The Manchester ground plays host to the third Test

If you don't know your flipper from your Chinaman, this entertaining and informative history of spin bowling will put you right.

Australians 366-5dec Sussex 228-5 (Day two of three: Sussex trail by 138 runs): England star-in-waiting plods to 64 but Hamilton-Brown hits swashbuckling 73 in the style of KP

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Warm-up match presents opportunities for those who haven't played on tour so far

Australia dealt another blow with Pattinson injury

This has been such a busy few days of sport that they are all starting to melt into one another, and the heatwave is not helping the levels of concentration.

The South African was replaced shortly before the start of the series

We select XI of the finest displays from the spinners, fast bowlers and all those in between

Do Australia have a secret weapon in their surprise Ashes selection, or is he just the latest in a long line of spinner flops since Shane Warne?

“We're not doing a cheese album,” quips Neil Hannon, sporting a Carry On Up the Jungle pith helmet to his fellow satirist, Thomas Walsh, who appears to be channelling WG Grace with his weighty beard.

View from the sofa: Sky Sports Ashes

Can Fawad Ahmed turn things Australia's way? Lehman's zest must inspire Watson to earn his pips; Never trust the warm-up results

England XI 328-7 Essex