England ring in four changes for Boxing Day Test

The Root-led England side will look to make a comeback after losing the first two Tests © Getty
England have made four changes to the playing XI for the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, with Jonny Bairstow, Jack Leach, Zak Crawley and Mark Wood replacing Ollie Pope, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns and Chris Woakes.

Pope and Burns were able to muster only 48 and 51 runs respectively in the first two Tests. On the other hand, Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad have taken three and two wickets in the series respectively. Moreover, Woakes also averages 54.28 away from home and 55.61 in Australia while Broad averages 37.88 in Australia.

Australia won the second Test in Adelaide by a comfortable margin of 275 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

England XI for third Ashes Test: Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, James Anderson.