England only needed 32 hours to win the marquee fixture after 36 wickets fell across two days at the iconic Victorian venue, making it the third-shortest Ashes contest on Australian soil. Courtesy of the seam movement and extra bounce, no player from either team managed a half-century, which had not occurred in a Test match in Australia since 1932.

England fought back to claim six wickets as Australia staggered to 98-6 in its second innings at lunch on Day 2 of the fourth Ashes test on Saturday. Australia holds an overall lead of 140 after running through England for 110 in a dramatic first day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Ashes Live Score, Australia (AUS) vs England (ENG) 4th Test Day 1: Michael Neser picked four wickets while Scott Boland returned with a sensational three-wicket spell to bowl England out for 110 and secure a 42-run lead in the first innings of the fourth Test.

Spent a crazy old Saturday in Bay 13. The Barmy Army sang Jerusalem before ecstatically blissful ­English blokes and sheilas in “I Love Noosa” T-shirts honoured Ben Stokes by slipping his name into a Spandau Ballet tune as Cam Green was cutting a largely dejected figure upon departure from an MCG pitch that cackled like a witch.

Australia has retained the Ashes with two tests to spare after Mitchell Starc took three of the last four wickets.

Australia's reserve all-rounder Beau Webster and wicketkeeper batter Josh Inglis have been released from the squad to play in the Big Bash League ahead of the Sydney Test. Also Read: Ashes: Webster, Inglis Released From Australia Squad To Play BBL Before Sydney Test After the Boxing Day Ashes Test at the MCG concluded in two days,

England beat Australia by four wickets in the fourth Test on Saturday (December 27) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Veteran Usman Khawaja has missed selection to Australia’s team for the third Ashes test against England with Travis Head kept at the top of the batting lineup with Jake Weatherald.