Ashes 2021-22, 3rd Test, Day 2, Australia vs England Live Score Updates: England Fight Back With Key Wickets Of Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith


Ashes 2021-22 3rd Test, Australia vs England Score Updates© AFP

Australia vs England, Ashes, 3rd Test, Day 2, live cricket score: England grabbed the key wickets of Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to give themselves a fighting chance in the third Ashes Test on Monday, on a day overshadowed by four positive Covid cases within their camp. At lunch on day two in Melbourne, Australia were 131 for four with Marcus Harris unbeaten on 48 and Travis Head not out 11, still 54 runs adrift of England’s first-innings 185. After heavy defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide, England must win to keep the five-Test series alive, with Australia only needing a draw to retain the urn as holders. The visitors had crumbled in the final session of the opening day, with Australia then surviving 16 overs to go to stumps on 61 for one with dangerman David Warner out for 38 to Jimmy Anderson. Harris, under pressure after a poor series so far, resumed on 20 with nightwatchman Nathan Lyon yet to score. Play began half an hour late after Covid drama in the England camp, with the team forced to undergo urgent rapid antigen tests as they were about to leave for the MCG. All players came back negative, but two support staff and two family members tested positive and are isolating.. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Here are LIVE Updates of The Ashes 2021-22, 3rd Test, Day 2, Australia vs England, from the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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