4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 26-28, 2006 news from ESPN Cricinfo.com

I've never shaved, so I'm reaping the rewards now

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:22:13 GMT

Monty Panesar, in his exclusive diary for Cricinfo, reflects on watching Warne at close hand and being Beard of the Year

Australia v England 2006-07

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:04:01 GMT

Review of the Ashes, 2006-07

Pietersen hits back at loner claims

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:36:14 GMT

Kevin Pietersen has hit back at suggestions from Australia's coach, John Buchanan, that he is not a team player, insisting that the war of words that has erupted since the end of the Melbourne Test is all part of the Aussies' psychological ploy

Clark always destined for success - Hussey

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:11:35 GMT

Stuart Clark's stunning returns in the Ashes series have not surprised Michael Hussey, who has been regularly troubled by his team-mate's accuracy and bounce

An old friend returns home

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:16:03 GMT

For three years the Melbourne Cricket Club's library collection was packed up in boxes waiting for its new home on the third level of the members' area

'It's not our worst loss' - Fletcher

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:07:02 GMT

The Ashes have gone and the Melbourne Test went in three days, but the England coach Duncan Fletcher does not believe it was the worst performance of his coaching reign

Pietersen slow to follow team plan

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:56:53 GMT

Kevin Pietersen was only convinced of a move to No. 4 when he realised England's brittle tail was limiting his batting opportunities

Warne logs out of MCG in style

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:03:50 GMT

Stats highlights of the third day's play of the fourth Test between Australia and England at Melbourne

Flintoff still full of cliches

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:08:49 GMT

England's captain, Andrew Flintoff, is running out of ways to express his disappointment on this tour. Another day, another defeat, another round of hollow insistences that his team is still full of "character" and "pride"

Now Ponting talks about whitewash

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:07:44 GMT

Ricky Ponting's "relentless" Australia will push for the second 5-0 result in Ashes history and a 12th win in a row next week in Sydney.

'I'm not sad, I'm leaving on top'

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:29:45 GMT

Shane Warne feels like he's had "50 Vodka and Red Bulls" whenever he's walked on to the field during the series, but it won't stop him from waving goodbye at the next Test at Sydney

Plans were not stolen say authorities

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:53:40 GMT

It was hardly a whodunit of Murder On The Orient Express proportions, by Cricket Australia think that it has discovered the secret of how England's bowling plans came to be leaked to the media

Much ado about not very much

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:49:55 GMT

The row over the England bowling plans which were leaked to the media rumbles on, with former England captain Ian Botham getting rather hot under the collar about it all

England forget how to fight

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:32:15 GMT

During the tea break the on-ground entertainment has featured an obstacle race between England and Australian supporters. It has been run each day throughout the series and been more competitive than the Tests

England routed inside three days

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:04:34 GMT

England have long insisted "there's a lot of heart and pride in our dressing-room". Unfortunately, nothing of the sort transferred itself to the middle on the third day at Melbourne

Symonds in the spotlight

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:07:00 GMT

The second day of the Boxing day Test at Melbourne was all about Andrew Symonds's maiden Test hundred and his stand with Matthew Hayden. Cricinfo looks at the stat highlights of the day

Hoggard laughs at loss of plot

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:09:49 GMT

England's cunning plan was imparted to all of Australia's listeners on ABC Radio, after a copy of their laminated, colour-co-ordinated bowling chart was lifted from the dressing-room and leaked to the Australian media

Hayden 'a pillar of strength' for Symonds

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:02:08 GMT

Matthew Hayden equalled Allan Border's 27 centuries on day two at the MCG but he was much happier with the first Test hundred of his old mate Andrew Symonds

Symonds matures with help from his mate

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:12:11 GMT

Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds circled like alpha males when they first met in the Queensland squad. Today they hugged so hard that two animals further down the food chain would have collapsed in the crush

Hayden and Symonds punish England

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:40:58 GMT

In the space of two sessions on the second day at Melbourne, the most closely fought contest of the summer was transformed into the stage for the biggest rout yet, as Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds flogged the final vestiges of resistance out of Englan