Ashes 2025-26: Australia’s strong victory over England by 8 wickets in the second test, 2-0 lead in the series.
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In the second match of the Ashes Series 2025-26, Australia has taken a strong 2-0 lead in the series by defeating England by 8 wickets.
Delhi: In the second match of the five-match Ashes series 2025-26, Australia has taken a strong 2-0 lead in the series by defeating England by 8 wickets. In this test match played at Gabba, the host team performed brilliantly in every department of the game.
Explosive bowling by Starc and Neser
The bowling of Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser played an important role in Australia’s victory. Starc broke the backbone of England’s batting by taking six wickets in the first innings and two wickets in the second innings. On the other hand, Michael Neser achieved important success by bowling brilliantly in the second innings of England. Mitchell Starc was chosen player of the match for his strong performance.
England’s second innings collapsed, got a slight lead
On the fourth day, England’s second innings was reduced to 241 runs and the team could achieve a lead of only 64 runs. Australia got an easy target of 65 runs to win, which the team achieved by losing two wickets.
Australia tops WTC points table
With this victory, Australia has further strengthened its position in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-2027 points table. The team has won all the five matches played so far, and is at the top with 100 percent win.
At the same time, due to consecutive defeats, England’s winning percentage has come down to 36.11. The team has lost four out of seven matches, won two matches, while one was a draw.
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