Alastair Cook slams McCullum, Stokes for 'downward trend'

IMAGE: England's Josh Tongue, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Brydon Carse celebrate the final wicket of Australia's second innings on Day 2 of the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on......

Alastair Cook retires: 'Time to go and make way for the new generation'

IMAGE: Former England skipper Alastair Cook dropped the curtains on an illustrious career. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Former England captain Alastair Cook, his country's record Test run......

'A star is born': Bethell joins elite with SCG century

'I've seen some hundreds but I don't think I've seen many better debut hundreds than that.' IMAGE: Jacob Bethell is the ninth England batter to score a century against Australia, aged 22 or......

No assurances over ODI captaincy: Alastair Cook

England's captain Alastair Cook, left, leads his team off the field after they were defeated in the fourth ODI against India at Edgbaston. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters Under-fire Alastair Cook......

Ashes: Alastair Cook's captaincy under scanner

In a country whose economy is built on mining, it was difficult to see how England could plumb new depths on this tour of Australia but in defeat at Melbourne they did, leaving question marks over......