Playing one warm-up match backfired for England’s two leading batsmen as Joe Root and Harry Brook both failed against the Lions and will go into next week’s first Ashes Test worryingly undercooked.

Richard Gould, the ECB's chief executive, was in Australia for the first two Ashes Tests and held talks with Todd Greenberg, ...

Josh Hazlewood and Ollie Pope Darrian Traynor/Getty Images; Philip Brown/Getty Images Three days of cricket in Lilac Hill, and the biggest boost to England’s preparations for the first Test came via a ...

Ben Stokes conducts an England team meeting Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images England have defended their decision to play only one warm-up game in Australia in preparation for the Ashes, which ...

Anxious England cricket fans have turned on captain Ben Stokes ahead of the first Ashes Test in Perth - despite the all-rounder snaring six wickets against the England Lions in a warm up match. Stokes ...

England’s cricket team has opted against sending senior players to a crucial pink-ball practice match, a decision that has drawn criticism following their crushing two-day defeat in the opening Ashes ...

Nov 22 (Reuters) - England must use the extra time ahead of the second test against Australia to practise with a pink ball under floodlights, according to former Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan.

England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett piled on the runs on the second morning of the Ashes warm-up against England Lions in Perth. The pair moved England to 169-0 from only 27 overs in reply to ...