The 49-year-old had a rough start to his cricketing life but went on to become one of the fastest and most feared bowlers in the history of the sport.

It was once a common sight at big matches - and was even regularly performed by a former prime minister - but now the act is under fire from police and security guards.

The end of the Boxing Day match at the MCG on Saturday was the first time the same series has had multiple two-day Tests in 129 years.

The premier sporting event of the Aussie summer lasted just two days thanks to an awful failure with the preparation of the wicket, leaving fans furious and the game out of pocket by millions of dollars.

The Melburnian McLaren star is an unabashed cricket nut who got the opportunity to meet his mates from the Australian Test team at the MCG.

The pitch is making headlines after the Boxing Day Test finished in two days but one Aussie cricketer is also making noise online for all the wrong reasons.

Cricket Australia are reportedly set to lose a jaw-dropping sum of money after England snapped their 14-year wait to win a Test match Down Under inside two days at the MCG.

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN MELBOURNE: England arrived at the MCG with the mockery of a nation ringing in their ears, and left celebrating a first victory on Australian soil since January 2011.

Nasser Hussain has claimed that Australian spin king Shane Warne would have described the MCG's pitch as 'unacceptable'.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: England have won their first Test match in Australia since January 2011, avoiding the prospect of a whitewash with a tense four-wicket win on the second day in Melbourne.

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN MELBOURNE: England ended an 18-match winless streak in Australia and managed to avoid an Ashes clean sweep in a chaotic two-day Test to leave the series 3-1.