England avoid Australia and New Zealand in 2026 Rugby League World Cup group stages, while draws are also made for women's and wheelchair tournaments.

The tourists collapsed to a famous Ashes defeat in the first Test in Perth on Saturday, with a 69-ball century from Travis Head and a catastrophic afternoon batting session – in which England lost four wickets for just 11 runs – helping Australia complete a remarkable turnaround inside two days.

England need to look at themselves and work out why their batters played the shots they did in that miserable second innings capitulation

Australia's thumping win over England was a bittersweet moment for Cricket Australia (CA), as the Australian cricket governing body is heading for a major loss of over Rs. 17 crore after the remarkable knock from Travis Head.

Australia has completed a rugby league Ashes whitewash of England after Reece Walsh's late double sealed a comfortable 30-8 win in the third test in Leeds.

James Anderson believes England are underdogs for the Ashes, even as he concurs with former team-mate Stuart Broad that Australia are currently at their "weakest" in 15 years.

Australia batter Jake Weatherald said England's fielders were quick to sledge his fellow opener Marnus Labuschagne for making the debutant face the opening ball of the hosts' first innings in Perth. When Usman Khawaja was not able to open because of injury, Labuschagne moved up the order but asked Weatherald to face Jofra Archer and co first.

The opening day of the 2025/26 Ashes didn’t disappoint as 19 wickets fell on a record-breaking day. Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bat with England making it to 172 all out. But in