Joe Root described his batsmen as being "star-struck" in their first innings of the Ashes Tour and urged them to be confident and even arrogant. This message seemed to have gor through as they scored quickly on the third morning. A massive 190 behind but things were looking up at 72 for 1 with both Burns and Crawley willing to use the pace of the ball to play their shots. The fun came to an end when Burns nicked Starc behind for his second wicket. Australia have in Smith and Starc to absolute giants of bat and ball and England will need to consolidate to get anything at all out of this match even if it is just a bit of pride.
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