Ashes is one of the most popular test series in the world. The first three matches of this series between England and Australia have already been played. Two more matches are left. After the first three matches, the name of the winning team has not yet been determined. Because Australia won two of the first three matches. But the host England won the third match. This changed all the equations. Australia had a chance to clinch the series by winning the last match. But England's comeback at an important moment is extraordinary!
The first match between England and Australia was played on 20th June. Although the chance of victory in that match was heavy for the hosts, Australia won by two wickets in exchange for two wickets for the amazing performance of Australian batsman Osman Khawaja and Captain Cummins. Australia won the second match too. But England captain Ben Stoaks almost took them to the port of victory. But in the end, when he got out, England had to lose. Australia won the 2nd match by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
Australia had a chance to clinch the series by winning the third match of the series. But the party was not able to do so. England made a brilliant comeback in the match to save the series. England captain Ben Stokes won the toss in the 3rd match like the first two matches. After winning the toss, they invited Australia to bat first.
David Warner and inform batsman Osman Khawaja came to bat for Australia on the invitation of England. However, they weren't able to make a good start for the team. David Warner made his way to the pavilion after getting out in the first over. He failed in all three matches with the bat. After Warner's departure, Osman Khawaja and Labuschange tried to take control of the team, but they failed. At one point the team lost the first four wickets for 85 runs. However, Mitchell Marsh's great century gave Australia a fighting chance. Australia's first innings ended at 263 runs.
Like Australia, England also failed to make their first innings big. On the contrary, they ended the innings behind Australia by 26 runs. Team captain Ben Stokes played the highest innings of 80 runs for England in the first innings. Apart from Stokes, no other player has been able to complete 50 runs. Captain Pat Cummins picked up a valuable six wickets for Australia.
Australia came out to bat in their 2nd innings and couldn't set up a big target for England They were all out for less than the first innings. A chaseable target was set for England as a result Inform batsman Osman Khawaja played the highest innings of 48 runs for Australia. A target of 254 runs was finally set to win.
The English got off to a great start by batting against the target given by Australia. However, at one time England lost 6 wickets for 171 runs and was under pressure. But in the end, England won with Harry Brook and Chris Woake's amazing batting. They won this match by three wickets. Who will win the next?
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