Up 2-0, Australia have won the toss and will bowl to a desperate England side seeking to restore some pride. Follow the Boxing Day Test here with tomdecent
Some positive news from the MCG, with both teams back in the middle and warming up.Hazlewood presents Boland with his baggy green10.00amWe’ve just had word that the toss will be delayed slightly.
Some light drizzle is hanging around. The covers have to come off before the teams can toss the coin. England won the toss in Brisbane and elected to bat, while Steve Smith was happy to do the same in Adelaide.Anger turns to laughter for Cummins after Adelaide aberrationThe antithesis of a quintessential fast bowler, he’s more likely to smile than frown, and barely a word of frustration passes his lips in the heat of battle on the cricket field.
So when the realisation dawned on Australia’s captain that he was about to miss the second Ashes Test in Adelaide last week despite a swab coming back negative,“I was really angry, but I don’t know who at,” the fast bowler said with a laugh at training on Saturday as he prepared for the start of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. “I didn’t know who to blame.
“It was one of those things. When I left the restaurant I thought, ‘That’s fine, I didn’t get near him [the Sydney grade cricketer who tested positive]. I’ll test negative’. But once it became apparent with the state rules, you’ve got to follow them.”’
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