All the action from day two at the MCG as Australia close in on a 3-0 Ashes series lead.
We’ve just had a statement come through from the England cricket team.
It comes after Pat Cummins was ruled out of the second Test in Adelaide after being a close contact of a man who tested positive to COVID-19.Pat Cummins’ three wickets in the first session, Nathan Lyon’s three late wickets and David Warner’s aggressive approach late on day one.Joe Root’s failure to kick on and make a hundred, another underwhelming Ben Stokes innings when his team needed him most and England’s inability to contain runs with the new ball.
A crowd of 57,100 - well below the predicted 70,000 - watched the 10th day of this series play out in an eerily similar style to the nine before it, with a new-look England line-up folding meekly to an Australian attack that by the end were no longer even celebrating wickets with gusto.
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