George Dobell

James Anderson has said England need to score more runs and that discovering a "90mph bowler" could help them win the next Ashes series in Australia

There was no victory for England, but Joe Root could at least take consolation from a side that had finally competed with Australia

George Dobell observes a ball tampering beat-up at the MCG and not for the first time in this Ashes series doesn't like what he sees

Matt Rawnsley, the former left-arm spinner, will be named as the replacement for Tom Scott at New Road

Alastair Cook gobbled up several more records during one of his most memorable Test knocks - suggesting there could still be plenty more to come

Stuart Broad believes a more attacking mindset was key to his much-improved performance at the MCG

Alastair Cook emerged from a troubled phase of his career to reassert the qualities that have served England well for so long

Moeen Ali has had an unhappy Ashes tour and an attritional Melbourne pitch did nothing to alleviate the suffering

Tom Curran became the third England bowler in recent years to miss out on a maiden Test wicket because of a no-ball - but it was because of over-ambition rather than carelessness

The 22-year-old bowler will replace the injured Craig Overton and will make his debut in the Boxing Day Test in front of a first-day crowd that could exceed 90,000

England have options in Surrey seamer Tom Curran and Mark Wood as Overton's replacement

Ben Stokes looks set to play the entire IPL season but might not feature for England again before the end of 2018 if he is charged by the CPS

The Ashes may have gone and the possibility of a second successive whitewash is growing but the game in England and Wales is "in extremely good shape" according to the ECB's chief executive

Mason Crane thinks English spinners are short of game time in first-class cricket, although a Test debut in Melbourne might change all that

Dawid Malan has called upon the ECB and the first-class counties to offer more protection to promising fast bowlers in England

The Ashes are gone and the prospect of another whitewash looms for England. There will be a huge number of visiting supporters in Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test, so what do they need to do to bring some festive cheer?

Mark Stoneman has shown impressive guts and determination in the Ashes but admitted he had not before faced attack with such sustained hostility as the Australians

Craig Overton ignored the danger of a punctured lung - and put it all down to a twin brother who may one day join him in the England side

Misguided tinkering with the Championship to serve other priorities must take responsibility for England's enfeebled Ashes challenge

Trevor Bayliss struggled to propose solutions to England's perennial shortage of truly fast bowlers