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Jacob Bethell insists England remain driven in Ashes battle after punishing day

England’s Jacob Bethell celebrates taking the wicket of Australia’s Travis Head at the SCG on Tuesday (Robbie Stephenson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Jacob Bethell insisted England still had an appetite for the Ashes fight despite being pushed to the brink of a 4-1 defeat on a punishing day in Sydney.

England’s first-innings score of 384 was their biggest Down Under since 2017, but it soon became clear it was never going to be enough as Australia’s Travis Head and Steve Smith peeled off twin hundreds at the SCG.

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