ANALYSIS: For all the regret on this tour, England fans should be optimistic looking ahead to the next Ashes series, which is just 18 months away. Read...

BBC Sport reflects on a stellar year for South Africa which threatens to be overshadowed by a lack of home Test cricket. Read...

It’s been a very Merry Christmas for the Australian Test team and national selectors with Ashes success well and truly ‘urned’, but the new year shapes as being a, shall we say, testing time. We take a look at what the future holds in Australian cricket in 2026. Read...

The Wellington Phoenix received unexpected support from the Barmy Army as the touring cricket fans cheered them on during their A-League Men’s game in Melbourne. Read...

Games that wrap up long before they are scheduled to have a significant financial impact on stakeholders such as Channel Seven and the Big Bash League. Read...

The two-day Boxing Day test debacle cost Australian cricket an estimated $25m and will even hit players in the pocket. Read...

The pitch from the two-day Boxing Day Ashes Test in Melbourne is rated as `unsatisfactory` by the International Cricket Council. Read...

The MCG’s seam-friendly Boxing Day Test pitch has been assessed as “unsatisfactory” by the International Cricket Council, breaking the venue’s streak of top ratings. Read...

Few of the players involved in the Boxing Day Test put their body on the line, gesturing, laughing and cursing as they departed as if the surface was unplayable. It was appalling. Read...

England pace bowler Gus Atkinson has joined the tourists` mounting injury toll after being ruled out for the fifth and final Ashes cricket test in Sydney with a hamstring injury. Read...