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Flower hits out at middle order

England's coach, Andy Flower, has accused his players of failing to heed the lessons of past performances, and has described the performances of his batsmen as 'simply not good enough'

10-Aug-2009•Andrew Miller

Flintoff to play Ashes decider

The England & Wales Cricket Board is understood to have received a positive diagnosis of Andrew Flintoff's knee condition this evening

10-Aug-2009•Andrew Miller

England defeat proves costly for Leeds

England's dismal defeat to Australia at Headingley could cost the local economy in Leeds up to £2 million

10-Aug-2009•Cricinfo staff

Flintoff was fit for Headingley, says agent

The Times has reported that Andrew Flintoff had declared himself fit for the fourth Ashes Test only to be overlooked by England's captain and coach

10-Aug-2009•Cricinfo staff

Langer 'shattered' by leaked dossier

Justin Langer has told Cricinfo that he bitterly regrets the fact that a dossier he compiled on the England team has been leaked to the press

09-Aug-2009•Alex Brown at Headingley

Ponting ready for 2005 revenge

Since arriving on these shores two months ago, Ricky Ponting has artfully dodged questions relating to England's 2005 Ashes triumph and its lingering impact on his emotions and legacy

09-Aug-2009•Alex Brown at Headingley

The Flintoff conundrum

To pick him or not to pick him, that's still the question for England. Andrew Flintoff has become this series' Glenn McGrath, missing the Ashes Test which his side lost

09-Aug-2009•Peter English at Headingley

Stuart vs Stuart

Peter English presents the plays of the third day at Headingley

09-Aug-2009•Peter English at Headingley

Bopara feeling the pressure

Ravi Bopara has admitted that he is fighting to save his Test place after his poor form continued with a miserable match at Headingley

09-Aug-2009•Cricinfo staff

Australia level with crushing win

Stuart Board lived up to his promise to provide late-innings resistance for England's beleaguered cricketers, as he and Graeme Swann compiled a spirited and thrilling eighth-wicket stand of 108 in just 12.3 overs

09-Aug-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Headingley

Broad stands amid the wreckage

Sifting for positives is a tricky business for any team faced with a 343-run first innings deficit and an historic defeat on the horizon, but Stuart Broad's career-best haul temporarily lifted English spirits on Saturday

08-Aug-2009•Alex Brown at Headingley

North savours special hundred

Marcus North's Test career is still shiny and new but he has another lasting memory after his 110 put Australia within touch of levelling the Ashes series

08-Aug-2009•Peter English at Headingley

Silencing Stuart

Peter English presents the plays of the second day at Headingley

08-Aug-2009•Peter English at Headingley

Rampant Australia on course for huge win

Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus claimed five England wickets for 20 runs in the space of 44 balls in a thrilling final hour of the second day at Headingley

08-Aug-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Headingley

McDonald to return home temporarily

Andrew McDonald has left the squad at Headingley temporarily and will fly home to be with his wife who is expected to give birth to the couple's first child next week

08-Aug-2009•Cricinfo staff

Prior promises England fight

Headingley and the Ashes will forever be synonymous with remarkable turnarounds, but England will require a comeback to rival that of Ian Botham and pals in 1981

07-Aug-2009•Andrew Miller at Headingley

Clark feared for his Australia future

Stuart Clark feared his Test career was over after an extended stint on the sidelines coincided with the rise of a new generation of Australian pacemen

07-Aug-2009•Alex Brown at Headingley

An alarming day for England

Having arrived into Leeds hopeful of a series-clinching victory, England were left to lament a dramatic first day in which form, injury and even faulty fire-detection equipment conspired against them

07-Aug-2009•Alex Brown at Headingley

Headingley crowd jeers and cheers Ponting

07-Aug-2009•Peter English at Headingley

Dominant Australia take control

Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson compiled more in a single second-wicket stand of 119 than England's entire line-up managed in 33.5 overs

07-Aug-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Headingley

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