The story behind this silver ashtray is cricket’s greatest controversy. Read...

Another Ashes test to finish inside two days was played on a “furry, green” pitch that has left Cricket Australia with an estimated shortfall of more than $11m. Read...

BBC Sport chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt reflects on the chaos of the Boxing Day Test, which England won inside two days. Read...

This match and this pitch cannot be representative of Test matches; if it is, then cricket’s grandest form will be in trouble. Read...

Australia’s fragile batting has proven Stuart Broad right, allowing England’s Bazballers to blast a $10 million revenue hole through Cricket Australia’s coffers and dash local hopes for an Ashes whitewash with their first win on these shores in 15 years. Read...

Cricket Australia lost about $4 million in revenue from the two-day Test in Perth and, with 90,000 expected on Sunday, will likely be hit even harder if the Boxing Day Test does not see a third day. Read...

On a day of batting collapses at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, England can at take least solace from the fact their bowling attack got their own lengths right. Read...

England`s Ashes tour teeters on another crisis as they are bowled out for 110 on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Read...

Boxing Day at the cricket is a tradition, which makes it significant outside the scoreline in any one series. It’s a secular feast day, with all the rites. Read...

England must stir themselves and move on from investigations and social media videos if they want to avoid a potential 5-0 Ashes whitewash, writes chief cricket report Stephan Shemilt. Read...