Another session you give to Australia. The two wickets of Joe Root and Harry Brook have done more damage.

Lyon strikes twice in his first over - Pope (3) caught at mid-wicket before beauty bowls Duckett (29)

Since retaining the urn Down Under in 2010-11, England have now played 17 Tests in Australia, losing 15 and drawing two.

Policymakers at the Bank of England are expected to cut interest rates - bringing the Bank rate down to its lowest level since February 2023.

Headline UK CPI inflation rose at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in November, well below Bank of England expectations of a 3.4 per cent rise

Among individual stocks, outsourcing firm Serco 's (SRP.L) shares jumped 5.6% to surpass a decade high after the company forecasted profit above analyst expectations for this year and the next.

England will have a review reinstated after the supplier of Snicko technology admitted an operator error may have cost them the wicket of Alex Carey on the opening day of the Adelaide Test. ESPNcricinfo understands that Brendon McCullum and Wayne Bentley,

BBG Sports, the company responsible for the Snicko technology used in the Ashes, apologised for an “error” during the first day of the third Test in Adelaide.

Josh Tongue was convinced he had Carey caught behind for 72 on day one of the third Test and called for DRS after the decision was turned down.

Carey survived a caught-behind review despite a disputed spike on the Snickometer, prompting England to question the reliability of the technology used in the series

England have had a review reinstated after the operators of Snicko admitted their error wrongly denied the tourists Alex Carey's wicket on day one.

Alex Carey was told by Stuart Broad in 2023 he'd only ever be remembered for the stumping of Jonny Bairstow, but his Adelaide Ashes ton now suggests otherwise.