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Starc and Hazlewood polish off Essex

Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood shared seven wickets between them as the Australians won by 169 runs on the fourth afternoon in Chelmsford

04-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

Injury forces Ryan Harris to retire

Ryan Harris battered right knee has finally given out on him, ending his days in the baggy green less than a week before the first Test of the Ashes series

04-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

Smith aims to silence England doubters

Steven Smith has named Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen as two of his chief verbal tormentors on Australia's last Ashes tour to England, and is determined to silence any remaining doubters with a pile of runs from No. 3 this summer.

04-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Clarke unconcerned by spinners' struggles

Australia's captain Michael Clarke has defended his spin bowlers Nathan Lyon and Fawad Ahmed after both were subjected to considerable punishment in the tourists' opening two tour matches

03-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

Starc, Clarke provide bright spots

Mitchell Starc and Michael Clarke impressed for the Australians although it was another uneven display against Essex

03-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

Stokes looks Ashes expectations in the eye

Ben Stokes is aware that he carries a major responsibility as England's allrounder in the Ashes series and to no-one's surprise, it is a challenge he is looking straight in the eye

02-Jul-2015•Andrew McGlashan

Strauss wants Ashes in perspective

After a week of bluster and hyperbole, it fell to Andrew Strauss to provide the sense of perspective required ahead of the Investec Ashes series

02-Jul-2015•George Dobell

History repeats itself as Westley makes Australians toil

A decade after a young Alastair Cook smote the Australians to all parts of Chelmsford, another youthful Essex opener in Tom Westley did much the same

02-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

Red-hot Marsh turns up heat on Watson

On the hottest July day in England since records began, it was hard to know what was at a higher temperature - a sweltering Chelmsford crowd or the scything blade of Mitchell Marsh

01-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig at Chelmsford

Bayliss promises 'positive, aggressive' England

Trevor Bayliss has promised England will "fight fire with fire" in the Investec Ashes this summer

01-Jul-2015•George Dobell

Rashid, Finn in England Test squad

England have stuck with the team who drew 1-1 with New Zealand for the first Investec Ashes Test in Cardiff while adding Adil Rashid and Steven Finn to a 13-man squad

01-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Injured Harris effectively out of first Test

Ryan Harris has been effectively ruled out of contention for the first Ashes Test in Cardiff when he was unable to be passed fit for the tourists' final warm-up against Essex

01-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig in Chelmsford

Haddin puzzled by hype around new England

Having won the World Cup a few months ago, Brad Haddin has viewed the ensuing hype after England's 3-2 ODI series win over New Zealand with bemusement

01-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Pick Rashid ahead of Moeen - Vaughan

Michael Vaughan believes it is time to replace Moeen Ali with Adil Rashid in the England Test side and for Gary Ballance and Ian Bell to swap the places in the batting order as England prepare for the start of the Investec Ashes

30-Jun-2015•George Dobell

Moeen v Rashid England's only selection dilemma

There will be no shock selections in England's squad for the first Investec Ashes Test to be named at Lord's on Wednesday

30-Jun-2015•George Dobell

Hughes' death affected my bowling - Johnson

Mitchell Johnson has admitted that the death of Phillip Hughes in November 2014 had caused a mental block and a dip in pace.

30-Jun-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Johnson can 'reopen' English scars - McGrath

Glenn McGrath believes Mitchell Johnson "has to play" the first Test of the Investec Ashes series and that he can "reopen the scars" he inflicted in England during the last series in Australia

29-Jun-2015•George Dobell

Wood fires up England attack - Jones

Simon Jones has identified Durham fast bowler Mark Wood as one of England's "danger men" as they attempt to regain the Ashes this summer

29-Jun-2015•Alan Gardner and Tom Kingham

Watson, Marsh duel 'tight' - Lehmann

Shane Watson and Mitchell Marsh will face-off once again for the allrounder's berth in Australia's final warm-up ahead of the first Investec Test against England in Cardiff

28-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Australia tick boxes but Bell-Drummond's ton reinforces Test future

Victory soon after tea, runs and wickets for pretty much everyone and an ahead-of-schedule bus departure for Essex made this a more or less perfect warm-up fixture for the Australians

28-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

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