Ashes 4th Test: Josh Tongue takes five as Australia dismissed for 152 at MCG

A fivewicket haul from pacer Josh Tongue and overall a brilliant display of pace bowling from a ruthless wounded England team ended Australias first innings at just 152 runs in 452 overs to start off the fourth Ashes Test a Boxing Day affair at Melbourne Cricket Ground MCG on FridayHaving already lost the Ashes series England still have something to play for as they have yet to end their 18match winless streak in Australia since their series win in the 201011 seasonWith Tongue replacing an injured Jofra Archer the English bowling produced the accuracy relentlessness and venom consistently something that their diehard supporters had only witnessed in patches throughout the seriesAt the start of session one Australia was 724 with Usman Khawaja 21 and Alex Carey 9 unbeatenKhawaja started off the session with a silky drive against Gus Atkinson but soon became his second victim after nicking the ball to Jamie Smith behind the stumpsEngland took a successful review sending back the Aussie veteran for a 52ball 29 Australia was five wickets down for 89 runs in 285 oversIn a battle of Englands Miracle Machine skipper Ben Stokes and Australias crisis man Carey it was the English skipper who reigned supreme with an assist from Zak Crawley at leg slipCarey was gone for 35ball 20 Australia was 916 in 312 overs and looked in grave perilThe allrounder pair of Cameron Green and Michael Neser took Australia to the 100run mark in 355 oversGreen looked in imperious touch getting two successive boundaries against Josh Tongue with one being a crunching pull shot heard everywhereNeser also got a couple of boundaries against foursAfter gaining his touch Neser belted Tongue for a hattrick of boundariesThe duo brought up their 50run partnership in 64 ballsHowever a lightningquick run out from Brydon Carse ended the counterattack removing Green for a 34ball 17Australia was seven down for 143 with a 52run stand goneSkipper Stokes also took a tough catch near midoff to give Brydon Carse his first wicket of the day sending back Starc for just oneTongue knocked out Nesers middlestump to get his fourth sending back the allrounder for a 49ball 35 with seven foursEngland was making merry with Australia at 1529 in 451 oversTongue got Scott Boland caught by Harry Brook getting a fivewicket haul on the Boxing Day Test ending with figures of 545 in 112 oversAustralia was all out for 152 runs Atkinson got 228 in 14 overs while Stokes and Carse got one eachAt the end of session one Australia was 724 with Khawaja 21 and Carey 9 unbeatenEngland won the toss and opted to bowl first with Aussie openers Travis Head and Jake Weatherald coming out to batThe batting duo started off cautiously against Gus Atkinson and Brydon CarseIn the sixth over Australia released some pressure with Head getting two successive boundaries against Carse one being an elegant cover drive and Weatherland ended the over with another cover drive for four getting 15 runs off the overAtkinson earned England their first breakthrough with Head chopping on a delivery angling across him into his stumpsHead was gone for 22ball 12 with Australia on 271 in 51 oversFrom the ninth over Josh Tongue started his spell of horror for the Aussies with Weatherald strangled down the leg side and caught by keeper Jamie Smith for a 23ball 10 Australia slipped to 312 in nine oversIt was the Boxing Day Test and England who had failed to secure the Ashes were not holding back with their punches as Tongue got Marnus Labuschagne 6 and Steve Smith 5 in quick succession leaving Aussies in disarray at 514 in 192 overs with the cream of Aussie batting sitting in the pavillion barely an hour into the Test matchThe lefthanded batting pair of Carey and Khawaja managed to see Australia through the remainder of the sessionBrief Scores Australia 152 Michael Neser 35 Usman Khawaja 29 Josh Tongue 545 vs EnglandThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever