Graham Thorpe facing England sack after police break up 6am drinking session
Speaking from behind the camera, Thorpe, is heard to say, “this is for the lawyers.” He also goes on to name every player present. Telegraph Sport understands…
It’s time to blow apart England’s cosy, indulgent set-up – player power is out of control
Players in this era have too much power. High-level sport is about being on edge and insecurity. Do they rate me? That element of having to prove…
‘Fat shaming’, drinking culture and not enough talking: the inside story of England’s Ashes disaster
No sensible judgements could be drawn, but on the back of this game England picked Ollie Pope ahead of Jonny Bairstow for the first Test. Rain did…
Video shows England’s Ashes party had to be broken up by police at 6am
Tasmania Police have also released a statement, confirming that they were called to the teams’ hotel after a complaint regarding “intoxicated” individuals. “Tasmania Police attended the Crowne…
Ashes series player ratings: Our verdict on who fired and who flopped for England and Australia
Sam Billings Jaunty debut and really what else could he do when joining a sinking ship? Has given himself a chance of starting the West Indies tour…
England’s batsmen have been embarrassingly exposed this Ashes – time is up for a number of them
Mark’s pace has unsettled so many of the Aussie batsmen hitting them on the gloves, arms and body. He got them out of their comfort zone resorting…
Forget structure – it is England’s chronic lack of steel which has cost them the Ashes
The ECB’s latest commission will embark on its review (“thorough”, “robust” and “far-ranging” no doubt), but nobody has to go far to identify the most important solution,…
Chris Woakes’ Hobart horror-show proves England must only use him in home Tests
Chris Woakes is often called an English specialist. At last, Down Under, here was a situation to remind Woakes of home. The mild temperatures and green tinge…
Australia vs England, fifth Ashes Test 2021-22: live scoreboard
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James Anderson likely to miss fifth Ashes Test with Sam Billings making England debut in Hobart
James Anderson is set to miss out in the final Ashes Test in Hobart, while Sam Billings will become men’s Test cap number 700. Billings, who drove…
Watch: Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne left sprawled on floor in bizarre dismissal by Stuart Broad
And yet, despite all this, however accomplished, or in form, or lucky a batsman may be, no one can ever really escape the clutches of cricket’s potential…
Sam Billings – the ‘driven posh boy’ finally ready to prove his worth to England
If, as expected, Sam Billings is given a Test debut in the fifth Ashes Test this week, it will herald a reunion with Pat Cummins that Penrith…
Joe Root backs Chris Silverwood to stay on as England coach despite Ashes surrender
Joe Root has given Chris Silverwood his enthusiastic backing to stay on as England head coach after the Ashes tour. Silverwood’s job is under immense pressure after…
Hobart could be England’s home from home in fifth Ashes Test
What a spur, tonic or boost. Instead of Perth, where the fifth Test was originally due to be staged, England will play at Bellerive Oval in Hobart….
Pat Cummins exclusive: Why Australia don’t have to sledge any more – and being inspired by Eoin Morgan
Tactically Cummins has not been stretched by England too much but he has clearly created a welcoming environment given that all new players have contributed straight away,…
England’s Tasmanian arrival delayed by airport staff shortages, while Sam Billings plugs tourists’ own gaps
With a second-string team going to the Caribbean due to Test duty for the likes of Buttler, Bairstow and Stokes, the West Indies trip was a big…
Joe Root can rejuvenate England – but to do it he needs to move on from James Anderson
Eke out every ounce of knowledge from Jimmy about how to bowl at this level and keep him involved but bowlers like Saqib Mahmood and Olly Stone…
Sydney’s absorbing final-day climax was suffocating – but for once England did not fluff their lines
Equally satisfying was the fact that they punished Cummins, tactically infallible to this point, for basic errors of captaincy. So dominant had Australia looked on the fourth…
Joe Root is the right Test captain to rejuvenate England and this is how he can do it
Eke out every ounce of knowledge from Jimmy about how to bowl at this level and keep him involved but bowlers like Saqib Mahmood and Olly Stone…
Jos Buttler should not play another Test – and Joe Root should bat at No 3 with Dawid Malan to open
The middle and lower order are nearly always fighting an uphill battle by the time they come in. The opposition fast bowlers are on top and high…
Impact of Australia’s fill-in four has exposed England’s lack of creative thinking – and a broken system
An extended Test series is not merely a clash between the best XIs from each country. It is also something broader: a clash of systems. Not recognising…
Usman Khawaja’s Sydney masterpieces echoed the brilliance of Australian left-handed greats
It was a far more diffident Khawaja who made his Test debut against England at Sydney exactly 10 years ago. He had been heralded as the most…
England’s bowling attack has grown worryingly toothless – a fresh injection of pace is needed
In what is quite a feat for any English player on this benighted Ashes tour, Wood will head home with his reputation enhanced. Even if he deserves…
How was that not out? Watch as the ball hits Ben Stokes’ stump at 83mph – and the bail fails to move
We might be 15 days and four Tests deep into an Ashes series. That series itself may have already been lost, damaged beyond repair. Some of the…
The stats that prove Joe Root is less-suited to Australia
But, even given these challenges, Australian conditions are comparatively ill-suited to Root’s game. Down under, the type of bowling that Root does worse against is more prominent….