Ashes LIVE: Shocking Aussie collapse gifts England chance to win first Ashes Test on Australian soil since 2010 as Boxing Day match goes down to the wire - on day two

REVIEW: Duckett LBW Starc

Starc thinks he has his man, but the umpire is unmoved. No bat involved, will come down to ball tracking. The dreaded ‘umpire’s call’ decision, so Duckett survives and Australia retain the review

Over 4: England 0-26 (trail by 148)

Crawley tonks Neser for six, then a boundary. Duckett goes for an ugly ramp shot. England is not going to muck around here

Over 3: England 0-15 (trail by 159)

Over 2: England 0-9 (trailed by 165)

Positive cricket from the opening batsmen who Ricky Ponting says are the key for England in this innings

Over 1: England 0-5 (trail by 169)

A bright start for England with a boundary and a leg bye off the first Mitchell Starc over of the fourth innings. Prompts Starc into a shoewear change

INNINGS BREAK: Australia lead by 174 runs

Neither side has been able to bat past 151 so far in this match, yet there is a feeling that England has the firepower to run down this 174 – even with Gus Atkinson (hamstring) injured.

A lot has been said about this wicket, but plenty of Aussies just threw their wickets away in that innings. While batting has been challenging, the ball has not been pinging around at any dangerous level. A bit more patience and that lead could be well over 200 and almost out of reach.

Still, England are 3-0 down in this series and have not won a Test in Australia since the 2010-11 Ashes series.

Will they show a bit more patience? Or, as expected, will they try and Bazball blaze their way to securing a morale-boosting win as fast as possible?

Crawley and Duckett will be out in the middle soon and all will be revealed.

WICKET: Richardson 7 c Crawley b Stokes

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.

Over 32: Australia 9-131 (lead by 173)

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

Over 31: Australia 9-122 (lead by 164)

Over 30: Australia 9-120 (lead by 162)

One wicket remaining, Jhye Richardson out to face the music

WICKET: Starc 0 c Root b Carse

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.

WICKET: Neser 0 c & b Carse

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

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