England captain Joe Root has renewed his support to Chris Silverwood as the under-fire head coach rejoined the team ahead of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia starting on Friday.
Melbourne: The England team, which is 2-0 down in the series, made four changes for the Boxing Day Test from the side that lost the second Ashes Test by 275 runs, bringing in Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow as the tourists try to stage a comeback at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In an indication that...
England's struggles with the bat led to their downfall in both the Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide but Pietersen still urged fans to "go easy" on the players.
Root admitted his side had failed in all areas of the game, dropping key chances, bowling the wrong lengths and batting poorly.
The England captain, showing a lot of courage, did not look entirely comfortable as he took an awkward single that left the commentators at the Adelaide Oval in splits.
Half-centuries from Head and Labuschagne had enabled the hosts to declare their second innings 467 runs ahead on day 4 of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.
No bowler enjoys using the pink ball as much as the left-handed Starc, who claimed 4-37 in the first innings at Adelaide Oval. His
Smith's batting protege Labuschagne notched another hundred as England were made to toil in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Warner and Labuschagne fought hard and went past tricky situations as to make sure that Australia are in a strong position at the end of day one.
Ashes 2021-22: In all probability, Queensland's Michael Neser or Western Australia's Jhye Richardson would be picked in place of Hazlewood.