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Australia clinched the final Ashes Test against England on Thursday by five wickets to complete a dominant 4-1 victory after a gruelling series, sending the retiring Usman Khawaja out on a high. The ...

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Australia won the final Ashes Test against England by five wickets on Thursday to seal a dominant 4-1 victory after a gruelling series, sending the retiring Usman Khawaja out on a high. The nervy ...

Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the final Ashes Test, leaving England three bowlers down as they close the series in Sydney. Atkinson pulled up while bowling in his side's two-day win at Melbourne ...

Todd Murphy is firming to play his first home Test, after the SCG's head curator declared the pitch's green covering would be near-irrelevant come day one. With administrators still on edge after last ...

Usman Khawaja has announced that he will retire from international cricket after the final match of the ongoing Ashes series in Sydney. Khawaja, 39, will enter his last Test with 87 caps and 6206 runs ...

Sydney (AFP) – Australia won the final Ashes Test against England by five wickets on Thursday to seal a dominant 4-1 victory after a gruelling series, sending the retiring Usman Khawaja out on a high.

Ben Stokes leaves field mid-over on fourth morning at SCG; England captain hobbles out to bat and makes one but seems unlikely to bowl on final day; Stokes has overcome knee, hamstring and shoulder ...

England have selected off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney. Bashir has not played in the first four matches despite starting the series as ...

Welcome to the highlights of the first day of the Ashes 2025–26 fifth and final Test between Australia and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, January 3, 2026. Day 1 was heavily ...