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Pat Cummins strikes; England 61-3 at lunch in 3rd Ashes test

Australia's pace-bowling captain ripped through England's top order taking three wickets to leave the tourists at a precarious 61-3 at lunch on Sunday's first day of the third Ashes cricket test

Ashes: I like the balance of England attack, says Vaughan before 3rd Test

After defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide, the Joe Root-led England team made four changes for the Boxing Day Test

A quick rundown on the Ashes ahead of Australia vs England 3rd test

Ahead of one of the biggest games of cricket on the calendar, with Australia aiming to clinch the five-match Ashes series against England by early next week, here's a quick rundown

Ashes, 3rd Test: Boland named in Australia playing XI, Cummins returns

Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Saturday confirmed the playing XI for the upcoming Boxing Day Test, beginning Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.The hosts have made two changes to their lineup as Pat Cummins and Scott Boland have replaced Michael Neser and Jhye Richardson.Joe Root's England are 0-2 down in the series with three matches to play."He (Jhye Richardson) was pretty sore. We were umming and ahhing - he had a bowl yesterday but we thought seven days off (before the fourth Test in Sydney) will give him enough rest," cricket.com.au quoted Cummins as saying."He's got a small leg injury which is nothing major but we thought rather than risking a long-term injury, we'd give him a week off," he added.Talking about Boland, Cummins said: "We earmarked him as a chance for here and the SCG in particular, we think his record is really well suited. His record speaks for itself here in domestic cricket. Home ground, having someone fresh like him who can perform straightaway were the .

Ashes: No point in sugar-coating the losses, says England's Stokes

England are 2-0 down in the Ashes and need a change in fortunes at Melbourne

Ashes: Anderson hits back at criticism of pacers not bowling right length

Anderson's comments come after England captain Joe Root slammed his pace bowlers for not bowling at fuller length in Adelaide

Australia name unchanged squad for remaining Ashes Tests

Australia named an unchanged squad for the rest of the Ashes series, with regular skipper Pat Cummins and pace bowler Josh Hazlewood confirmed to return

Australia set England record target of 468 runs to win 2nd Ashes test

Australia have set England a record target of 468 runs to win the second Ashes test in Adelaide after declaring its second innings at 9-230 during the middle session on day four. First-innings centurion Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head top-scored, making 51 apiece, with Cameron Green adding an unbeaten 33 as Australia sought quick runs in the evening session. England will need to create history to win with the highest successful fourth-innings test run chase being the West Indies' 7-418 against Australia in 2003. The highest successful fourth-innings chase in Adelaide is Australia's 6-315 to beat England in 1901/02. Earlier Sunday, England's bowlers took three early wickets to stall Australia's push for victory, despite an injury in the warm-up for captain Joe Root which prevented the English captain from taking the field for the start of play. Resuming Sunday at 45-1, Australia lost opener Marcus Harris, Steve Smith and nightwatchman Michael Neser early, before a rally by ...

Two media persons covering Ashes series test positive for Covid-19

Two members of the media, covering the second Ashes Test, have tested positive for Covid-19, creating panic among the visiting British journalists on the fourth day of the game, here Sunday.

Ashes, 2nd Test: Pietersen slams England batters' approach against Lyon

Former England batter Kevin Pietersen has slammed the approach of the visitors' batting order against Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon in the ongoing second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval.

New Covid cases in England touring party, Silverwood to miss 4th Ashes Test

England Men's head coach Chris Silverwood will be missing the fourth Ashes Test against Australia after his family member tested positive for Covid-19

Does England have a plan for the second Ashes Test, asks Ricky Ponting

Ponting has flayed England skipper Joe Root for not coming into the second Ashes Test with a plan other than to just bowl short and wait for Steve Smith and Co. to commit errors.

Ashes 2nd Test: England limps to 17-2 after Australia declares at 473-9

Labuschagne became the first player to hit three centuries in day-night test matches while Steve Smith missed out on a ton as Australia strangled England with a powerful total of 473-9 declared

Ashes: Marnus Labuschagne has record century on 2nd day vs England

Labuschagne became the first player to hit three centuries in day-night test matches when he scored 103 runs for Australia

Can't have sympathy for Jos Buttler: Gilchrist's comment on England 'keeper

Adam Gilchrist has said he can't have too much sympathy for England 'keeper Jos Buttler who was guilty of dropping two regulation catches on the opening day of the second Ashes Test.

Steve Smith to lead Australia 3.5 years after ball tampering scandal

Former Australian skipper Steve Smith will lead Aussies after three and a half years on Thursday in the second Ashes Test against England.Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test against England after being deemed a close contact of a person who received a positive COVID-19 test last night.Smith has been named captain of Australia for second Test against England."Cummins is understandably very disappointed not to be able to captain Australia for the day-night Test in Adelaide. Steve Smith will captain the team in Cummins' absence," Cricket Australia said in a statement.In March this year, Smith for the first time had openly talked about wanting to lead Australia again. The 31-year-old cricketer was removed as the skipper following his involvement in the Sandpaper Gate fiasco in the Cape Town Test against South Africa in March 2018.Smith's captaincy ban expired last year, however, he was not handed back the leadership post as Paine continued to ...

Australia's Travis Head can't wait to get the 2nd Ashes Test underway

Australia are weighing up their options following the withdrawal of fast bowler Josh Hazelwood from the second Test match of the Ashes series.

Ashes, 1st Test: Australia crush England, win Gabba Test by nine wickets

England's overnight hopes of dominating Australia in the opening Ashes Test were dashed with the hosts coming up with a superb bowling display to thrash the tourists by nine wickets at The Gabba

Fifth Ashes Test to be played at Blundstone Arena in Hobart with pink-ball

Cricket Australia announced that the fifth Men's Ashes Test match will be held at Blundstone Arena in Hobart as a day-night fixture from January 14-18, 2022

Pat Cummins becomes 1st captain to get 5-wicket haul in Ashes since 1982

Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Wednesday became the first captain to take a five-wicket haul in an Ashes Test since 1982.