Ashes: England blow it again as debutants take a hammering

England let the Aussies off the hook at Sydney as Carberry ends the day with a duck

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Fifth Test, day one: Australia 326, England 8-1. A new year but the same sorry story for England's cricketers as they yet again squandered a position of strength to hand Australia the initiative on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test, seriously undermining their efforts to avoid a series whitewash Down Under.

The tourists won the toss and elected to field at the Sydney Cricket Ground but, despite having Australia in trouble at 97-5 at one stage, England's familiar failings came back to haunt them in the hour before tea.

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