Steve Smith historical knock ensure Aussie's win at Edgbaston
After the defeat against England in 2019 WC semi finals, Australia went to the same England pitch to face their all time rivals in the prestigious Ashes tournament. More over this is the first ever test series in World Test Championship tournament too. For England this is the second series after world cup next to the test match against Ireland. England players and line up were the strongest in One day Internationals. But the million dollar question is whether they can adapt themselves for test matches??? We got answer for the above question in the test match against Ireland. The world champions secured win against Irish players after a big struggle. Ireland exposed the weakness of England players in test matches.
For Australia they got some extra power after the inclusion of Smith and Warner in squad. In Last one year they faced many defeats in test matches without warner and smith. More over they lost test series against India at the Australian soil. Because of this Australian players became weaker mentally. Now Bancroft also back to international cricket after that one year ban.
The pressure on England now. Too many questions in front of them, whether they can handle mighty Aussies in test matches???? Whether Jason Roy can fill the space created by Cook at opening ???................ After the five day match we got answer for these questions. Steve Smith incredible record innings and Nathan Lyon mystery at fifth day ensure Australia's win at Birminghamm.
The visitors decided to bat first after won the toss. Tim Paine took a good decision by opting bat at Edgbaston. After winning toss itself he claimed that the pitch will change at last day and the batting will be difficult. He also claimed Nathan Lyon will be the key player in second innings. Whatever Paine said is right, the same thing happened as he analysed the pitch. Most Expected David Warner didnt performed well in both innings even Bancroft too. Steve Smith showed his master class after a gap of one year. No one will accept that Smith didnt play international cricket for the past one year. Such a brilliant show from Smith. He converted it into century. Smith 144 runs along with Siddle 44 runs helped Australia to score 284 runs in first innings. Stuart Broad added another five wicket haul to his test career. Woakes ends up with 3 wickets.
Jason Roy and Rory Burns opened innings for England. Roy once again proved that till now he didnt prepare himself for test cricket. Burns and Root played some good cricket and both scored half centuries. Captain Root gone for 57 runs and Stokes scored 50 runs at middle order. Rory Burns scored century in Ashes and lost his wicket for 133 runs as 6th wicket. A decent partnership between Broad and Woakes at end gave a lead for England. England went all out for 374 runs in their first innings, it is 90 runs more than Australia's 1st innings score. Cummins and Lyon took 3 wickets each for Aussie. Were Siddle and Pattinson shares the remaining 4 wickets among them.
Australia started their second innings with 90 runs behind England. The openers left earlier. This time Usman Khawajah and Travis Head supported Smith well. Khawajah scored 40 runs and Head scored 50 runs. Steve Smith master class batting at second innings added one more century in his test career. This is 25th century for Smith in test matches. Smith lost his wicket for 142 runs as 5th wicket. Mathew Wade at middle order played some much needed innings for Australia and scored a century 110 runs with strike rate of 76. Skipper Paine (34 runs), Pattinson (47*) and Cummins (26*) helped Australia to score 487/7 and Tim Paine announced declare with that score. England need to chase 398 runs to win the match at last day.
As Paine told, Nathan Lyon spin at last day completely collapsed England batting order. No one played well except Chris Woakes (37 runs) and Root (28 runs). More over Pat Cummins used the pitch and 4 wickets. Jason Roy once again lost his patience and tried to attack like an ODI match which costs his wicket. Johnny bairstow at middle order lost his wicket for an outside edge and lost review too. Finally England went all out for 146 runs. Nathan Lyon took 6 wickets and Cummins took 4 wickets for Australia. The visitors started the Ashes with a win by a margin of 251 runs.
Since it is a 5 match series, Australia got 24 points for this win as per the rules of World Test Championship.
Records in 1st match:
1. Australia registered a test match win against England at Edgbaston after 2001.
2. This is the second biggest margin win by runs, after a team scoring 90 runs behind the opponent in 1st innings.
3. Steve Smith scored his 25th century from 117 innings surpassing Virat Kohli's second fastest 25 centuries in test cricket from 127 innings. Don Bradman holds the record of fastest 25 centuries in test matches from just 68 innings.
4. By scoring centuries in both innings (144 runs and 142 runs), Steve Smith became the third Australian to score centuries in both innings against England. Steve Waugh in 1996 and Mathew Hayden have already achieved this remarkable feet.
