Watch: Joe Root surprises Usman Khawaja with a bouncer on Day 4 at SCG

England captain Joe Root bowled a bouncer to first-innings centurion Usman Khawaja, proper on the stroke of Tea break on Day 4 of the fourth Ashes Test on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.

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Root’s bouncer shocked Australian batter Khawaja and Ollie Pope, who has been drafted in as wicketkeeper for England after finger accidents to Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow. Khawaja reacted with one for an over signal in the direction of Root, earlier than the gamers walked out for the Tea break.
England took the important thing wickets of Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith however Australia continued their march in the direction of a second declaration with a lead of 271 runs at tea on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes check on Saturday.

Australia had been 149 for 4 with Usman Khawaja on 35 not out, and all-rounder Cameron Green, unbeaten on 26. Green and Khawaja had placed on 63 for the fifth wicket at tea.
Australia had snuffed out England’s first dig for 294 within the first hour of the day however they didn’t have all of it their very own approach as they regarded to construct on the 122-run lead their 416-8 declared gave them.

Openers David Warner (3) and Marcus Harris (27) had been eliminated earlier than lunch and paceman Mark Wood struck within the first over after the break to dismiss Labuschagne (29) for the third time in succession.
All three batsmen had been caught behind by England substitute fielder Ollie Pope, who was conserving wickets rather than the injured Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow.

Jack Leach, who had earlier deceived Harris along with his spin, bought his second wicket when a supply skidded onto Smith’s stumps when the previous Australia captain was on 23.
Earlier, Scott Boland was once more to the fore as Australia swiftly dispatched England’s final three batsman for the addition of 36 runs to their in a single day rating.
Boland lastly ended Bairstow’s innings on 113 and completed off the England batting by having Stuart Broad caught behind for 15.
Boland completed with figures of 4-36, giving him 11 wickets at a mean of 8.27 after his first three innings of Test cricket.