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Australia were 98 for six successful their second innings astatine luncheon connected time 2 of the 4th Ashes trial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday (December 27, 2025), having extended their pb implicit England to 140 runs.
Australia mislaid six wickets successful the league for 94 runs aft resuming connected 4 for nary loss. Number 4 batter Steve Smith was 16 not out, with all-rounder Cameron Green connected six.
Fast bowler Gus Atkinson came disconnected injured with a near hamstring strain successful a large stroke for England's hopes of winning a archetypal trial successful Australia successful 15 years. Atkinson had removed nightwatchman Scott Boland, caught down for six successful the sixth implicit of the morning.
Seamers Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue, who took 5-45 successful the archetypal innings, grabbed 2 wickets apiece arsenic Australia collapsed successful a 4-27 burst.
Carse captured the cardinal wicket of Travis Head, bowling the opener for 46, earlier having wicketkeeper Alex Carey caught successful the slips for four.
Tongue had fig 3 Marnus Labuschagne caught successful the slips for eight, and fig 5 Usman Khawaja caught for a duck with a miscued pull-shot to good leg.
Australia pb the five-test bid 3-0 aft wins successful Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.
