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Travis Head and Steve Smith hit hundreds as dominant Australia make England toil

Australia lead by 134 after day three

The Independent UK · Jan 6

Jamie Smith accused of ‘brainless’ dismissal after England collapse

Smith got himself out in extraordinary fashion on the stroke of the lunch interval

The Independent UK · Jan 5

Joe Root eyes 2029 Ashes series in Australia – when he will turn 39

Root hit a terrific 160 against Australia in the fifth Test in Sydney, his second century of the series

The Independent UK · Jan 5

Australia 166-2 after England reach 384 on day two of fifth Ashes Test – as it happened

Head steers hosts to within 218 runs of England’s first innings total after Root amasses his second century on Australian soil

The Guardian - AU · Jan 4

Morning Mail: how the US snatched Maduro; children among Swiss blaze victims; SCG hails Bondi heroes

Doubts over Trump’s claim US will ‘run’ Venezuela; girls aged 14 and 15 confirmed killed in Swiss bar fire

The Guardian - AU · Jan 4

Travis heads towards another ton in Test counterpunch

Travis Head is in sight of his third century of the Ashes, going to stumps on 91no and with Australia 2-166 in reply to England's first-innings 384.

AAP · Jan 4

England big guns cut loose to highlight folly of Australia’s bowling choices

Playing without a spinner is one thing, but Beau Webster and Cameron Green are only good enough to be the fifth bowler

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4

Jacob Bethell’s place still a puzzle as gifted batter is let down by England’s planning

The No 3 has been belatedly shoved into this role in the Ashes after a summer starved of proper cricket

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4

Harry Brook urges England to make most of ‘good wicket’ after series-best score

‘We’re in a very good position,’ said Harry Brook after he and Joe Root helped England recover from 57 for three to end the day with 211 runs

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4

Joe Root and Harry Brook tease England with a glimpse of what these Ashes could have been

Perhaps it was not a coincidence that England’s best day of the series came on a rain-reduced afternoon where they were denied the time to stuff it up – but for one afternoon, one of cricket’s greatest pleasures occurred

The Independent UK · Jan 4