5. Including this match Steve Smith has scored 10 centuries against England itself in test matches standing behind Don Bradman.
6. Steve Smith has scored 2 half centuries, 5 centuries and 1 double century in the last 10 innings he played in test matches.
Man of the Match : No Surprise.... Its Steve Smith (144 runs and 142 runs)
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For Australia they got some extra power after the inclusion of Smith and Warner in squad. In Last one year they faced many defeats in test matches without warner and smith. More over they lost test series against India at the Australian soil. Because of this Australian players became weaker mentally. Now Bancroft also back to international cricket after that one year ban.
The pressure on England now. Too many questions in front of them, whether they can handle mighty Aussies in test matches???? Whether Jason Roy can fill the space created by Cook at opening ???................ After the five day match we got answer for these questions. Steve Smith incredible record innings and Nathan Lyon mystery at fifth day ensure Australia's win at Birminghamm.
The visitors decided to bat first after won the toss. Tim Paine took a good decision by opting bat at Edgbaston. After winning toss itself he claimed that the pitch will change at last day and the batting will be difficult. He also claimed Nathan Lyon will be the key player in second innings. Whatever Paine said is right, the same thing happened as he analysed the pitch. Most Expected David Warner didnt performed well in both innings even Bancroft too. Steve Smith showed his master class after a gap of one year. No one will accept that Smith didnt play international cricket for the past one year. Such a brilliant show from Smith. He converted it into century. Smith 144 runs along with Siddle 44 runs helped Australia to score 284 runs in first innings. Stuart Broad added another five wicket haul to his test career. Woakes ends up with 3 wickets.
Jason Roy and Rory Burns opened innings for England. Roy once again proved that till now he didnt prepare himself for test cricket. Burns and Root played some good cricket and both scored half centuries. Captain Root gone for 57 runs and Stokes scored 50 runs at middle order. Rory Burns scored century in Ashes and lost his wicket for 133 runs as 6th wicket. A decent partnership between Broad and Woakes at end gave a lead for England. England went all out for 374 runs in their first innings, it is 90 runs more than Australia's 1st innings score. Cummins and Lyon took 3 wickets each for Aussie. Were Siddle and Pattinson shares the remaining 4 wickets among them.
Australia started their second innings with 90 runs behind England. The openers left earlier. This time Usman Khawajah and Travis Head supported Smith well. Khawajah scored 40 runs and Head scored 50 runs. Steve Smith master class batting at second innings added one more century in his test career. This is 25th century for Smith in test matches. Smith lost his wicket for 142 runs as 5th wicket. Mathew Wade at middle order played some much needed innings for Australia and scored a century 110 runs with strike rate of 76. Skipper Paine (34 runs), Pattinson (47*) and Cummins (26*) helped Australia to score 487/7 and Tim Paine announced declare with that score. England need to chase 398 runs to win the match at last day.
As Paine told, Nathan Lyon spin at last day completely collapsed England batting order. No one played well except Chris Woakes (37 runs) and Root (28 runs). More over Pat Cummins used the pitch and 4 wickets. Jason Roy once again lost his patience and tried to attack like an ODI match which costs his wicket. Johnny bairstow at middle order lost his wicket for an outside edge and lost review too. Finally England went all out for 146 runs. Nathan Lyon took 6 wickets and Cummins took 4 wickets for Australia. The visitors started the Ashes with a win by a margin of 251 runs.
Since it is a 5 match series, Australia got 24 points for this win as per the rules of World Test Championship.
Records in 1st match:
1. Australia registered a test match win against England at Edgbaston after 2001.
2. This is the second biggest margin win by runs, after a team scoring 90 runs behind the opponent in 1st innings.
3. Steve Smith scored his 25th century from 117 innings surpassing Virat Kohli's second fastest 25 centuries in test cricket from 127 innings. Don Bradman holds the record of fastest 25 centuries in test matches from just 68 innings.
4. By scoring centuries in both innings (144 runs and 142 runs), Steve Smith became the third Australian to score centuries in both innings against England. Steve Waugh in 1996 and Mathew Hayden have already achieved this remarkable feet.
5. Including this match Steve Smith has scored 10 centuries against England itself in test matches standing behind Don Bradman.
6. Steve Smith has scored 2 half centuries, 5 centuries and 1 double century in the last 10 innings he played in test matches.
Man of the Match : No Surprise.... Its Steve Smith (144 runs and 142 runs)
Stay tuned with us.........
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