NASSER HUSSAIN: Life as an international sportsman is like taking an exam every day of your life - with the whole world watching.

Lawrence Booth with the best and the worst action from the fourth - and final - day of the first Test at the Gabba.

NASSER HUSSAIN gives his verdict on how the England players performed in the first Test - did anyone get close to 10 out of 10?

PAUL NEWMAN: This was brutal. As bad as it gets. England were not only defeated in the first Test of a series they are expected to win, they were battered.

England were crushed by Australia at the Gabba on day four, losing by 381 runs, and you can see highlights from day four and Paul Newman's verdict here.

Graeme Swann laid into disgruntled England fans after the first Test humiliation suffered at the hands of Australia.

Australia centurion David Warner has rubbed salt into England's wounds after suggesting Jonathan Trott was 'weak' and 'scared'.

If you closed your eyes for a moment while Australia were piling on the agony in the first Test at the Gabba, it was impossible to keep out the memories of the dark days.

How on earth do you make sense of England's collapse on the second afternoon?

PAUL NEWMAN AT THE GABBA: The dark days of England's past were revisited in the most spectacular fashion here when they were blown away by Mitchell Johnson.

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE GABBA: If England can keep them to below 300 tomorrow, the game could be theirs to control. It's been quite a day.

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT THE GABBA: Stuart Broad, who took five Australia wicket, has not been named by the Courier Mail paper in their report.

NASSER HUSSAIN AT THE GABBA: Michael Clarke's average against England is a modest 42. With Stuart Broad in his pomp, we saw exactly why.

In our exclusive extract from his autobiography At the Close of Play, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting reveals the doubts he felt about his successor.

England may have put mungbean curry, quinoa and goji berries on their Australian menus, but Peter Siddle has a more extreme diet.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: England's batting collapse on day two of the first Ashes Test has led some of the country's cricketing legends to speak out against the side.

England will be looking to complete their fourth successive Ashes win over Australia this winter, we assess three areas that could determine the series.

Alastair Cook is collecting the five bats he plans to take to Australia from the Gray-Nicolls workshop in East Sussex. 'I've already chosen the bat'.

Australian were losing wickets at the Gabba but Usman Khawaja tweeted: 'Anyone know any places in WA or Brisbane that still have PS4 in stock for release date?'

England have arrived in Australia as they look to defend the Ashes urn they retained in the summer. Here are the 17 players charged with bringing the Ashes back...

Tendulkar Mania: Thousands of disciples turn out in Mumbai as the Little Master picks up his bat for the final time in his 200th Test

Here are the answers to key questions as they prepare for their Ashes defence in Australia, starting in Brisbane on November 21.

This is the first time Australia have failed to win a Test in an Ashes series since 1977, when Mike Brearley’s team defeated Greg Chappell’s 3-0.