England, Australia and Boxing Day
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The total dominance by Australia in their own backyard finally came to an end after 14 years and over 5,400 days as England finally won an Ashes Test in Australia, that too a Boxing Day one in front of a jam-packed Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Josh Tongue takes 5-45, which includes bowling Steve Smith, as England torpedo Australia for 152; tourists then skittled for 110 inside 30 overs to trail by 42 on first innings; Ben Duckett dismissed for two after tough few days and Joe Root bags 15-ball duck;
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Ashes: Boycott rues England's super-late 'Eureka moment' after Boxing Day Test victory
Ashes: Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott is ruing the fact that England realised their lengths very late in the series. England finally won a Test match in the Ashes, while playing the Boxing Day game at the MCG.
An Ashes tour that began with high hopes of taking home the urn has been reduced to a desperate effort to salvage some last vestiges of dignity as England head into one of the great occasions on the sporting calendar,
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England's soft underbelly exposed again as 20 Boxing Day wickets put MCG pitch in firing line
England's batters once again fall flat on their faces in the face of tricky conditions at the MCG for the Boxing Day Test.
England chase down 175-run target to claim drought-breaking Ashes victory in Australia on day two of the fourth Test at the MCG
A side strain ended England fast bowler Jofra Archer's Ashes campaign on Wednesday while the beleaguered tourists dropped batter Ollie Pope for the fourth test against Australia.
A second two-day finish of the series was on the menu in Melbourne, with England 77 for two in pursuit of 175 at the tea break.
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