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# Ashes

Last year
2022
# Report
England sign off on calamitous Ashes series with Hobart horror show
The tourists lost all 10 wickets for just 56 runs.
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Jan 16th 2022, 12:01 PM
# Nervy Finish
England survive tense fourth Test to end Australia's hopes of Ashes whitewash
The tourists stopped the rot as James Anderson fended off the last six balls of the match to secure a draw.
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Jan 9th 2022, 10:13 AM
# Ashes
Jonny Bairstow celebrates toughest century of his career on day three in Sydney
Bairstow posted the tourists’ first hundred of the series on day three in Sydney.
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Jan 7th 2022, 11:42 AM
# Ashes
Stuart Broad takes five wickets for England but Usman Khawaja shines brightest
Khawaja marked his Sydney homecoming with a superb 137 as Australia took control of the fourth Ashes Test.
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Jan 6th 2022, 7:59 AM
All time
# Blow
England coach to miss Ashes Test after Covid positive
The visitors will have to recover from an embarrassing series defeat without Chris Silverwood.
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Dec 29th 2021, 11:14 PM
# Cricket
Hapless England's Ashes dreams in tatters as Australia pounce
After heavy defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide, the visitors must win in Melbourne,
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Dec 26th 2021, 9:38 AM
# advantage oz
Battling England succumb as Australia clinch second Ashes Test
The visitors’ dreams of winning back the hallowed urn are in tatters.
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Dec 20th 2021, 9:59 AM
# latest from oz
England collapse again as Australia turn screw in second Ashes Test
If the visitors go 2-0 down in Adelaide, the Ashes are as good as gone.
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Dec 18th 2021, 11:50 AM
# Ashes
Starc strikes and lightning strikes as England toil again – second Test day two
The tourists are up against it in Australia.
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Dec 17th 2021, 12:44 PM
# latest
Buttler shells two chances as England's Ashes hopes are dealt another blow
The tourists desperately needed to summon a fightback after their nine-wicket defeat at The Gabba.
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Dec 16th 2021, 12:43 PM
# death knell
Ruthless Australia crush England in first Ashes Test
Former Australia warns England are already in danger of a whitewash – ‘If they don’t win in Adelaide then there could be shades of ’06/07.’
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Dec 12th 2021, 12:10 PM
# Head start
England made to toil at The Gabba as Travis Head hits brilliant hundred
Tourists are already up against it.
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Dec 9th 2021, 8:10 AM
# Controversy
BT Sport drops Vaughan from Ashes coverage as BBC leaves door ajar
English cricket has been rocked by racism revelations.
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Dec 1st 2021, 9:18 PM
# All Square
Australia retain the Ashes as England rally to tie the series
Victory for the home side at the Oval means the Ashes ends in a draw for the first time since 1972.
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Sep 15th 2019, 7:22 PM
# Sensational
Stokes stars as England beat Australia by one wicket to win third Test and keep Ashes alive
England required perfection to keep their series afloat and got just that courtesy of the 28-year-old’s performance.
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Aug 25th 2019, 5:05 PM
# ignominy
Australia on brink of retaining Ashes after England's woeful 67 all out
This was England’s lowest Ashes total since 1948 and the fourth time in 18 months they had been dismissed for under a hundred in a Test.
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Aug 23rd 2019, 7:41 PM
# head knock
Steve Smith sits out Ashes Test final day after concussive bowl
The Australian batsman took a sickening blow from a ball bowled by Jofra Archer.
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Aug 18th 2019, 2:13 PM
# Ashes
Cummins double stuns England after Smith makes brave 92 in second Test
Australia know early wickets on Sunday could leave them in a position to press for a victory.
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Aug 17th 2019, 9:17 PM
# Howzat?
Australia win Ashes with crushing victory in third Test
But it wasn’t without controversy.
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Dec 18th 2017, 8:35 AM
# moors murders
Ian Brady's lawyer says his ashes won't be scattered on moor where he buried victims
Brady and his accomplice Myra Hindley murdered five children in England in the 1960s.
