The Buzz

A woman who shares the same name as Shane Warne’s long-suffering ex-wife Simone Callahan has been receiving plenty of undue attention from the tabloid press following news of Warne’s relationship with socialite Liz Hurley

The <i>other</i> Simone Callahan

Eoin Morgan has earned a reputation for ice-cool innings under all sorts of pressure on the field for England, but his reaction to an unexpected visitor during a pre-Test dinner with his England team-mates may have dented that aura somewhat

Roach causes a stir before the WACA

Shane Warne has been a making a few headlines of late, but rather than his suggestion that Michael Beer should be called up it’s now his private life that is back in the spotlight

Warne's latest selection

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Rose Bowl is the fans' favourite

Lord’s may be the home of cricket but it appears that it is things other than majesty and history that appeal to the modern cricket fan; Hampshire’s Rose Bowl ground has been named the best international venue in an independent online survey of

All the talk of Shane Warne making an Ashes comeback has left one man a little offended

Benaud to make Ashes comeback?

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Pietersen busted for speeding ... in Warne's car

Kevin Pietersen has been fined A$239 (about £150) and been given three points on his driver’s licence after being caught speeding in a yellow Lamborghini that had been lent to him by his former Ashes adversary, Shane Warne.

A group of Queensland cricket fans have launched a campaign to lure Shane Warne out of retirement in a bid to save Australia from their first home Ashes series defeat in nearly a quarter of a century.

Bring Back Warne!

Ian Botham and Ian Chappell resumed their 30-year feud in spectacular fashion during the second Test in Adelaide, when they had to be pulled apart by their respective Sky and Channel Nine colleagues following a dust-up in the car-park at the

Botham and Chappell square up in car-park

Ricky Ponting and Andrew Strauss exchanged terse words at the close of the first day’s play at Adelaide, as James Anderson was drawn into the centre of a row over sledging during the final stages of Australia’s first-innings collapse.

Ponting and Strauss clash over sledging

Sir Donald Bradman lost a record at the Gabba last week, when Alastair Cook took his highest score at the ground, but another one still lives in the collection of Sir Tim Rice

Tim Rice remembers The Don

Kevin Pietersen has hit out at Damian Hough, the new curator at the Adelaide Oval, after England's first practice session ahead of Friday's second Test was frustrated by bad weather.

Adelaide curator annoys KP

Ashley Kerekes, the babysitter from Massachusetts who has become a cricketing celebrity because of her twitter name (@TheAshes) may get to learn about cricket with her own eyes

Get @theashes to the Ashes

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Wessels follows in dad's footsteps ... almost

He may not bat like his father but he has the same nomadic itch

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

A Barmy invasion

If you close your eyes during play, Brisbane has a distinctly English sound

The perils of social networking have hit home in a big way for a previously anonymous young lady in Westfield, Massachusetts, whose username on Twitter, @theashes, has turned her into an unwitting hub for all the banter circulating around the ongoing

The Ashes is not just a freaking cricket match

Justin Langer was heckled constantly about his size by the Barmy Army during his playing days, with the English fans serenading him with “Hi, ho, hi, ho” from the seven dwarfs

Langer steps up to the plate

The intimidating cauldron atmosphere of the Gabba will have a soothingly familiar accompaniment for England's cricketers this week, after it was confirmed that the Barmy Army trumpeter, Billy Cooper, has been given permission to play his instrument

Trumpeter wins over the Fun Police

Another Ashes series begins and the resting place of the urn is up for debate again

Can Australia urn an Ashes rethink?