Travis Head erupted with a half-century to present Australia an opportunity and set England a goal of 251 to win the third Ashes check on a wet third day Saturday.
In 5 overs of its chase to stumps, England made a vibrant begin in night sunshine to be 27 with out loss. Ben Duckett had 18 and Zac Crawley 9.
They diminished the goal to 224 with two days to play and all 10 wickets in hand for an England facet which should win to maintain the collection alive. Australia leads 2-0.
Rain at Headingley prevented play from beginning for almost 5 hours, nicely after tea, and England used circumstances ripe for seam and swing to cut back Australia from 116-4 in a single day to 170-8 in 14 overs.
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Head was merely making an attempt to outlive whereas wickets fell round him. But with Australia eight down and main by solely 196 runs, and Todd Murphy strolling out to bat in his fifth check, Head, on 34, determined to launch a fightback for as many runs as potential.
But, first, he needed to wait whereas Murphy hit two boundaries off Englands quickest bowler, Mark Wood, with a canopy drive and gloved one down the leg facet.
Head smoked two boundaries off Chris Woakes in an over and England unfold the sector, with no person within the ring towards Australia’s final acknowledged batter.
Trying to guard Murphy, Head crashed two extra boundaries in an over off Wood and reached his twenty second half-century.
He pulled Woakes for a six over midwicket, then Murphy was out leg earlier than to Stuart Broad with 11 helpful runs in a stand of 41 for the ninth wicket.
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Head slammed Wood for consecutive sixes — over deep sq. and effective leg — and rushed Australias result in 250.
And that was it. He was out for 77 when he skied one off Stuart Broad.
Australia was all out for 224 after including 108 runs in 20.1 overs. Head had 59 of them.
When Australia misplaced its eighth wicket, Head was on 34 from 82 balls. He added 43 off the following 30 balls.
Broad and Woakes took three wickets every and Wood obtained Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins.
Woakes, who added the wickets of Mitch Marsh and Alex Carey on Saturday, grew to become the sixteenth bowler to take 100 check wickets in England, and the fifteenth Englishman. The just one with a greater common than Woakes was Shane Warne, who averaged 21.9.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com