Ashes LIVE updates: England bid to salvage Ashes disaster at the MCG and trail by 135 runs
ENGLAND meet Australia in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG with the Ashes already gone - but can they claw back some pride? Follow the latest here.
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- England close on 192-2, 135 runs behind
- Cook makes 32nd Test century
- Australia bowled out for 327
- Broad takes 4-51, Anderson 3-61
- Australia start Day Two on 244/3
- David Warner clocked up 103 runs on Day One before being caught out by Jonny Bairstow
- Steve Smith makes his 22nd Test half century of his career
- Australia: 1 Cameron Bancroft, 2 David Warner, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steven Smith (capt), 5 Shaun Marsh, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Tim Paine (wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Josh Hazlewood, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Jackson Bird
- England: 1 Alastair Cook, 2 Mark Stoneman, 3 James Vince, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Dawid Malan, 6 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Tom Curran, 10 Stuart Broad 11 James Anderson
- ASHES SCORECARD LIVE - Follow the latest score here
