{"id":355094,"date":"2026-01-06T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355094\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:59:04","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.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355094\/","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":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxNUkZ6ZDRuYmJnMGlINE44TlFMUlJULWI4dVc5MUZFZ1pEQWs5WXBDcl9LRllrWVk3aEVWWmV3WGhubXJ5WFlTTmRtRUFmU3JkZHlaS3JrS2hOYTJYVF9ubTVPc2JKOUI1a0pCNW5vTl9RSzB0ZFhad1lkMVUyWXBhN255M2I5ek9pcHhuQ0ZJMmlEM3dHZVkwVXBHN3Nrc3h2dXRjb091NFU1bE9WdXpDVTI4bkhjQlpTLVd6OVdvQ0ZteVMyREV3dWVjVU1fT1hvU0xldElHT2RsUmZPZTRfMHdZZnNIRUlhWkhId3Z4UThwSHg5TWRwZFRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow 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<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE1FUlljYzk5M0hnVVIzVDVaUVI1UWNzSWoydFM2Z3dYZkw5N0EyZnIxSTY2ajRULVhrNDNmaHZpSjBMbkdlT0lMb3FGQUdBeEhxSjVLTWpOY0dKNVJGb1F6X1hock5WZVRy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Ashes 2025-26: Steve Smith and Travis Head push England towards Sydney defeat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNckMwcUhmdzg5eGNhcHg4N2lyNGRST2syXzVOR1MzS2JmR3llb1FoTDJURGNpdWxEbm5vTkpUbWw5VHRDXzBoLU9iX29mNnFpX2NYaWtMMGloaThYdGtlQWhXNU0wOVFzU3FpX2YyYW5mRmYzYVJYT0hiLTZsQmRhenVyTnplTkFJYTZ6cXFjb2lnSU1zRDZnZ0JCVDJOaFRMN29SZlp0WmxxdzZHSkZETjhsb3N5XzZ6MlpKRA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith and Head hit centuries to help Australia grind England into the dust<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxNNGtkbFVJMWdFdUxLNG40X1piaHBsLUk4QzRvQmFxQkt0MFUwUUZueE9VRkpjV3o4Zm1zY2lPWTNEM0VjUENXbV91azRsRjJ6RS16STIwck5sWHFUVThhd3BMYW9ad2h5R3cxQnBlbmZYckxreE9fZ0o1cFprRjdfcXZ3VEVIb2VUalYwLThvVVZNVUI0VjlKcGlQN2VxTDBkZHV2NDU2NGo0MnExRG1iME91TFcwY0t0Y2tMRUN4eVdFMENrLWswYUxpSzFNaHBIRmMwSEduRXBSdkFUTHBlLXUxeDMzWmxpYUpSeW5mMnRZV28?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Ashes: England toil in Sydney as Steve Smith and Travis Head score centuries for Australia in final Test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPNzlQSGZncUlXa0hmaHh0VkFOMzhLai1xZjV5MHltZjJZdlplZldkOHNwZG5qYTdNZ2ZUYXVObFoyYlp6blhJRE0zRC1WUkUxeWsyTm9oakRZMXBsLTJjX0R4SFRXSmRvYlRIRVJZVGFNdkNBSGZXNHhvUGZIYWd5bkx6akRjSFhMYjRxTWRXNjNUNmJoWGlWY0pWb0Q3eW5jNGw1MDBYNXZGUHpoMEtIT2Ywa20?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head and Smith centuries grind England in the SCG dirt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPNcricinfo<\/p>\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 SportsThe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-355094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}