Australia on cusp of Ashes triumph as Nathan Lyon dulls England’s glimmer of hope

Third Test, D4: Australia 371 & 349; England 286 & 207-6 Spinner strikes late as tourists briefly threaten record run chase Australia are four wickets away from retaining the Ashes after Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon tore apart England’s last-ditch resistance in the third Test. Needing to pull off a world-record fourth-innings chase of 435 to stay in the series, England went to stumps on day four at 207 for 6 and still requiring 228 runs to win. Continue reading...