England head coach Brendon McCullum feels the first Ashes Test "validated" his team's aggressive strategy and expects his side to "go a little harder" in the second Test at Lord's next week.
Australian opener Usman Khawaja kept Australia's flow of runs intact after Travis Head's enterprising and counter-attacking knock came to an end in the second session of Day-2 of the first Test match of Ashes 2023 at the Edgbaston stadium.
The hosts will be aiming to avenge their 4-0 loss in the 2021-22 season. Australia too will be aiming to win their first Ashes series in England in over 20 years.
Australia's coach Andrew McDonald believes that the return of the English all-rounder Moeen Ali's return to Test cricket will be a 'challenge' ahead of their upcoming Ashes 2023 series.
Moeen Ali replaced Somerset's Jack Leach, who was withdrawn from the original 16-player squad on Sunday after sustaining a low back stress fracture, which rules him out of the five-match Ashes Test series.
England has announced their 16-member squad for the first two matches of the Ashes series which will start from June 16. England have retained the same group of 16 players from the one-off Test against Ireland for the first two Ashes Tests. Josh Tongue, who made his Test debut against Irelan
Sydney [Australia], March 7 (ANI): Former Australia skipper Michael Clarke has condoled the demise of Shane Warne, saying the legendary spinner lived his life at a fast pace and created an invincible feeling around him.