England discovered their approach again into the fifth and remaining Ashes Test because the hosts managed to dismiss Australia at 295 in Day 2 at The Oval after being bundled for 283 on Wednesday.
With Chris Woakes nabbing three wickets, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood and Joe Root managed to select a brace every. Ben Stokes might not have bowled however the England skipper managed to contribute on discipline with an astonishing catch on the boundary to take away his Australian counterpart, Pat Cummins.
With simply the one wicket left in Australia’s kitty, Cummins determined to interrupt the shackles and go for a boundary over lengthy on off Root. And it regarded like he had managed to get sufficient bat on it because it sailed over the ropes just for Stokes to neatly carry it again in and full a profitable seize. Here’s the video:
What a strategy to end the day! 😮
A surprising seize from the captain brings Day 2 to a detailed 👏
Australia lead by 1️⃣2️⃣ on the finish of the primary innings…#EnglandCricket | #Ashes pic.twitter.com/EdsUjrfmk7
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 28, 2023
Stokes isn’t new to grabbing stunners at The Oval with that one handed catch of JP Duminy within the opening match of the 2019 World Cup very a lot recent within the reminiscence.
For Australia, Steve Smith was the chief orchestrator with the bat – scoring 71 off 123 deliveries. Usman Khawaja managed 47 runs whereas Cummins (36) and Todd Murphy (34) contributed huge from the underside order.
At Stumps on Day 2, the guests lead by 12 runs with a outcome very a lot a chance. While England want to stage the sequence, Australia can be eyeing a primary sequence triumph in England since 2001.