Ashes 2002 - 03
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Sun finally rises on England
January 6: John Howard, Sir Donald Bradman, Banjo Patterson, Rolf Harris, Richie Benaud, Dawn Fraser, Malcolm Conn, Kerry Packer, Dame Edna Everidge, your boys, took one hell of a beating... at last.
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Vaughan enters the pantheon as England fling down gauntlet
January 6: Thanks to Michael Vaughan, the prospect of a historic Australian whitewash appears to have receded.
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Vaughan now second in world rankings
Michael Vaughan, who was today voted the player of the Ashes series, has climbed to the highest rating for an England batsman since former captain Graham Gooch was top a decade ago.
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Vaughan named man of the series
England hero Michael Vaughan clinched a double award, claiming both the man-of-the-match and man-of-the-series titles as England clinched the fifth and final match in the Ashes series.
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England tuck in to the leftovers
December 3: Unlike the previous four Tests of this Ashes series there was much about the opening day of this final match to remind one of fair dinkum Test cricket.
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Butcher buoys England
December 3: The Aussies were generous to Mark Butcher yesterday, almost to a fault. Result: a ton and a smattering of self respect.
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When England were run aground by the Big Ship
January 2: If England do suffer a 5-0 Ashes whitewash at least they won't have to catch the boat home like the last lot who suffered that fate 82 years ago.
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Stewart vows to keep on keeping
January 2: England's most capped player Alec Stewart has denied that the final Ashes Test is his cricketing swansong.
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England detect a ray of hope
January 1: No Shane Warne, no Glenn McGrath and possibly no Jason Gillespie: this is a scenario about which England can only have dreamed.
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McGrath to miss fifth Test
Dec 31: England's hopes of averting a whitewash after their spirited late rally at the MCG will be lifted further by news that Glenn McGrath will miss the final Test in Sydney with a strain. The blouse.
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Vaughan's epic earns England a fifth day
Dec 30: Nobody was rushing out to bet against Australia, but just by taking the Test into a fifth day Michael Vaughan restored pride - and he did so with another innings of such command over a quality attack that at times he took the breath away.
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Australia wobble their way to victory
Australia won the fourth Test match shortly before lunch this morning, just as they had threatened to do once they had dismissed England the previous evening. But, chasing 107, it was with no little discomfort and some controversy as Andy Caddick and Steve Harmison rattled the Australian batting before Martin Love and Adam Gilchrist saw them home by five wickets.
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Waugh's lore, attack and thrive
Waugh's lore, attack and thrive
Mike Selvey in Melbourne
The Ashes 2010: First day at Brisbane set to determine tone of series
Barney Ronay: The first day at The Gabba rarely fails to set the agenda for an Ashes series, though England's problems have often been self-inflicted