The opener of the English team Haseeb Hameed has gone with duck. Zak Crawley scored 12 and Dawid Malan 14 runs. Ben Stokes contributed 25 and Jonny Bairstow 35 runs. Ollie Robinson added 22 and Jack Leach 13 runs to their team’s scorecard. It was only the captain of the team who scored his half-century of 82 deliveries and out. Pat Cummins took three and Nathan Lyon also took three wickets. Mitchell Starc dismissed two visitor team England batsmen. Scott Boland, Cameron Green took one wicket each. So England all out, with 185 runs on the board with using 65.1 overs on the first day.
The Ashes 3rd Test, Australia vs England Highlights today, Sunday 26-12-2021, from Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Cummins win the toss and chose to bowl first.
Australia team: 1 David Warner, 2 Marcus Harris, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Scott Boland, 11 Nathan Lyon.
England team: 1 Haseeb Hameed, 2 Zak Crawley, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 Ollie Robinson, 9 Mark Wood, 10 Jack Leach, 11 James Anderson.
Form guide
(last five completed matches, most recent first)
Australia: WWLDL
England: LLLWL
Match Timings: 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 Local
Umpires – Paul Reiffel, Paul Wilson
TV Umpires – Rod Tucker
Match Referee – David Boon
Reserve Umpire – Shawn Craig
Match number – Test no. 2442
Don’t understand why England selectors persisting with Haseeb Hameed who turned out biggest failure after his recall.