Lunch day two. Morning session of only two wickets! Duckett given out lbw off the last ball of Boland’s final over before lunch - but saved by his DRS review ๐
England 59-1 lead by 99 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
Lunch day two. Morning session of only two wickets! Duckett given out lbw off the last ball of Boland’s final over before lunch - but saved by his DRS review ๐
England 59-1 lead by 99 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
5th ball from Starc. Crawley out for a pair. England 0-1.
Now for some calm and steady England batting โฆ ๐คจ๐
Australiaโs innings is over, 132 all out. Carse got Lyon as the final wicket.
The Ashes 2025/26, first Test, day two. Mark Wood opening the bowling. England need one wicketโฆ
The Ashes 2025/26 first Test. Day One Stumps.
Well that was an all-action day of Ashes cricket. 19 wickets and 295 runs. This is not going to be a five day match.
England 172ao. Australia have lost nine wickets and still trail by 49 runs.
Andy Zaltzman - Test Match Special statistician:
This is the most wickets taken in a day of an Ashes Test since the Old Trafford Test of 1909 where both teams were all out in the same day.
Five-for for Ben Stokes ๐
Boland out for a duck.
Stokes has four. Carey out for 26. ๐ฆ๐บ 121-8 after 37.4 overs.
And a third wicket for Ben Stokes - Mitchell Starc out for 12. Australia 118-7 still trailing England by 54 runs.
Australia 91-6. Stokes has taken the wicket of Cameron Green.
Stokes bowling now - and takes the wicket of Travis Head. Australia 76-5 after 29.1 overs.
Khawaja out for 2 off 6. Carseโs second wicket. ๐ฆ๐บ 31-4
Australia 30-3 after 15.5 overs.
Archer gets Labuschagne, Carse gets Smith for 9 and 17 respectively.
Tea. Australia 15-1 after 10 overs.
Jofra Archerโs first over matches Mitchell Starcโs - a wicket maiden.
Australia innings. Wicket for Jofra Archer from his second ball - Weatherald out lbw for a second-ball duck.
Duck for Wood. England all out for 172 after 32.5 overs. Seven wickets for Mitchell Starc - 7-58 off 12.5 overs, his best ever Test figures.
Smith gone for 33, sixth wicket for Starc ๐
Carse out for 6. 168-8. Not going well for England.
Starc 5-54 off 12 overs ๐ฅ
Atkinson out for 1. Starc gets his 5 wickets. England 161-7 from 30.1 overs.
Brook out for 52
Half-century for Harry Brook off 58 balls. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 148-5
Mitchell Starc bowls Ben Stokes for 6 just after lunch ๐
England 115-5
Lunch Day One. England 105-4. Lots of action, Starc outstanding.
Ollie Pope out for 46. England 94-4 after 20 overs.
Root out for a duck. England 39-3 after 8.5 overs. Starc bowling superbly.
Starc gets Duckett lbw after 6.4 overs. England 33-2 and a DRS review wasted.
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England
Wicket maiden over from Starc to begin. Crawley out on the sixth ball, caught by Khawaja at first slip ๐
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England
First Test, 21 - 25 November
Starts 02:20 GMT
Optus Stadium, Perth
England won the toss and will bat ๐
๐๐ England Men name squad for first Ashes Test in Perth
England 12-player squad:
Ben Stokes (c)
Jofra Archer
Gus Atkinson
Shoaib Bashir
Harry Brook
Brydon Carse
Zak Crawley
Ben Duckett
Ollie Pope
Joe Root
Jamie Smith (wk)
Mark Wood
๐๐ India vs South Africa: Proteas win first Test in India since 2010 in low-scoring thriller
South Africa secured their first Test victory in India since 2010 as they triumphed in a low-scoring thriller inside three days in Kolkata.
๐๐ Joe Root splutters but Ollie Pope prospers in Englandโs Ashes warm-up
Pope makes 100 in Englandโs 426
๐๐ The remarkable story of the 1897 Sydney riot that set the tone for 150 years of Ashes rivalry
India win the ICC Womenโs Cricket World Cup 2025 ๐
Wolvaardt out for 101 - probably too much for South Africa now.
10 overs left so SA need 88 off 60 balls.
Century for Laura Wolvaardt off 96 balls ๐๐๐
Second woman to get a century in a semi-final and final of a World Cup.
South Africa 211-6 though โฆ
South Africa 186-5 need 113 from 84 balls.
South Africa 173-5 off 32 overs. Drinks break. Two sixes off the last over, one off a no ball.
South Africa 100-2 after 18 overs.
Half-century for Laura Wolvaardt. South Africa 89-2 after 16.3 overs.
South Africa 69-2 after 13 overs.
India finish their innings, scoring 298-7. South Africa bowled well to keep the score below 300.
