Ashes 2023 2nd Test 5th Day: Australia beat England in a thrilling encounter.
Australia held onto his nerves to survive scare of Ben Stokes brilliance on the fifth and final day of 2 nd Test match played at Lords, London on 2 July 2023. Starting on the overnight score of 114 for 4, Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes looked in good touch with some lovely shots keeping the scoreboard ticking. Ben Stokes was given out by the umpire but on review it was overturned to not out as it was hitting the inside edge. After the reprieve Stokes completed half-century off 99 deliveries. Josh Hazlewood provided breakthrough dismissing Duckett with well one-handed catch by Alex Carey. Duckett and Stokes added 132 runs for the 5 th wicket. Soon after, Jonny Bairstow was dismissed in a bizarre dismissal as Carey hit the stumps while he was outside the crease to leave England struggling. Ben Stokes then took charge with some big hitting and made the batting look easy. England captain Stokes did not take singles and gave Broad one too two balls. It was a superb batting display b...