Australia will be looking for early wickets at the Oval after earning a slender 12-run lead from the first innings.
England 0-41: Crawley 10*, Duckett 28*. England lead by 29 runs.Starc resumes after three from Hazlewood’s first over and all happening. Duckett whips another poor ball on leg for four more. Starc then follows up with an LBW shout, very full ball but he’s middled that into his pad.Cummins wisely decides not to review but there was much-needed swing. If Starc can’t get this ball moving England are eyeing a flying start. They’re already halfway there as it is.
Players are in the middle and conditions don’t seem as favourable to the flingers as yesterday when England bowled fantastically under leaden skies. As Australia take the ball for the last time in the series, here’s the most influential figures so far.Tempo has been a big word for Pat Cummins since he became Australia’s captain.
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