AUS vs ENG: England’s big score of 334 runs, Root’s class and 10th wicket partnership created history
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England scored 334 runs in the first innings of the Gabba Test on the basis of Root’s unbeaten century and record partnership of 10th wicket with Archer. Starc took six wickets but the last partnership turned the match in favor of England.
Delhi: In the second Test of Ashes 2025-26, England scored 334 runs in the first innings at Gabba and many big records were also made during this innings. The beginning was very bad for England. Both Duckett and Ollie Pope were out early without any runs, but after this Zak Crawley and Joe Root took over the innings.
Root’s brilliant innings
Crawley scored 76 runs and pulled the team out of trouble. After this, Joe Root showed his class and scored unbeaten 138 runs. This innings was special for many reasons. This score of Root became the highest individual score so far in a day-night test against Australia. Earlier this record was in the name of Asad Shafiq’s 137 runs at Gabba in 2016. Along with this, this century of Root is also the first century of any English batsman in Australia after 13 years.
England made record score
England’s score of 334 also joined the list of big scores against Australia in the day-night test. This is the second highest score against Australia in this format. Only Pakistan had scored more than this, 450 runs at Gabba in 2016. The most important part of this innings came when Root and Joffra Archer made a partnership of 70 runs for the last wicket. This partnership is the biggest partnership by England for the 10th wicket in Australia since 1951-52. Archer made a big contribution in taking the team beyond 300 by scoring 38 runs.
Mitchell Starc took 6 wickets
The most effective bowler from Australia was Mitchell Starc. He took 6 wickets for 75 runs and in this match he also completed his 250 Test wickets in Australia. He achieved this feat in 11502 balls. The record of taking 250 wickets in the fewest balls in any country is in the name of Dale Steyn, who completed this milestone in 9863 balls in South Africa.
At the beginning of the second day, England’s last wicket fell at 334 runs. Now Australia may get the advantage of batting in the sun, but as the evening approaches and the pink ball will help, England’s bowlers will try to create chances. Root’s brilliant innings, Crawley’s rhythm and the historic partnership of the last wicket have put England in a strong position in this match.
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