the ashes australia loss 8 wickets vs england on first day manchester test

Manchester: At one time in the fourth Test of The Ashes series against England, the position of Australia (ENG vs AUS) was very strong. Shortly before the tea break on the first day of the match, the team’s score was 183 for 3 wickets. Then Moin Ali took the wicket of Marnus Labushen playing fifty. He played an inning of 51 runs in 115 balls. Australia’s score was 187 runs for four wickets till T-break. Mitchell Marsh, the centurion of the previous match, was at the crease along with Travis Head. But after this England made a strong comeback.

England turned the game in the last session

England bowled brilliantly in the last session. Travis Head returned to the pavilion just after the tea break. He was caught by Joe Root off Stuart Broad. It was also Broad’s 600th wicket in Tests. Head scored 48 off 65 balls. There was a half-century partnership between Mitchell Marsh and Cameron Green (16) for the sixth wicket. Marsh completed his Fifty. But Chris Woakes dismissed both Marsh and Green in the same over. Australia went from 254 for 5 to 255 for 7.

After this Mitchell Starc and Alex Carey took over the innings. There was a 39-run partnership between the two for the 8th wicket. Carey (20) was also dismissed by Chris Woakes. At stumps, Mitchell Starc was playing for 23 and Pat Cummins was scoring one run. Australia’s score is 299 runs for 8 wickets.

Khawaja got out cheaply

England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and was invited to bat first, losing two wickets each in the first two sessions. Fast bowler Chris Broad gave England early success by dismissing Usman Khawaja (03) lbw in the fifth over of the innings itself. David Warner (32) again failed to play a big innings. He started well but returned to the pavilion by giving a catch behind the wicket off Chris Woakes. With this, Australia’s score became 61 runs for two wickets.

Smith out after being set

Steve Smith was looking in good rhythm and was doing a great job of grooming the innings with Labushen. He adopted the strategy of dominating the bowlers but Mark Wood soon put an end to his attitude. Smith played 52 balls in his innings and hit 5 fours and a six before being lbw.

After this, Labushen got a good partner in the form of head. Labushen, however, returned to the pavilion soon after completing his 16th half-century in Test cricket. He faced 115 balls and hit six fours. Meanwhile, he made partnerships of 59 with Steve Smith and 63 with Travis Head. Australia is currently leading 2-1 in the five-match series.
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