LAWRENCE BOOTH IN BRISBANE: Joe Root has questioned the need for a pink-ball Test in the Ashes as England gear up for Thursday's crucial day/night game at Brisbane's Gabba.

First he left Australia in the lurch twice in Perth. Then he branded the pitch at Optus Stadium a 'piece of s**t'. Now Khawaja has a new worry on his plate...

The staggering feat of alcoholic endurance helped make the Tasmanian batter an Australian cult hero.

Khawaja is almost 39, yet he reportedly played 18 holes of golf for three straight days leading up to his unmitigated disaster in the first Test in Perth.

The 55-year-old had long battled depression before taking his own life in 2024. Earlier this week, Amanda took aim at the England and Wales Cricket Board for 'pulling the rug' from underneath him'.

As if making a good impression with Andrew Flintoff's Lions in Australia was not enough, Durham's Emilio Gay has lined up an unusual route to further his England ambitions.

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN BRISBANE: Ben Stokes has tried to draw a line under England's shattering two-day defeat in Perth by admitting: I got it wrong.

New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi has finally made a name for himself with the bat, rather than the ball, and gone viral in the process with a hilarious WWE-inspired celebration

Cricket Australia has delivered a bombshell announcement on the makeup of its squad for the second Ashes Test against England in Brisbane

When Chris Broad suggests it will be 'tricky at the Gabba, because all eyes are going to be on him', it hardly needs explaining that he's talking about England's troubled opener Zak Crawley.

Usman Khawaja has broken his Ashes silence with a bizarre rant after he was spared the axe - for now - but the under-siege Aussie Test opener is no guarantee of playing in Brisbane