BBC Test Match Special

In the latest Ashes Daily podcast, Jonathan Agnew and Jim Maxwell are joined by Ben Stokes and Pat Cummins at Headingley.

Meanwhile, Henry Moeran and Alex Hartley review England’s T20 win at a packed Oval and hear from Heather Knight, Danni Wyatt and Ellyse Perry.

Listen to it here.

A reminder of today's question: Ben Stokes' Ashes-record nine sixes at Lord's took the total for the series to 29 after two Tests, at a rate of one six every 25 overs.

Since 2001, men's Ashes cricket has seen an average of one six per 48 overs. To the nearest complete over, can you guess how many six-ball overs were bowled for each six hit in men's Ashes matches from 1946 to 1999?

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The last time Australia played a Test without Nathan Lyon, his replacement Todd Murphy was 12 years old, writes Mark Sanderson.

In the ensuing 10 years, Lyon has established himself as one of the world's best spin bowlers, and is now just four shy of 500 Test wickets.

Yet, 22-year-old off-spinner Murphy is being touted as a more-than-adequate replacement.

Read more here.

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Staying with Todd Murphy and the Hobart Mercury reports that the man himself is expecting England's batters to try and get after him in Leeds...

England’s aggressive Bazball style means all bowlers can take punishment, but Murphy accepts he is particularly likely to be in the sights of the home side’s batting as it seeks to overturn a 2-0 series deficit.

“They’ll probably come even harder at me. Obviously, I haven’t played a hell of a lot of Test cricket,” Murphy said.

Getting away from the snipping about Alex Carey, Jonny Bairstow, whingeing and whingeing about whingeing for a moment, The West Australian looks at Todd Murphy.

The Australian off-spinner is set to make his Ashes debut as a replacement for the injured Nathan Lyon and another Aussie spinner, Ashton Agar, is backing him to step up to the challenge...

“Todd will be fine, he’s a really good bowler, he bowled beautifully in his Test debut in India," Agar said.

“It’s a pretty hostile place to make your Test debut, really tough. And it’s probably good preparation because if he plays the next Test it’s going to be extremely hostile, there’s no doubt about that given how the last two panned out."

Staying with The Age, Daniel Brettig looks at England's desperation to win and how they're in a part of the country where they aren't alone in that...

"The trouble with you damn Yorkshiremen is that you are only interested in playing this game to win."

An England captain once gave this rebuke to Fred Trueman on an Ashes tour of Australia.

After the wild swings and roundabouts of Edgbaston and the febrile final day at Lord's, it is in the most "play to win" part of Britain where the fate of the Ashes is up for grabs, between two teams pushed from friendly banter to daggers drawn.

Next up is The Age and it's more fighting talk from Pat Cummins, who says England should look at where they've gone wrong rather than focus on the Bairstow incident...

Malcolm Conn writes: "Potentially," Cummins said when asked if he thought the uproar was being played up by England to avoid scrutiny from their shortcomings in the first two Tests.

"I know what our team does, and we concentrate on ourselves when we haven't been playing up to scratch," Cummins said. "We look pretty deeply at what we do and try and make amends for it. We don't apportion blame to conditions or opposition or anything else going on."

More paper talk now. This time from Australia so where better to start than The Australian?

It's more Jonny Bairstow stumping chat (of course, it is) with former Australia Ricky Ponting sticking up for current incumbent Pat Cummins over the incident.

"We’re not without support,” Cummins said. “Everyone that has played cricket and knows cricket, you just see it as out, end of story."

Ponting was strong in his ­defence of Cummins.

“The two things that separates both of these two captains is that Ben Stokes had about three hours to think about his answer,” he told The ICC Review.

“Pat Cummins had about 10 seconds to think about what he was going to do and whether he was going to uphold it (the ­appeal) or not.

“It‘s pretty easy for Ben at the end (of the match) to sit down and give that point of view. But he was actually out there as the batting captain of his team. He could have asked there and then in the heat of the battle if he was thinking clearly like he said he was three hours later in post-game."

Andy Zaltzman
Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

Ben Stokes' Ashes-record nine sixes at Lord's took the total for the series to 29 after two Tests, at a rate of one six every 25 overs.

Since 2001, men's Ashes cricket has seen an average of one six per 48 overs. To the nearest complete over, can you guess how many six-ball overs were bowled for each six hit in men's Ashes matches from 1946 to 1999?

It is time for you to put your brains to work this Thursday morning by having a go at TMS statistician Andy Zaltzman's daily ZaltzQuiz.

You can tweet your answers using #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply).

We will reveal the answer at 10:25 BST.

The I

The i is one of a number of papers reporting that Australia want extra security for family members attending Headingley, while Ben Stokes expects added hostility as a result of the Bairstow incident...

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The Daily Mail

It's much the same in the Daily Mail, who also go with Pat Cummins' doubling down on Australia's decision at Lord's.

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Metro

Meanwhile, the fallout to the Jonny Bairstow stumping rumbles on in the Metro as Pat Cummins says Australia would do it again.

That'll go down well, I'm sure...

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The Daily Star

The Daily Star goes with Ben Stokes calling on England to take their "massive opportunity" at Headingley.

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The Daily Express

Let's have a look at what the papers are saying and the Daily Express succinctly highlight the importance of this match for England as Ben Stokes rallies his troops.

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Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport at The Oval

England captain Heather Knight says her side are "going to fly" after winning their first points in the women's Ashes.

The hosts won the second T20 by three runs at The Oval, but still trail 6-2 in the multi-format series.

But one more win for Australia, with one T20 and three one-day internationals remaining, will see them retain the Ashes.

"It was a bit of a psychological hurdle for us to get over," said Knight.

Read more here.

England needing a win to keep their Ashes hopes alive, you say?

Well, Heather Knight's side managed just that last night at the Oval as they beat Australia by three runs in the second T20 of the multi-format women's Ashes.

You can read Ffion Wynne's report on a crucial win for England here. Extended highlights are available on BBC iPlayer.