When the England team bundled out Australia for 152 runs in the Boxing Day Test, it seemed that they were far ahead in the match. But by the end of the first day’s play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the same thing happened to England, which has been happening throughout this tour.
The batting of the English team collapsed once again. His batsmen could last only 29.5 overs. England’s innings ended at 110 runs and Australia took a lead of 42 runs. Till stumps he has scored 4 runs without any loss. Night watchman Scott Boland is at the crease along with Travis Head.
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English openers failed again
After bowling out Australia on a small score, the English team came to bat and expected a good start from the opening pair of Ben Duckett and Jack Crawley, but Duckett (2), who was going through a bad time, returned to the pavilion in the third over itself. His wicket fell on the personal score of 7 runs. The opening pair of Duckett and Crawley fell within 10 runs for the fourth time in seven innings of this Ashes series.
After Duckett, Jacob Bethel (1) and Jack Crowley (5) also walked. Those who failed to open root account. England’s score was 16/4. The English team’s innings seemed to be below 100 in front of the havoc bowling of Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser. From here Harry Brook (41) and captain Ben Stokes (16) made a partnership of 50 runs.
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The last pair kept the shame
As soon as the Brook-Stokes partnership broke, the process of falling wickets started again and England’s score soon became 91/9. Gus Atkinson (28) along with Josh Tongue (1) added 19 runs, which saved the England team a little shame. This was the second biggest partnership from England in this innings. The last wicket pair of the English team has made 118 partnership runs in this Ashes series. At the same time, the opening pair of Duckett-Crawley, known as the messiah of baseball, has contributed only 101 runs in the partnership.
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