Another horror day of Ashes cricket for Australia has led to a shock suggestion that Pat Cummins’ captaincy won’t survive the series from a former player and coach.
The Poms continued to batter the Aussie bowlers early on day three of the Fourth Test to post a mammoth first innings total of 592. Australia finished the day 4/113, still 162 runs from making England bat again.
It was England’s first score of more than 500 in a home Ashes Test since 1985 and the run rate of 5.49 was the third highest ever by a team that scored 500-plus.
That was only part of the unwanted history inflicted on Cummins’ side. Six of England’s top seven made at least 50 – the first time the Poms have done that since 1930.
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