This Ashes series is the first between any teams to have two two-day Tests since 1896

Melbourne Cricket Ground head curator Matthew Page said he was in a "state of shock" during England's two-day defeat of Australia in the Boxing Day Test.

Thirty-six wickets fell in six sessions after Page and his team left 10mm of grass on the surface for the fourth Ashes Test.

England won by four wickets in the evening session of the second day for the second two-day finish of the series, following the opener in Perth. It was England's first Test win in Australia since 2011.

Cricket Australia (CA) estimates the early finish will cost the organisation around 10m Australian dollars (£4.97m) in lost revenue.