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Lee puts country before family

Brett Lee has pledged to put country ahead of family and will take the field for Australia in the first Ashes Test at Brisbane next month, even though his wife Liz is due to give birth to their first child on the eve of the match

04-Oct-2006•Cricinfo staff

Ritchie critical of Ponting and Buchanan

Greg Ritchie, the former Australian batsman, has criticised the tactics and methods of Australian coach John Buchanan, and captain Ricky Ponting and has predicted another Ashes victory for England later this year if the two continue to be in charge

01-Oct-2006•Cricinfo staff

England ask to use full squad in warm-up

Cricket Australia has agreed in principle to allow England to field all 16 players in their warm-up match against NSW at the start of their Ashes tour

28-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Watson a favourite for No.6 - Border

Allan Border has tipped Shane Watson for the No. 6 spot in Australia's batting order ahead of the Ashes

28-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Captaincy will be a burden on Flintoff - McGrath

Glenn McGrath and Ricky Ponting have questioned whether Andrew Flintoff will be able to focus on his batting and bowling while captaining England at the same time

28-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Settled Bell hungry for runs

Ian Bell, the England and Warwickshire batsman, has spoken of his hunger to rectify his disappointing series against Australia last year and insists he has nothing to prove

27-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Flintoff needs team support - Bell

Ian Bell has called on the England team to support Andrew Flintoff during the Ashes series so that his workload doesn't become too much

26-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Pommy bashing gets the all clear

Following the ICC's amended Anti-Racism Code yesterday, Cricket Australia (CA) has deemed the term "pom" will still be tolerable for use against the English in the forthcoming Ashes series

26-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Harmison the key - Ian Chappell

England's chances of retaining the Ashes later this year depend largely on the performance of their strike bowler Steve Harmison, feels Ian Chappell

24-Sep-2006•AFP

Vaughan supports squad decision

Michael Vaughan has supported the England selectors' decision to pick players for the Ashes tour who have yet to prove their fitness

23-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Panesar prepares for hostile crowds

Monty Panesar is making sure he'll be fully prepared for the tough challenge of playing in front of hostile Australian crowds this winter by talking to a psychologist

19-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Giles will be fit for the Ashes

David Parsons, England's spin bowling coach, has said Ashley Giles will be fit in time for this winter's Ashes in Australia

18-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Hoggard misses remainder of season

Matthew Hoggard, the England fast bowler, has undergone an MRI scan which has revealed no significant damage to the side strain which forced him out of Yorkshire's Championship match against Nottinghamshire on Tuesday

15-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Warne warns of ruffling Flintoff

Shane Warne says Australia will have a tough battle to get under Andrew Flintoff's skin as he warned his team-mates about targeting the England captain

15-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

MacGill fears knee will impede Ashes hopes

Stuart MacGill, who picked up a knee injury during Australia's five-day boot camp in the Queensland bush recently, feels the problem may interfere in his Ashes preparations

13-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Graveney allays injury concerns

With a replica urn positioned a few metres from the table, as if anyone needed reminding of the impending announcement, David Graveney confirmed England's squad of 16 to tour Australia this winter

12-Sep-2006•Will Luke at The Oval

BBC to carry Ashes highlights

The BBC has won the rights to screen daily highlights of the forthcoming Ashes series and the one-day VB Series which follows it

12-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Flintoff leads England's Ashes defence

As widely predicted, Andrew Flintoff was today appointed to lead England in both the Ashes series and the Champions Trophy which precedes it.

11-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Fletcher to exploit county loan system

Duncan Fletcher yesterday confirmed that James Anderson and Liam Plunkett could play in the final round of Championship matches for counties other than their own to assess their fitness ahead of England's tour of Australia

10-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Vaughan to shadow England in Australia

Michael Vaughan is planning to be in Australia throughout England's Ashes campaign this November, even though it is almost certain he will play no part

10-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

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