India, Jan. 9 -- The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in no mood to sweep the Ashes debacle under the carpet, and the cricket body has promised that it will conduct a review of what happened Down Under and how the team under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum lost out on the five-match series by a margin of 4-1. The Three Lions were touted to win their first Ashes series in Australia after 2010-11, but it wasn't meant to be as old problems returned, and players did not perform to their optimum level.

The issues were there off the field, as well as reports of binge drinking, that surfaced during England's trip to Noosa during the gap between the second and third Tests. The calls are growing for head coach McCullum to be sacked after ...