paul scully, thank— really uncomfortable about.n. the time is 7.42. now the sport. it will feel like a victory that england have lasted the whole of the third day. for both the match and the series, england's batters have let australia know they won't just roll over, after an impressive third wicket stand in the opening ashes test. the tourists lost opening batsmen, rory burns and haseeb hameed, fairly cheaply, both caught behind, and at 61/2, many feared the worst, but davide malan, and captainjoe root, dug in and their century partnership has given england renewed confidence — both have made over 60 now. they still face a mountain to climb, because of australia's huge first innings total, of 425, but it could be so important for morale for the rest of the series. england are 220/2, 58 runs behind. unexpected! which in sport is all the more beautiful. the underdogs succeeding, at least for today. a shock for leicester city next, as they were dumped out of the europa league, after losing 3—2 to napoli. seven leicester players misse

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