Melbourne, Dec. 27 -- Steve Smith, Australia's stand-in captain in Pat Cummins' absence during the ongoing Ashes series, reflected on the Boxing Day Ashes Test that got over in just two days and admitted it's not suitable for the "finances".

Although Australia have already secured the five-match Ashes series by winning the first three Tests, their hopes of a 5-0 clean sweep are over. England beat Australia by four wickets in the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), getting their first win of the tour and taking the series to 3-1.

The Boxing Day Test got over in just two days, with 36 wickets falling on a pitch that, according to Steve Smith, offered "a bit too much" to the bowlers. Notably, the opening Test of the Ashes 20...