Malan and Root put up big third-wicket stand as England fight back in the FIRST ASHES TEST AT GABBA IN BRISBANE
Visitors end the third day of the first Test at 220 for 2 in their second innings, the deficit now down to 58 runs
Joe Root played with the class and authority that he has shown throughout 2021
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•England 2 for 220 (Root 86*, Malan 80*, Cummins 1-43) and 147 trail Australia 425 (Head 152, Warner 94, Labuschagne 74, Robinson 3-58, Wood 3-85) by 58 runs
England captain Joe Root proved why he is the top-ranked Test batter in the world, while Dawid Malan continued his love affair with the Australian bowling as England fought their way back from near oblivion to erase most of the 278-run first-innings deficit and keep themselves in the game.
