After Melbourne's mood-altering two-day win broke a 15-year drought for England in Australia, New Year's week at the SCG carries stakes that go far beyond a "dead rubber."

It has been a rollercoaster ride for the 87-Test veteran in the Ashes series, with his scores reading 2, 82, 40, 29, and 0 so far. He injured his back during the first Test in Perth and missed the following match in Brisbane.

Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were Thursday named in a spin-heavy provisional Australian squad for this year's T20 World Cup after their Ashes campaign was ruined by injury.

In one of the bizarre incidents, Australia players Ashton Agar and Aaron Hardie pushed an Uber car to make it to the stadium for their side Perth Scorchers' Big Bash League game against Sydney Thunder on December 30.

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc levelled with Pakistan's Noman Ali for a career-best joint-second rank, while Scott Boland made a two-spot jump to seventh spot among bowlers.

Phil Tufnell has made a bold prediction about pacer Josh Tongue and the England Test team ahead of the fifth and final Ashes Test

England's win in Melbourne marked their first victory on Australian soil since 2011, ending a drought of more than 5,000 days.

Usman Khawaja started the Ashes as Australia's long-standing opener, but has not opened after he suffered back spasms in Perth.

Former cricketer Damien Martyn, who played 67 test matches for Australia, is in a serious condition in a Brisbane hospital.

Australian batter Usman Khawaja completed 8,000 international runs during the fourth Ashes Test. The 39-year-old veteran has not been having a memorable Ashes so far

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has reportedly concluded its investigation into reports of excessive drinking by the England cricket team between the second and third Ashes Tests

As the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England ended in just two days at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), former England skipper Alastair Cook shared a banter on the MCG pitch.

Ahead of Australia's team selection for the upcoming men's ICC T20 World Cup next year, Australian all-rounder Matthew Short spoke on being more mature as a player than last year.

Cricket Australia named its best Test XI of the year 2025, including a total of three Indian players.

England's four-wicket win over Australia in the Boxing Day Test sparked a major debate surrounding the Melbourne pitch, as the match concluded on only the second day.

Sir Donald Bradman's Australia Test Cap will go under the hammer next month, according to cricket.com.au.

England batter Jacob Bethell is eyeing to put on another strong display in the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney to lock down the number three spot in Test cricket for the Three Lions.

Tim David has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing Big Bash League after scans confirmed a Grade 2 strain.