2023-06-20 23:23:50
Edgbaston ∙ Every Over Like Super Overs in a Twenty20 Match! At the end of the exciting fifth day, Australia won the first Test of the Ashes series by 2 wickets. Batting with a target of 281 runs in the second innings, the Aussies won by 8 wickets in 92.3 overs. Captain Pat Cummins (44* off 73 balls) and Nathan Lyon (16* off 28 balls) put on a 55-run partnership for the 9th wicket to take the Aussies to the target. Score: England – 393 declared for 8, 273 out. Australia- 386 out, 282 for 8. Usman Khawaja, who scored a century in the first innings of Aussies and a half-century in the second innings, is the player of the match. The second Test will be played at Lord’s from the 28th.
The final day was reduced to 67 overs as more than three hours were lost in the morning session due to rain. Khawaja (65) was the keeper of the Aussies as the English bowlers bowled enthusiastically to take advantage of the change in the pitch due to the humidity. Scott Boland (2 off 40 balls), who came to the crease as night watchman yesterday, returned following surviving seven more overs. Wicket keeper Bairstow caught by Stuart Broad. After coming to the crease, Travis Head changed his usual attacking style and played cautiously. Head scored the first run on the 13th ball he faced. Finally, in the 45th over of the innings bowled by Moeen Ali, he hit 2 fours and broke the head (16) but was out on the third ball! Caught by Joe Root at first slip.
Australia 143 for 5. England captain Ben Stokes tried a mix of pace and spin when Cameron Green came following him. It worked. Green misses as he tries to cut Ollie Robinson’s ball. Ball on the stumps. Australia 192 for 6. But when Khawaja was standing at one end, realizing that there was no threat, Captain Stokes took the ball in his hands. Stokes took the target in his second over. Khawaja pulls Stokes’ leg cutter to the stumps.
The England bowlers bowled with the excitement of winning, but captain Cummins kept the Aussies at bay. Alex Carey (20), who escaped a return catch, was followed by Joe Root in the same manner, but Cummins did not falter. Cummins started the counter attack with 2 sixes in the 83rd over bowled by Joe Root. Australia was also lucky that Stocks mightn’t get hold of a difficult catch given by Lion. Finally, with 27 balls left in the match, Cummins’s four through Thedman in Ollie Robinson’s over. Unforgettable win for Australia.
∙ Cummins’ 44 runs is the highest score by a batsman at positions 9, 10 and 11 in successful run chases in Test cricket. Cummins and Lyon’s 55 runs combined is the 4th highest 9th wicket partnership in successful run chases. Indian players VVS Laxman and Ishant Sharma scored 81 runs together once morest Australia in Mohali in 2010.
English Summary: Australia beat England by two wickets in thrilling Ashes first test match
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