Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has stated that the board still intends to include a pink-ball Test in the 2029-30 men's Ashes series, despite recent reports suggesting a day-night match had already been ruled out, as per ESPNcricinfo.
Australia chased down the 205-run target in 28.2 overs with captain Steve Smith hitting the winning runs. The hosts thrashed the Three Lions in the opening Test at Perth, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
During the match against Tasmania, Labuschagne, captaining the Queensland side, smashed a 91-ball 105, with eight fours and two sixes, with a strike rate of over 115. It was his century, and quality knocks from Jack Clayton (64 in 51 balls, with seven fours and a six) and Matt Renshaw (38 in
Australia's talismanic batter Steve Smith was full of praise for right-hand batter Joe Root, saying that he has been "incredible" in the last two years for England in Test cricket.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes lauded the right-hand batter Chris Woakes' commitment to come out to bat during the fifth day of the final Test on Monday, which was played at The Oval.
Following comprehensive bashing by Australia in the Women's Ashes, right-hand batter Heather Knight stepped down as the England skipper on Saturday after serving in the capacity for nine long years, according to the ICC website.
Australia captain Alyssa Healy's availability in the rest of the Women's Ashes 2025 is in doubt after the 34-year-old developed "mid-foot soreness", as reported by ESPNcricinfo.
England failed to regain the Ashes. After a win at Headingley, they managed to keep the series alive by 2-1. In the fourth Test at Old Trafford, they dominated the Aussies and looked good to level the series, but the rain gods denied them a chance to do so, leaving them with a chance to leve
England skipper Heather Knight guided her team to an emphatic victory at County Ground on Wednesday to level the Ashes 2023 series to level the series on 6-6.
Alice Capsey guided England with a quickfire 46 in the third T20I of the multi-format series, as the hosts overcame London's fickle weather to successfully chase down a revised total of 119 off 14 overs with four deliveries remaining.