The Ashes: Nathan Lyon takes 4 as Australia beat England by 9 wickets in 1st Test
The Ashes 1st Test: Australia misplaced one wicket as they chased down a goal of 20 runs after England had been bowled out for 297 after beginning the day on 220. Lyon ended the England second innings with figures of 4/91. (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSLyon took 4 wickets to go previous the 400-wicket markLyon is the third Australian bowler to take greater than 400 Test wicketsAustralia are 1-0 up within the five-Test collectionNathan Lyon grew to become the third from his nation to go previous 400 wickets in Test cricket as Australia beat England by 9 wickets within the first Ashes Test on the Gabba on Saturday. Having resumed on 220 for 2 with the match nonetheless inside their grasp on Day 4, England had been bowled out for 297, leaving Australia needing solely 20 runs to win.
Fast bowler Ollie Robinson was the only wicket-taker for England within the Australian second innings and a 4 from Marnus Labuschagne sealed the deal for the hosts.Lyon, who completed with 4-91 for the second innings, had been stranded on 399 wickets for the reason that series-deciding defeat to India in January. He bowled 24 overs on Day 3 however was left pissed off together with the remainder of his staff mates by a robust third-wicket stand by Dawid Malan and Joe Root.The Ashes first Test highlightsRoot and Malan might add solely three extra runs to their partnership on Saturday, which had ended on 159 on Day 3 as Lyon struck in his second over. The 34-year-old deceived Malan (82) with a sharply-dipping ball that produced a bat-pad catch to Labuschagne in shut.England promptly misplaced three wickets for 11 runs with a fired-up Cameron Green having Root caught for 89. The England captain was chasing his seventh century of the 12 months and maiden Test ton in Australia.Lyon had Ollie Pope caught for 4 by Steve Smith at slip with a ball that exploded out of the Gabba pitch to catch the center order batsman’s edge.Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler mixed for a 32-run partnership earlier than Australia captain Pat Cummins intervened, squaring up Stokes with a brief ball that despatched an edge flying to Green within the gully.Lyon nabbed his third wicket when Ollie Robinson top-edged an tried reverse-sweep after which his fourth by bowling Mark Wood.Green accomplished England’s humiliation together with his second wicket by having Chris Woakes caught behind for 16 to wrap up the innings.Also Read | BBL 2021-22: Andre Russell shines with bat, struggles with ball on unusual Melbourne Stars debutAlso Read | Ravi Shastri was a gamers’ man and excellent man supervisor: Former India fielding coach R SridharClick right here for IndiaAs we speak.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
