Another thrilling Test match at SCG

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 The fourth Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground between arch-rivals England and Australia ended in a thrilling draw on the final day of the Ashes series played on Sunday.

Starting on the overnight score of 30 for 0, it was a shaky start for England as they lost an early wicket of Haseeb Hameed for just 9 runs. Crawley and Haseeb Hameed added 46 runs for the opening wicket. Zak Crawley looked in decent touch timing ball brilliantly completing his fifty off 69 balls. Nathan Lyon got rid of Dawid Malan to leave England struggling. Cameron Green produced a superb yorker to dismiss well-set Crawley. England captain Joe Root and Stokes steadied the England innings before the rain arrived at 122 for 3. With this, the umpires called lunch.

After the rain delay, Root and Stokes looked composed facing top-quality pace bowling of Australia. Scott Boland provided a much-needed dismissing Joe Root taking the edge straight to Carey. Root and Stokes added 60 runs for the 4th wicket. Alex Carey missed a run-out chance while taking the second run to dismiss Bairstow. Stokes and Bairstow looked composed making life tough for Australian bowlers. At the end of the 2nd session, England made 174 for 4.

It was a good start for the England team in the final session as Stokes completed his fifty off 107 balls. Bairstow and Stokes looked solid with their defense making sure that visitors frustrate Aussie’s bowlers. Lyon eventually struck for Australia getting rid of Stokes providing a simple catch to Smith at slips. Stokes and Bairstow added 37 runs for the 5th wicket. The Australian captain Pat Cummins took the 2nd new ball immediately. Cummins made second new ball talk taking past the edge of Buttler and Bairstow.

Cummins struck twice off successive deliveries getting the wicket of Buttler via review for LBW. The umpire gave not out but on review, it was overturned to out. He then produced a brilliant yorker to get rid of Mark Wood to leave England struggling.

Bairstow and Jack Leach provided some solid resistance before Boland struck getting rid of Bairstow taking the inside edge to Labuschagne leaving Australia on brink of a win. With 10.2 overs left, Leach and Stuart Broad remained solid with their defense technique. Steve Smith did the job for Australia dismissing Leach caught by Warner. Stuart Broad and James Anderson survived the last 12 balls to help England a thrilling draw.

It was a superb performance by both teams. After winning the toss, Australia posted a massive total of 416 for 8 thanks to brilliant knocks by Usman Khawaja and all-around contributions. In reply, Bairstow and Stokes scored runs after being reduced to 36 for 4.

In the last Test match that Australia played, India batted for 131 overs and held to a thrilling draw thanks to Pant, Pujara, Ashwin, and Vihari.  

Australia 416 for 8 d in 134 overs ( Usman Khawaja 137, Smith 67, Broad 5/101) and 265 for 6 d in 68.5 overs ( Khawaja 101*, Green 74, Leach 4/84) draw England 294 in 79.1 overs ( Bairstow 113, Stokes 66, Boland 4/36) and 270 for 9 in 102 overs ( Crawley 77, Stokes 60, Boland 3/30, Lyon 2/28)

For his 137 and 101*, Usman Khawaja was awarded the man of the match. With this draw, both England and Australia earned 4 points each. The fifth and final Test will be played at Blundstone Arena, Hobart in a day-night Test from 14th January.



 





England held to a thrilling draw thanks to Anderson and Broad 

  

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