Marsh shows mean streak to prove more than man of potential
For someone who burst into Test cricket with a debut century, success has been an awfully long time coming for Shaun Marsh.
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Malcolm Knox
Malcolm Knox is a sports columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Root's gamble a statement of intent that may shape the Ashes
Never bowl first at Adelaide, never run on a misfield. Cricket is full of prohibitions and big statements, which are never more interesting than when they are disobeyed.
Cricket has lost sight of what Stokes actually did in Bristol
So, Christchurch is a place where it is okay to get drunk and smash someone's eye socket.
Conspiracy revealed: The 'real' reason behind Headbutt-gate
Privately, the England cricket squad are fuming.
In Test of fine margins, Australia show more fight when it counts
When the contest heats up and the decisive miniature battles are fought, who has more fight in them?
In case of the Crown versus Smith, captain issues an epic rebuttal
A cover drive to the boundary, arms and bat raised to loved ones, a celebration ritualised and even normalised for a scarcely believable 21st time in the past four years. Another Steve Smith Test century, the sixth in 12 months.
Gold stars for England as homework pays off
As the bowlers roared back at the Gabba on Friday, unexpected patterns were emerging. The only batsmen on either side to have passed 50 in the first 10 hours of the series, England's Mark Stoneman, James Vince and Dawid Malan, were Ashes virgins. Experience, on the other hand, posed a relative disadvantage. The more familiar the batsman, the more his game had been analysed by the opposition's general staff, to be exploited by the men on the field.
Are the Wallabies back where they started?
The Wallabies: 14 internationals, three dozen players used including 13 debutants. Are they better off?
After the hype, ‘normal’ Test offers excitement in spades
Thursday dawned with fake news: Bodyline! The Gabbatoir! Scared eyes! Joh for Canberra!
The England player that holds the key to both teams' Ashes hopes
There will be times over the coming five days when Stuart Broad is bowling to David Warner or Nathan Lyon to Alastair Cook, and it looks like Ashes cricket as usual.
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