Ex-Hampshire captain Warne has called for his former team-mate Carberry's selection for England Carberry is now 150-1 with a leading bookmaker to match another unlikely Ashes selection, David Steele, and win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Full story: Daily Mail
Well-known Australian cricket writer Malcolm Conn has been critical of Australia's selection for this game. "It is difficult to know whether the unbalanced, batsmen-heavy Australia A side was a cunning plan, lulling England into a false sense of security, or a heavily compromised side to appease states with a full round of Sheffield Shield matches also being played. England's finest are clearly enjoying the hospitable bowling."
Full story: Courier Mail
Conn also describes captain Michael Clarke as "Australia's most important cricketer since Allan Border" and their "only world class player".
Full story: Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
England batsman Ian Bell, rested for this match in Hobart, opted to run back to the hotel from the ground after play.
Full story: Kevin Pietersen's Twitter feed
Of Australia's hopefuls for the first Test, paceman Mitchell Johnson bowled two wides in his first over, and later left the field with a sore toe.
Full story: Sydney Morning Herald
Tasmania batsman George Bailey, among the favourites to bat at six for Australia, had to withstand a "barrage" from paceman Ryan Harris, who was Australia's best bowler in England earlier this year. Bailey was "terrorised" by Queensland's Harris in their Sheffield Shield encounter in Brisbane but survived to the close of play on 34 not out.
Full story: the Mercury (Tasmania)
Jackson Bird, who returned home early from the tour of England because of a stress fracture, has voiced concerns about the domestic schedule, with plenty of injury worries among Australia's pace bowling ranks. The first six rounds of Sheffield Shield matches have been compressed into seven weeks - and has called for the Big Bash Twenty20 competition to be shortened. "But Cricket Australia makes a lot of money off the Big Bash," he admitted.
Full story: Sydney Morning Herald
But all-rounder Shane Watson will play as a batsman in the first Test if his hamstring strain prevents him from bowling.
Full story: Fox Sports
Australia batsman David Warner has announced that he will no longer be posting on Twitter. The left-hander's brother Steven had launched a foul-mouthed Twitter rant against Shane Watson during the summer's Ashes, while also memorably describing sacked coach Mickey Arthur as "an escape goat".
Full story: the Guardian
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson's hamstring injury has been diagnosed as a "low-grade muscle strain", according to team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris. Watson will now undergo "intense treatment and rehabilitation" while the medical staff "will be doing everything possible to get him fit and available for selection ahead of the first Test".
Full story: Cricket Australia news release
Watson's hamstring injury - which forced him to leave the field in the final one-dayer in India - may have a large bearing on Australia's selection options for the first Test. While George Bailey is the favourite to make his Test debut at six, if Watson is ruled out, all-rounder James Faulkner may play instead as an extra bowling option.
Full story: the Age
Ricky Ponting (right) has hit back in the latest war of words involving Shane Warne The Adelaide Oval faces a "race against time" to get building work completed before the second Test, which begins on 5 December. The new 14,000-seat southern stand, which was scheduled for completion on 18 October, will now not be ready until 30 November at the earliest.
Full story: Adelaide Advertiser
England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has lost nearly two stone since taking up cycling to extend his longevity behind the stumps - but denies the weight loss contributed to his poor run of form with the bat during the English summer.
Full story: Daily Express
Australia A batsman Shaun Marsh, pushing for a Test recall, insists he is in better mental shape than when he played the last of his seven Tests just under two years ago. Since then, Marsh has been suspended by Perth Scorchers after a drinking session during the Champions League, but worked his way back into the one-day side in England earlier this year.
Full story: the Mercury (Tasmania)
Alastair Cook, Joe Root and Michael Carberry have all been hit in the nets by bouncers from Essex quick bowler Tymal Mills, who is with the England squad to provide practice against left-arm pace of the sort they may face from Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc during the Ashes.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has hit back at former team-mate Shane Warne's criticism of his captaincy compared with current incumbent - and Warne's close friend - Michael Clarke. "At the end of the day I think my captaincy record will stand up for itself," said Ponting, who had been accused of "jealousy" of Clarke by Warne.
Full story: Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
England may face old enemy Adam Gilchrist one more time, as the legendary former wicketkeeper-batsman is a contender to captain a Prime Minister's XI against England at Canberra on 14 January, between the first and second one-day internationals. The captaincy is traditionally handed to a prominent former Australia international who has retired in the past five years - Brett Lee, Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden and Simon Katich are among the other contenders.
Full story: the Age
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson is confident a series of fitness programmes, including acupuncture, with Australia team doctor Peter Brukner, the former head of sports medicine and sports science at Liverpool Football Club, will help him overcome a hamstring injury in time for the first Ashes Test on 21 November.
Full story: Canberra Times
After criticism from Australia legend Shane Warne, England captain Alastair Cook admits there are times he could be "slightly more imaginative" but says his team have had a "pretty good run so far as a Test side".
Full story: the Guardian
England batsman Joe Root also responded to criticism from Warne, who said the 22-year-old does not have the technique to open the batting in Australia. He said: "It would be wrong for me to listen to everything he says. I can only look to improve my technique and my game but I don't think Shane Warne ever said a nice word about an England touring team."
Full story: Daily Express
Batsman Alex Doolan, who is thought to be close to Test selection, says former Australia captain and fellow Tasmanian Ricky Ponting, with whom he shared partnerships of 151 and 123 against a Victoria attack which included Peter Siddle and James Pattinson little more than a year ago, has been "a huge influence on my career". He adds: "Under his tutelage, I learnt more in 12 months than I had in the first five years of my career."
