SYDNEY (AP) — Joe Root and Harry Brook shared a 154-run partnership to guide England to 211-3 before bad light stopped play on Day 1 of the final Ashes test, which ...

Brendon McCullum was caught on camera with his head buried in a crossword puzzle while it rained at the SCG, and solving those clues must have seemed easier than the problems with England’s batting.

England centurion Joe Root has come out strongly in defense of teammate Jamie Smith after the wicketkeeper's reckless dismissal late on day two of the New Year's Ashes Test at the SCG drew heavy ...

England then won its first Ashes match Down Under since 2011 with a four-wicket win in the Boxing Day test that led to days of sustained criticism about the overly grassed pitch. The post Root and ...