Police with long-armed rifles, a rarity at sporting events in Australia, will patrol the final Ashes cricket test in Sydney starting Sunday as part of heightened security measures following the Bondi Beach terror attack in the city.

England's cricket team has faced challenges with its aggressive Bazball strategy during the Ashes series loss in Australia.

Travis Head has scored an unbeaten century and shared a 122-run partnership with Alex Carey to guide Australia to 271 for four in its second innings, a lead of 356 at stumps on Day 3 of the third Ashes cricket test.

Nathan Lyon took two wickets to move past Glenn McGrath for second place on Australia’s all-time bowling list, and returning skipper Pat Cummins took his first wickets of the series as a relentless bowling attack had England in trouble on the third test.

Mitchell Starc has been dominating England in the Ashes series with the ball and now he's added another dimension.

India has won the fifth test from England by just six runs at the Oval after taking the last four wickets in a thrilling hour.

England captain Ben Stokes retired hurt with cramp as his team dominated day 3 of the fourth cricket test against India.

Tensions are rising ahead of the fourth test between England and India at Old Trafford.

Two protestors from the Just Stop Oil group have run onto the field at Lords and briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the start of the second Ashes cricket test between England and Australia.