David Pocock leads initiative by Australian sport figures to highlight climate crisis

Ex-Wallabies captain launches campaign – The Cool Down – which urges nation’s leaders to take bold action

Rain halts Australia’s progress on day two at the Gabba

India make light work of hosts’ tail in Brisbane but early wickets leave them in trouble

India dig in to salvage fine third Test draw with Australia

Tourists deliver impressive rearguard in Sydney to keep frustrated hosts at bay

Australia wrap up first Test victory after skittling India for 36

Tourists record their lowest innings score in 88 years of Test cricket

Maxwell and Carey’s mammoth stand guides Australia to ODI series win

Tourists recover from 73 for five to take third and final game at Old Trafford

Australia’s limited overs tour of England gets the all clear

Australian government has granted exemptions for outbound travel for cricket team

Cricket ban on using saliva to shine ball will only be temporary

Ban on use of spit by fielding side part of efforts to resume sport during Covid-19 crisis

Australia’s Pat Cummins sets new record for Indian Premier League

The 26-year-old has become the most expensive overseas buy ever in the league

Smith fails for once but his name is writ large on Australia’s Ashes triumph

England take final Test at the Oval to secure drawn Ashes series for 47 years

Jofra Archer’s six wickets put England on top despite Steve Smith’s resistance

England lead by 78 runs as final Ashes Test keeps up its fast pace

Root and Buttler half-centuries keep England’s head above water

Australia’s Mitch Marsh makes dramatic first appearance with four wickets

Australia in the driving seat against England

Fourth test win will see Australia retain the Ashes

Justin Langer: Australia must improve use of review system

Tourists denied win in second Ashes Test after running out of reviews at Headingley

England dare to dream after batsmen finally offer some resilience

Joe Root ends day on 75* with hosts needing another 203 to secure improbable victory

England’s Ashes hopes fade as feeble batting display lets Australia turn screw

Joe Root’s side bowled out for just 67 in the first innings at Headingley

England ready to pounce on Ashes absence of Steve Smith

Captain Joe Root senses major chance to level series in third Test at Headingley

Labuschagne shepherds Australia to safety as Archer leaves mark

Steve Smith a serious doubt for third Test after suffering delayed concussion

Bairstow rescues England after afternoon middle-order collapse

Second Ashes Test day two: England 258, Australia 30-1

England capitulate as Australia draw first blood in the Ashes

Nathan Lyon takes 6-49 as hosts fall to a crushing 251-run defeat at Edgbaston

England’s Rory Burns not worried about the how, just the how many

Opening batsman puts poor form behind him with maiden Test century

Smith soars as Australia survive English broadside

Smith takes Australia to unexpected heights on topsy-turvy day

Rum day for Aussies as captain Morgan leads England to World Cup final

Irishman Eoin Morgan leads tournament hosts to their first final since 1992

India’s Shikhar Dhawan out of remainder of World Cup

Opening batsman fractured his thumb while making a hundred in win over Australia

Finch and Starc shine as Australia outclass Sri Lanka to go top

Australia opener makes 153 before left-armer takes four wickets

India end 71-year wait as they complete Test series win in Australia

Virat Kohli’s side the first from Asian sub-continent to take the honours Down Under

Ruthless India and Pujara grind Australia down in Sydney

Virat Kohli’s tourists on the brink of completing first ever series win in Australia

India secure first Test win in Melbourne since 1981

Tourists need just 27 balls to wrap up victory and take 2-1 series lead over Australia

Centurion Pujara leads India to strong position in Melbourne

Australian batting line-up face tough task; New Zealand’s Boult skittles Sri Lanka

India dig in on slow pitch to frustrate Australia in Melbourne

Agarwal makes 76 on debut before Pujara and Kohli consolidate advantage

Australia take control against India despite Kohli century

Spinner Nathan Lyon takes five wickets to give Australia first-innings advantage

India draw first blood as they bid for maiden series win in Australia

Virat Kohli’s tourists hold off lower-order fightback to take opening Adelaide Test

Australia avoid ODI whitewash after England’s early collapse

Tourists reduced to 8-5 before Chris Woakes’ resistance proves futile in Adelaide

Jimmy Anderson says no ‘big upheaval’ needed by England

‘We’ve not been blown away every game, doesn’t feel like completely disastrous series’

Australia’s 4-0 Ashes triumph hastened by Root’s absence

Root spent much of the morning in hospital suffering the effects of severe dehydration

Alastair Cook’s double century puts England in control

Cook and Broad combined – in contrasting styles – to gain a first-innings lead of 164

Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad turn up at the end of the party

Cook is only second touring batsman to score a century at the five major Aussie grounds

Alastair Cook completes century as England take fight to Australia

With the urn already gone the likes of Cook and Stuart Broad burst into life in Melbourne

Stokes or no Stokes, Australia are simply better than England

Quality of players and playing on home soil going to be a major advantage from the start

Australia far too good as they regain the Ashes in Perth

Australia needed just one session to take final six wickets they required to win third Test

England on the brink of series defeat at the Waca

Australia need only six more wickets on day five to reclaim urn - England need a miracle

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