A masterclass of tempo bowling put Australia on target to go 2-0 up within the Ashes after an England crew chasing 371 runs to win was decreased to 114-4 within the second take a look at at Lord’s on Saturday.
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Australia thought it had a fifth wicket 13 minutes earlier than stumps when Mitchell Starc caught Ben Duckett’s ramp on the effective leg boundary. Starc made the catch in each palms however used the ball hand to sluggish his skid on his knees. That motion made the third umpire resolve it wasn’t a clear catch.
Duckett was unbeaten on 50 after he additionally was virtually caught within the first over, and captain Ben Stokes on 29.
They rescued England from 45-4 to path by 257 at stumps.
On a rare fourth day, an injured Nathan Lyon batted in apparent ache for an Australia crew struggling to attain towards a barrage of bouncers, and the tailender helped add 15 runs for the final wicket and pad their result in 370.
England has efficiently chased 371 or extra solely as soon as in take a look at historical past, a yr in the past at Edgbaston towards India. But it has by no means chased so many at Lord’s and it seemed more and more unlikely in entrance of an viewers together with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Princes William and George as Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out the highest order.
Zac Crawley was out for 3 within the third over when he feathered an edge off Starc into the secure palms of diving wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
Ollie Pope additionally went for 3 within the fifth when he was overwhelmed inside by Starc and his center stump was slammed by an 89 mph (143 kph) inswinger.
Joe Root expertly turned a few boundaries off Josh Hazlewood however on 18 he jumped to fend a face-high riser up the slope from Cummins and edged to David Warner at first slip.
Cummins saved a good higher supply in the identical over for Harry Brook, whose off stump he knocked for 4.
Duckett was dropped off Starc within the first over by a completely stretched Cameron Green, and superior to his second fifty of the match. With Stokes, they common an unbroken stand of 69
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com