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Player of the Series Joe Root has grown in stature during the Ashes and will only get better and better, says Shane Warne.

Jonathan Liew: As Australia's captain Michael Clarke stands down, many challenges await his young replacement Steve Smith

England's star batsman Joe Root says team is improving at fast rate as Alastair Cook dismisses talk of partisan home wickets

Geoffrey Boycott: Veteran has much to work on but he was far from only Englishman to toil against Australia

Struggling Leicestershire put themselves on the verge of their third victory of the LV Championship Division Two season at Northamptonshire on Sunday.

Scyld Berry analyses the performances of every player at the Oval - no guess as to who comes out on top.

Ashes favourites Australia lost the urn in 14 days and, despite victory at The Oval, had to watch on as England celebrated a 3-2 triumph.

Centuries from Michael Yardy and Ben Brown helped Sussex halt Yorkshire's charge to a seventh successive victory in the LV County Championship Division One on Sunday.

Sir Ian Botham says the difference between the two sides in England's Ashes win was the bowling, and more specifically Stuart Broad.

So England slipped to an innings and 46-run defeat to Australia on day four of the final Test at The Oval, but that didn't dampen their Ashes-winning celebrations.

What you talking about Willis?

Scyld Berry on the final day of the fifth Test, where England lost by an innings and 46 runs but leave with urn and reasons to be cheerful

England coach Trevor Bayliss says his players showed "a lot of courage" to defeat Australia in this summer's Investec Ashes series.

Martin Guptill hit an unbeaten century to help New Zealand to a comfortable eight-wicket win over South Africa in the second ODI at Potchefstroom on Sunday.

Joe Root says both he and England still need to improve, despite being named his side's Man of the Series at the Oval on Sunday.

England captain Alastair Cook saluted his "underdogs" as they celebrated a famous Ashes series victory.

Steve Smith has dedicated Australia's comprehensive fifth Ashes Test victory to Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers.

Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers made an emotional farewell to international cricket after helping Australia win the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at The Oval.

England have regained The Ashes.

Kumar Sangakkara's illustrious Test career came to a close with a disappointing innings of 18 as India moved into a commanding position against Sri Lanka on day four of the second Test in Colombo.

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has called for struggling opener Adam Lyth to be axed, branding the Yorkshireman "out of his depth".

Ashes-winners England crashed to an innings and 48-run defeat in the fifth Test but it didn't dampen their spirits as they took the series 3-2.