{"id":678285,"date":"2026-01-06T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678285\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:02:08","slug":"the-ashes-england-staring-at-defeat-against-australia-in-sydney-test-after-leaky-bowling-and-predictable-tactics-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678285\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ashes: England staring at defeat against Australia in Sydney Test after leaky bowling and &#039;predictable&#039; tactics&#039; &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxQMm1ZcDV6cHMtd0IwR09JVVQzLUo3ZG1TNnZyRUp3UEx2b3ItV3ZFVThWQmp6cENQemFtWVJ5UXIwX19vVXI2T2FBU2w0Mjh5MGRyb2hXdEZ6LXF4cTNmaEhYZW1kMTNRUldvdDg4RlhBTUxzOTNfU1hUdy0yTllsd0tzTF82RGM0LTNteVB5bENfMUdudUl0SGE2dkRPQ0JNbzRhN2JCdjFEYlNvT1FzbWJIVnlsWnhDOVJCckloeFViNDRPNGhKcHg2blNXOHVOX1ZXc2RRTV9obVNFYUZyUEw2RDZlb1BlTk1KUEd0aTNqNl9mQ29GbXdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ashes: England staring at defeat against Australia in Sydney Test after leaky bowling and &#8216;predictable&#8217; tactics&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE1FUlljYzk5M0hnVVIzVDVaUVI1UWNzSWoydFM2Z3dYZkw5N0EyZnIxSTY2ajRULVhrNDNmaHZpSjBMbkdlT0lMb3FGQUdBeEhxSjVLTWpOY0dKNVJGb1F6X1hock5WZVRy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ashes 2025-26: Steve Smith and Travis Head push England towards Sydney defeat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNM2ZDNWhlUUQ0YjBZZzduUHV4aE1kZHh3NEczdUNfR09wM0VyalpyOUptdnFGeUQ4SVM2QU53bUFXcjBEZXN6ZURDVWhWRXdYS19mdENHdDdtY2xlTFAxUERqTkV6QkNRQmRWUDZFbEl2UG5uR0JEcmdKbWJYVEl4aFpzLTIwaVhrRk5pa3RFRVZZMzNneTVsU0xiVkdYdi1oZy1oMGU0dDJaT1lMU1pWNQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Majestic Smith passes Hobbs to leave only Bradman clear on top of Ashes mountain | Geoff Lemon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxNUkZ6ZDRuYmJnMGlINE44TlFMUlJULWI4dVc5MUZFZ1pEQWs5WXBDcl9LRllrWVk3aEVWWmV3WGhubXJ5WFlTTmRtRUFmU3JkZHlaS3JrS2hOYTJYVF9ubTVPc2JKOUI1a0pCNW5vTl9RSzB0ZFhad1lkMVUyWXBhN255M2I5ek9pcHhuQ0ZJMmlEM3dHZVkwVXBHN3Nrc3h2dXRjb091NFU1bE9WdXpDVTI4bkhjQlpTLVd6OVdvQ0ZteVMyREV3dWVjVU1fT1hvU0xldElHT2RsUmZPZTRfMHdZZnNIRUlhWkhId3Z4UThwSHg5TWRwZFRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Score summary &#8211; Australia vs England, fifth Ashes Test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQLTJjYjNlcmZXMUhLTE1jTU9WaHVzVnJnTmtpaHcxT2hPeTdUTjl4NE0wVkdTYWRmUllQRlI3MHoxbTNaWnJTbHlaVk5UMUNPbVJaeHNneFhaems1SS1iZkM4OFd0RUc0Z0ZrLUVjeUs0bGxyRGVsb2w3WkpGaEVRb2dENjI4UERPNmM1WVRVYnYwUXJtelpMRjFTd3YzbU5pSksyd3V5WGIwOWl2aXRJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">England have only one choice after total mental disintegration in Ashes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ashes: England staring at defeat against Australia in Sydney Test after leaky bowling and &#8216;predictable&#8217; tactics&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-678285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115849707609575917","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}