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The Latest Breaking News from Steve Smith

Pink-ball wizard: batters on facing ‘devastating weapon’ Mitchell Starc

Dawid Malan ‘smiles at the memory’ of taking on Australia’s relentless fast bowler under the lights

The Guardian - UK

Australia weigh up shock selection call for second Ashes Test

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The Independent UK

Pat Cummins latest: Steve Smith hints at surprise Australia boost ahead of second Ashes Test

The Australia captain was left out of the squad which was named last week

Evening Standard

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Australia captain Pat Cummins leaves door ajar for dramatic comeback in Brisbane

Cummins missed his side’s victory in Perth with a back injury and was subsequently omitted from the squad for this week’s day/nigher at the Gabba

The Independent UK

Challenges lie ahead in day-night Test but England have what it takes to shock Australia

Even Steve Smith has struggled under lights and the selection of Will Jacks is the right approach by the tourists

The Guardian - UK

Smith comes up with bright idea to fix glaring problem

Steve Smith is planning to use black eye strips to combat the bright lights of the Gabba when the day-night Ashes Test begins.

AAP

Pat Cummins poised to return for Australia in second Ashes Test at Gabba

Steve Smith hints fast bowler may be late call-up in Brisbane, while Josh Inglis is favoured to replace injured Usman Khawaja

The Guardian - AU

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Unwanted history looms for Archer against Smith

The battle between Jofra Archer and Steve Smith continues at the Gabba, but England's paceman has 0-96 from the 189 balls he has bowled at the Australian.

AAP

Cummins out of Australia Ashes squad as Khawaja lays into state of Perth pitch

Captain Pat Cummins’s return is on hold as Australia named an unchanged squad for the match in Brisbane, with Usman Khawaja retaining his place

The Guardian - AU

Cummins left out for Gabba, but good news for Khawaja

Pat Cummins is yet to be cleared to return from his back injury for the second Ashes Test, but Usman Khawaja is a chance to overcome his and play at the Gabba.

AAP

Cricket nerds love precedent so maybe England can channel spirit of Lord’s 2005

The parallels are imperfect but just as with Michael Vaughan’s Ashes winners, hyper-aggressive cricket with a tweaked approach in the second Test is the 2025 cohort’s only chance of winning

The Guardian - UK

Does Travis Head’s knock deserve to be among the greatest Ashes innings?

The Australian did not make the Guardian’s recent list of the top 100 Ashes players, but his heroics in Perth sit comfortably alongside the series’ best individual innings of all time

The Guardian - AU

Veteran's career at crossroads after Head's heroics

Australia veteran Usman Khawaja's career is hanging in the balance after his back injury led to Travis Head opening and smashing a classic Ashes knock.

AAP

Travball 1-0 Bazball: Head’s big numbers add up to a damning zero for England

Australia’s bold call as replacement for creaking Usman Khawaja in second innings set up a Test-winning 69-ball ton, the second-fastest in Ashes history

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Why Travis Head was promoted to open before producing ‘one of the great Ashes knocks’

With Usman Khawaja injured, Head was pushed to the top of the order and slammed a match-winning century

The Guardian - UK

‘Shellshocked’ Stokes urges England to move on from mauling in first Ashes Test

Ben Stokes told the England players not to wallow in the pain of defeat after they were thrashed inside two days by Australia in the opening Ashes Test

The Independent UK

Pat Cummins gives himself ‘half a chance’ of playing second Ashes Test

Australia captain Cummins missed the first Test with a back injury

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The Ashes 1st Test LIVE: Australia vs England, free cricket streams, Australia win in Perth

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AAP

Khawaja's back spasms the 'best he's ever had'

Travis Head has cracked the equal sixth fastest Test century - but the magical moment wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for Usman Khawaja's back injury.

The Guardian - UK

England’s fab five bully Australia’s finest with faultless display of raw aggression

By the time Mark Wood replaced Jofra Archer the only thing Steve Smith seemed to know for certain was that he wanted to be at the non-striker’s end

Evening Standard

Ashes: England great urges side to open up 'scars' in Australia's batting

Tourists’ fast bowlers unsettle hosts with hostile attack on first day of Ashes

The Independent UK

Ben Stokes leads ferocious England fightback as wickets tumble in wild start to Ashes

England were bowled out for 172 – but then reduced the hosts to 123 for nine by stumps in Perth after their captain’s five-for

AAP

Weatherald exposed after Khawaja's untimely exit

Jake Weatherald has fallen for a second-ball duck in his Test debut, but things may have been different if Usman Khawaja's stint off the field had been shorter.

The Independent UK

The bizarre reason why Usman Khawaja didn’t open the batting for Australia in first Ashes Test

Marnus Labuschagne joined debutant Jake Weatherald in the middle for the start of Australia’s innings after bowling out England for 172

AAP

Ashes set to be closest in Australia for a generation

Every Ashes series in Australia for the past 40 years has been anti-climatic, but this summer is perfectly placed for classic status.

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