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England benefited from a ball change to take 10 wickets on day five of the final Test against Australia at the Oval - and the visitors believe they were given an unfair advantage

Australia have hit out at the ball change in the last Ashes Test, with Ricky Ponting calling for an investigation into the decision and opener Usman Khawaja branding it "frustrating"

The first day of the second Ashes Test belonged to Australia - and in particular Steve Smith - who prodded, pushed and extravagantly left his way to an unbeaten 85 not out

Brendon McCullum has overseen a revolution while in charge of the England men's Test side, but things could have been very different had Ricky Ponting taken the job

England bowler Stuart Broad warned Marnus Labuschagne back in April that he had been working on a new delivery specifically to target him and he promptly got the Australian out for a golden duck in the first Ashes Test

England will take on Australia in the first men's Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Friday - with Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Jimmy Anderson, Pat Cummins and Steve Smith all set to star

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting can't wait for the Ashes to start with English conditions and the success of 'Bazball' set to have a huge say in the destination of the urn

Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have completely transformed England's Test team and Ricky Ponting is looking forward to seeing how they fare against Australia in the Ashes

England Test coach Brendon McCullum has had a stunning impact since taking over, implementing a new positive and aggressive style of cricket that has become known as 'Bazball'

Steve Smith mimed using a chainsaw after scoring a hundred against South Africa and has now revealed it was a reference to a sledge from his own teammate Marnus Labuschagne