Jemimah Rodrigues out for 24. India 171-3 after 29.4 overs.
Shafali Verma out for 87. India 166-2 after 27.5 overs.
Half century for Shafali Verma. 106-1.
South Africa take their first wicket after 17.4 overs. India 104-1.
Rain stopped, no overs lost so far and the match starts in about half an hour.
South Africa have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.
World Cup Final rain delay ๐ข
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final 2025 ๐
India Women ๐ฎ๐ณ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa Women
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, 09:30 GMT
For the first time in 25 years, a new name will be inscribed on the Women’s World Cup trophy
India beat Australia and get to the ICC Womenโs Cricket World Cup Final ๐
That was a fantastic match. India score 341-5 from 48.3 overs, a record run chase in womenโs ODI cricket.
Jemimah Rodrigues finished not out on 127.
India need 15 from 15 !!
Century for Jemimah Rodrigues off 115 balls ๐
But Deepti Sharma run out on 24 ๐
10 overs to go. India on 257-3 and need 82 runs to win.
2 balls later 226-3 โฆ Kaur out for 89 off 88 ๐
India 226-2 after 35 overs. They need 113 runs off 90 balls. This should be close and is coming to an exciting finish.
If India are successful in this run chase it will be a record chase in womenโs ODI cricket.
Australia 338 all out after 49.5 overs. Phoebe Litchfield scoring 119 off 93 balls.
Very difficult total for India to reach.
Australia 100-1 after 15.3 overs โฆ
ICC Womenโs Cricket World Cup
2nd semi-final: India ๐ฎ๐ณ v ๐ฆ๐บ Australia
Australia won the toss and chose to bat first.
World Cup semi-final: England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
South Africa dominant, victorious and through to the World Cup Final. England, chasing 320, all out for 194 after 42.3 overs.
England 144-7 after 30.3 overs, chasing 320. Five wickets for Marizanne Kapp. Not a lot of hope for England now.
Now 3 wickets gone after 7 deliveries. England’s top three batters all dismissed without scoring.
Well this hasnโt started well for England. 0-2 after 5 balls of the first over ๐ณ
Laura Wolvaardt finished on 169 off 149 balls at the end of the 48th over. Brilliant to watch.
South Africa innings completed now, scoring 319-7 from their 50 overs.
A very tricky run chase for England now.
Some fantastic batting and scoring acceleration by Laura Wolvaardt. Sheโs now on 155 off 136 balls
South Africa 271-6 after 46.2 overs.
Laura Wolvaardt gets her century off 115 balls ๐
South Africa 200-5 after 39.4 overs.
Sophie Ecclestone takes Englandโs first two wickets in the 23rd over. South Africa 116-2.
50 dot balls in 13 overs.
England Women wicketless in the first powerplay. South Africa 61-0 after 11 overs.
Earlier today England Men lost the second ODI against New Zealand Men. Top order batting didnโt really get underway. Jamie Overton eventually top scorer ๐
World Cup semi-final. England Women v South Africa Women. England win the toss and choose to bowl first.
Third New Zealand v England is washed out. No result.
New Zealand v England, third T20, Auckland.
England win toss & bowl. Match reduced to 14 overs per side after a rain delay.
England take all 10 New Zealand wickets with catches.
New Zealand v England 2nd T20 international.
England win by 65 runs. New Zealand ao for 171 after 18 overs.
New Zealand 169-9 after 17.3
New Zealand now need 100 runs off 35 balls โฆ
New Zealand 135-6 after 14 overs.
New Zealand v England 2nd T20 international.
England, batting first, scored 236-4 in their 20 overs.
Phil Salt 85 off 56, Harry Brook 78 off 35.
A record run chase of 237 for New Zealand is required.
India finish 5 short of their required 289, scoring 284-6. England win and qualify for the World Cup semifinals ๐
Now 14 from the last over.
India need 17 off 9 โฆ
Tides have turned. India 266-6 after 48 overs. They need 23 in 2 overs.
Smriti Mandhana out for 88, c Capsey b Smith (Ind 234-4)
India 205-3 need 83 off 78 balls. Very achievable.
An England win would secure them a semi-final place.
India v England in the Womenโs World Cup. England set India a target of 289 to win, India 109-2 after 21 overs.
New Zealand v England 1st T20. No result. Match abandoned because of rain ๐
New Zealand v England T20. Rain has delayed the start of New Zealandโs innings.
Rain has stopped. Back in play. England 153-6 after their 20 overs. Sam Curran 49 off 35, top scoring to give some recovery to their innings.
England 110-5 after 16.2 overs โฆ and rain stops play.
England 81-5 after 11.3 overs ๐ฌ
Up early for the first New Zealand v England T20. New Zealand won the toss and will field.