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Anderson pulled up sharply after bowling the third ball of the 33rd over of Australia’s second innings, then aborted his run up for the fourth and immediately left the field looking in some discomfort.

Cook confirmed that Durham’s Mark Wood, who took four wickets on his Ashes debut as England won the first Test in Cardiff, was likely to be tasked with filling the chasm, having recovered from an ankle problem.

After England won the toss and bowled first, Broad picked up his 300th test match wicket with just the third ball of the day, dismissing Australian opener Chris Rogers for a duck – the first duck in Rogers’ test career.

Defiant and angry Australian captain Michael Clarke vowed to keep playing on after the Ashes series with England, with those suggesting he was finished talking “a complete load of rubbish”.

Nevill’s maiden Test 50, in just his second innings, occupied 126 balls and kept England waiting longest before Australia were bowled out for 265 just before lunch on day three of the third Investec Test.

His record at The Oval is less stellar – 35 wickets at 33 – but his loss would be a huge boon for the Australians, who this afternoon were fighting to cling on in the third Test at Edgbaston.

Mirpur:An entire day’s play was lost for the third time in this series as heavy rain, caused by cyclone Komen, forced the umpires to abandon the second day of the Mirpur Test at 12 pm. “I don’t think I have played a series where out of ten days, six days have...

Shane Watson (left) at training with Australian coach Darren Lehmann.

Nevill made his debut in Australia s 405-run second Test win at Lord s after first-choice wicketkeeper Brad Haddin withdrew to be with his sick daughter Mia.

In reply Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth survived two overs to go in 4-0, leaving 117 more runs to get if they are to go 2-1 up in the series.

England find themselves on the brink of victory in the third Ashes Test after Steven Finn took five wickets on an unbelievable day at Edgbaston.

England will aim to seal the five-match series after taking a 2-1 lead following an eight-wicket win over title holders Australia in Birmingham.

Finn, who wasn’t a regular choice for the Ashes 2015 and came as a substitute in the playing XI for injured Mark Wood, has shown that his hard work has brought him back to the ideal line and length that helped him in becoming the youngest English player to bag 50 Test wickets.

Only 33 men have been ordained into that club of glovemen over the course of 138 years, while nearly half as many again (45) have led their nation on to the Test match field.

Australia had won the first Test impressively, but are thoroughly outplayed in Port Elizabeth. “Don’t get me wrong – we didn’t plan to be bowled out the way we were today”.