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'It's not our worst loss' - Fletcher

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

29-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Where it went wrong for England

When Australia were 5 for 84 on day two at the MCG, it was tempting to believe England were finally fully switched on

29-Dec-2006•Brydon Coverdale

Pietersen slow to follow team plan

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

29-Dec-2006•Peter English

Buchanan asks England for contest

If it is not bad enough for England that they are staring at an Ashes whitewash, they have now suffered the ridicule of being asked to bring their best game to Sydney by Australia's coach

29-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

Flintoff still full of cliches

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"

28-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Melbourne

Now Ponting talks about whitewash

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.

28-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

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

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

28-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

Plans were not stolen say authorities

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

28-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Much ado about not very much

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

27-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

England routed inside three days

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

27-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Melbourne

Hoggard laughs at loss of plot

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

27-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Melbourne

Hayden 'a pillar of strength' for Symonds

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

27-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

Hayden and Symonds punish England

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

26-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Melbourne

'One of the best days I've ever had' - Warne

Almost everything Shane Warne touched at the MCG turned to farewell gold, but he didn't quite fulfil his plan to dismiss Andrew Strauss for his 700th wicket. Glenn McGrath asked Warne early in his spell how he was going to dismiss Strauss and the bowler's

26-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

Lee asked to stand up and replace McGrath

Ricky Ponting has called on Brett Lee to regain his devastating form and become Australia's leading fast bowler with the retirement of Glenn McGrath

26-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Warne routs England again

Shane Warne grabbed his 700th Test wicket in front of his adoring Melbourne public to send England's innings into freefall on the opening day of the fourth Test at the MCG

25-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Melbourne

A favourite hunting ground for Ponting and Hayden

Cricinfo looks at some of the stats highlights of Melbourne, the venue for the fourth Ashes Test

24-Dec-2006•S Rajesh

Hoggard worries about mental damage

Matthew Hoggard believes England have to recover from their Ashes drubbing in Australia or risk being mentally scarred going into the next series in 2009

24-Dec-2006•AFP

MCG provides the perfect stage

The biggest game of the Australian cricket year just got a whole lot bigger

24-Dec-2006•Peter English

Flintoff focussed despite festivities

23-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

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