MELBOURNE :England's hopes of keeping the Ashes alive plunged on Sunday as their batsmen again capitulated on a dismal opening day of the third test against Australia in Melbourne.
Only one team has ever turned around a 2-0 deficit to win the Ashes. That was Don Bradman's Australia, winning the 1936/37 series 3-2 on home soil. Though Root chalked up his ninth half-century in Australia, he was culpable in his dismissal for 50, caught behind with a loose drive at a Mitchell Starc delivery.
"We've got to get a bit stronger and tougher with our dismissals," batsman Jonny Bairstow told reporters.England's rejigged opening partnership of Zak Crawley and Haseeb Hameed lasted 12 balls before Cummins had Hameed caught behind for a duck.The Australia skipper bagged his third wicket in the last over before lunch, with Dawid Malan edging to the slips to break a budding 48-run partnership with Root.
Boland became, the second indigenous Australian to play for the men's test side, opened his account by trapping Mark Wood lbw for six.
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