England running out of options

By Taha Hashim

Australia are edging closer. For all of England’s fight with the ball yesterday, the pummelling of bumper after bumper, it is Pat Cummins’ men who control this match and series heading into the final day at Lord’s.
Add 257 runs today and England will pull off their second highest successful chase. Australia, on the other hand, require just six more wickets to go 2-0 up.
It was Cummins himself who changed the outlook in the evening. England weren’t comfortable on 41-2, chasing 371, but it was far from over. Joe Root was dabbing away for gles, primed to deliv- siner somethi...

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