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With dual men’s and women’s Ashes series under way, the performance of elite Test cricketers is in the spotlight. For psychologically minded researchers like us, one aspect of play is attracting particular interest: the performance of batters progressing through the famed “nervous nineties”.

England lost four wickets for 18 runs to leave them in trouble on 116 for five chasing a target of 268 after the fourth day against Australia at Trent Bridge

Australia 82-0, lead England by 92 runs: Beaumont became her nation’s first double centurion and just the eighth female overall in Tests

Beaumont became her nation’s first double centurion and just the eighth female overall in Tests.

Annabel Sutherland had advantages early in life but her first Test century showed she has never stopped learning

Australia were all out for 473 with Annabel Sutherland unbeaten on 137 but Tammy Beaumont’s century kept England in the game

England reached 218/2 and trail Australia by 255 runs after Tammy Beaumont lead the fight-back with her maiden Test hundred

Despite some new faces and a surprise dismissal, Australia showed no pity, remorse or fear against England in Ashes Test

US Coast Guard says debris found in the ocean indicates five people probably died in ‘catastrophic implosion’