Ashes LIVE: More Boxing Day Test carnage as Australia lose 3-6 and England lose ANOTHER bowler to injury on day two at the MCG

Well he’s just gone for the big heave here and popped it straight up in the air. Regulation catch for Crawley and a lead of 174 is just going to have to be enough for the Aussies.

Jhye Richardson has a first class batting average of 21 after over 10 years of cricket, so he is no slouch, and he clatters 7 very, very valuable runs off this over

One wicket remaining, Jhye Richardson out to face the music

Incredible. If Carse didn’t overstep on the previous delivery for a no ball, this wouldn’t have even been bowled. But it was, and Starc got the thick edge and departs for a duck

Daily Mail Chief Cricket Correspondent Lawrence Booth in Melbourne

I’m not sure that was a no-ball from Carse, but the TV umpire thought so, which meant one more delivery in the over: Starc edged it to slip, and Australia are 121 for 9.

Ball spoons up, Carse sticks out the left hand and it sticks. Australia are reeling now. Even with the low-scoring nature of this match, this has been lazy batting most of the time, not anything to do with the wicket. England will have strong belief they can win from here

That is the second time that Stokes has brought himself back into the attack and claimed a wicket on the fifth delivery.

Daily Mail Chief Cricket Correspondent Lawrence Booth in Melbourne

It doesn’t seem to matter where Australia try to hide Cameron Green in the batting order – he just can’t get going in this series. That was a pretty tame poke at Ben Stokes, and Harry Brook was waiting in the slips, to leave Green’s batting figures in this series 112 runs at 18. 

It has been a constant theme in this match, just as the partnership starts looking set, a wicket goes bang. This time it is Stokes catching the edge of Green’s bat and it is a regulation slips catch for Brook

Wickets are badly needed here and Ben Stokes is bringing himself back into the attack

The Australian run rate has crept up over 4 now, which will not be making Stokes very happy at all

Big appeal for LBW from Carse and Ben Stokes sends it upstairs for review. Ball tracking shows it is missing the stumps and Smith survives