aus vs ing second day of test 4 highlights from the ashes series australia vs england scorecard and match updates
Reflexes
- England’s score was 82/4 at the end of the fourth day of the Adelaide Test.
- Last ground of the day when Joe Root fell.
- England are 386 runs behind the victory.
Australia have tightened their grip on visiting team England in the second test match in Adelaide. At the end of the fourth day of play, the Kangaroos have dropped four wickets for 82 runs for the English team. On the last day, the hosts need 6 plots to win the second round. Earlier, Australia declared their second inning at 230/9 and set a grand 468-run goal against England. The play of the day ended with the window of Joe Root, who was fired by Mitchell Starc to show the way to the pavilion. Aside from Root, England lost home to Hameed, Burns and Malan in the second inning. Ben Stokes is undefeated in 3 runs in the fold.
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Let us tell you that Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head were Australia’s top scorers in the second inning with 51-51 runs. Cameron Greene scored 33 unbeaten as Australia made quick runs in the afternoon session of the day-night event. England will create history for winning the match, as the West Indies chased the bigger goal in the fourth inning with 418-for-seven against Australia in 2003.
The successful team to chase the target in the fourth inning in Adelaide has been Australia, who defeated England in 1901-02 by scoring 315 of six. Earlier on Sunday, England’s bowlers took three wickets early Sunday, but Australia had crossed their full 350-run lead through dinner. Australia started the day with 45 runs for a wicket.
The team lost early wickets to starters Marcus Harris, Steve Smith and night watchman Michael Nesser, followed by centuries of first inning Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head in the second inning to bring the team’s score to 134 out of four to bring the overall lead to 371 runs. . England captain Joe Root was injured during warm-up before the start of the day. Root suffered a ball in his stomach after which he was taken to the hospital for further examination. Root, however, was not seriously injured and took to the field later.
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England made early breakthroughs in the presence of alternate captain Ben Stokes. Australia lost the grounds of Nesser and Harris in three balls. Nesser (03) was thrown by James Anderson while Jos Buttler took a brilliant catch from Harris (23) off Stuart Broad. Butler dropped Smith’s (06) catch on Broad’s next ball. However, Australia’s backup captain Smith was unable to seize the lifeline and was caught by Butler in front of Ollie Robinson, bringing the team’s score to 55 for four.
After dinner, Head and Labuschagne were fired by bigwigs immediately after scoring half a century. Root (2 of 27) fired Alex Carey (06) and Mitchell Starc (19) with their off-spin. After the removal of Jay Richardson (08), Australia decided to also declare the second inning. Australia leads 1-0 in the five-game series.
(With PTI inputs)
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