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• Ashes call would be sweet for Mark Wood after pain of sugar injection

  22-11-2017 23:00
  • Lions paceman has radical treatment on problem left ankle
  • ’I’ve never lived up to my own expectations or other people’s’Mark Wood has been told he could yet feature in the Ashes, with the fast but fragile Durham seamer having had sugar injections in his troublesome left ankle in a bid to get fit and firing.The 27-year-old, who claimed the wicket that saw the urn regained at Trent Bridge in 2015, missed out on a tour place following another summer of injury f
  
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• 'Tourism gold': Australian business expects big wins from the Ashes

  22-11-2017 18:00
  Start of men’s series heralds $400m boost to local economy with 30,000 England fans expected to travel for Tests Most people think of the Portuguese explorer when they hear the name Magellan. They’ve never heard of the global equities fund manager that has paid millions to attach its name to the 2017-18 Ashes series. But, by the end of the summer, Magellan Financial Group hopes it will be a household name. Related: Australia's Ashes plans hit as Shaun Marsh joins Warner as first Test
  
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• Joe Root: England due an Ashes win at the Gabba – video

  22-11-2017 15:40
  Joe Root says it is about time England were victorious at the Gabba, the venue for the first Ashes Test. Australia boast a formidable record at the ground having not lost a Test in Brisbane since 1988, and England last won there in 1986. 'I think we're about due to win here,' says the England captain on the eve of the seriesAshes pressure is on Australia not England before first Test, insists RootContinue reading...
  
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• BT and Sky battle to keep England’s Ashes Unnameables anonymous | Marina Hyde

  22-11-2017 14:00
  Joe Root is light years away from the visibility David Gower enjoyed and, away from terrestrial TV, some team-mates in Australia might as well be in a witness protection programmeAt the risk of making myself a hostage to fortune, it is very possible that Australia has already delivered its most withering put-down of England before an Ashes ball has even been bowled. I may come to regret this rash statement when this year’s exquisite causal link between someone’s girth, someone e
  
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• Should Bairstow bat at six? Who did you pick in your England team?

  22-11-2017 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport users have selected their England XI for the first Test - they disagree with the selectors, and Joe Root's batting position is not clear cut.
  
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• Ashes first Test dos and don’ts: what England can learn from Gabba in 1986-87 | Rob Smyth

  22-11-2017 13:00
  In Test cricket there is always a precedent to inspire hope. In this case it’s the first Test at the Gabba in 1986-87 when an England team given no chance won so emphatically all the doom was transferred to AustraliaThe last one-off Ashes Test took place in 1887-88, but only if you’re talking literally. The opening match of a long series often sets such a decisive tone – particularly in Australia - that it could often be described as the deciding first Test. Most people give Jo
  
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• Ashes beginner’s guide: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask | Simon Burnton

  22-11-2017 11:00
  When it starts, where you can watch it, who’s going to win and which are players to watch – it’s all here in our guide for the uninitiatedThe first Test starts in Brisbane on Thursday morning local time, or for Blighty-based fans at 12 midnight GMT, with further matches to come in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Brisbane Cricket Ground is better known as the Gabba – it being situated in the borough of Woolloongabba – and also, worryingly for England, as the G
  
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• Ashes predictions - does anyone think England will win?

  22-11-2017 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Can England upset the odds or will Australia continue their dominance on home soil? Find out what the experts think.
  
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• Jake Ball confirmed in England’s first Ashes Test team ahead of Overton

  22-11-2017 09:31
  • Seamer was declared fit on Monday for selection and Ashes debut• Root: ‘Jake has bowled well when he’s had opportunities on the tour’England have confirmed Jake Ball as their fourth seamer for the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. Ball takes the final place, ahead of his uncapped fellow seamer Craig Overton, in an England line-up which has otherwise been inked in for several weeks.Captain Joe Root did not take the opportunity to name his team for the Gabba at his final
  
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• NICK COMPTON: Why England should not fear Australia in first Ashes Test - EXCLUSIVE

  22-11-2017 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ASHES series is just two days away and exclusive Express Sport columnist Nick Compton reckons England are well placed to spring an upset on Australia...
  
