England on brink of Ashes defeat as Nathan Lyon stars for Australia

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2025-12-20

Sydney (PA Media/dpa) - England avoided the ignominy of losing the Ashes in 10 days of cricket but Australia put one hand on the urn as they closed in on an impregnable 3-0 lead in Adelaide. After folding in two days at Perth and four in Brisbane, Ben Stokes' embattled side came dangerously close to setting a fresh low - surrendering the series a day sooner than the 11 Nasser Hussain's class of 2002-03 managed a generation ago. They avoided that......

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