England’s weather is miserable and the team is weak, according to their captain. Alex Malcolm joins the show to let us know what players from Australia are good and whether England do still have the better team?

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Smith and Jofra go at each other, Nesar takes his maiden 5-fa and Starc puts Australia on his back, again.

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Australia 2s are about to win a game by an innings (maybe) and Mitch Starc is at risk of having to decline a knighthood after this officially becomes the Mitchell Starc Ashes.

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