Mitchell Starc made a late-career bid for all-rounder status when he scored a half-century and grabbed two wickets under the Gabba floodlights to push Australia to the brink of victory at the close of day three of the second Ashes test on Saturday.

England trail Australia 1-0 in Ashes series after defeat inside two days of opening game in Perth; this weeks second Test in Brisbane is a day-nighter played with a pink ball; England have made one change to XI,

Bazball is on the brink after Mitchell Starc’s all-round brilliance and a Michael Neser cameo left an ill-disciplined and underprepared England at breaking point.

Australia captain Pat Cummins will be ready to return from injury for the third Ashes test against England in Adelaide, the fast bowler said on Saturday.

In this week’s air travel news, United Airlines adds a new Australia route from San Francisco and American Airlines begins one from Los Angeles; Cathay Pacific Airways rolls out a new business class on SFO-Hong Kong flights;

Meta began removing Australian teens younger than 16 from its platforms on Thursday to comply with the country's new law, which begins on Dec. 10.

That’s the idea President Trump hinted at earlier this week, saying the Australian model is a “good plan” that has “worked out very well.”

As Joe Root descended the tunnel at the Gabba with Australian jeers ringing in his ears, England’s Ashes hopes went with him. The centurion in the first innings, the only batsman capable of weathering a storm, had edged a lazy drive for 15 and the England death rattle could be heard above the din.