At tea, the Aussies trailed by 61 runs, with the score board reading 214/5. Mitchell Marsh 31* and Cameron Green 3* were at the crease at the close of play in the second session.
Zak Crawley's attacking century and Moeen Ali's fifty dominated the second session of Day 2 of the Fourth match of the Ashes series at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Thursday with England consolidating their position in the match
England bowlers dismiss the duo of set batters while Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh continue to re-build in an engaging second session of the first day of the fourth Test match of the Ashes 2023 series at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
The spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja provided India with an ideal start, after they decided to declare their innings in the second session of the first Test at Windsor Park on Friday.
At the end of the second session, West Indies registered a score of 137/8 with Kemar Roach and Rahkeem Cornwall unbeaten with scores of 0(9) and 17(21) respectively.
Australian bowlers dominated the first session of Day 2 at Headingley as they took four wickets in the session leaving England batters to rethink their 'Bazball' strategy.
At the end of the first session, England are 142/7 and trailed by 121 runs. At the crease is Ben Stokes batting on 27* a
Fiery bowling spells from Josh Tongue, Stuart Broad, and Ollie Robinson helped England bundle out Australia for 279 in their second innings, as the visitors set the hosts a target of 371 at the end of the second session on Day 4 of second Ashes Test at Lord's on Saturday.
A half-century partnership between openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja helped Australia extend their lead beyond 150 runs at the end of the second session on Day 3 of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Friday.