Australia were there for the taking but Brendon McCullum’s tourists were so poor and ill-prepared they never got close

England's meek performance on day three of the fifth Ashes Test felt like the end of an era, says Stephan Shemilt.

Harry Brook's incident in New Zealand comes at the end of an Ashes tour undermined by the culture of the England team, writes Stephan Shemilt.

They landed in Perth expecting to challenge Australia but after a 4-1 defeat and more off-field revelations, the laid-back approach of McCullum’s regime is in the ECB’s sights

There have to be consequences for Rob Key and Brendon McCullum but English cricket’s problems lie much deeper and will be much harder to fix

Australia were there for the taking but Brendon McCullum’s tourists were so poor and ill-prepared they never got close