A rainy Sunday in Manchester spelled a premature end to a thrilling Ashes series but Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum's mission to breathe new life into Test cricket is still going strong.

Dave Tickner looks back at a hard-fought England win at Headingley and previews a potentially thrilling fourth Test at Old Trafford.

Dave Tickner says that if you shut out all the noise around Jonny Bairstow's dismissal for a moment and zoom out to the bigger picture, the result at Lord's was one of Australia's greatest wins.

The full spectrum of Bazball was on display in the first Ashes Test and Dave Tickner reckons you can't take the good without expecting some bad every now and again.

The dust has settled on another fascinating Test match between England and New Zealand. Dave Tickner looks back at what we learned from the Trent Bridge epic.

A chaotic first Test between England and New Zealand, resulted in the hosts claiming what appears to be a comfortable five-wicket win. But the match was more complex than that as Dave Tickner reveals.