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2023 IN CRICKET: A remarkable year saw two incredible Ashes series both end in draws, while England legends in the men's and women's game bowed out of a rapidly changing sport

England slumped to their fifth World Cup defeat in a row, with the 33-run loss Australia officially confirming that the holders will not even make it to the knockout stages

Yorkshire batter Harry Brook smashed an eye-catching 85 at The Oval on Thursday - but the Aussies are on top in the fifth Ashes Test after limiting England to 283

Mitchell Starc made his highest Test score in almost four years in the World Test Championship final last month and did so with one of his wife Alyssa Healy's bats

"Just when those blasted Aussies appeared to be disappearing over the horizon with the sacred urn, the all-rounder who answered his captain's Ashes SOS dragged them back into the contest."

In another awkward showing of 'Bazball', England were indebted once more to their brilliant, belligerent captain, even as he hobbled on and off the field at Headingley

The third Ashes Test comes from Headingley with England needing a win to keep the series alive

Beneath the slanging match, Australia are 2-0 up because they have played the smarter cricket - but their winning margins have been tight and their refusal to reprieve Bairstow shows they are scared of Bazball

"If the Aussies thought they got a rough ride in the Long Room after their sharp practice to dismiss Jonny Bairstow, just wait until the chaps from Bash Street find their voices on Headingley's famously articulate Western Terrace on Thursday."

Australia are likely to be without Nathan Lyon for the rest of The Ashes, but their brutal attack in the second test at Lords's showed exactly why that shouldn't matter

Despite Ben Duckett's defiant, 62-ball half-century, following his 98 in the first dig, England need another 257 runs to take the chequered flag – and pigs might fly

Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes have guided England to ten wins in 12 Tests playing 'Bazball' and Australia star Mitchell Starc has been impressed by their transformation ahead of the Ashes

Mitchell Starc and Usman Khawaja are among the Australian cricketers who could join Steve Smith in enjoying some pre-Ashes preparation in the County Championship