welcome along to our christmas eve sportsday. also coming up a few alternative sports from the last year, if you like dogs and lawnmowers, you ll love it. let s start with more pressing matter of the decimated football schedule. another boxing day game is off in the premier league. everton have reported a number of positive covid cases and on top of the injury list they are unable to field a team at burnley. that s the third match postponed in the top division on sunday. it comes after yesterday s virtual meeting in which the 20 premier league managers and captains had a chance to voice their concerns over player welfare with league bosses, but today, a number of those managers have criticised the get together for achieving nothing. craig templeton reports.
of his players after two heavy defeats so far in the series. they need to win all three remaining matches if they re to regain the urn that s never been done before. nesta macgregor reports. we all know tis the season forgiving, but so far, england have overly generous. from giving up easy wickets to missed catches and ultimately missed opportunities. the scary news for england, the last time they were 2 0 down was. actually, it s never been done. a chance forjoe root s side to create history. been done. a chance forjoe root s side to create history. side to create history. that s the art of trying side to create history. that s the art of trying to side to create history. that s the art of trying to take side to create history. that s the art of trying to take ten - side to create history. that s the art of trying to take ten wickets, j art of trying to take ten wickets, trying to build pressure and understand how you ll be able to create pressure through keeping the scorebo
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of the second test against australia four wickets down and needing another 386 runs to win. patrick gearey reports. forjoe root and england, it is the ashes tour which keeps getting more sore. our nurse do they get up from this? joe root had also been hit there in the warm up so was missing whenjos there in the warm up so was missing when jos buttler there in the warm up so was missing whenjos buttler helped england try to keep hold of australia. the captain returned to a phoney war. the aussies scoring runs they probably wouldn t need, and waiting for the right time to put england in. 467 for the right time to put england in. a67 runs ahead, they declared. game on. forget winning, england had to survive more than four sessions to survive more than four sessions to draw. haseeb hameed only made it through six balls. still, keep smiling because dawid malan is in form, until he was also in line, lbw, english batsmen tend to come and go in flocks. rory burns fought for 3a and then took fl
lead of 278. travis made 152, and all that was just the start. now england batted. rory burns, a touch from the glove, and that was him gone for 13. a glance off the bat, and he was outjust when he was settling in. but 20/21 has been a record breaking year of run scoring forjoe root. the captain s 50 year was greeted by plenty of england found. dawid malan was passed 52. now, this was getting interesting. as the shadows lengthened the lead reduced. even came, root and malan remain. joe wilson, bbc news. it s the climax to the formula one season this weekend.