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The Ashes

December 2023

  • Pat Cummins, Josh Hull and Zak Crawley.

    99.94 cricket blog
    Three memories of cricket in 2023

    Following on from reviews of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 here are a few more moments to savour

October 2023

  • Jonny Bairstow has broken his silence on the controversial stumping incident involving Alex Carey during the 2023 Ashes series.

    Jonny Bairstow reignites Ashes row and accuses Australia of unfairness in field

    Jonny Bairstow has opened up on his controversial Ashes stumping, while accusing Australia of taking illegal catches throughout the series
  • Prince Cheddward, the Cheez-It Bowl mascot, carries the game trophy after the Cheez-It Bowl between the Florida State Seminoles and Oklahoma Sooners in 2022

    From guard rails and toilet seats to giant cups and gorillas: bizarre sporting trophies – in pictures

    The Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets this week unveiled a new trophy featuring a piece of highway infrastructure. It ranks up there with the strangest gongs ever held aloft (where possible)
  • Alex Carey controversially stumps Jonny Bairstow during the second Ashes Test

    MCC expels member over Ashes altercation with Australia players

    Two others involved in the incident received long suspensions, with the MCC saying their actions ‘fell well below the behaviour expected from our members’
  • The Oval

    Sportblog
    Glorious English summer hustle has been an Ashes rush like no other

    Geoff Lemon
    As the light fades on my journey – from Lauren Filer on another plane to Stuart Broad’s Oval exit – joy at an epic series lingers
  • (Left to right) Jonathan Trott celebrates his century at the Oval in 2009, Moeen Ali appeals for a wicket at the Oval in 2023, Australia's Adam Voges leaves the field after being dismissed at the Oval in 2015.

    Guardian Sport Network
    ‘Geez, it was intense’: how cricketers feel after playing in an Ashes series

    Players are forever remembered for their performances in the Ashes – which is brilliant for some and brutal for others
  • Stuart Broad points to the bails after his dismissal of Todd Murphy at the Oval

    Bairstow stumping to Broad bails: 15 moments that shaped the 2023 Ashes

    All five Tests had twists, starting with Ben Stokes’s declaration at Edgbaston through to Stuart Broad’s sting in the bail
  • Moeen Ali walks off at the Oval alongside Stuart Broad

    ‘It’s nice to finish like this’: Moeen Ali confirms England Test career is over

    All-rounder has ruled out being part of tour party in India next year, saying of his return for the Ashes: ‘I had nothing to lose – it was a free hit’
  • The best Ashes moments of 2023

    The Spin newsletter
    Ashes 2023: our writers’ end-of-series England v Australia awards

    After a thrilling series, our team pick over the players and moments of the series, along with much more besides
  • Stuart Broad waves to the crowd alongside Moeen Ali after England's win

    End of an era for Ashes greats leaving dancefloor after golden summer

    This Ashes series was a genuine banger with scant few days of outright dominance and four positive results but a changing of the guard is inevitable
  • Mark Ramprakash

    England will take optimism after great series but Anderson must make right call

    Mark Ramprakash
    A euphoric Ashes provided fabulous advertisement with the future bright for England despite fears Jimmy Anderson is losing the fight with father time
    • Guardian Sport Network
      England 2-2 Australia: player ratings for the drawn Ashes series

    • McCullum insists Ashes approach can fire England to greater heights

    • Post-Ashes drinks moved to nightclub after Australia left waiting at the Oval

  • Mitchell Starc after being named the Australia player of the series

    Australia’s Mitchell Starc calls 2023 Ashes ‘my most special’ series

  • Stuart Broad waves to the crowd after the fifth Ashes Test

    England’s Broad reflects on ‘pure joy’ of Ashes finale as Moeen calls it a day

  • Alex Carey (left) and Josh Hazlewood leave the field after Australia lost the fifth Test against England at the Oval.

    Sportblog
    Australia should feel disappointment keenly after blowing Ashes advantage

  • Ben Stokes celebrates after catching Pat Cummins

    Sportblog
    Fearless Ben Stokes ends Ashes with England truly made in his image

  • Sportblog
    Chris Woakes transforms England’s Ashes series with some classic Wizball

  • England win fifth Ashes Test by 49 runs to draw series 2-2 with Australia – as it happened

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