If you’ve not already stopped what you’re doing and settled down in front of the TV to watch the fascinating documentary The Last Dance on Netflix, then now’s the time.

Dan Haygarth reviews the latest Amazon Prime sports documentary, which charts the Australian cricket time over a testing year

The Ashes are the pinnacle for English and Australian cricket.

In the first of two articles this week looking at key figures in this Ashes series, MM investigate the importance of the England captain Joe Root and his Australian counterpart Steve Smith.