the holidays as best they can in zero gravity. amongst their number, father christmas riding what appears to be a turtle. he certainly gets about! tim allman, bbc news. and finally some sport. cricket and england's hopes of fighting back in the third ashes test already look to be in trouble. after losing the toss, they were put in to bat, and they lost three wickets on the morning of the first day of the boxing day test in melbourne — the last of them coming just before the lunch break. england are currently on 87 runs for four. australia hold a 2—0 lead in the series. the last batsmen out wasjoe root, the captain, withjonny bairstow currently at the crease with ben stokes. it is about it for us. from me and the rest of the