NEXT UP... THE PERTH GRAVEYARD

AFTER a two-day game this weekend against a Cricket Australia XI in Perth, the next Test is at the WACA where England have won just once, in December 1978...

ASHES SO FAR

FIRST TEST, BRISBANE: Australia won by 10 wickets. SECOND TEST, ADELAIDE: Australia won by 120 runs.

TO PLAY

THIRD TEST, PERTH: Thursday, December 14 at 2.30am UK time. FOURTH TEST, MELBOURNE: Monday, December 25 at 11.30pm UK time. FIFTH TEST, SYDNEY: Wednesday, January 3 at 11.30pm UK time.