Australia v England – story of day five
England were bowled out for 233 as Australia wrapped up a comfortable win in the second Test
England surrendered tamely and quickly as Australia took six wickets in under a session to go 2-0 up in the Ashes with a 120-run victory.
Steve Smith’s men were right back on their game as the Adelaide Oval sunshine came out to play at last on the final afternoon, Josh Hazlewood wasting no time with the instant wickets of nightwatchman Chris Woakes and England captain Joe Root in successive overs.
After that, despite the best efforts of Jonny Bairstow, the rest was just details as England were all out for 233 after being set 354 to level the series wiuth Mitchell Strac finishing with five for 88.
Terrible start
Delivery of the day
Not too little, just too late
Stat of the day
0 – When Root and Woakes both failed to add to their overnight scores, England were on the fast track to defeat.
Tweet of the day
What next?
England must try to bottle some of what they did here, and ditch the rest, to try to somehow keep possession of the urn in Perth.
