Cricket news

• Lyon aims to 'end careers' of England players

  20-11-2017 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Off-spinner Nathan Lyon hopes Australia can "end the careers" of some England players during the forthcoming Ashes series.
  
  Read more

• England will be running scared of Australia yet again, claims Nathan Lyon

  20-11-2017 23:00
  • Australia’s leading finger-spinner opens hostilities with tirade against Joe Root• ‘There’s a lot of scars for the English guys, especially with two bowling 150kph’Australia’s pacemen will target Joe Root in the opening Ashes Test in an attempt to bring back memories of the bruising series whitewash four years ago when England’s batsmen were “scared” of Mitchell Johnson, according to Nathan Lyon.Lyon on Monday celebrated his 30th birthd
  
  Read more

• Why is first Ashes day-night Test and pink ball a big deal? – video explainer

  20-11-2017 19:21
  When Australia host England at the Adelaide Oval on 2 December it will be the first day-night Test in an Ashes series. But just what are day-night Tests all about and why do they use a pink ball? Here we reveal all Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• England’s Dawid Malan ready to ‘enjoy’ Australia pace attack at the Gabba

  20-11-2017 19:15
  • Jake Ball expected to be fit to play in Brisbane after recovering from injury
  • Malan looking forward to Ashes debut against hosts’ pace trioEngland were served the briefest injury scare on their day off as Stuart Broad was struck on the lower back by a wayward ball while on the putting green at Brisbane Golf Club. He earned a bruise, just as most players did when paintballing in Townsville last week, but nothing more. Broad is fine for the first Ashes Test on Thursday and so,
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ashes: Australia must back up their chat - England's James Vince

  20-11-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia are putting themselves under pressure to perform in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, says England batsman James Vince.
  
  Read more

• Will Gidman: Kent all-rounder extends deal

  20-11-2017 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Kent all-rounder Will Gidman extends his contract with the Division Two club.
  
  Read more

• Examples of Steve Smith and Joe Root point to less Ashes antagonism | Geoff Lemon

  20-11-2017 18:00
  Starting with their leaders, Australia and England look like teams that have realised they’re better suited to another way
  They look like a couple of nice boys. Wheatfield hair, slightly awkward smiles. Helpful at charity days, polite at press conferences, respectful about others in their field. Not quite with the cherubic aspect they had when beginning their current vocation, but hints of those chubby dimply faces remain. Steve Smith and Joe Root, Ashes captains, don’t fit the mould
  
  Read more

• Champions Essex name McGrath as head coach

  20-11-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Essex appoint assistant coach and ex-Yorkshire and England all-rounder Anthony McGrath as their new head coach.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Attempted pre-series antagonism at odds to Ashes captains’ styles | Geoff Lemon

  20-11-2017 18:00
  Starting with their leaders, Australia and England look like teams that have realised they’re better suited to another wayThey look like a couple of nice boys. Wheatfield hair, slightly awkward smiles. Helpful at charity days, polite at press conferences, respectful about others in their field. Not quite with the cherubic aspect they had when beginning their current vocation, but hints of those chubby dimply faces remain. Steve Smith and Joe Root, Ashes captains, don’t fit the mould.
  
  Read more

• Women's Ashes: Heather Knight says England focused on squaring the series

  20-11-2017 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Captain Heather Knight says England's players are "gutted" to not be able to win the Women's Ashes but are aiming to square the series by winning the final Twenty20 international.
  
  Read more

• Jason Gillespie: Sussex appoint former Australia bowler as head coach

  20-11-2017 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Sussex appoint ex-Australia bowler Jason Gillespie, who coached Yorkshire to two Championship titles, as their new head coach.
  
  Read more

• Taunts and the tide of history await as England prepare to enter the Gabbatoir

  20-11-2017 12:30
  Three decades have passed since England’s last win in Brisbane, and its unique hostility will provide an Ashes baptism of fire for Joe Root’s teamAs England’s plane touched down in Brisbane on Sunday the Australia coach, Darren Lehmann, said: “We love playing here.” It is easy to see why, because Australians love winning and at the Gabba they almost always win. England last left victorious in 1986, and Australia lost against West Indies in 1988 but have not been def
  
  Read more

• England’s Jake Ball ready to face Australia in first Ashes Test at the Gabba

  20-11-2017 10:08
  • Seamer expected to be play in Brisbane after recovering from injury
  • Ball backs England to edge close seriesJake Ball is out to prove himself in Australia after returning to full fitness in the nick of time for an Ashes debut.Ball made a brief but lasting impression at the start of the tour before straining ankle ligaments when he lost his footing in his delivery stride earlier in the month. Related: 'Let him die of thirst': Douglas Jardine and the long history of Ashes sledgingCont
  
  Read more

• Australia aim to 'open a few England scars'

  20-11-2017 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  England will be reminded of their failings in the 2013-14 Ashes whitewash when this series gets under way, says Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood.
  
  Read more

• 'Let him die of thirst': Douglas Jardine and the long history of Ashes sledging

  20-11-2017 05:04
  In an extract from his book of Ashes quotations, Rob Smyth tells how it is sometimes Australian spectators who deliver the hardest lines to England sides “Don’t give the bastard a drink. Let him die of thirst.”Douglas Jardine’s mission was almost complete. England were about to complete a crushing series victory over Australia with a win in the fifth Test at Sydney in the famous Bodyline series of 1932-33. Jardine was at the crease, savouring the moment, when play stopped
  
  Read more

Follow @Cricket_News_UK on Twitter!