Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Three-time Ashes winner Steven Finn has announced his immediate playing retirement aged 34 as he “admitted defeat” in a long-running battle against […]

Travis Head breaks his silence on the Ashes beer snub fiasco that saw England accused of avoiding Australia Travis Head has broken his silence on the Ashes beer snub drama  England were accused of avoiding drinks with the Australians  Head admitted that the episode was ‘played up a little bit’   Travis Head has revealed what really happened at the Oval […]

Stuart Broad on bowing out with England at the right time, emotional scenes at the Oval… and why he couldn’t retire at the same time as Jimmy Anderson Stuart Broad has explained the reasons behind his retirement from cricket England’s record Ashes wicket-taker decided to call it a day on his playing days Broad believes now was the right time […]

Zak Crawley reveals what REALLY happened after fifth Ashes Test at the Oval as opener responds to claims England snubbed Australia’s beer offer Zak Crawley has revealed what really happened at the Oval  The England team were accused of snubbing post-Ashes beers  Crawley admitted they took too long with their farewell speeches  Zak Crawley has admitted England took ‘too long’ […]

The BBC has spoken to presenter Chris Hughes after he made a comment that ‘was not appropriate’ to a cricketer during the opening match of The Hundred. Former Love Island contestant Hughes has been a regular on the BBC’s coverage of The Hundred, a cricket tournament involving eight city-based teams across the UK. In a pitchside interview with Australian all-rounder […]

Moeen Ali rebuffed plea from England coach Brendon McCullum to drop his Test retirement plans and tour India – with all-rounder insisting: ‘I’m done’ Moeen Ali has confirmed his retirement from Test cricket for second time Coach Brendon McCullum tried to persuade him to continue his Test career  The 36-year-old finished with more than 3,000 Test runs and over 200 […]

Woakes was named England player of the series after the conclusion of the Ashes Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email It was almost with a touch of irony […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Ahem, Bazball works. OK, OK, louder: BAZBALL WORKS. Once fans in each country are done with projecting every known dissolute quality onto the other’s cricketers, and an armistice is called in the phoney cold war, and now that the urn is on its […]

Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have provided endless drama and the most enjoyable time as England rewrite the Test rulebook after action-packed Ashes No Test team has ever put on a show like this and risked defeat at the Ashes  There has never been more deserving moral victors than this England team Bazball has provided wall-to-wall drama and been both […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email England and Australia shared the spoils after an epic Ashes series ended in a 2-2 draw. Here, the PA news agency looks […]