ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Fourth Ashes Test, Old Trafford.
SCORE: Australia (317 and 5-214) drew with England (592).
SUMMARY: Such is the character of cricket that the one lopsided match of this collection thus far is the one one to finish in a draw. And the workforce that was outplayed at Old Trafford is the one which retains the Ashes because of the draw. England had been the dominant workforce on this fourth Test, bowling Australia out for 317 and hitting 592 in reply. They then had Australia in hassle at 4-113 at stumps on day three, however from there solely 30 extra overs had been performed within the match with Saturday shortened and Sunday washed out. England could remorse opting to not declare earlier of their first innings and push for a win on day three. They may also remorse not making inroads within the two hours of bowling on day 4, as Mitch Marsh and Marnus Labuschagne held the fort for Australia. Regardless of all that, Australia have retained the Ashes as present holders of the urn, with a 2-1 collection lead and one Test to play.
PLAYER OF THE MOMENT: Mitch Marsh. He solely scored an unbeaten 31 for Australia on a rain-affected day 4, however his effort to bat by 30 overs with Marnus Labuschagne in the end ensured the match was a draw. Had Marsh been dismissed early, Australia might have misplaced the final six wickets shortly and the rain-soaked day 5 would have been utterly irrelevant.
KEY MOMENT: For a short second on Sunday it appeared as if play would go forward when the umpires scheduled a 1pm restart. But inside minutes of that announcement, the rain returned and by no means left OId Trafford. And with that, Australia had retained the Ashes.
STAT OF THE DAY: Australia’s four-series maintain of the Ashes is the second longest of any workforce for the reason that begin of the Nineteen Seventies. Only Australia’s personal stranglehold over the urn between 1989 and 2002-03 has been longer prior to now 50 years.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In some regards, whatever happened today wouldn’t really change how we look at next week. We want to win it to make sure we win it outright.” – Pat Cummins, who has eyes solely on successful the Ashes collection reasonably than celebrating retaining the urn after the draw at Old Trafford.
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