Stuart Broad struck twice late in the day as Australia ended Day 4 at 107/3, still requiring a further 174 runs to win at Edgbaston on Monday. Continue reading “England vs Australia First Ashes Test Day 4 Edgbaston Match Report 2023”
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England vs Australia First Ashes Test Day 3 Edgbaston Match Report 2023
England lost 2 quick wickets in the final session before rain interrupted play at the end of Day 3 of the of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday June 18. Continue reading “England vs Australia First Ashes Test Day 3 Edgbaston Match Report 2023”
England vs Australia First Ashes Test Day 2 Edgbaston Match Report 2023
Usman Khawaja scored a fantastic unbeaten 126 as Australia ended Day 2 at 311/5 against England at the end of Day 2 at Edgbaston on Saturday. Continue reading “England vs Australia First Ashes Test Day 2 Edgbaston Match Report 2023”
England vs Australia First Ashes Test Day 1 Edgbaston Match Report 2023
Joe Root scored a fantastic unbeaten 118 as England declared their first innings at 393/8 at the end of Day 1 of the opening test against Australia at Edgbaston on Friday. Continue reading “England vs Australia First Ashes Test Day 1 Edgbaston Match Report 2023”
India vs Australia WTC Final Day 5 Oval Match Report 2023
Nathan Lyon claimed figures of 4/24 as Australia thumped India by 209 runs to win the ICC World Test Championship Final 2023 at Oval on Sunday.
Resuming at 164/3, the overnight pair of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane added 15 more runs before Scott Boland struck twice- first by dismissing Kohli (49) slashing at a wide delivery outside off stumps to Steve Smith who took a fantastic catch at second slip, and then dismissing Ravindra Jadeja caught behind the stumps for a duck.
Rahane along with Srikar Bharat steadied the ship with a 33 run stand for the sixth wicket before the former perished to Mitchell Starc for 46.
Shardul Thakur (0) was trapped lbw by Nathan Lyon for a duck. Umesh Yadav (1) was then dismissed by a brutal bouncer from Starc.
Nathan Lyon wrapped up the innings when Mohammed Siraj (1) reverse-swept Lyon straight to Boland at backward point, as India were bowled out for 234, giving Australia a massive 209 run win.
Australia 469 (Head 163, Smith 121, Siraj 4-108) and 270 for 8 dec (Carey 66, Jadeja 3-58) beat India 296 (Rahane 89, Thakur 51, Cummins 3-83) and 234 (Kohli 49, Lyon 3-41, Boland 3-46) by 209 runs
India vs Australia WTC Final Day 4 Oval Match Report 2023
Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane kept India’s hopes alive with an unbeaten 71 run stand for the third wicket as they ended the day at 164/3, still requiring a further 280 runs on the final day of the WTC test at the Oval on Saturday. Continue reading “India vs Australia WTC Final Day 4 Oval Match Report 2023”