Cricket News

Gary Ballance pressed his claims for a Test debut with a half-century but England were otherwise underwhelming against weak opposition

Like last year, there is only a three-day break between the Adelaide and Perth Tests, but Siddle is hopeful he will be able to walk out with the team at the WACA this time around

Stuart Broad has described the England squad as "heartbroken" by the loss of Jonathan Trott, but insisted the team can bounce back from crushing defeat

Michael Hussey, the former Australian batsman, has said that he understands what Jonathan Trott is going through, after the England batsman withdrew from the ongoing Ashes with a stress-related illness

Mitchell Johnson has told England not to expect any let-up in the verbal barrage they will receive from the Australians when the second Test begins in Adelaide next week

The bowling attack England will face in the two-day tour match in Alice Springs this week has been weakened further, with the withdrawal of Alister McDermott and Kane Richardson

Joe Root is the likeliest solution to England's issue of who will bat No. 3 in the second Test in Adelaide after Jonathan Trott's return to England with a stress-related illness.

Concerns about Adelaide Oval's barren drop-in pitch and a short turnaround to the third Test at the WACA ground may lead Australia's selectors to bolster their pace reserves by withdrawing numerous fast bowlers of interest from Sheffield Shield duty

Marcus Trescothick has urged the media and public to give Jonathan Trott the time and space he needs to overcome the stress-related illness that has forced him to leave the Ashes tour

Brett Morrissey, a cognitive behaviour consultant, who has worked with professional sports people explains to ESPNcricinfo about stress-related illnesses

Shane Warne has called the ICC's decision to fine Michael Clarke "a disgrace", claiming that Clarke was only standing up for his players after James Anderson threatened to punch George Bailey in the face.

Australia's cricketers should not be reined in from the aggression they showed during the first Ashes Test and broadcasters have erred in exposing players to unnecessary sanctions from the ICC, their union chief Paul Marsh has said

Jonathan Trott, the England batsman, has left the Ashes tour with a stress-related illness and will not return for the remainder of the series

Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, has been fined 20% of his match fee for his sledge against James Anderson during the dying stages of Australia's win in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane

Bar their stuttering start, Australia put in a world-class performance at the Gabba to inflict maximum England casualties in the first match of the summer

England's captain, Alastair Cook, has condemned David Warner's off-field implication that Jonathan Trott was afraid of the pace of Mitchell Johnson as "disrespectful"

The field set for Mitchell Johnson summed up Australia's supremacy as they closed in on victory in the first Test at the Gabba

David Warner claimed he saw fear in Jonathan Trott's eyes after England's No. 3 completed a wretched first Ashes Test at the Gabba by flicking Mitchell Johnson to deep square leg.

Domineering hundreds by Michael Clarke and David Warner, a declaration with an impregnable position swiftly achieved and two England wickets in the final hour: things could not have gone much better for Australia