England captain Eoin Morgan said his team let themselves down at the start of the match as they lost the second ODI by 64 runs against Australia at Lord's on Saturday to go two-nil down in the five-match series.
Reshuffling of the pack in the middle of the ODI rankings is on the cards as England host world champion Australia in a five-match series, which starts in Southampton on Thursday.
Defending 12 runs in the last over, allrounder Ben Stokes held his nerve to guide England to a thrilling five-run win in a one-off T20 clash against Australia in Cardiff on Monday.
England batsman Eoin Morgn has not played any competitive cricket for a month, but says he is raring to go for the one-off T20 against Australia and then the five-match ODI series after that.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh agrees with fellow former skipper Ricky Ponting, and West Indies great Michael Holding, that a toss ahead of a Test match could reasonably be scrapped.
Australia captain Steve Smith lamented his side's lack of boundaries in the middle overs in the one-off T20 against England in Cardiff, saying that was the difference between the sides in the end.
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has warned the England batsmen that they can expect to face a lot more bouncers in the upcoming ODI series between the rivals.
Australia vice-captain Alex Blackwell hopes the attention garnered by the Southern Stars' Ashes win over England will translate into sell-out crowds for the inaugural Women's Big Bash League.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali says he would play a cricket match every day if he could, and that he hates having to take a break from the game, even for a few weeks, because he misses it too much.
It seems that England allrounder Moeen Ali's batting position in the team is always up for discussion, whatever format of the game the national team is playing.
Australia Test and ODI skipper Steve Smith will be leading the side in Cardiff, but says he has no intention of taking on the T20 role as well, as the job belongs to Aaron Finch.
Australia fast bowler, and sometimes all-rounder, Mitchell Johnson has become just the second Aussie, behind Shane Warne, to reach 300 Test wickets and 2000 Test runs.
The self-interested free for all that those who run the sport have allowed to develop has meant that the rich got richer and the incompetent got more useless.
Australia have regained the Women's Ashes after beating England in the second T20 by 20 runs, leaving the final game a dead rubber as England had needed to win to stay alive for a series draw.
England batsman Ian Bell has revealed that he will continue to be available for the national side after discussing his future with captain Alastair Cook and coach Trevor Bayliss.
Stand-in T20 captain Steve Smith says Australia were right to go with spinner Cameron Boyce in the one-off T20 against England, even though the bowler had a nightmare of a day.
County club Glamorgan have parted ways with head curator Keith Exton, after criticism of the pitch for the first Ashes Test two months ago, and then a recent match abandonment due to dangerous conditions.
England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has praised allrounder Ben Stokes as he held his nerve to defend 12 runs in the final over as the hosts beat Australia by five runs in a one-ff T20 in Cardiff on Monday.
Australia T20 skipper Aaron Finch is looking six months ahead to the World Twenty20 in India, and hopes the selectors keep it in mind when picking all-format stars over the coming months.
Australia captain Steve Smith says that while they didn't have the best day in the middle against Ireland, they still walked away with the win and the opening batsmen and bowlers got a 'good workout'.
Australia opening batsman David Warner feels that the T20 side has a tough task much of the time, as they're cobbled together from the ODI side a lot of the time, but hopes they'll be able to gel before the World Twenty20.
Under-pressure England opener Adam Lyth admits that he has had a disappointing Ashes campaign but says the experience has made him hungrier to do well in the future.
Amid the hysteria and hyperbole following England's poor performance at Lord's, it seems plenty have forgotten that Australia were clear favourites to win this series and England weren't.
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler was over the moon with his county side's triumph in the T20 Blast final on Saturday, as Lancashire beat Northamtonshire to take the title.
