Tourists England are once again staring at a dreadful Test outing on Boxing Day after losing 6 wickets in the first two sessions of the game.
The home crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground had a day out with Australia feasting upon some poor show of batting from the visitors as none barring Joe Root were able to cross the 30-run mark.
After failing to negotiate the tough morning session, England’s middle order succumbed to their shot selection later in the day. Both Ben Stokes (25 off 60) and Jos Buttler (3 off 11) got out to avoidable shots that put England in a compromising position in Day 1.
At the time of writing England were batting at 128/6 with only Jonny Bairstow remaining as the last recognised batter left in the team. Australian bowlers have feasted on the English and everyone has scalped at least one wicket barring Scott Boland whose figures read 10-2-33-0.