Joe Root
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- The Ashes
Ignore Melbourne – Brendon McCullum needs a win in Sydney to save his job
England sit seventh in the World Test Championship table heading into the SCG Test match.
- Nick Hoult and Will Macpherson
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- The Ashes
A Bazballing tragedy: The tactical forensics of an Ashes capitulation
Three of England’s finest exports – Shakespeare, public broadcasting and cricketing calamities – collide in the wash-up of another abominable Ashes tour.
- Dan Walsh
- Analysis
- The Ashes
England were humbled, and it’s about to get worse
Claims that this was an England team which would outclass Australia have been emphatically silenced. What should scare the old enemy is that it can only get worse.
- Nick Wright
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- The Ashes
Player ratings: The Aussie with a perfect 10 and the Englishman who embodies Bazball without brains
The second Test at the Gabba delivered many moments that will go down in Ashes history. We rate every Australian and English player from an unforgettable match.
- Andrew Wu
As Starc’s allies were bunted, a luckless star mounted his case for a recall
As an Australian quick on the comeback trail mounted his case for a Test recall, the nation’s opening batsmen may have ended the career of a champion.
- Nick Wright
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- The Ashes
It’s not until Nathan Lyon is missing that Australia realise how much they need him
Already without Patrick Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, for Australia to voluntarily add Lyon to the absent list smacked of overthinking.
- Malcolm Knox
- Analysis
- Australian cricket
Root takes full advantage of Australia’s Lyon-shaped hole
By leaving Nathan Lyon out of the side, Australia may have just outsmarted themselves.
- Daniel Brettig
Root’s ton of courage, late Archer burst carry England to safety on day one
It has been a long time coming, but Joe Root’s first Ashes century on Australian soil rescued England from another perilous position in the second Test, helping the tourists to 9-325 at stumps.
- Tom Decent
Joe Root owns an unwanted Test record. Imitating Tendulkar could get him back on track
After a double failure in Perth, the second-highest run scorer in Test history faces more pressure in the pink-ball Test in Brisbane.
- Nick Hoult
Seven balls, a close call, zero runs: Root’s 10 miserable minutes in Perth
This was a golden chance for Joe Root to break his Australian hoodoo, and he looked nervous. Here’s how the England great’s brief stay on day one of the Ashes unfolded.
- Andrew Wu