Pat Cummins took the final wicket — Chris Woakes flicking yet another bouncer on the way through to Tim Paine, the wicketkeeper — as England’s unhappy tour reached a third successive Test defeat. England have lost every one of their past seven Test matches away from home. Joe Root, the England captain, must somehow now rouse his team for the remaining two Tests of the tour, at Melbourne and Sydney. As humiliating as the series has been so far, a 5-0 whitewash would take matters to altogether more serious depths. Woakes was the last man out Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesToday’s defeat is especially disappointing given that England…

Source: The Times December 18, 2017 07:41 UTC