England fast bowler James Anderson has said that the wickets prepared for the Ashes series undermined the team’s chances of beating Australia.

Anderson suggested that the pitches had been produced to make as much money as possible, wrecking any notion of home advantage.

“When you're selling out - like Lancashire selling out five days of Test cricket - it's hard not to produce a flat deck but, you know, that's one of the frustrations from a player's point of view,” he said. “I think they've probably suited Australia more than us. I would have liked to have seen a bit more grass but that's the nature of the game here."

Anderson contrasted the wickets produced with those England get when they go abroad, arguing that these gave the hosts far greater home advantage than England have enjoyed this summer.

“We go to Australia and get pitches that suit them. They come over here and get pitches that suit them. It doesn't seem quite right,” he said. “We as a country or cricket team, cricket board, don't use home advantage enough.

“When you go to Australia, go to India, Sri Lanka, they prepare pitches that suit them. I feel like we could just be a little bit more biased towards our own team.”