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\nOpeners David Warner and Cameron Bancroft breezed to an unbroken century stand and left Australia needing just 56 runs to go one up in the Ashes series after England imploded today. The tourists were skittled out for 195 off 71.4 overs, losing their last six wickets for 82, as the Test tilted Australia\u2019s way on the fourth day at the Gabba.<\/p>\n
The Australians, unbeaten at their Gabba fortress since 1988, were chasing 170 runs to win and made easy work of the 34 overs to the close. At stumps, they were 114 without loss with Warner unbeaten on 60 and Bancroft not out 51. Warner powered to his 25th Test fifty off 74 balls with seven fours, while Bancroft reached his first Test 50 off 111 balls. It was 50-50 between the traditional rivals over the first three days, raising England\u2019s hopes of a first win at the ground in 31 years.<\/p>\n
But Steve Smith\u2019s match-turning unbeaten 141 over eight and a half hours and Josh Hazlewood\u2019s two late wickets on Saturday swung the momentum firmly Australia\u2019s way. Much depended on Joe Root producing a captain\u2019s knock after senior batsman Alastair Cook failed again, but once Root was out on Sunday, England dissolved. Hazlewood trapped Root leg before wicket with a delivery that nicked back off the seam to the back-slapping jubilation of the Australians.<\/p>\n
Hazlewood, who removed Cook and James Vince late on Saturday\u2019s third day, finished with 3\/ 46 off 16 overs. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon started the ball rolling for the Australians on Day 4 when he dismissed in-form opener Mark Stoneman (27) and Dawid Malan (4), both caught by Steve Smith at slip. Lyon also removed Moeen Ali with a contentious stumping by wicketkeeper Tim Paine for 40. The TV umpire needed repeated replays before deciding that the Englishman\u2019s back foot was not behind the crease. \u2014AFP<\/p>\n
The England and Wales Cricket Board has spoken to Jonny Bairstow over allegations that the England wicketkeeper head-butted Australia opener Cameron Bancroft in a late-night altercation. Fox Sports said Bairstow was being investigated by ECB over an incident that took place in Perth at the start of their Ashes tour. The incident allegedly took place at a hotel while the England team was in town for its tour-opening match against a Western Australian XI, the report said. While nobody was said to be hurt in the incident, it sparked heated confrontations on the field between Australian players and Bairstow when he was batting in the second innings of the first Test in Brisbane on Sunday. An ECB statement confirmed management have asked Bairstow about the alleged incident. It said there was no report of any incident from the venue, security or police and no injury reported. The reports of the incident have come even as England await the results of a police inquiry into a fight involving star all-rounder Ben Stokes outside a Bristol nightclub in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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