Opener Rory Burns is bowled first ball by Mitchell Starc to get England's 2021-22 Ashes off to a "shattering start" at the ...

Especially when we’re talking the Ashes and the first ball of the first Test. The starting gun. The popping champagne cork.

The first ball of the series between England and Australia has earned its own mythology down the years – so does it really ...

BBC Sport looks at the iconic first deliveries of Ashes series and the psychology of whether they really define what is to ...

The Ashes series is one of the most storied rivalries in cricket, and the first ball often symbolizes the stakes involved. England bowler Gus Atkinson recently remarked on the importance of making a ...

Mitchell Starc produced a blistering first-over spell to remove Zak Crawley and set the tone for Australia in the Ashes ...

Mitchell Starc has continued his remarkable record of snaring a wicket in the opening over of a Test after sending Ashes ...

Cricket Australia has bounded onto the front foot to remind England of its haunted past in a pot-stirring email promoting the ...

The absence of Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood was hardly felt on the first morning of the Ashes, as one of Australia’s ...