Australia retained the Ashes with two matches to spare after paceman Mitchell Starc took three of the last four wickets to blunt England's defiant comeback Sunday in a tense fifth-day finish to the third cricket test. Australia started Day 5 needing four wickets to retain the Ashes, with England resuming…

ADELAIDE, Dec 21 : ‌Australia wrapped up an 82-run win over England on day five of the third Ashes test to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series and retain the urn with two tests to spare.Chasing a world record 435 runs to win, England battled bravely into the second session at Adelaide Oval but folde

ADELAIDE, Dec 21 : Australia ‌swept to an 82-run win in the third Ashes test at Adelaide Oval on Sunday to retain the urn with two matches to spare and leave England facing recriminations over another failed campaign. Chasing a world record 435 runs to win, England battled doggedly on day five but fold

Australia's cricketers have won the Ashes - defeating England by 82 runs on the final day of the third test in Adelaide.

ADELAIDE, Dec 19 : ‌Travis Head proved England's nemesis once again as he scored his second century of the Ashes to carry Australia toward a seemingly inevitable series triumph on day three at Adelaide Oval on Friday.Head's unbeaten 142 in front of an adoring home crowd of 53,696 pushed Australia to 271 for

ADELAIDE, Dec 18 : Nearly four years of Ashes planning was left in smouldering ruins on Thursday as England buckled under the heat and the pressure at Adelaide Oval to lurch towards a series-deciding defeat in the third test against Australia.On a day of roasting temperatures and fresh controversy involving

ADELAIDE, Dec 18 : Nearly four years of Ashes planning was left in smouldering ruins on Thursday as England buckled under the heat and the pressure at Adelaide Oval to lurch towards a series-deciding defeat in the third test against Australia.On a day when temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius (104F)and fr