Jacob Bethell and Jordan Cox both struck half-centuries for England Lions to set up a run chase for England on the third and final day of the Ashes tour game in Perth. Bethell's 70 from 80 balls was a much-needed return to form after a poor white-ball tour of New Zealand, but has probably come too late to put him in contention to play in Friday's first Test. Cox would be a candidate for the Ashes squad if England need batting or wicketkeeping cover on the tour and his 57 was his second half-century of the match.
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![](/<figure><img alt="Jacob Bethell" height="1468" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/bbc_us_articles_995/8e78847aa2ae9914d7886733d7822025" width="2609" data-uuid="58411e68-f17f-33a6-9daf-5cd358fd7d7d"><figcaption>[Getty Images]</figcaption></figure><p>Jacob Bethell and Jordan Cox both struck half-centuries for England Lions to set up a run chase for England on the third and final day of the Ashes tour game in Perth.</p><p>Bethell's 70 from 80 balls was a much-needed return to form after a poor white-ball tour of New Zealand, but has probably come too late to put him in contention to play in Friday's first Test.</p><p>Cox would be a candidate for the Ashes squad if England need batting or wicketkeeping cover on the tour and his 57 was his second half-century of the match.</p><p>The Lions declared their second innings on 251-6, leaving England a target of 202 in just over a session.</p><p>Ben Duckett was out for a duck, unlucky to get a brutal lifter from Nathan Gilchrist, and Zak Crawley edged Matthew Potts to slip for only three.</p><p>Ollie Pope picked up from his first-innings century with 22 not out at tea, while Joe Root has the opportunity for time in the middle on eight.</p><p>England reached 33-2 at the interval.</p><p>Score updates can be found <a href="https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_scorecard#mdfb90000-7a08-761c-f5f7-08dded5af61d">here (external site).</a></p><img class="tracking-img" height="1" src="https://a1.api.bbc.co.uk/hit.xiti/?s=598314&p=sport.cricket.articles.cjw951399v9o.page&x1=%5Burn%3Abbc%3Aoptimo%3Aasset%3Acjw951399v9o%5D&x4=%5Ben-gb%5D&x5=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Farticles%2Fcjw951399v9o%5D&x7=%5Barticle%5D&x8=%5Bsynd_nojs_ISAPI%5D&x9=%5BBethell+and+Cox+set+up+England+run+chase%5D&x11=%5B2025-11-15T07%3A22%3A07.131Z%5D&x12=%5B2025-11-15T07%3A22%3A07.131Z%5D&x19=%5Byahoo.north.america%5D" width="1" data-uuid="3b02564c-4a67-3258-935f-d054a05e2dd3">)
![](/<p>Miami University football head coach Chuck Martin <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8QOfB8UjGc">announced Nov. 14</a> the RedHawks will play the rest of their season without starting quarterback Dequan Finn, who left the program to prepare for professional football.</p><p>Finn transferred to MU after five seasons at Toledo and one season at Baylor. He passed for 1,451 yards with nine touchdowns and six interceptions, adding 395 rushing yards and four TDs in the eight games he played for the RedHawks.</p><p>Finn did not play in the RedHawks' loss Nov. 12 to the Rockets, his former team.</p><p>"Dequan's moving on. We had 11 good months with him," Martin said. "Dequan did some awesome things. He's an awesome young man. We spent a lot of time together. At this point, he's gonna move on. He's got a shot to play at the next level. He's going to train and get ready to go do that. We appreciate what he did for us and wish him the best. So we will not see him the rest of the year."</p><p>Martin confirmed that senior Henry Hesson, who had 147 passing yards with three interceptions against Toledo in Finn's absence, will start at QB the rest of the season.</p><p>The RedHawks are 5-5 overall, 4-2 in the Mid-American Conference.</p><p><img alt="Dequan Finn with the Miami RedHawks" height="3199" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/cincinnati-com-the-enquirer/ee13ee4b743de8029c47bdf4caad7277" width="4799" data-uuid="4e9b5878-5b0d-3e2f-a5a6-ebb7c1b385c2"></p><p><em>This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/othercolleges/2025/11/15/dequan-finn-miami-university-starting-quarterback-leaves-redhawks-midseason-nfl-draft-preparation/87287742007/">Dequan Finn, Miami University starting QB, leaves RedHawks midseason</a></em></p>)