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England captain Alastair Cook
By Mike Berriman
Two days into the Ashes and there is still little to choose between England and Australia.
The tourists will begin day three on 254-5, still 176 runs shy of England’s first innings total of 430.
Cricket players
The Ashes begins at Lords on Wednesday with English hopes resting largely on a quartet of Yorkshire talent.
Joe Root, Gary Ballance, Adam Lyth and Adil Rashid are all included in England’s 13-man squad picked to play Australia.