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As I think someone might have said before, cricket's a funny old game

In his latest exclusive diary entry for CricInfo, Alec reflects on the Ashes series and pays tribute to his retiring England colleague Michael Atherton

Australia's final day demolition of England at The Oval to win by an innings and 25 runs and take the series 4-1 has confirmed their lead at the head of the ICC Test Championship table

Michael Atherton today announced he is to retire from both international andfirst class cricket at the end of this season

So much for the unkind suggestion that Australian leg-spinning legend Shane Warne had lost his powers

Ultimately, they were deprived of the opportunity to complete the 5-0 whitewash that the trend of so much of this series promised

Australia ended their triumphant Ashes summer with a convincing win over England at the AMP Oval today by an innings and 25 runs to record a resounding 4-1 series victory.

Adam Gilchrist became aware of an impending wicketkeeping milestone when he walked into the Australian dressing room before the fifth Ashes cricket Test and looked over Shane Warne's shoulder.

Following days of endless sunshine and absorbing cricket, the fourth day of the final npower Test match was lost to the rain clouds today to reduce Australia's chances of victory and boost England's hopes for a draw

After a day of toil and sweat, Shane Warne finally landed his 400th Test wicket at the AMP Oval today while, after waiting ten years, Mark Ramprakash finally made his first Test century on home soil

If this proves to be Steve Waugh's swansong in England then those who were lucky enough to get tickets for the fifth and final npower Ashes Test at the AMP Oval will have witnessed something very special and rather extraordinary

Justin Langer made a heroic return to Test cricket making an unbeaten century on his first appearance for Australia in England before he was felled by a ball from Andrew Caddick and left the field, dazed and unsteady

Australian captain Steve Waugh today completed an astonishing recovery from injury to take his place in the fifth Ashes Test against England at the Oval.

That was a terrific performance by the England boys to win the Headingley Test

Well the Fourth Test was an amazing game

Alex Tudor has been ruled out of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia at The Oval

England's chairman of selectors, David Graveney, has admitted that Headingley hero Mark Butcher would probably not have played in the npower Ashes series if England's first choice players had been fit

In his latest exclusive diary entry for CricInfo, England's senior player pays tribute to his county colleague Mark Butcher for the innings which won England the fourth Test at Headingley

Adam Gilchrist is a great wicketkeeper-batsman, arguably one of the best of all time

Mark Butcher's magnificent innings of 173* attracted tributes from all quarters as the England and Australian teams reflected on the gripping Fourth npower Test at Headingley