England cricket players confirmed 'safe' in Melbourne

By Katie Shanahan

Image: England face Australia in the fourth Test at the MCG on Boxing Day.

England Cricket have confirmed that the Ashes squad and management are safe after a car deliberately drove into a crowd in Melbourne.

Fourteen people were injured in the incident, which happened just after 16:30 local time (05:30 GMT) on Flinders Street.

Police arrived within minutes and arrested two men at the scene. It is not known whether the incident is terror-related.

The fourth Ashes Test resumes on Boxing Day at the 100,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground, with England announcing that the players are safe.

England Cricket tweeted saying: "Following the Flinders Street incident in Melbourne, all England players and management have been accounted for and are safe."

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The tourists head into the fourth Test 3-0 down to Australia, who have already regained the Ashes after bowling them out for 218 to win by an innings and 41 runs.

England are looking to avoid a third 5-0 whitewash in their last four visits down under.

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But they might have to play without Craig Overton, who is a doubt and might miss the Boxing Day Ashes Test due to a hairline fracture in his rib.

The Somerset bowler battled through pain in Perth after sustaining the injury in Adelaide, but is undergoing assessment ahead of the fourth Test.

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