Ashes Player Profiles
Australia Profiles
Ricky Ponting
- Teams: Australia &
- DOB: 19.12.1974
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Right arm medium
Phillip Hughes
- Teams: Australia & New South Wales
- DOB: 30.11.1988
- Batting style: Left-hand
- Bowling style: Unknown
Simon Katich
- Teams: Australia & New South Wales
- DOB: 21.08.1975
- Batting style: Left-hand
- Bowling style: Left arm wrist spin
Shane Watson
- Teams: Australia & Rajasthan Royals
- DOB: 17.06.1981
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Right arm fast medium
Michael Clarke
- Teams: Australia & New South Wales
- DOB: 02.04.1981
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Slow left arm
Michael Hussey
- Teams: Australia & Chennai Super Kings
- DOB: 27.05.1975
- Batting style: Left-hand
- Bowling style: Right arm medium
Marcus North
- Teams: Australia & Western Australia
- DOB: 28.07.1979
- Batting style: Left-hand
- Bowling style: Off break
Brad Haddin
- Teams: Australia & Kolkata Knight Riders
- DOB: 23.11.1977
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Unknown
Tim Paine
- Teams: Australia & Pune Warriors
- DOB: 08.12.1984
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Unknown
Mitchell Johnson
- Teams: Australia &
- DOB: 02.11.1981
- Batting style: Left-hand
- Bowling style: Left arm fast medium
Doug Bollinger
- Teams: Australia & Chennai Super Kings
- DOB: 24.07.1981
- Batting style: Left-hand
- Bowling style: Left arm fast medium
Steven Smith
- Teams: Australia & New South Wales
- DOB:
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Leg break
Peter Siddle
- Teams: Australia & Victoria
- DOB: 25.12.1984
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Right arm fast medium
Ben Hilfenhaus
- Teams: Australia &
- DOB: 15.03.1983
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Right arm fast medium
Callum Ferguson
- Teams: Australia & Pune Warriors
- DOB: 21.11.1984
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Right arm medium
Xavier Doherty
- Teams: Australia & Australia
- DOB: 22.11.1982
- Batting style: Left-hand
- Bowling style: Slow left arm
Ryan Harris
- Teams: Australia & Kings XI Punjab
- DOB: 11.10.1979
- Batting style: Right-hand
- Bowling style: Right arm fast medium
- England batsman Joe Root out to impress at Headingley
- Sir Ian Botham expects James Anderson to beat his England Test wicket haul
- Kane Williamson targets Headingley response in win-or-bust Test
- England coach Ashley Giles happy to set ambitous targets
- England batsman Ian Bell passed fit for second Test with New Zealand
- Kevin Pietersen is confident but not certain of being fit for the Ashes
- Daniel Vettori replaces injured Bruce Martin in New Zealand squad
- Alastair Cook hailed 'world-class' Stuart Broad after England's win over New Zealand at Lord's
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Ashes through the ages
From Bradman to Botham we look at historic matches and colourful characters from series gone by
