ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Fourth Ashes Test, Old Trafford, Day One on Wednesday.
SCORE: Australia (8-299) after being despatched in to bat by England.
SUMMARY: Australia’s batters had loads of begins however none may go on to make an enormous rating. After being despatched in to bat, Usman Khawaja was lbw early earlier than every of Australia’s prime and center order threatened to take the sport away from England however all failed. David Warner made 32, Steve Smith 41, Marnus Labuschagne 51, Travis Head 48 and Mitch Marsh 51. For England, Chris Woakes took 4-52 and Stuart Broad 2-68, the latter mentioning his 600th Test wicket when he had Head out hooking. The guests at one stage slumped to 7-255, and whereas Alex Carey was out late, he and Mitchell Starc not less than bought Australia in direction of 300.
PLAYER OF THE MOMENT: Stuart Broad. It was past becoming he took his 600th Test wicket in opposition to Australia, given his successes over them. Broad is the fifth bowler to achieve the milestone, and solely the second seamer behind England teammate James Anderson.
KEY MOMENT: Marnus Labuschagne being trapped lbw to a regulation off-break from Moeen Ali. Australia have been 3-183 at that time, with Labuschagne and Travis Head nicely and really settled on the crease. Instead of taking the sport away from England although, Labuschagne was out to what he labelled a “lazy” shot and Australia’s momentum was stalled.
STAT OF THE DAY: Stuart Broad’s 149 wickets in opposition to Australia is essentially the most of any bowler in historical past in opposition to the nation.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It’s got a nice ring to it, getting the 600th Test wicket from the James Anderson End.” – Stuart Broad summing up his milestone wicket bowling from the top named after England’s different 600-wicket man.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
