The 2023 Ashes was an outstanding series, providing the sort of ever-changing narrative that limited-overs cricket simply cannot deliver. Four of the Tests resulted in … Read More

The 2023 Ashes got off to a terrific start at Edgbaston. It grabbed attention from the first ball, sent flashing through the covers for four … Read More

The Boxing Day Test saw Test cricket at its best. No, really. And I am not echoing Chris Silverwood’s inevitable call to take comfort from … Read More

“…Anderson and Broad declined to pitch the ball up.” This is from Lawrence Booth’s match report of the second Test between Australia and England at … Read More

Had this preview been written earlier, it would have been very different. The sudden and unexpected announcement that the England all-rounder Ben Stokes had been … Read More

England and Australia achieved something very rare at The Kia Oval on Sunday. An Ashes series was drawn two-all for only the second time since … Read More

This has been the best Ashes series for some time, probably since 2009. In 2015 England won 3-2, which makes it sound close, but none … Read More

It’s not supposed to happen. You don’t win Test matches after being bowled out for 67, at least not in the twenty first (or twentieth) … Read More

It was yet another deeply disappointing Ashes series. It wasn’t just Australia’s crushing margin of victory. The fact is that there were no really interesting … Read More