Ashes battler snubbed as England name World Cup squad
Jamie Smith has been left out of England's provisional squad for the T20 World Cup, but injured bowler Jofra Archer was included.
Jamie Smith has been left out of England's provisional squad for the T20 World Cup, but injured bowler Jofra Archer was included.
The stand-in Australian captain has sympathised with his Ashes rivals as a disastrous tour continues to go from bad to worse for England.
England has lost Jofra Archer to injury and dropped the struggling Ollie Pope for Melbourne, though Ben Duckett survives the chop despite a probe into his off-field conduct
Australia was rescued by two crucial innings' from its veteran stars after Usman Khawaja was called in late.
Alex Carey brought up the milestone late in the final session, before giving a nod to the sky to acknowledge his dad Gordon who died in September.
Cameron Green set a record in the IPL but wasn't able to celebrate it with an innings of substance, dismissed for a duck as Australia collapsed.
Former England quick Steve Harmison has slammed the handling of Mark Wood's fitness and called out "disregard" for the County Championship.
England has made one change for the third Ashes Test, which the visitors must win to remain a chance of winning the series.
When Archer and Smith were going at it in the final hour of the Test, no one was more engaged with the banter than Ricky Ponting.
While the cameras were fixed on Jofra Archer and Steve Smith, stump mics picked up a separate fiery exchange happening at the other end.