Full story: Perth Now
Lancashire spinner Simon Kerrigan, who was hit for 53 in eight overs on his Test debut at the Oval in August, will not fly to Australia with the England performance programme squad as originally intended and will now stay in Manchester for a special programme drawn up by ECB spin bowling coach Peter Such.
Full story: Daily Star
Former Australia spinner Shane Warne says ex-international team-mate Ricky Ponting's criticisms of captain Michael Clarke might have been motivated by "jealousy".
Full story: Canberra Times
Warne says England captain Alastair Cook's "negative" captaincy could cost his side the Ashes.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
George Bailey has responded to former Australia captain Ian Chappell's claim he is not good enough to play Test cricket.
Full story: Fox Sports
The new stand at the Sydney Cricket Ground will not be finished in time for the fifth Ashes Test, which starts on 2 January, 2014.
Full story: The Age
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc says Australia will not underestimate Ian Bell. The England batsman dominated the summer series but Starc said: "We didn't really expect him to perform the way he did. To his credit he performed outstandingly well and more or less won the series by himself."
Full story: Sydney Morning Herald
Alastair Cook's mid-session pep talk with Steven Finn during England's game with Western Australia XI could have helped the fast-bowler to a place in the first Test starting line up. Cook exchanged words in a drinks break and Finn immediately took two wickets. He is now back in contention for the vacant fourth bowler's spot when the series begins in Brisbane on 21 November.
Full story: Daily Mail
England coach Andy Flower's "record is phenomenal" says Matt Prior Former captain Ian Chappell believes Australia needs to give young talent more opportunity at state level if they are to produce world-class batsmen in the future. He said: "All the top batsmen I played with were playing state cricket at 18 at the latest - Bill Lawry, Bobby Simpson, Doug Walters, Greg Chappell. Now the young batsmen are off playing Under-19s cricket instead of grade cricket against men, and the only two 20-year-old Test batsmen Australia has produced in the last 20 years have been Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting."
Full story: Daily Telegraph
England wicketkeeper Matt Prior hopes coach Andy Flower remains as team director for years to come. "He's been fantastic for this England cricket team," he said. "His record is phenomenal; he's been brilliant as a coach. Hopefully, as far as I'm concerned, I hope he continues."
Full story: BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek
Mitchell Johnson has been sent home from Australia's ODI series in India with one game left to play to preserve his fitness. That means it is likely the fast bowler will feature in the first Ashes Test as replacement for injured left-armer Mitchell Starc.
Full story: The Australian
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson suffered a pre-Ashes injury scare during their seventh and final one-day international in India. Watson aborted the opening delivery of his sixth over and limped off the field with what was initially reported to be a hamstring problem. He did not bat in his regular number three position, coming in at number eight. (Press Association)
Batsman Michael Carberry would be happy to fill England's problem position at number six, after scoring 78 opening the innings in their first warm-up game in Perth - and admits that if he were not on the Ashes tour, he would be working as an electrician, after becoming fully qualified last March.
Full story: Daily Telegraph (UK)
Hampshire batsman Carberry is a fully qualified electrician who has his own business Former Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has urged the selectors not to abandon off-spinner Nathan Lyon - but says rookie leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed could feature alongside Lyon in a twin-spin attack in several Tests.
Full story: Sydney Morning Herald
Australia paceman Mitchell Johnson is bowling well and will be undaunted by the chants of England's Barmy Army fans who taunted him mercilessly during the 2010-11 Ashes - according to Aussie fast bowling coach Craig McDermott.
Full story: Cricket Australia
Despite previous reports that Hot Spot technology would not be used in this winter's Ashes, the thermal imaging technology may yet return for the series - and be joined by a trial of "Real Time Snicko" which shows whether the ball has been edged.
Full story: the Guardian
Rival Ashes captains Michael Clarke and Alastair Cook have been nominated for the People's Choice Award at the International Cricket Council's annual awards. The other nominees are India duo Mahendra Dhoni and Virat Kohli, and South Africa's AB de Villiers.
Full story: ICC news release
Australia captain Michael Clarke has been reprimanded for breaching Cricket Australia's code of behaviour while playing for New South Wales. When a Tasmania batsman was given not out after NSW appealed for a catch at gully, a frustrated Clarke made a 'T' sign, indicating he wanted the decision reviewed - and the review system is not in use for domestic games.
Full story: Cricket Australia news release
Fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has been released early from Australia's one-day tour of India, missing the seventh and final ODI, in order to stake his claim for Test selection in longer-form cricket.
Full story: Cricket Australia news release
Australia leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, 31, could feature in the first Test in Brisbane after taking a career-best 6-68 for Victoria against Western Australia.
Full story: Daily Mirror
All available tickets for the opening day of the Boxing Day Test against England have been sold at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the crowd could break a 52-year-old world record for single-day attendance. The MCG's official capacity is 100,000, although without all the standing room seats being sold, it is between 98,000-99,000. The current attendance record for a single day is 90,800, also at the MCG, during a West Indies Test in 1961.
Full story: Cricket Australia
Australia's hopes of regaining the Ashes at home this summer will improve if their players are subjected to a more disciplined set-up, rigorous training and minimal leniency, according to former wicketkeeper Ian Healy.
Full story: Cricinfo
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