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18 Dec, 4 tweets, 4 min read

Joe Root and Dawid Malan build a 128-run stand to survive the opening session on day three of the second #Ashes Test and give England hope of salvaging the day-night clash u.afp.com/wTQX

Joe Root becomes just the fourth player in history to chalk up 1,600 Test runs in a calendar year, and the first since 2008, but a maiden century in Australia again eluded him #Ashes #AFPsports
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Steve Smith says he always felt that he had the support of the Australian public after slipping back into the captaincy of the Test team this week, capping a remarkable career revival #Ashes #AFPsports u.afp.com/wTQz

England were staring down the barrel of another sorry defeat on Saturday, dismissed for 236 then forced to watch as Australia batted again and stretched their lead in the day-night second #AshesTest in Adelaide
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