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Five Ashes charts: the numbers that show how Australia got the better of England

From Ben Stokes’s drastically reduced strike rate to Mitchell Starc’s imperious bowling figures, the statistics from the series tell their own story

The Guardian - AU

Former England players criticise Ben Stokes’ captaincy and Bazball ‘cult’ after Ashes thrashing by Australia

England arrived in Perth in November with big ambitions of a rare Ashes win on Australian soil but were outplayed for most of the five Test matches and leave empty handed

The Independent UK

Jacob Bethell plays starring role in Ashes Wars Episode 5: A New Hope

A brilliant hundred against an elite attack on a wearing pitch shows this England Test team can still survive and evolve

The Guardian - UK

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‘I wish I’d faced these poor modern teams’: world’s oldest living Test cricketer on decline in standards

Neil Harvey, 97, the last surviving Bradman Invincible, blasts England’s Bazball experiment from his La-Z-Boy armchair

The Guardian - UK

England have only one choice after total mental disintegration in Ashes

ASHES 2025-26: Comment: England have completely failed in three basic areas during this Ashes, writes Cameron Ponsonby at the SCG, to confirm exactly what must now be done

The Independent UK

Joe Root and Harry Brook tease England with a glimpse of what these Ashes could have been

Perhaps it was not a coincidence that England’s best day of the series came on a rain-reduced afternoon where they were denied the time to stuff it up – but for one afternoon, one of cricket’s greatest pleasures occurred

The Independent UK

Sydney’s tradition of goodbyes coincides with Bazball reckoning

England have a final chance to salvage something from tour but must accept Ashes defeat was self-inflicted and changes, however limited, must be made

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Cameron Green remains Australia’s golden child but the blessing has become a curse

Allrounder has shown enough glimpses to suggest he is the complete package but has again failed to impose himself on a series during the Ashes

The Guardian - AU

From Bazball to Fifa, these were the villains of the sporting year

Sport saw its fair share of ignominy in 2025

The Independent UK

Six balls in Perth to Harry Brook’s drop: 10 moments that decided the Ashes

Lilac Hill warmup, Alex Carey’s glovework and Pat Cummins’ control of Joe Root are key parts of the story

The Guardian - UK

What changes can England make to salvage some pride from dismal Ashes tour?

The tourists have meekly surrendered the urn after three Tests and attention now turns to trying to avoid a whitewash.

The Independent UK

England go from bravado of BazBall to muddled mess

Brendon McCullum's tenure as England coach was meant to provide the clear thinking needed to beat Australia.

AAP

‘RIP’: Australian media revels in ‘deeply lamented’ death of Bazball after Ashes woe

Local media gleefully homed in on English pre-series predictions after Australia retained the urn having played just 11 days of cricket

The Guardian - AU

RonBall trumps BazBall as Aussies retain the Ashes

Australia's players have celebrated with Test greats and declared they want to clean sweep England 5-0, after retaining the Ashes with victory in Adelaide.

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The Guardian - AU

Dominant Australia defeat England in third Test to retain Ashes – as it happened

Australia win by 82 runs as England fall short of record run chase in Adelaide

The Independent UK

Why these Ashes will be the end for one of England’s Bazball brothers

While Zak Crawley produced his best innings in an England shirt to stave off an inevitable defeat, Ollie Pope’s latest dismissal could spell the end of his series in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Australia close on Ashes victory over England on day four of third Test – as it happened

Australia deny England fightback to move within reach of retaining the urn after Nathan Lyon strikes late at Adelaide Oval

The Guardian - UK

Travis Head tees up Bazball’s last rites in Adelaide but fatal blow was in Perth

The hometown hero’s patient century is building on the damage he inflicted with an explosive one in the first Test

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AAP

Head hundred helps Aussies home in on Ashes retention

Australia have a 3-0 Ashes series lead in sight after Travis Head's century helped them to stumps on day three in Adelaide at 4-271 and with a lead of 356 runs.

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No knee-jerk reactions as Bazball faces defining week

Brendon McCullum says he is not bothered by the fact his job as England coach could be on the line in Adelaide, with England fighting to stay in the Ashes.

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: Return to the West Bank, a climbing rock star, and the hidden life of Matthew Perry

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - UK

From jaffas to the corridor of uncertainty – revel in cricket’s rich language of bowling

The act of bowling is simple, the words used to describe it resplendent with metaphor and imagery

The Independent UK

Is England’s failing Ashes campaign the end for Brendon McCullum’s Bazball project?

Brendon McCullum has transformed England’s Test team from where he found them, but their struggles in Australia will not be solved simply by the ‘courage’ that his coaching instils

AAP

'Just fight': Stokes flips Bazball script on head

Ben Stokes says there is no place for weak-minded Bazball players in his dressing room as he laid down the law about what he expects after another loss.

The Guardian - UK

Joe Root is finally a wizard in Aus after Harry Brook’s Bazball scarecrow act

A tale of two Yorkshiremen, one keeping England in the series, the other batting without a brain

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