Australia 249 for 8 (Ferguson 55, Johnson 43*) beat England England 210 (Collingwood 56, Lee 2-22) by 39 runs … Already, two matches into this series, a pattern is developing as Australia claimed a 2-0 lead with 39-run victory at Lord’s. Once again they were put into bat and managed only a par score as [...]

Australia 260 for 5 (Ferguson 71*, Collingwood 2-47) beat England 256 for 8 (Bopara 49, Shah 40, Johnson 3-24) by 4 runs… It was a case of third time lucky at The Oval for Australia after it finally broke its hoodoo at the venue with a thrilling four-run victory in the opening one-day international over [...]

England 332 and 373 for 9 dec beat Australia 160 and 348 (Hussey 121, Ponting 66, Swann 4-120) by 197 runs… England won back the Ashes when they beat Australia by 197 runs on the fourth evening at the Brit Oval, capping a terrific series which offered a surprise at every turn. At 17.49pm, Mike [...]

Australia 160 and 80 for 0 (Watson 31*, Katich 42*) need 466 more runs to beat England 332 and 373 for 9 dec (Trott 119, Strauss 75, Swann 63, North 4-98) Australia will need to smash Test records if they are to deny England from reclaiming the Ashes in the decisive final Test at the [...]

England 307 for 8 (Bell 72, Siddle 4-63) v Australia… The loss of five wickets in the evening session undermined England’s hopes of posting a commanding total in the decisive final Ashes Test against Australia at the Brit Oval. Ian Bell matched Andrew Strauss’ feat in passing 50 as England, chasing the victory w…