Melbourne, Dec. 27 -- Following his side's loss to England in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, Australian skipper Steve Smith said that getting "extra 50 or 60 runs" could have helped his side, and the pitch did "a bit more than it intended".

On a grass-heavy bowling heaven, both England and Australian bowlers looted wickets like for fun, but it was England who ended their win drought in Aussie land, with the generation next of England, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Josh Tongue and Brydon Carse giving their super seniors, skipper Ben Stokes and Joe Root, something to smile about despite having lost the Ashes. With England finally securing a win in the series, they have denied Australia a whitewash and could go out with their heads held hi...