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.
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.
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.
Australia's star batter has a superb record against England and will likely face some highly-attacking fields and some unusual bowling tactics from a team who have been creative with their strategies under skipper Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum.
The Ashes series against England will start from June 16 onwards with the first Test at Edgbaston. In the series, history could repeat itself as the one out of Hazlewood (222 Test wickets at an average of 25.83), Mitchell Starc (310 wickets at an average of 27.64) or Scott Boland (33 wickets
From June 16, cricket enthusiasts across the world will have their eyes riveted on two of the game's biggest and oldest rivals -- Australia and England -- as they square off in The Ashes series in England, with the first Test set to start at Edgbaston.
"The biggest highlight for us in the last few years has been winning in Australia. After losing the first Test, the way we came back, and showed the depth, lots of youngsters stepped up," the Indian skipper said at the event organised at the Kennington Oval in London ahead of the WTC final.
Josh Tongue made the most of his late call-up to the Test side to take a five-wicket haul to help England wrap up Ireland's second innings on Day 3, with the visitors setting a target of just 11 runs.