Australia captain Steve Smith joined the chorus of criticism for the MCG pitch after his second-innings century earned his side a draw in the fourth Ashes Test.

Smith dug deep to hit an unbeaten 102 as the teams shook hands on the result, which leaves the score at 3-0 to Australia with one match left to play in Sydney.

But Smith did not seem to take too much enjoyment from how the surface had played, describing it as a “flat, dead wicket”.

Asked if he would like to roll this pitch up and take it with him around the world, Smith told BT Sport: “I don’t know if I would like to – I don’t think it was a great cricket wicket.

“It was flat, it was hard to get out, but it was also hard to score runs. It’s a bit of a pity really. Hopefully they can find something to do with this wicket, Boxing Day is a huge occasion and I don’t know if many people want to come and see one of those flat tracks every year. So maybe if they put some grass on it or try and get it to spin somehow it will give something to the bowlers.”