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Outstanding Ponting leads again

Ricky Ponting led the side superbly and sits atop the marking sheet ahead of a stream of strong performers

06-Jan-2007•Peter English

Former captains slam England

The England players were pampered and lacked character during their 5-0 Ashes defeat and were beaten by a far more down-to-earth Australia side, according to several former England captains

06-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

'England refused extra warm-up games'

England refused the chance to play 16 days of warm-up games before their ill-fated Ashes defence, according to Bob Merriman, the former Cricket Australia chairman

06-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

ECB begin review process

Within hours of England's final humiliating defeat in the Ashes series the ECB has instigated a review of the reasons behind the team's dismal showing over the last six weeks

05-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

In their own words

Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer discuss their careers and futures

05-Jan-2007•Peter English at Sydney

'We can stay No. 1' - Ponting

Australia's departing players have no worries about the side dropping from the top of the world rankings after spending the past decade keeping them there

05-Jan-2007•Peter English at Sydney

Flintoff looks forward to 'switching off'

Andrew Flintoff vowed that his first act as England's newly whitewashed captain would be to "switch off" for a day and let the tensions and frustrations of the past two months die away

05-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

'This 5-0 better than ours' - Holding

England's 5-0 drubbing may have been their first at the hands of the Australians for 86 years, but the last occasion came much more recently than that. In 1984 and 1985-86, England slumped to ten defeats out of ten against the mighty West Indians

05-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

A tale of two captains

The last time Ricky Ponting faced the media at the end of an Ashes series, the first question he received came from a hard-talking TV news reporter who demanded his on-the-spot resignation for the "humiliation" of losing the closest and greatest Ashes con

05-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

Emotions show as champions depart

Three relieved and tired men briefly came down from their retirement highs to speak for the final time as players in the same cream-coloured basement where Steve Waugh bowed out three years ago

05-Jan-2007•Peter English at Sydney

England MBEs 'a joke' claims Boycott

Geoff Boycott has weighed in to the debate over the honours awarded to the England side in 2005

05-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

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

Strauss cleared after scans

Andrew Strauss has been cleared of injury after being struck flush on the helmet by a bouncer from Brett Lee during England's second innings in the fifth Test at Sydney.

04-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

Warne fuelled by England's chirping

Shane Warne probably has only one more day of Test cricket but when he arrives at the SCG on Friday he won't be sad. "Not at all, I'll be happy," he said. And he hopes his mood improves with Australia's second Ashes cleansweep in the history of the rivalr

04-Jan-2007•Peter English at Sydney

Anderson calls for tail-end resistance

James Anderson is a man of few words at the best of times. Given that these are the worst of times for England's cricketers, it is hardly surprising to learn that he was at a loss to explain his side's latest meltdown

04-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

Lee 'ready to lead' attack

Brett Lee believes he is prepared to take over from Glenn McGrath as the leader of Australia's fast-bowling attack and he said Stuart Clark was the perfect man to help him fill the hole left by McGrath

04-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

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

Harmison still searching for answers

It was a good day at the office for Steve Harmison. He bowled 16 overs for 34, and picked up two important wickets as well

03-Jan-2007•Andrew Miller at Sydney

McGrath confident to the last

Glenn McGrath believes the farewell party is on track after two days of the SCG lap of honour

03-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

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