The pitch for the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne has "done too much" and the result is in an "unfair" contest between bat and ball, says Michael Vaughan.

On a day of batting collapses at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, England can at take least solace from the fact their bowling attack got their own lengths right.

England's Ashes tour teeters on another crisis as they are bowled out for 110 on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Australia slightly ahead of England after frenetic opening day in which both teams were bowled out cheaply at the MCG.

Australia claim a 46-run lead after bowlers on both sides feast on green-tinged pitch in front of a record crowd on day one at the MCG

The pitch for the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne has "done too much" and the result is in an "unfair" contest between bat and ball, says Michael Vaughan.

Some of the biggest names in Ashes cricket have attacked the state of the MCG pitch after a record crowd saw 20 wickets fall on a Boxing Day blowout in Melbourne

Captain Ben Stokes says there would be "hell on" if the Melbourne pitch upon which his England team beat Australia inside two days had been produced in another part of the world.

The pitch from the two-day Boxing Day Ashes Test in Melbourne is rated as "unsatisfactory" by the International Cricket Council.