TNT Sports' Ashes coverage reached a new low after commentators mistakenly reacted live to a replay of a run-out during the fifth Test between Australia and England in Sydney.

Justin Langer has revealed that Damien Martyn has received another major health boost in his road to recovery from meningitis.

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN SYDNEY: Cause for celebration, then, at the end of a long, humiliating tour, but also cause for regret. This ought to have been Bethell's 14th Test, not his sixth.

Australia go into day four at the SCG with the upper hand after centuries to Travis Head and Steve Smith - with more than a little help from some awful England fielding.

ASHES BREAKFAST: Jacob Bethell danced down the track to an off-break from Beau Webster and launched it over midwicket for the boundary to his parents' delight.

Williams sent a message of support to the veteran batter, who is playing his last Test - but it backfired.

A high ranking official at the ABC has stepped in to help end a feud between the public broadcaster and Cricket Australia over controversial comments made live on air.

Stuart Clark has responded to Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg after the ABC was banned from talking to players after Day 3 of the Sydney Test.

Steve Smith was in full flow at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday, dazzling with some incredible shots but also raising a few eyebrows for some of his hilarious antics at the crease.

Harry Brook's team are scheduled to take on the Bangladeshis on February 14 in their penultimate group game at Kolkata's Eden Gardens, although the venue has now been thrown into doubt.

As the ball hung in the air, you almost knew what was coming. Travis Head had been the key wicket all series, and England desperately needed to see the back of him. So Will Jacks dropped it.