DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA LIVE BLOG: Australia will be looking to pile up a big total after a chaotic opening day of the Boxing Day Ashes Test that saw 20 wickets fall

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 have pulled off their first victory in Australia in 19 attempts dating back to January 2011 after they knocked off a target of 175 inside 33 overs.

There was plenty of action at the MCG on day one of the Boxing Day Ashes Test between Australia and England, but not everybody was happy about it

Sam Kerr's fiancée  Kristie Mewis has revealed some more intimate details about their wedding as the days count down until football's power couple tie the knot in Perth

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Twenty wickets fell on a helter-skelter first day's play in the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG, as England staggered their way to 110 in response to Australia's 152.

Sir Alastair Cook has pinpointed England's 'massive disconnect' with the County Championship as a major reason why Ben Stokes' side have failed to win back the Ashes.

Scott Boland admitted that he would never have imagined that he would be opening the batting at the MCG during a Boxing Day Test against England.

Fans, players and cricket greats all paused for a brief moment during day one of the Boxing Day Test to pay a heartfelt tribute to Australian spin king Shane Warne. 

Pat Cummins has insisted that he's aiming to be back playing again for Australia in February's T20 World Cup, after he was ruled out of the remaining two Ashes Tests.

England's cricketers began their Christmas Day yesterday at the MCG practising for the penultimate match of an increasingly sobering tour of Australia.