• Alastair Cook receives MBE for Ashes victory

  

  Alastair Cook was presented with an MBE by the Queen for his outstanding performance in Ashes 2010/11 series which helped England win 3-1. Cook, who was named Man of the Series after scoring 766* runs, was presented with the...

   

• Ashes Cricket 2009

  Ashes Cricket 2009, is a cricket video game developed by Transmission Games and published by Codemasters in the UK and by Atari in Australia. It has been released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. A Wii version,...

   

• Andrew Strauss compares India series with the Ashes

  

  The England captain Andrew Strauss has compared the Test series against India with the Ashes. Strauss said,“There’s a lot of interest. It’s a series that doesn’t need much building up. “Cricket-wise, it’s certainly...

   

• Katich a doubt for Aussies

  

  England could be handed a boost heading into the opening Test match starting later this month, with the news that Aussie opener Simon Katich has broken his thumb and could be a doubt to be fit in time. Simon Katich The batsman...

   

• Australia’s Ashes preparations hit the buffers

  

  Australia’s preparations for the upcoming Ashes series, which starts later next month, aren’t going exactly to plan. Ricky Ponting’s men suffered a dramatic one wicket defeat in the first Test of their two Test series against...

   

• Simon Katich’s summer double celebration – kid plus the Ashes

  

  Australian opener Simon Katich is planning a double celebration this summer, with the arrival of his first child. The new arrival is scheduled for the week after the Ashes. Katich and wife Georgie discovered she was pregnant before...

   

• Flintoff backs ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ character Anderson to bowl England to Ashes glory

  

  Former Test player Andrew Flintoff has backed pace bowler James Anderson to bowl England to Ashes glory this winter. Fast bowler Anderson, 27, has developed into something of a Jekyll and Hyde character in the attack during his...

   

• Tough to wrestle Ashes from England, says Waugh

  

  Australia’s former skipper Steve Waugh, who is a philanthropist providing seriously ill children and their families with hope and comfort, has said it will be tough to wrestle the Ashes from England. Australia still boasts...

   

• Poor Ashes performance no excuse for not winning World Cup: Strauss

  Captain Andrew Strauss has said that while no England team has won the cricket world cup since it was first played 35years ago, blaming a poor performance on the preceding Ashes tour of Australia won’t wash as an excuse...

   

• England’s chances of retaining Ashes high: Tendulkar

  Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has favoured England beating Australia to retain the Ashes, and has picked Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, and Graeme Swann to play key roles in their victory. Going by the record books, England’s...