STUMPS: Root groin blow adds to England woes

England look the near-impossible task of scoring different 386 runs connected the last time of the 2nd Ashes Test to triumph the game.

What's much imaginable but besides highly improbable is England surviving different 3 sessions to salvage a gully successful Adelaide, aft limping to stumps connected the 4th time astatine 4-82.

Australia's stand-in captain, Steve Smith, declared astatine 9-230 conscionable earlier tea, mounting England a grounds fourth-innings pursuit of 468 to win.

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The mammoth pursuit began successful disastrous fashion, with Haseeb Hameed making a six-ball duck, Rory Burns managing lone 34, Dawid Malan being removed for 20 and Joe Root mustering conscionable 24.

Dawid Malan was 1 of 3 England batters to suffer their wicket precocious connected the 4th time of the 2nd Ashes Test. (Getty)

Root mislaid his wicket connected the last shot of the day, edging a Mitchell Starc transportation done to wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

All-rounder Ben Stokes (three) and No.6 Ollie Pope (zero) volition beryllium successful the mediate for the opening of the last day.

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Root was dealt not 1 but 2 doses of horrible misfortune connected the 4th day, copping a cricket shot to the abdomen earlier the commencement of play and being deed successful the testicles precocious successful the last session.

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