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Can England regain the Ashes playing their ultra-aggressive "Bazball" brand of cricket or will they come unstuck against battle-hardened Australia?

LONDON: Can England regain the Ashes playing their ultra-aggressive “Bazball” brand of cricket or will they come...

The all-rounder played his last Test in 2021

Moeen Ali came out of retirement Wednesday and took the place of injured spinner Jack Leach in England's squad for the Ashes series against Australia starting next week. The 35-year-old Ali retired from test cricket in 2021 but reversed his decision following discussions with England captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum. Ali has been added to the squad for the first two Ashes tests after Leach was withdrawn from the original 16-player group on Sunday after sustaining a lower b...

Moeen Ai has been lured out of Test retirement and will be part of England’s squad for the first two Ashes matches against Australia.

All-rounder Moeen Ali came out of Test retirement on Wednesday to bolster the England squad for the first two Tests of the Ashes.

Stokes urges his deputy to take vice-captaincy "as seriously as I did"

England's white-ball coach on his first year in the job: winning a World Cup, losing bilaterals, and not getting his best XI at all times

Hard to think now, given the heightened optimism and excitement ahead of an Ashes summer, but 12 months ago, as Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum came together for the first time at Lord’s, England’s Test team were on one of their worst streaks in history. Since then, we have witnessed one of the most remarkable, uplifting turnarounds in any sport, never mind cricket.

A year into the allrounder's groundbreaking tenure at the helm, a look back behind the scenes at the lead-up into his crowning