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May 17th 2017, 10:01 PM
# Cuba
Crowds chant 'I am Fidel' as leader's ashes reunited with Che Guevara
Castro’s ashes will be laid to rest in a final ceremony on Sunday.
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Dec 1st 2016, 8:24 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you agree with the Vatican's stance on scattering ashes?
The Catholic Church has said ashes should not be scattered or kept at home.
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Oct 26th 2016, 10:09 AM
# wife and family
David Bowie left $100 million in his will
The star said he wanted his ashes scattered in Bali in line with Buddhist rituals.
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Jan 30th 2016, 10:02 AM
# London
'Devastated' woman returns from holidays to find her daughter's ashes have been stolen
The robbery happened in the London suburb of Croydon.
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Sep 25th 2015, 10:50 PM
# priceless
Stolen ashes of man's partner and baby returned after appeal
“From the bottom of my heart, thank you all so much.”
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Apr 10th 2015, 4:31 PM
# left behind
Mother's plea to thieves who stole her baby boy's ashes but left the box storing them
The ashes in a sealed bag were gone.
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Feb 17th 2015, 1:31 PM
# dat ash
11 Ash Wednesday chat-up lines guaranteed to make you cringe
#AshWednesdayChatupLines at your SERVICE.
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Mar 5th 2014, 1:06 PM
# aussies rule
Aussies complete Ashes whitewash over sorry England
The tourists suffered their sixth batting collapse of the series.
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Jan 5th 2014, 12:05 PM
# Ashes
England cricketers in the clear after late-night session makes headlines
“The Poms can’t handle a sledge but they sure can handle a drink,” said the Sydney Daily Telegraph after Monday’s drinks.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 1:34 PM
# You're Fired
Announcer fired on the spot after he introduces England cricket star Panesar in Indian accent
The Aussie PA announcer at Alice Springs dropped after race jibe in England’s latest match.
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Nov 30th 2013, 11:50 AM
# Just Not Cricket
Kevin Pietersen wins libel damages over Specsavers ad
Specsavers agree to pay England batsman substantial damages following ad controversy.
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Oct 8th 2013, 12:34 PM
# News Fix
Here’s what happened today: Saturday
The sad end to the search for missing Peggy Mangan, a court appearance over the Leicester fire and the Taoiseach says ‘no’ to a TV debate.
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Sep 28th 2013, 9:13 PM
# thatcher
Margaret Thatcher's ashes laid to rest in private London service
A plaque with the inscription “Margaret Thatcher 1925 – 2013″ was placed at the site where she was laid to rest in the grounds of a military nursing home.
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Sep 28th 2013, 5:00 PM
# ashes to ashes
Stolen human ashes found after being 'mistaken for drugs'
The box of ashes was stolen from a van in Pittsburgh.
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Sep 11th 2013, 7:30 PM
# bad behaviour
Australian cricketer suspended after bar attack over fake beard
David Warner punched England’s Joe Root on Wednesday and has been banned until the start of the Ashes.
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Jun 13th 2013, 12:03 PM
# weird thefts
6 bizarre things Irish people have reported stolen
Is anything safe? Apparently not…
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Mar 21st 2013, 1:57 PM
# bloody rippa'
VIDEO: Amazing one-handed cricket catch by Aussie carrying food and milk
The Australian Cricket Board should track this bloke down before The Ashes.
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Jan 13th 2013, 5:25 PM
# Boxing
Ashes to bashes: Kiwi cricketer pursues Freddie Flintoff bout
Looks like there will be no peaceful retirement for the affable boxing novice.
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Dec 19th 2012, 2:22 PM
# Howzat?
We love it... here's the confirmed schedule for this summer's Ashes series
Australia begin the tour with four-day warm-up matches against Somerset and Worcestershire before the first Test begins at Trent Bridge on 14 July.
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Jun 1st 2012, 12:04 PM
# Struggle
Flintoff admits to suffering from depression
The ex-England cricketer said he found it difficult to get out of bed at times during the 2006-2007 Ashes series.
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Jan 1st 2012, 7:55 PM
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