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RMT union has announced three days of walkouts, hitting two Ashes Tests and The Open

LONDON: Lord’s will provide a fitting backdrop to this week’s Ashes drama as the spiritual ‘Home of Cricket’ hosts...

LONDON: Seamer Josh Tongue has replaced Moeen Ali in England’s team for the second Ashes Test against Australia at...

England have decided to go with an all-seam attack for the second Ashes Test, but surprisingly selected Josh Tongue as the fourth seamer.

An hour zips by in the company of the playwrights bickering on the boundary edge, the village green and the railway platform. Theatre review by Gary Naylor

Readers respond to the push to reduce speed limits; how the Yes campaign may revive its fortunes; and Simon Crean’s legacy.

It is one of the great Ashes photographs. There on the Lord’s pitch is the hulking Andrew Flintoff, down on one knee with arms spread out wide in celebration. He has just bowled Peter Siddle to claim a fifth wicket in the second Australia innings of the second Ashes Test in 2009, with England then requiring only one more wicket to win the match.

After an oh-so-close loss in the first Ashes test, England is adamant about sticking with Bazball. England has been defending its chancy policy since even before the match finished a week ago at Edgbaston, where tailenders Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon pushed Australia over the line in the final hour of the last day by two wickets. The teams begin the second test on Wednesday at Lord’s. Conditions — grassy pitch and more cloud — are expected to be friendlier for bowlers than...

The match will start at Lord’s on Wednesday

We've been treated to a battle of philosophies in the men’s Ashes and England bringing a more positive approach to the women’s series too.