The second test match of the 2023 Ashes series between England and Australia is being played at Lord’s Cricket Ground. In the matchday of the second day of this Test, the first innings of the Australian team were reduced to a score of 416. At the end of the game on the first day, the Kangaroo team’s score at that time was 339 runs with the loss of 5 land. Australia’s first innings were down in the first session of the second day. For England, Oli Robinson and Jose Tongue took 3-3 wickets.
With the start of the second day of play, the Australian team got the sixth strike from the hand of Alex Carey with a score of 351. Wicket-keeper Carey batsman was dismissed LBW by Stuart Broad after playing a personal innings of 22 careers. Following this the team soon took their 7th strike at the hands of Mitchell Starc who scored just 6 runs and fell victim to James Anderson scoring 358.
Steve Smith brought the score closer to 400 with a 35-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Kangaroo captain Pat Cummins from here. Meanwhile, Smith also completed the 32nd Test century of his Test career. The Kangaroo team got the 8th hit with the score of 393 from the hand of Smith, who was fired for 110 before the ball from Jose Tongue.
With Smith returning to the pavilion, it didn’t take long for the Australian team’s first innings to finish. With a score of 416, the Kangaroo team also lost their last wicket. Captain Pat Cummins definitely played a 22-run unbeaten inning. Oli Robinson and Jose Tongue took 3-3 wickets in the first innings for England. While Joe Root took 2 wickets while James Anderson and Stuart Broad took 1-1 wickets.
