
Overs 20: Australia 4-54
Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey have a huge job to do here. Tongue has 3-11 and England in complete control here.
Daily Mail Chief Cricket Correspondent Lawrence Booth in Melbourne
Steve Smith pointed out before this game that Jofra Archer has still not got his wicket, but Josh Tongue keeps making good the deficit. That’s the third time in three Test innings (after Lord’s 2023) that he’s got his man. Throw in Worcestershire v Sussex two years ago, plus a dismissal in The Hundred last summer (what do you mean you’ve forgotten Manchester Originals v Welsh Fire?), and he has Smith’s wicket five times. As bunnies go…

