Graham Thorpe was a cricketing great – and a better mate
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Graham Thorpe was a cricketing great – and a better mate

The former England captain pays tribute to his teammate,who was his batting partner when Vaughan scored his first Test hundred.

  • byMichael Vaughan

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Blond highlights:Keeping pace with Anderson’s remarkable 20-year Test career
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Test cricket

Blond highlights:Keeping pace with Anderson’s remarkable 20-year Test career

Australians first laid eyes on a peroxide-tipped Jimmy Anderson more than two decades ago. As he prepares for his farewell from the Test arena,we pick out five of the pace legend’s finest moments.

  • byDan Walsh
The Bazball reality:England entertain,but their opponents win
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England

The Bazball reality:England entertain,but their opponents win

England’s lofty Bazball rhetoric is divorced from the reality that Ben Stokes’ team faces. They entertain;their opponents win.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Worst over ever:Ashes villain smacked for record 43 runs

Worst over ever:Ashes villain smacked for record 43 runs

England pace bowler Ollie Robinson had returned figures of 1-22 from 12 overs in a county match in England. Things got worse - in a hurry.

  • byTom Decent
Our cricketers play to win,even if it means giving the old enemy a second chance

Our cricketers play to win,even if it means giving the old enemy a second chance

A mischievous suggestion that Australia could manipulate results to squeeze England out of the World Cup has prompted apoplexy. It’s unlikely to happen.

  • byGreg Baum
Australia have opportunity to start redeeming themselves for Ashes ‘moral failure’
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ICC Men’s World Cup

Australia have opportunity to start redeeming themselves for Ashes ‘moral failure’

Mitchell Marsh’s side should atone for unscrupulous stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s by playing their strongest XI against Scotland.

  • bySimon Heffer
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‘I haven’t got too many close friends in that team’:Alex Carey opens up on Ashes abuse

‘I haven’t got too many close friends in that team’:Alex Carey opens up on Ashes abuse

At times in England,following his stumping of Jonny Bairstow,Alex Carey was reluctant to venture out in public. With limited contacts among the England team,he became an overnight Ashes villain;a role he’s learned to live with.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘You wrote the rules,you idiots’:Inside Australia’s dressing-room reaction to Bairstow stumping

‘You wrote the rules,you idiots’:Inside Australia’s dressing-room reaction to Bairstow stumping

Australia’s immediate debrief in the aftermath of the controversial Jonny Bairstow stumping and a flurry of abuse in the Lord’s Long Room,is revealed by the latest season of the Amazon Prime documentary.

  • byDaniel Brettig
His career pre-dates YouTube and Facebook,now Anderson’s exit sets stage for a Bazball Ashes assault

His career pre-dates YouTube and Facebook,now Anderson’s exit sets stage for a Bazball Ashes assault

They admired his skill and sometimes were taken aback by his sledging. How Jimmy Anderson was seen through Australian eyes.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘It’s been an incredible 20 years’:Ashes foe Anderson confirms end of England career
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‘It’s been an incredible 20 years’:Ashes foe Anderson confirms end of England career

The pace ace’s record-breaking 22-year international career will finish at Lord’s in July,which means one of Australia’s great Ashes adversaries will not feature at next year’s series.

  • byWill Macpherson
The Lord’s jibe that hurt Usman Khawaja the most

The Lord’s jibe that hurt Usman Khawaja the most

As a rising star,Australia’s first Muslim Test cricketer kept his thoughts in check. Then he found his voice – and used it.

  • byDaniel Brettig