Then the burly paceman held onto a sharp return catch to dismiss Mark Wood caught and bowled for a duck. Next, Boland had Root - who top scored with 28 - caught by David Warner at first slip as the England captain drove at a ball outside off stump. Bairstow reviewed but it was umpire’s call and the on-field decision remained. England fans were praying for a miracle, led by the team’s best batters in Stokes and Root, but Australia’s left-arm fast bowler dented those hopes.īoland took two wickets in an over in Monday’s scintillating final hour, knocking over Haseeb hameed and Jack Leach, and he picked up where he left off on his home ground.Ī dropped catch in the gully didn’t dampen his spirit, as he quickly trapped Jonny Bairstow LBW. Mitchell Starc started the rot on Tuesday, bowling Ben Stokes for 11 with a pearler that nipped between bat and pad. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)Īussie debutant Scott Boland was the hero for the home side, taking an astonishing 6/7 from four overs in a match he will never forget.įittingly, the second Indigenous male player to represent Australia won the Mullagh Medal - named after Indigenous cricketer Johnny Mullagh - for player of the match as he decimated England in the second innings. For the batters, they have earned their runs. The bowlers have turned up and owned the good area around the top of off stump. “We have been relentless with bat and ball when we have had to be. Everything’s clicked, worked out,” Cummins said post-match. Remarkably, the match finished before the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Joe Root’s men succumbed in less than two-and-a-half days, surrendering meekly in the Victorian capital. will hold onto the urn for a little while longer.Įngland was comprehensively outplayed in the first two Tests of the series but the MCG humiliation was a whole new low. The win gives Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series and Pat Cummins and Co. When Cameron Green bowled Jimmy Anderson for two, England was all out for 68 within 28 overs and the Aussies secured victory by an innings and 14 runs.Ĭatch every moment of The Ashes live and ad-break free during play on Kayo. England collapsed in humiliating fashion on Tuesday morning to hand the Ashes back to Australia.īeginning day three at 4/31 - 51 runs behind the Aussies - the tourists crumpled in a heap.
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