Overton: We’ll keep on fighting to the very end

By Chris Stocks in Perth
CRAIG OVERTON is fit, firing and full of belief England can turn the Ashes series on its head with victory at the WACA next week.
The Somerset seamer made an encouraging Test debut in Adelaide, taking four wickets, scoring 48 runs with the bat and producing a fine catch in the field to dismiss Tim Paine as Australia were bowled out for 138 in their second innings.
But the 120-run defeat has put England 2-0 down and searching for their first Test victory in Perth since 1978 to get back in the series.
Overton, 23, knows history is against Joe Root’s men, but aft...

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