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Brendon McCullum: 'If Anything, We Trained Too Much' | Ashes 2025/26 England head coach Brendon McCullum felt his players were over-trained for the Brisbane Test, which they lost by eight wickets.

Brendon McCullum felt his players were over-trained for the Brisbane Test despite criticism of their decision to forgo a pink-ball warm-up ahead of the game

That's one way of looking at it...

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511 With No Centuries – Australia Complete Ultra-Rare Double At Brisbane | The Ashes 2025/26 | AUS v ENG | Cricket News Today Australia completed an ultra-rate double feat while scoring 511 runs in their first innings of the Brisbane Test.

Australia completed an ultra-rate double feat while scoring 511 runs in their first innings of the Brisbane Test

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Why England's Gamble On Jacks Is Really About Hedging Their Bets | Ashes 2025 In his latest Ashes column, Wisden Cricket Monthly editor in chief Phil Walker unpicks England's selection of Will Jacks, for the crucial day-night Test in Brisbane.

In his latest Ashes column, Wisden Cricket Monthly editor in chief Phil Walker unpicks England's selection of Will Jacks, for the crucial day-night Test in Brisbane.

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Veteran Opener Ruled Out Of Second Ashes Test | AUS Vs ENG Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test due to an injury. Read more.

Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test due to an injury

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Four England XI Batters Get Fifties, Bethell Misses Out As Visitors Win PM’s XI Game | Ashes 2025/26 England XI beat the Australian Prime Minister’s XI by eight wickets in their tour game at Canberra.

Four England XI batters get fifties, Bethell misses out as visitors win PM’s XI game

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Led by Lillee and Thomson, the Australian bowling attack terrorised the tourists during the six-match series

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New @fairfieldbooks.bsky.social authors Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon went on The Grade Cricketer to talk #Ashes and their new book, Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics

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Ian Botham: Ashes Will End 5-0 To Australia If England Don't Change Their Tactics | AUS v ENG | The Ashes 2025/26 Ian Botham has urged the England squad to play with more patience if they are to mount a comeback in the Ashes 2025-26 series Down Under.

Ian Botham: Ashes will end 5-0 to Australia if England don't change their tactics

Botham has urged the England squad to play with more patience if they are to mount a comeback in the Ashes Down Under.

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There Are Better Targets For Your Ashes Fury Than England's Pack Of Slow Horses In the aftermath of England's drubbing in Perth, Wisden Cricket Monthly editor in chief Phil Walker laments the wider resentments in English cricket which Ashes series reveal like nothing else can.

In the aftermath of England's drubbing in Perth, Wisden Cricket Monthly editor in chief Phil Walker laments the wider resentments in English cricket which Ashes series reveal like nothing else can.

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Why Ashes series are every bit as epic as The Odyssey and The Iliad Why wait for Christopher Nolan’s film of The Odyssey? England and Australia are about to create their own version

Why wait for Christopher Nolan’s film of The Odyssey? England and Australia are about to create their own version

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