Oz for all-pace attack in Boxing Day Test at MCG

MELBOURNE: Australia will take an all-pace attack into the fourth Ashes Test, skipper Steve Smith said on Thursday, while Josh Inglis was dropped with selectors preferring Usman Khawaja.

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England's Jofra Archer during a training session at the MCG ahead of the fourth Ashes Test.

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The hosts head into the Boxing Day Test with an unassailable 3-0 lead over England, but are without pace spearhead Pat Cummins and veteran spinner Nathan Lyon.

Cummins is being managed after his return in the third Adelaide Test after a lengthy lay off with a lower back injury and will play no further part in the Ashes. Lyon had surgery this week for a torn hamstring and faces a long recovery.