England win staggering 2-day test in Melbourne
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Jacob Bethell, demoted to four in the batting order after England sent out Brydon Carse as a pinch-hitting No 3 following Ben Duckett’s dismissal for 34, was England’s highest scorer with 40 from 46 balls.
It was a relieved Ben Stokes bidding good riddance to more than a decade of pain for English cricket in Australia on Saturday as his team rallied from the depths to complete a drought-breaking test win in Melbourne.
England has fought back to bowl Australia out for 132 in its second innings after lunch on Day 2 of the fourth Ashes test
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Ben Stokes admits England’s chaotic Ashes win ‘not the best advertisement’ for Test cricket
England recorded a first Ashes Test win in Australia for 15 years by winning inside two days at the MCG, where chaos and mayhem reigned supreme
Star England pacer Josh Tongue gave his take on his performance after he took seven wickets across two innings in the fourth Ashes Test held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which England won by four wickets.
England clinched a four-wicket win over Australia in the fourth Test match of the Ashes 2025-26, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Saturday, December 27.
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Ashes 2025-26: Melbourne Test Ends Inside Two Days, Joins Rare List In Australian Cricket History
The Melbourne Ashes Test ended inside two days, becoming Australia’s fourth two-day men’s Test and joining a rare list of the shortest completed Ashes matches
The two-day success at the MCG has staved off the threat of another 5-0 humiliation and provided England with some much-needed positives
Jhye Richardson to Zak Crawley, Goes past the bat! Pitched up, around off, Zak goes for the drive without any foot movement. The ball cuts back in off the deck to go past the inside edge and it was not far away from crashing into the off pole. That will be TEA on Day 2!