Root and Brook star for England before storm halts Ashes charge against Australia

Fifth Test, day one: England 211-3 before bad light stops playUndefeated duo put together tourists’ best partnership of seriesAs the rain fell on the Sydney Cricket Ground, cutting the opening day of this fifth Ashes Test into exactly half the number of allotted overs, you could practically hear the champagne corks being popped in the Cricket Australia offices. Perhaps the groundsman’s hut also.The huge losses incurred by the two-dayers in Perth and Melbourne put CA and the SCG on re