Recently retired England cricketer Michael Vaughan watches from a balcony during the first Ashes Test at Cardiff, Wales, on Wednesday.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) scrambled to get a team together for the first Test against Bangladesh starting on Thursday after the selected players decided to boycott the match due to contract disputes.

Fortunes ebbed and flowed in the best tradition of Ashes cricket on Wednesday after the heady but less substantial delights of the Twenty20 World Cup last month.

England fought their way into the ascendancy on the opening day of the first Ashes Test on Wednesday before two late wickets put Australia firmly back in the match.

The West Indies Cricket Board is scrambling to get a team together for the first Test against Bangladesh, starting on Thursday, after the selected players decided to boycott the match due to contract disputes. The WICB has said the match

The first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens commences at 8pm (EST) on Wednesday, weather permitting. We asked for your match thoughts. You got involved in the debate.

England skipper Andrew Strauss ramped up the Ashes pressure on Ricky Ponting by declaring the Aussie was struggling for form.

Allan Border believes Australia's disjointed preparation for the Ashes caused Brett Lee to break down on the eve of the first Test in Cardiff.

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We finish our 30-day countdown to the first Ashes Test by looking forward to the match at Sophia Gardens, and the most comprehensive online coverage in Australia.

West Indies have pulled out of playing Bangladesh because of a contract dispute with their national cricket officials two days before the start of a six-match home series.

Australia must "bat our backsides off" in the first innings if they are to reap full reward from the efforts of Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle in the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens.

Peter Siddle takes two late wickets as Australia reduce England to 7-336 at stumps on an absorbing opening day of the first Ashes Test in Cardiff.

Peter Siddle was rewarded for his perseverance with two late wickets as he helped Australia regain momentum at the end of day one of the first Ashes Test against England.

As the hours and minutes to the first Ashes Test trickle away, foxsports.com.au has swept the British media to give you their take on the imminent series.

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The British and Irish Lions managed to keep their heads held high after ending the fantastic if ultimately disappointing series with a 2-1 narrow loss to the Springboks. Here’s our verdict on the squad, and how the players got on.

As part of our usual monthly review, we look back at the goings-on with England Rugby over the past month. June was a busy time, even without taking into account the Lions tour to South Africa. The Men and Women's

The Celtic Crusaders have made the shock announcement that long-serving duo Tony Duggan and Damian Quinn will leave the club at the end of the season. Chairman Leighton Samuel says the move comes as Cru look to "shake things up".

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