Usman Khawaja's 126* and Alex Carey's 52* partnership led the charge with the bat as Australia managed to bounce back in the final session of day two of the first Test match of the Ashes 2023 series on Saturday. Australia trailed by 82 runs, scoring 311/5.
"I think it has been Australia's day. I would rather be sat in Australia's changing room right now and the difference for me has been Carey. You always expect an Australian to grind out some runs on this wicket. That impetus late on in the day and leading momentum into when the new ball came
"It did start to spin, I thought Moeen Ali bowled beautifully, but then I thought they were a bit sloppy in that last session," Nasser Hussain told Sky Sports.
Khawaja displayed an excellent show in the first innings of Australia on the 2nd day of the 1st Test match of the Ashes series. He scored 126(279)* as Australia trailed by 82 runs, scoring 311/5.
England has the biggest margin (by runs) in a victory. They won against Australia in 1928 by 675 runs. At second is Australia, who registered a 562-run win against England in 1934. Now Bangladesh enter the club of elites as they won the match by 546 runs.
Hampshire needed 23 runs off 11 balls and Tymal Mills of Sussex was bowling the 19th over when the batsman of Hampshire swing his bat and hit the ball towards the leg side. At first, it felt like the ball is going all the way for a six but out of nowhere Bradley Currie came and jumped toward
Usman Khawaja and Alex Carrey led the charge with the bat as Australia managed to bounce back in the final session of Day-2 of the first Test match of the Ashes 2023 series on Saturday.
England managed to secure a comfortable 4-0 victory against Malta in the Euro 2024 Qualifiers on Saturday but their victory came at a cost as Bukayo Saka was substituted moments after the halftime following an injury.
Australian opener Usman Khawaja kept Australia's flow of runs intact after Travis Head's enterprising and counter-attacking knock came to an end in the second session of Day-2 of the first Test match of Ashes 2023 at the Edgbaston stadium.
Broad dismissed Warner for the 15th time in his career. England continues to exert pressure on Aussies after posting 393/8 in 1st innings. Australia trails by 315 runs.
The match-up between Australian opener David Warner and England pacer Stuart Broad was said to be one of the key battles going into the Ashes series and the contest lived up to its billing on Saturday, as the tall English pacer sent the Aussie star back to the pavilion for the 15th time i