingwood and Pietersen make it England's day

England's batsmen produced a day of dogged defiance to haul themselves into a promising position by stumps on the first day of the second Test at Adelaide

30-Nov-2006•Andrew Miller at Adelaide

It's Edgbaston all over again

For 24 more hours at least, the parallels remain. By tomorrow evening, we should have a better idea of how "Ashes: The Sequel" is panning out

30-Nov-2006•Andrew Miller at Adelaide

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