Cricket
Khawaja in for Head, Boland to back up Boxing Day
Scott Boland will get a second Test for Australia with Josh Hazlewood not fit enough to return in Sydney, while Usman Khawaja replaces Travis Head.
Cricket
Scott Boland will get a second Test for Australia with Josh Hazlewood not fit enough to return in Sydney, while Usman Khawaja replaces Travis Head.
Cricket
South Australian cricketer Travis Head has contracted COVID-19, prompting Australia to call in three players as cover for the fourth Test in Sydney.
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Australia have wrapped up the Ashes in dominant style, taking an unassailable 3-0 lead after demolishing England by an innings and 14 runs at the MCG.
The Boxing Day Test and entire Ashes series is hanging by a thread after four non-playing members of England’s touring group tested positive to COVID-19.
England captain Joe Root has backed himself to “bang out a hundred” as he plots an Ashes fightback in the Boxing Day Test following losses in Brisbane and Adelaide.
Head coach Chris Silverwood has revealed captain Joe Root delivered a few home truths in the dressing room after England’s latest Ashes disappointment.
