New Australian Test captain Pat Cummins has revealed how he expects his team to behave on the field with the Ashes series set to begin at The Gabba.
Fit, refreshed and motivated, David Warner could be part of the Australian team for years to come, DANIEL CHERNY reports.
A teenager in red has ignited the Big Bash with one of the most athletic catches ever plucked as the Renegades held on in a last-ball thriller against the Strikers.
Pat Cummins used to sleep on Steve Smith’s couch. Now they’re leading Australia into an Ashes battle. Get the inside word on how they will work together again.
The new national captain may be a local, but that doesn’t mean the SCG has a headstart when it comes to lobbying to host the fifth Ashes Test.
Allan Border has backed Pat Cummins to be a success in the captaincy role – but the warm words came with a warning.
England has denied initial claims about an injury to express paceman Jimmy Anderson and missing the Gabba Test, instead revealing they could be saving him for something else.
Talisman’s sabbatical showed he is not invincible but the star all-rounder’s cricketing powers and love of the big stage are undiminished, writes OWEN SLOT
Loneliness, politics and ego management are just some of the factors that make coaching the Australian men’s cricket team so difficult.
Ashes rivals have yet to witness the player who flowed with such grace and style and scored so dominantly last summer: now is his chance to make it second time lucky down under, writes MIKE ATHERTON.
Perth has officially been stripped of the fifth Ashes Test but the process of locking in a new host city could take more than a week.
Australian players must set an example to stop hostility from the stands turning into hatred, writes SIMON WILDE, with ugly scenes from last summer still fresh in the memory as the Ashes begin.
In a CODE exclusive, GLENN McGRATH speaks with Test paceman Josh Hazlewood about preparations for the Ashes, fitness, weight and why this Gabba Test will be different to the last one played in Brisbane.
Joe Root says he is not playing mind games as he rejects calls to name an XI before Wednesday’s first Test.
Nathan Lyon had a brutal summer against India and there are several failings that he needs to address with his bowling this Ashes series. CricViz’s BEN JONES reveals the damning evidence that has Lyon under pressure.
The West Australian government has launched an astonishing bid to swap its Test dates after being told the fifth Test in Perth has been scrapped, only for SACA to put their foot down.
He is Australia’s future batting superstar and he enters the Big Bash League as the hottest teenager in the tournament.
Criticism has followed Steve Smith around the globe – but the Australian vice-captain says it doesn’t get to him anymore. He opens up about his new-found maturity.
In a CODE exclusive, former Australian coach John Buchanan speaks to current coach Justin Langer about the pressures and challenges of a home Ashes series.
MIKE ATHERTON explores why fast bowlers have generally been overlooked for captaincy and how Australian paceman Pat Cummins must redefine the role this Ashes series, defying the wisdom of a renowned England skipper.
Debate surrounds Mitchell Starc’s Test place every year, mainly stoked by Shane Warne. While there’s no doubt the left-arm paceman fluctuates, DANIEL CHERNY explores why, at his best, Starc must be in the team.
Cummins has confirmed his side’s line-up for the first Test at the Gabba more than three days out from a ball being bowled with a big decision made on the Travis Head-Usman Khawaja battle.
Privately seething about being forced to fly to Perth on Christmas Day and then face hotel quarantine has one Big Bash team calling out Cricket Australia’s stance as contradictory.
It’s the training session that will send a shiver down England’s spine after Mitchell Starc made two of the world’s best batsmen look like park cricketers.
Marcus Stoinis reveals how Ricky Ponting helped ressurect his international career and provided an insight into the mid-pitch laughs which helped Australia win the T20 World Cup.
