Michael Vaughan believes England's victory in the Boxing Day Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was a "lottery." He said that England must avoid a heavy defeat in the fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney to ensure the continuation of the Brendon McCullum-Ben Stokes era, according to
Former England cricketer Phil Tufnell has made a bold prediction about pacer Josh Tongue and the England Test team ahead of the fifth and final Ashes Test, set to get underway from January 4.
England have announced their provisional 15-member squad for the upcoming T20I World Cup 2026. Surprisingly, the Three Lions have included pacer Josh Tongue, who is yet to play a limited-overs match for England, in their T20 WC squad.
"He gets above the perpendicular, shapes the ball back into you with that angle, and draws you into playing, I suppose - similar to Scotty (Scott) Boland in a way. (They have) similar release points and angles they create. He's a good bowler, bowled really nicely in this game, and he's done
The Aussie veteran made this upward movement in charts during his side's fourth Ashes Test at Melbourne against England. While he could score just nine in the first innings, falling to Josh Tongue, he made 24* in 39 balls, with a four, standing as a lone warrior as the Aussie batting crumble
"100%. I was in a tough situation with my body and stuff. I was potentially retiring, but I'm glad that I put in the hard work to get myself back playing cricket and now playing for England, it's all that I've always wanted to do," he noted.
On a grass-heavy bowling heaven, both England and Australian bowlers looted wickets like for fun, but it was England who ended their win drought in Aussie land, with the generation next of England, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Josh Tongue and Brydon Carse giving their super seniors, skipper B
A win finally arrived for England in a Test match on Australian shores, but too late perhaps, with the Ashes already retained by Australia. Crucial knocks from Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell, and fine spells from Tongue and Brydon Carse, representing the next generation of English cricket, fi
With this, England has denied Australia a chance at delivering a whitewash on them. Having last won the Ashes in Australia back in 2010/11, England struggled to buy themselves a win Down Under. But with the Ashes gone, the English team played for the Three Lions badge on the chest and their
Duckett, the 31-year-old left-handed opener, achieved the milestone during England's fourth Ashes Test, a Boxing Day affair at Melbourne. In a run-chase of a modest 175 runs, Duckett crossed the 30-run mark for the first time in the series, scoring a 26-ball 34, with four boundaries and a si