Analysis

England offer a glimpse of how Plan A might have looked

Tourists have a foot in the door - and after the way this trip has gone, that's something

05-Jan-2022•Andrew McGlashan

Shardul 'Beefy' Thakur's day out at the Wanderers

He isn't quite Botham, but he's a perfectly good fourth seamer who produced a Bothamesque spell to live up to his dressing-room nickname

04-Jan-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

For Bangladesh, time in the middle and not runs was the focus, and 'the execution was perfect'

After losing all their previous nine Tests in New Zealand, the visitors have changed the narrative with solid, fighting cricket in the first Test

03-Jan-2022•Mohammad Isam

Joe Root's wide-eyed wannabes embody England's decade of decay

Adelaide drubbing almost warrants an apology to the cast of 2006's gut-wrenching defeat

21-Dec-2021•Andrew Miller

England's fight fails to mask their failings with bat and ball

Root admits his attack bowled too short and that mistakes were repeated

20-Dec-2021•Andrew Miller

The opening act: Rory Burns is off, way off

The England opener has made important runs, but in between, he's looked bereft

19-Dec-2021•Jarrod Kimber

England's Ashes hopes turn to dust in a matter of a few hours

What an extraordinary, abject spectacle this series is turning out to be

18-Dec-2021•Andrew Miller

Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon step up with devastating effect

Despite the wickets missing with Cummins and Hazlewood, it would be a shock if Australia don't take 10 more in this game

18-Dec-2021•Andrew McGlashan

Electrifying session by Australia's bowlers ends rather aptly

England will hope the third day session allows them to settle into what needs to be huge first innings

17-Dec-2021•Andrew McGlashan

Batting duo set foundation for Australia's early stranglehold

After the day started with hosts' plans thrown into chaos, it could not really have finished much better

16-Dec-2021•Andrew McGlashan

England are the most innovative team in the world - no joke

"Not a team to set your watch by but almost always worth watching for glorious or abysmal cricket"

15-Dec-2021•Jarrod Kimber

England's abysmal decade Down Under makes latest loss all too familiar

This match was lost in its first half hour, irrespective of "positives" Root says can be gleaned from the wreckage

11-Dec-2021•Andrew Miller

Joe Root, Dawid Malan show what England may yet be capable of this series

After a torrid build-up, captain Root has shown a truck-load of fortitude to carry his side even this far

10-Dec-2021•Andrew Miller

Nathan Lyon plays the long game in quest for 400 Test wickets

Spinner's climb towards latest milestone has been arduous

10-Dec-2021•Andrew McGlashan

Chastening day casts doubts on Jack Leach's further participation in the series

It would be no surprise if England field an all-seam attack for the rest of this series, relying only on Root's part-time spin

09-Dec-2021•Matt Roller

Wood stands out as England tick all the wrong checkboxes

It's already feeling like a long series for Root's beleaguered men. And we're only two days in

09-Dec-2021•Andrew Miller

Bangladesh's top order out of depth in Tamim's absence

Based on their showing against Pakistan, it'll take a brave man to predict a better fate for the top four in New Zealand

08-Dec-2021•Mohammad Isam

The bones to pick out of England's opening-day casseroling

Australia may be beginning a new Gabba chapter, but as far as the Ashes is concerned, it's already business as usual

08-Dec-2021•Andrew Miller

Medium not rare: can England's seamers survive another Australian grilling?

Aborted launch to pace race leaves Joe Root banking on usual diet of seam and swing

06-Dec-2021•Alan Gardner

Australia still Ashes favourites, but lot on the line to begin high-stakes Pat Cummins era

The series will continually be stalked by Covid-19, but the chance to hold the urn aloft on home soil beckons

06-Dec-2021•Andrew McGlashan

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Analysis

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