Ashes 2023 Test 1 Day 5: Australia seal epic win

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The World Champions Australia sealed an epic win in first Test match played at Edgbaston, Birmingham on 20th June 2023. This series begins with the 3rd cycle of World Test Championship for 2023/25.

Due to persistent showers, the first session was entirely washed out. The match began in the second session as Scott Boland put on important runs before Stuart Broad got rid of night watchman with a simple catch to Jonny Bairstow. Boland and Usman Khawaja added 32 runs for the 4th wicket. England bowlers kept it straight not allowing Travis Head and Usman Khawaja to score runs easily. Moeen Ali produce a peach to dismiss Head with easy catch to Joe Root at slips. Khawaja looked solid enough, reaching fifty off 143 deliveries. Australia went into the tea break with scoreboard reading 183 for 5.

Ollie Robinson got the much-needed breakthrough dismissing Cameron Green taking inside edge onto stumps. Green and Khawaja put on 49 runs for the 6th wicket. Ben Stokes bowled his heart out with discipline lines not allowing Alex Carey and Khawaja to hit runs easily. England captain Stokes delivered a decisive blow getting rid of Khawaja taking the inside edge onto the stumps.

Joe Root bowled with great control as Alex Carey struggled to hit runs. After dropping tough chance, Root took stunning return catch to dismiss Carey leaving Australia on the backfoot. Pat Cummins attacked Root with 2 sixes and 1 boundary bringing equation down. Stokes could not grab a one-handed catch to get rid of Cummins. The England captain Stokes took the second new ball with Robinson and Stuart Broad giving their best. Nathan Lyon and Cummins kept ticking the scoreboard away to put pressure back on the England bowlers.

Pat Cummins hitting the winning runs to help Australia seal a remarkable 2 wicket win. Cummins remained not out on 44. Cummins and Nathan Lyon put on an unbeaten 55 runs for the 9th wicket. It was a remarkable performance by both teams.

For his 141 and 65, Usman Khawaja was named the player of the match award. With this win, Australia takes 1-0 lead. The second Test will be played at Lords, London from 28th June onwards.

Australia 386 in 116.1 overs (Usman Khawaja 141, Carey 66, Stuart Broad 3/68, Robinson 3/55) and 282 for 8 in 92.3 overs (Khawaja 65, Cummins 44*, Broad 3/64, Ollie Robinson 2/43) beat England 393 for 8 d in 78 overs (Joe Root 118*, Crawley 61, Nathan Lyon 4/149) and 273 in 66.2 overs (Root 46, Brook 46, Cummins 4/63, Lyon 4/80) by 2 wickets.



 

 





Australia beat England by 2 wickets in the first test match at Birmingham 

 

 

 

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