The Ashes live scores: Follow the action from Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and England

Cam Green can’t get it done!

The West Aussie falls victim to Stokes, with an unconvincing push succeeding only in providing a straight-forward catch for Brook at second slip. Played away from his body, departs for 19.

Michael Neser comes to the wicket at 7-119, a lead of 161. After Neser top-scored in Australia’s first dig, can he stand tall with the bat again and provide support for Smith?

The acting captain is riding his luck!

An edge off Carse’s bowling falls agonisingly short of Brook at second slip, and he lives to fight another day.

He nudges a single to move to 18, and it’s 6-116 (lead 158).

England go upstairs for a review after an LBW shout is turned down. The ball is shown to be sneaking down leg.

So far, so good for Australia in two overs after lunch. 6-114, with the lead 156.

It’s streaky, but the Aussies will take them any way they can get them at the moment!

Green gets a thick edge through the cordon for four, and then glances one more convincingly down to the fine-leg boundary the very next ball.

He’s suddenly 16 off 11, and it’s 6-110 - a lead of 152.

We’re back for the second session - and all eyes are on Steve Smith and Cam Green and whether they can steer the ship out of troubled waters here!

The lead is 140.

Here’s the lunch wrap from our man on the ground, Jackson Barrett, as we witness another Test in fast-forward!

Join us in half an hour as we resume to see what the Aussies can do in the middle session.

Australia reach lunch at 6-98, with Green edging one through the cordon and down to the boundary.

It was a nightmare close to the session after it had started in fairly promising fashion. They lost 3-6 in the space of two overs as Head, Khawaja and Carey all departed, with so much now resting on the shoulders of Smith, who’s there on 16.

Tongue and Carse have two wickets apiece and have helped ease concerns around the absence of Atkinson, who still hasn’t been sighted following his hamstring issue earlier in the morning.

We’re hurtling towards another two-day Test match in the wake of Perth, it seems - unless Smith and Green can do some serious banding together after the break.

And now Carey’s gone!

Carse has him nicking to Brook in the cordon, and the wheels have well and truly fallen off before lunch here.

6-88 with Cam Green facing a defining career innings here...

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Trouble now for Australia!

It’s two wickets in as many overs as Khawaja can’t help himself while facing just his second ball.

Short one from Tongue, Khawaja plays a half-hearted pull, and it’s straight to the man at fine leg - who’s Ollie Pope, the sub fielder.

Tongue has 2-21 to go with his first-innings five-for, and it’s now 5-83. Alex Carey and Smith have 15 minutes to navigate before the lunch break.

That’s a HUGE moment in this match!

Head departs for 46, with Carse striking. He gets one to pitch on leg and clip the top of off, with the batter left to laugh as he walks off. Couldn’t quite believe it. Brilliant delivery, with some serious assistance from the pitch and a scrambled seam.

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It’s now 4-82 as Usman Khawaja comes out to join Smith, who’s on 11.