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Despite his defiant innings in Adelaide, England keeper Jos Buttler should be dropped for the third Test in Melbourne. Here’s why. Buttler’s keeping has simply not been up to scratch so far in this series,

Joe Root can’t escape punishment. Belted on the field by Australia he has been hammered in the aftermath of going 2-0 down by a succession of former England captains and the only thing saving him appears to be a total absence of a suitable successor.

History suggests defeat for England today would spell certain doom in the Ashes series but after Root's painful exit to end day four, the visitors' hopes rest squarely on the mercurial allrounder

History suggests defeat for England today would spell certain doom in the Ashes series but after Root's painful exit to end day four, the visitors' hopes rest squarely on the mercurial allrounder

A crazy period before play in Adelaide saw England's skipper injured and unable to take the field, with action on the field carrying on at a frenetic pace

Crumbling “faster than an overbaked Lamington” – that’s how some of the UK media is seeing the England collapse unfolding this Ashes series so far. England is fighting to keep its Ashes hopes alive at the Adelaide Oval,

This would have been a testament to Warner’s patience, determination and, above all else, resilience. This was far from a trademark Warner display, but the outcome was starting to look awfully familiar as the left-hander entered the nineties for the second-consecutive innings at the Ashes.

This would have been a testament to Warner’s patience, determination and, above all else, resilience. This was far from a trademark Warner display, but the outcome was starting to look awfully familiar as the left-hander entered the nineties for the second-consecutive innings at the Ashes.

Almost 90 years after the Bodyline Test, England returned to the fast leg theory to try to undo one of the world’s best batter’s at the same Adelaide Oval. It was in 1932 Douglas Jardine devised the plan to bring down Don Bradman and encouraged his premier quick Harold Larwood …

Almost 90 years after the Bodyline Test, England returned to the fast leg theory to try to undo one of the world’s best batter’s at the same Adelaide Oval. It was in 1932 Douglas Jardine devised the plan to bring down Don Bradman and encouraged his premier quick Harold Larwood …