'If all the pitches are like that I'm done in the Ashes series.'
'He's already thinking about going back in the nets and working hard at his game and that's a good sign for me that he's still got that hunger. He's, what, 10 wickets away from 700 (Test wickets), and that will keep him going for a while yet.'
James Anderson is 'praying' his England career is not over after being left out of Test tour of the West Indies.
England batted with positive intent to take control of the final Ashes Test at The Oval on Saturday, moving on to 389-9 at the close on the third day with a 377-run lead over Australia.
India's captain Jasprit Bumrah hit England pacer Stuart Broad for a world record 35 runs in an over as India were dismissed for 416 in the first innings on Day 2 of the rescheduled fifth Test against England, at Edgbaston cricket ground, in Birmingham, on Saturday.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer was ruled out of the Ashes series against Australia.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the 4th Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday
Senior Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has backed Alex Carey's decision to run out a wandering Jonny Bairstow on the final day of the second Ashes Test.
Former England captain Vaughan said Australia should consider having Mitchell Marsh open with Khawaja.
Australia's pacemen Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out England's top order with a masterclass of textbook bowling to put their side in sight of a 2-0 Ashes lead on Saturday.
With 682 Test scalps against his name, the England legend is now third on the all-time list for Test wickets behind spin duo Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708).
Warner has also taken aim at his Ashes nemesis England veteran pacer Stuart Broad, implying that he will not be the force that derailed the opening batter's 2019 trip this time.
McGrath shared a word of caution that promises to prolong Bumrah's career.
The match is delicately poised after a see-saw battle on Monday with Australia on 107-3 in their second innings chasing a victory target of 281 to take a series lead.
Rain is expected early on Tuesday before drier conditions and, with Australia requiring a further 174 runs and England needing seven wickets, a classic is brewing.
David Warner will have a big Ashes and have backed him to deliver at the top of the order.
Cummins also expected Warner and other Australia batters to go after England's spin all-rounder Moeen Ali
Broad, England's second-highest wicket-taker in tests behind James Anderson, said he was focused on returning to the England
India's Test specialist Hanuma Vihari had a forgettable English county debut for Warwickshire, failing to trouble the scorers against Nottinghamshire.
England's Jofra Archer and Moeen Ali have been subjected to abuse on social media and Broad said he would be willing to take a stand against it.
England, chasing 251 to win the must-win third Ashes Test, closed the rain-delayed day three on 27/0.
Test captain Ben Stokes said on Tuesday as he looks to wipe the slate clean and start afresh.
England's bowling attack will struggle to bowl out Australia in the Ashes if they prepare flat wickets
Ben Stokes played another magnificent innings, but the England skipper wasn't able to finish the job as Australian won the second Ashes Test at Lord's.
An unbeaten Joe Root century and a bowling masterclass by James Anderson put England in complete control of the second Test on Saturday.
It will be Anderson's 10th Ashes campaign and Broad said he was still champing at the bit to get going.
'I really hope we've inspired a new generation.'
'It's certainly there, the way that they want to play, this bold new approach to Test match cricket, trying to make bold decisions at any stage in the game where they can.'
England captain Ben Stokes' swashbuckling 155 was in vain as Australia won the second Ashes Test at Lord's by 43 runs on an extraordinary final day on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-Test series.
Ricky Ponting has offered technical advice to Australia's batters Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head to counter England's bowling attack ahead of the second Ashes Test.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's on Friday, June 3, 2022.
He felt Australia will get better as the series progresses.
Travis Head returned from COVID-19 to smash a belligerent 101 and Cameron Green made 74 to revive Australia after a top-order collapse on the opening day of the day-night final Ashes Test against England on Friday.
England seamer Stuart Broad doubted whether Australia's travel and quarantine restrictions would lead to a postponement of the end-of-year Ashes series but he said players would want to be promised the best possible environment for the tour.
It was on this day, 14 years ago, when former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh scripted history in the shortest format as he smashed six sixes in an over against England in the first-ever T20I World Cup in 2007.
The last time England toured India, back in early 2021, Joe Root's team went back home beaten and bruised 3-1.
'No, I can't pretend I am as good as gold, because I am not. It would be wrong to act like everything's OK.'
Jasprit Bumrah blitzed England with the bat and then blew away their top order with the ball to put India in a strong position in the rescheduled fifth and final Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.
England on Sunday named their strongest available squad for the Ashes tour to Australia as all-rounders Ben Stokes and Sam Curran missed out but seamer Stuart Broad was included despite the calf injury he picked up in the Test series against India.
England won the toss and put South Africa in to bat only for a shower to sweep in and put a stop to proceedings
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