Ashes test series
Test debutant Boland guides Australia to crushing win over England; hosts retain the Ashes
The victory ensures Australia stay at the top of the World Test Championship standings with 100 per cent points, while England slip further. Already on the brink of humiliation after a sensational bowling performance from Mitchell Starc and Boland on Day 2, England needed a big performance from two of their best batters -- skipper Joe Root and all-rounder Ben Stokes.
No need to relocate remaining Ashes Tests to MCG: ACA CEO Greenberg
The fourth Test is scheduled at the Sydney Cricket Ground, while the fifth and final Ashes game is in Bellerive Oval (Hobart), and Vaughan opined that to minimise the risk to players of the two sides, their support staff and families, the remaining two games should also be played at the MCG.
COVID UPDATE: Relocate the remaining two Ashes Tests to MCG, Vaughan requests CA
On Monday, two England cricket team support staff and two of their family members tested COVID-positive, leading to a panic situation with the entire touring party undergoing Rapid Antigen Tests and the proceeding on Day 2 of the third Ashes Test getting delayed by half an hour.
COVID UPDATE: England team in midst of virus scare, Ashes Day 2 delayed by 30 minutes
England cricket team spent a few anxious hours ahead of Day 2 of the third Ashes Test at the MCG with two of the tourists' support staff and two of their family members testing positive for COVID-19, which forced a half-hour delay to the start of the game on Monday morning.
England openers way too inexperienced against a very good Aussie attack: Katich
Both England openers, Haseeb Hameed (0) and the young Zak Crawley (12), who replaced Rory Burns for the Boxing Day Test here, were bowled out cheaply by Australian captain Pat Cummins in the opening session of Day 1 on Sunday. And with the tourists unable to counter either pace or spin, they were bundled out for 185 in 65.1 overs.
The Ashes: Toss played crucial role in England's batting collapse, feels Bairstow
England lost the first two matches of ongoing Ashes in Brisbane and Adelaide and batting failure is the primary reason. Their woes with the willow continued in the third Test as England were bowled out for 185 in their first innings. Bairstow, who has replaced Ollie Pope for the ongoing Test at MCG admitted that batters could have made better shot selection.
Only thing England have done right on Ashes tour is turn up on time: Vaughan
England were bundled out for 185 on Day 1 of the third Ashes Test with Australian captain Pat Cummins and spinner Nathan Lyon accounting for three wickets each and Mitchell Starc grabbing two as a spineless display by England on Sunday pushed them on the brink of a series loss. "They've got pretty much everything wrong -- selection, tactics have not quite been right," Vaughan was quoted as saying by dailymail.co.uk after end of day's play on Sunday.
The Ashes, 3rd Test: Australia 61/1 at stumps, trail England by 124 runs on Day 1
Marcus Harris (20 off 51) and Nathan Lyon (0 off 5) were unbeaten at the crease at the end of play on Day 1. Australia bowled out England for 185 in their first innings and their openers Harris and David Warner had a watchful start. Veteran seamer James Anderson dismissed in-form Warner (38) in the 15th over of the innings.
The Ashes, 3rd Test: Australia bundle out England for 185 in 1st innings
England were 128/6 at tea and their struggle continued even after that as they lost the wickets of Jonny Bairstow (35), Mark Wood (6) Ollie Robinson (22) and Jack Leach (13) and could only add 57 runs in the third session after being put into bat.
For Australia, Pat Cummins (3/36) and Nathon Lyon (3/36) picked three wickets each, Mitchell Starc (2/54) took two while Scott Boland (1/48) and Cameron Green (1/7) bagged one wicket each.
Atherton unhappy with Burns, Pope being axed; says wholesale changes not good
The tourists were reduced to 121 for five in the second session on Day 1 of the third Ashes Test at the MCG on Sunday, with openers Haseeb Hamid going for a 10-ball duck, caught by wicket-keeper Alex Carey off Pat Cummins, while Zak Crawley, who replaced Burns, could manage only 12 off 25 balls before he too was dismissed by Cummins.
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