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• Why Chris Woakes can be England’s danger man in the Ashes | Jason Gillespie

  22-11-2017 09:15
  Australia’s pace attack are getting all the hype but Woakes has added a yard of pace to his prodigious swing bowling and can be a potent weapon for EnglandWelcome to the Gabbatoir, where for the past 29 years Australia have been unbeatable in Test cricket. England will walk through the dark tunnel up from the dressing rooms and out into the middle to be met by harsh sunlight and 40,000 home supporters all willing them to fail.It is a hostile venue to kick off this Ashes series and one that
  
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• Ashes: When is the first Test? What time does it start? TV channel, team news, latest odds

  22-11-2017 09:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE ASHES is here and gets underway in Brisbane shortly - Express Sport brings you everything you need to know.
  
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• England pick Ball as Australia call up Maxwell

  22-11-2017 08:30 via bbc.co.uk
  England name Jake Ball in their side for the first Ashes Test, while Australia call up Glenn Maxwell as cover for David Warner.
  
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• Ashes: England reveal team for first Test as Jake Ball gets the nod as fourth seamer

  22-11-2017 08:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOE ROOT will hand Ashes debuts to four players in the first Test and tell them go out and “stamp their authority” on the series.
  
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• Australia's Ashes plans hit as Shaun Marsh joins Warner as first Test doubt

  22-11-2017 07:42
  Glenn Maxwell called up to squad as cover for injured pairMarsh has a sore back with Warner suffering from a neck injuryAustralia have seen their plans thrown into jeopardy after being forced to fly in Glenn Maxwell as batting cover on the eve of the first Ashes Test amid injury doubts to both David Warner and Shaun Marsh.Maxwell was already heading to Brisbane with Warner suffering a neck problem in the lead up to the curtain-raiser against England that has curtailed the opener’s practice
  
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• Ashes 2017-18: Michael Vaughan's guide to surviving the Ashes down under

  22-11-2017 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Test Match Special summariser and former England captain Michael Vaughan gives advice on how to survive an Ashes tour in Australia.
  
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• The Final Word: Ashes 2017-18 – Ellyse Perry interview and men's series preview – podcast

  22-11-2017 06:43
  In the first of a new series, Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon discuss the final T20 of the Women’s Ashes, and host an indepth interview with Australia’s allrounder Ellyse Perry. She talks about the ‘tidal wave’ of attention to and interest in women’s sport over the past couple of years and the ways she has honed her technique to become one of the best players in world. And they look forward to the first men’s Ashes Test in Brisbane, starting on Thursday, running
  
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• Ashes: David Warner doubt for Australia's first Test, Glenn Maxwell called up as cover

  22-11-2017 04:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  DAVID WARNER is a doubt to play for Australia in their Ashes opener against England.
  
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• Ashes: Matt Prior hits back at Nathan Lyon after scared claims

  22-11-2017 01:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  MATT PRIOR has hit back at Nathan Lyon and told to be careful of what he wishes for ahead of the Ashes.
  
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• Ashes: Joe Root confident England can crack Australia form at The Gabba

  22-11-2017 01:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  JOE ROOT believes England have what it takes to crack the Aussie stronghold of The Gabba and load early pressure on their hosts in the battle for the Ashes.
  
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• Ashes: Alastair Cook insists he has a point to prove for England against Australia

  22-11-2017 01:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR COOK has more batting records than he knows what to do with and four Ashes series-winning medals tucked safely in a drawer at home.
  
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• Who is Nathan Lyon? Which England players has he mocked? Will the Ashes be feisty?

  22-11-2017 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  NATHAN LYON has stirred the pot in the build-up to the Ashes - but who is the Australian spinner and whose cages is he trying to rattle?
  
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• Ashes: David Warner has backed Cameron Bancroft to prove he is the real deal

  22-11-2017 01:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  DAVID WARNER is backing new opening partner and Ashes newcomer Cameron Bancroft to prove he is the real deal over the course of the series.
  
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• Ashes: Joe Root insists Australia will miss Mitchell Johnson amid whitewash talks

  22-11-2017 01:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  IN amongst the bold predictions of another 5-0 whitewash, the fact that a certain Mitchell Johnson will not be playing in this series has at times seemed in danger of being lost.
  
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