Your final delivery, to take the wicket to win the test match. Beyond even his dreams, but theres far more to tell about this final day. When travis head and steve smith were batting together, australias victory certainly seemed feasible, even after a lengthy rain delay. The wickets of chris woakes in this match and in this series have really changed things in englands favour. And moeen ali did his bit as the last day spin bowler, despite his groin injury. Now, obviously, remember, the series finished 2 2 so australia retain the ashes. They lifted the urn, but not with the full sense of celebrations theyd have wanted. But they played their full part. The fact is, the teams have been so competitive throughout the weeks, and thats whats revived this historic series. Well, stuart broad said he wanted to go out on top, playing on the biggest stage after a summer hes loved. Hes done just that in a series thatll live long in the memory. I made the decision on friday night you start thinking,
Imagine, in yourfinalact, your final delivery, to take the wicket to win the test match. Beyond even his dreams, but theres far more to tell about this final day. When travis head and steve smith were batting together, australias victory certainly seemed feasible, even after a lengthy rain delay. The wickets of chris woakes in this match and in this series have really changed things in englands favour. And moeen ali did his bit as the last day spin bowler, despite his groin injury. Now, obviously, remember, the series finished 2 2 so australia retain the ashes. They lifted the urn, but not with the full sense of celebrations theyd have wanted. But they played their full part. The fact is, the teams have been so competitive throughout the weeks, and thats whats revived this historic series. Well, stuart broad said he wanted to go out on top, playing on the biggest stage after a summer hes loved. Hes done just that in a series thatll live long in the memory. I made the decision on friday
Well provide the defining image of this match and this series. Imagine, in yourfinalact, your final delivery, to take the wicket to win the test match. Beyond even his dreams, but theres far more to tell about this final day. When travis head and steve smith were batting together, australias victory certainly seemed feasible, even after a lengthy rain delay. The wickets of chris woakes in this match and in this series have really changed things in englands favour. And moeen ali did his bit as the last day spin bowler, despite his groin injury. Now, obviously, remember, the series finished 2 2 so australia retain the ashes. They lifted the urn, but not with the full sense of celebrations theyd have wanted. But they played their full part. The fact is, the teams have been so competitive throughout the weeks, and thats whats revived this historic series. Well, stuart broad said he wanted to go out on top, playing on the biggest stage after a summer hes loved. Hes done just that in a serie
By A Prematurely Celebrating Captain ben stokes. After the rain delay the wickets began to tumble and the match swayed back to england Jonny Bairstow with a brilliant catch to dismiss. Theyre chasing an unlikely 384 for victory. They resumed on 135 without loss and lost three wickets in the first hour of the morning session chris woakes taking two of them. But rain has once again disrupted things play has been stopped with australia on 238 3 needing 146 more runs to win. Elsewhere the hundred kicks off tomorrow, and leg spinner Rashid Khan Has announced he has pulled out of playing in the tournament due to injury. The Afghanistan Captain was due to play in trent rockets first three games before leaving for international duty. The number one ranked t20 bowler in the world will be replaced by Pakistans Imad Wasim before new zealands ish sodhi comes in as announced last week. That matches live bbc two. Again you would expect a lens would comfortably and they have started well. 22 14. Engl
night you start thinking, what will your last ball will be and how that will be remembered? to get the ball, it was just swinging around a little bit, to get the ball with a couple of wickets left, i managed to bowl at some left handers, one of my favourite things to do in my career, and to catch the edge a couple of times was truly wonderful. this series was anything goes. the last day was always going to go down to the wire and it did. fantastic series, fantastic day of cricket, but england got up in the end. yeah, it is no small feat coming and retaining the ashes. england are a really strong side. coming over here and playing well is really tough, so in some regards a little bit of a missed opportunity, i think of having three cracks to finish the series, but i think we all can be pretty proud on the flight home. no sooner does the ashes finish than the hundred begins, but leg spinner rashid khan has had to pull out of the tournament with an injury. the afghanistan captain was