Travis Head eases Australia to win in first Ashes Test after England collapse

A two-month tour that began with high hopes of regaining the urn just 48 hours earlier lurched towards a brutal eight-wicket loss that was their fastest since their last two-day capitulation in 1921.
Travis Head eases Australia to win in first Ashes Test after England collapse

Travis Head eased Australia to victory (Robbie Stephenson/PA)

England suffered another Ashes nightmare Down Under after falling to a humiliating two-day defeat in the first Test against Australia.

A two-month tour that began with high hopes of regaining the urn just 48 hours earlier lurched towards a brutal eight-wicket loss that was their fastest since their last two-day capitulation in 1921.

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