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Cummins confident despite long lay-off

How much does Australian cricket believe in Pat Cummins? So much that he has been sent to England to replace Ryan Harris, when his last first-class match was two years ago

13-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Bayliss praise for 'fantastic' captain Cook

Trevor Bayliss, the new England coach, has hailed Alastair Cook's captaincy in the first Test of the Investec Ashes series as "fantastic"

12-Jul-2015•George Dobell

Cardiff loss a minor hiccup - Lehmann

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann has described England's vast victory in the first Test as a "minor hiccup," and has effectively challenged the Lord's ground staff to produce a quicker pitch for the second match from Thursday

12-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Watson's place under threat for Lord's

Australia's selectors will be compelled to consider the position of Shane Watson and are also likely to have to draft in Peter Siddle to replace Mitchell Starc for the Lord's Test

11-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Cardiff

Absorbed lessons to look to future - Cook

Alastair Cook praised his team's attacking mindset after England wrapped up a comprehensive 169-run victory in the first Investec Test at Cardiff

11-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Need to adapt to conditions' - Clarke

Michael Clarke has admitted that Australia will have to adapt quickly if the pitches produced for the Investec Ashes series are similar in character to that in Cardiff

11-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

England go 1-0 up with emphatic win

Australia surrendered five wickets between lunch and tea to hand England a 169-run win that put them 1-0 up in the Investec series

11-Jul-2015•The Report by David Hopps

Starc's ankle clouds Lord's chances

Peter Siddle appears a likely Australian inclusion for the Lord's Test after Mitchell Starc bowled in obvious pain on a difficult day three in Cardiff, leaving Nathan Lyon to admit the heavily favoured tourists needed to "compose themselves" following num

10-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Cardiff

Bell finds his touch as Australia are set 412

England were bowled out for 289, setting Australia 412 to win as the first Test of the Investec Ashes moved swiftly on

10-Jul-2015•The Report by David Hopps

Moeen stars as England's pressure brings rewards

Any England supporter with the vaguest sense of Ashes history would have felt mild trepidation as they defended a first-innings score of 430 on a sunny Cardiff day

09-Jul-2015•The Report by David Hopps

Australia caught cold by Haddin's drop

Josh Hazlewood has admitted Australia's bowlers did not respond well to the unexpected sight of Brad Haddin dropping Joe Root on the first day of the Investec Ashes series

08-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Root century galvanises England

Joe Root made 134 from only 166 balls to help lift England from a tricky position at 43 for 3 on a grouchy Cardiff morning

08-Jul-2015•The Report by David Hopps

Ageing Australia seek to overturn England's home Ashes hold

ESPNcricinfo previews the opening Test of the Investec Ashes which takes place in Cardiff, the scene of a dramatic outcome in 2009

07-Jul-2015•Andrew McGlashan

Clarke promises 'tough cricket' to win Ashes

Michael Clarke underlined his side must stick to the methods that have reaped benefits in the past, which includes an aggressive, occasionally unsociable manner on the field

07-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Cardiff

Watson to help fill Harris gulf

Shane Watson's greater experience of England and his capacity to bowl some of the kinds of spells Ryan Harris might have delivered for Australia appears set to squeeze him into the first Test team ahead of Mitchell Marsh

06-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Cardiff

Voges' dashed World Cup dream led to Ashes berth

Adam Voges reflects on how the frankness with Australia coach Darren Lehmann told him he was out of the World Cup squad allowed him to focus on securing a Test spot

06-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Spinning pitch at Cardiff 'very unlikely'

England traveled prepared to play a second spinner in the first Investec Ashes Test in Cardiff but Adil Rashid's chances of a Test debut look to be receding

05-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Jordan holds on to Ashes 'dream'

Chris Jordan is currently recovering from a side strain but has not given up hope of being involved in England's Ashes campaign

05-Jul-2015•Alan Gardner

Flat pitches will aid Australia - Botham

Ian Botham has warned that England will be "playing into Australia's hands" if flat pitches are prepared for the Investec Ashes

04-Jul-2015•George Dobell

Harris loses final battle of wounded knee

Ryan Harris revealed that scans showed he had a cracked right tibia as a result of the knee injury that has forced him into retirement

04-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

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