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Decision referrals should be taken out of the hands of players and left as a tool of international umpires, Australia's vice-captain Brad Haddin believes

Andy Flower has defended the performance of England's bowlers after suggestions his team have an over-burdening reliance on James Anderson

Before heading to South Africa with Australia A, David Warner spoke to the media about the problems of the last month, missing the Ashes and what the future holds

David Warner's days as a Test opening batsman are done, and perhaps so too those as a serial source of trouble in Australian cricket

Even in the midst of a defeat that will sting as much as any in recent Ashes memory, Darren Lehmann and Australia had reason not to get too wrapped up in grief about a game of cricket as news of the death of Jason Gillespie's father, Neil, came in

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann has declared that the team's long-standing and disproportionate reliance on their bowlers for major runs must end if the Ashes are to be won from 1-0 down

Andy Flower has praised the "resolve and resilience" of his team after England's narrow victory in the first Investec Ashes Test at Trent Bridge

Tim Bresnan and Graham Onions will again be pushing for Steven Finn's place in England's bowling attack after the selectors named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Investec Test at Lord's

Alastair Cook played down fears that England are over-reliant upon James Anderson as the fast bowler almost single-handedly hauled his team to victory

Michael Clarke believes his team have regained respect and credibility as contenders for the Ashes urn over the course of a wondrous, winding match at Trent Bridge

James Anderson led England to victory in the first Investec Test as he took the last four wickets to fall in a steadfast spell of fast bowling on a nerve-shredding final day at Trent Bridge

Ian Bell rated his century his "best Ashes innings" after helping England into a strong position going into the final day at Trent Bridge

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth day at Trent Bridge

Four days of enthralling, gut-wrenching and at times quite remarkable Ashes cricket came to rest at Trent Bridge with England favourites to take a 1-0 lead in the Investec Test series

Australia are privately fuming but biting hard on their tongues and declining to express any public anger over the reprieve of Stuart Broad

England will be convinced that they finally broke Australia in a heated final session at Trent Bridge, that the 261-run lead established by the end of the third day is already enough

Two days into back-to-back series and the cricket has already been more interesting and entertaining than anything David Warner does after midnight

The ECB have requested clarification from the ICC on the chain of events that led to Jonathan Trott being adjudged lbw in England's second innings at Trent Bridge.

Australia's debutant Ashton Agar produced the greatest innings by a No. 11 in Test history, only to fall for 98 as he sought the shot to bring up his hundred

Stuart Broad is expected to bowl in the warm-up ahead of the second day's play but Shane Watson's continuing contribution with the ball is uncertain