ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Second Ashes Test, Lord’s, Day Three on Friday.
SCORE: Australia (416 and 279) beat England (325 and 327) by 43 runs.
SUMMARY: England resumed at 4-114 chasing an unbelievable 371 for victory, however as the primary hour ticked by that concentrate on turned increasingly more real looking. Ben Duckett helped cut back the required runs to 194 earlier than he was caught behind on 88. Then the sport exploded, with Jonny Bairstow stumped by Alex Carey after leaving his crease on the ultimate ball of a Cameron Green over. England protested and Ben Stokes used his fury to blast England inside 70 runs of victory. Threatening to repeat his Headingley heroics of 2019, Stokes reached 155 earlier than he skied a Josh Hazlewood ball to Carey. England collapsed quickly after, and Australia took a 2-0 lead within the sequence.
PLAYER OF THE MOMENT: Alex Carey. His match shall be remembered for the stumping of Jonny Bairstow however he has been good all through the entire Test. He helped take away Ben Duckett early within the day with a leaping one-handed catch above his head, and was additionally the secure, calm palms beneath Stokes’ skier. Carey let by way of 9 byes for the match to Bairstow’s 27, and has taken his tally of the dismissals for the sequence to fifteen after two Tests.
KEY MOMENT: The stumping attracted all of the headlines but it surely was Josh Hazlewood’s dismissal of Ben Stokes that killed off England’s hopes. Australia had discovered a method to restrict the left-hander’s scoring by bowling broad of off stump to him, and finally the strain instructed when he skied Hazlewood on 155. England wanted 70 to win at that time, and so they misplaced their final 4 wickets for 26 runs to lose the match.
STAT OF THE DAY: Only as soon as in historical past has a facet come from 2-0 right down to win the Ashes, and that was when Sir Donald Bradman hit two double-centuries and one other massive ton to revive Australia in 1936-37. England should now discover their very own Bradman to drag off the identical feat.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Alex Carey, full credit to him. He saw the opportunity a few balls beforehand and rolled at the stumps, Jonny left his crease and we’ll leave the rest to the umpires.” – Australia captain Pat Cummins defends the Jonny Bairstow stumping.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
