Australia close on second Test win over England as Starc ends Root resistance
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Day four: Australia 473-9 dec & 230-9 dec; England 236 & 82-4Hosts need six more wickets in Adelaide to take 2-0 series leadEngland lost Joe Root to the final delivery on day four of the second Ashes Test, a hammer blow that left the tourists on 82 for four, needing to bat for three full sessions in Adelaide on Monday with just six wickets in hand.Root’s day was bookended by bouts of eye-watering pain after he was struck in the groin without the protection of a box during the pre-play warm-ups. The England captain was clattered again in the same area by an 85mph delivery that left him buckled over in pain in the final session.Ali Martin’s match report will follow Continue reading...