LAWRENCE BOOTH IN SYDNEY: Harry Brook was involved in an altercation with a nightclub bouncer during England's recent tour of New Zealand, in their latest off-the-field misdemeanour.
LAWRENCE BOOTH IN SYDNEY - ASHES BREAKFAST: Centuries from Travis Head, his third of a dominant series, and Steve Smith, his first, combined to grind England into the SCG dirt.
LAWRENCE BOOTH IN SYDNEY: A superlative 160 from Joe Root laid the foundation for England's first-innings 384 - only for some of the gloss to be removed when he left the field clutching his back.
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: 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.
LAWRENCE BOOTH IN MELBOURNE: Ben Stokes has pleaded for 'empathy' after Ben Duckett was named in England's team for the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.
LAWRENCE BOOTH IN ADELAIDE: For all the optimism in advance, this tour was always going to present a challenge like nothing England have faced under McCullum.
England staged a brave fightback that gave them a glimpse of what would have been a record victory - but it was too little, too late to keep the fight for the urn alive.
LAWRENCE BOOTH IN ADELAIDE: On the day England needed a miracle, they got the off-spin of Will Jacks and Joe Root. Australian minds will know that the tourists are not serious about winning.
LAWRENCE BOOTH IN ADELAIDE: Forget Bazball: this was the day England's Ashes dream finally died. Many, of course, would argue that moment had come and gone.