England pace bowler James Anderson describes accusations that he was involved with the ball tampering during the drawn fourth Ashes test against Australia in Melbourne last week as "ridiculous".

England reject ball-tampering allegations as a "beat-up" as rain frustrated their push for their first victory of the Ashes series against Australia.

Rain hampers England's bid for victory on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes Test on Friday, with David Warner and Steve Smith also offering resistance at the crease.

Alastair Cook hits a double hundred to defy Australian attempts to wrap up England's first innings in the fourth Ashes in Melbourne on Thursday.

England lose paceman Craig Overton and are set to make a further change as they try to restore some pride in Tuesday's fourth Melbourne Test after surrendering the Ashes to Australia.

In-form batsman Dawid Malan says the Ashes may be gone but England must remain aggressive in the final two Tests against Australia.

Steve Smith praises his "exceptional" team as Australia reclaimed the Ashes with an innings win over England in the third Test in Perth on Monday, and set his sights on a series whitewash.

Australia reclaim the Ashes by winning the third Test at Perth's WACA Ground by an innings and 41 runs.

Australia has one hand on the Ashes at stumps on the fourth day of the third Test against England in Perth.

Australia post 203 for three at stumps on the second day of the third Ashes Test against England in Perth.

Cricket chiefs voice "grave concern" after a match-fixing bombshell rocked the Ashes series with a British newspaper claiming to have exposed attempts to rig the third Test in Perth.

A maiden Test century by Dawid Malan help England fight back to 305 for four at stumps in the opening day of the vital third Ashes clash in Perth.

The WACA ground, where the third Ashes Test will be played this week, has been described as ramshackle, frozen in time, evocative and a veritable graveyard for visiting teams.

Skipper Joe Root leads a spirited English fightback to frustrate Australia and raises hopes of a miracle victory in the gripping second Ashes Test in Adelaide.

England face a record run chase at Adelaide Oval of 354 runs to keep their Ashes hopes alive after bowling Australia out cheaply on the fourth day of the second Test.

Australia struggle to stumps at 53 for four to hold a lead of 268 runs over England after day three of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.

England's Ashes hopes nosedive with the loss of key batsmen Joe Root and Alastair Cook as Australia grab four wickets early on day three of the second Test in Adelaide.

Craig Overton made Australia captain Steve Smith his maiden test victim but England could not drive home their advantage under the Adelaide lights and the hosts finished the first day of day-night Ashes cricket on 209 for four.

Australia cruise to a crushing 10-wicket win over England to go one-up in the Ashes series in the opening Test at the Gabba with captain Steve Smith praising his team's character.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting suggests that Australia’s bouncer barrage aimed at English batsmen is set to continue this summer.