Brisbane, December 6 – Australia has taken a commanding position in the second match of the ongoing Ashes series at the Gabba. By the end of the third day’s play, England’s team managed only 134 runs for 6 wickets in their second innings. Australia still maintains a lead of 43 runs in the match.
In this pink-ball Test, England won the toss and chose to bat first, but were bowled out for 334 runs in their first innings. The visiting team had lost 2 wickets for just 5 runs before Jack Crawley and Joe Root steadied the ship with a 117-run partnership for the third wicket.
For England in this innings, Joe Root played an unbeaten knock of 138 runs off 206 balls, including 1 six and 15 fours. Apart from him, Jack Crawley scored 76 runs while Jofra Archer contributed 38 runs to the total. For Australia, Mitchell Starc claimed 6 wickets.
In response, the Australian team posted a massive 511 runs in their first innings. Mitchell Starc top-scored with 77 runs, while Jack Weatherald contributed 72 runs. Marnus Labuschagne made 65 runs, Alex Carey scored 63 runs, and captain Steve Smith added 61 runs to the total.
From England’s bowling attack, Brydon Carse took the most wickets with 4, while captain Ben Stokes claimed 3 wickets in this innings.
Australia held a first-innings lead of 177 runs. On the third day of the match, England’s team appeared to be under pressure.
In England’s second innings, the opening pair of Ben Duckett and Jack Crawley added 48 runs for the first wicket before Duckett was dismissed for 15 runs.
Crawley then partnered with Ollie Pope to add 42 runs for the second wicket, taking the team’s score to 90. Jack Crawley was dismissed for 44 runs off 59 balls, including 6 fours, while Ollie Pope contributed 26 runs. At stumps, captain Ben Stokes and Will Jacks were unbeaten on 4 runs each. For Australia in this innings, Mitchell Starc, Michael Neser, and Scott Boland have taken 2 wickets each.
Australia had won the first match of the series by 8 wickets. The host team will be looking to win this match as well to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
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