The Ashes have once again been rocked by a major Covid-19 drama as uncertainty reigned ahead of day two of the Boxing Day Test. Details:
Joe Root played a loose shot to give his wicket away. Photo by Michael Klein.
But those hopes took a near-fatal blow as Australia ripped through England’s flimsy batting, with only captain Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow showing resistance. But on another bad day for England it did bag the big wicket of David Warner, who raced to 38 off 42 balls before sending a thick edge off Jimmy Anderson to Zak Crawley at gully.
“But we’ve seen that the pitch offered plenty today and hopefully we turn up in the morning and put pressure on to get some early inroads.” The visitors had wielded the axe after their 275-run defeat in Adelaide with Crawley in for Rory Burns and Bairstow replacing Ollie Pope at six. Crawley earned his first Test chance since March, but he failed to grab it, finding an outside edge to a rising Cummins ball that Cameron Green superbly caught at gully.
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