GEORGE DOBELL AT THE SCG: Shoaib Bashir and Will Jacks are fighting over one spot in the XI for the fifth Test. But captain Ben Stokes accepts conditions are tricky to read ...

MELINDA FARRELL IN SYDNEY: The Australia batter will play his 88th Test and make his final outing for his country in the fifth Men's Ashes Test in Sydney ...

The Cricketer rates the performances of both sets of players after the third Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval ...

NICK FRIEND: There is plenty of blame to be shared around in an analysis of the spin stocks across English cricket, led by longstanding issues that have taken the national side down its current path ...

HUW TURBERVILL: Two counties have told The Cricketer they are worried another heavy series defeat in Australia will precipitate a reduction in first-class counties ...

GEORGE DOBELL IN ADELAIDE: Brook insisted that he is determined to be at the centre of a turnaround for England, who must win the last three Tests of the series in order to regain the Ashes ...

GEORGE DOBELL IN ADELAIDE: Gus Atkinson's three wickets in the series – two of which came in Australia's brief fourth-innings chase in Brisbane – have so far come at a cost of 78.66 apiece ...

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: Eleven years after Warwickshire first played a T20 Blast match as Birmingham Bears, chief executive Stuart Cain explains why now was time to reverse a controversial decision ...

NICK FRIEND: The decision to reallocate close to £200,000 previously given to universities has left a significant hole in tight budgets, risking the longevity of a programme that has produced hundreds ...

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GEORGE DOBELL AT LILAC HILL: The leg-spinner picked up a "right lower leg" strain after making 16 for England Lions against England in the Ashes warmup game at Lilac Hill ...

JAMES COYNE: TNT Sports were confirmed as the exclusive broadcasters of the live action earlier this month, but followers in the UK without a subscription will still be able to follow the action ...