Although Ben Duckett missed out on a maiden Ashes century, a half-century partnership between skipper Ben Stokes and Harry Brook helped England stay in pursuit of Australia’s first innings score at the end of the second day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Thursday. Did.
England were 278/4 at the end of the second day, Brook (45*) and Stokes (17*) not out. England began the final session at 145/1, with Duckett (62*) and Pope (32*) unbeaten at the crease.
England completed their 150 runs in 32.1 overs. Pope and Duckett continued to build their partnership, with Duckett scoring at a really good pace. But the 97-run partnership between the two ended after Green dismissed Pope for 42. His innings included four fours and he was on course for a half-century before being caught by Steve Smith at deep backward square leg. At that time England’s score was 188/2.
England touched the figure of 200 runs in 40 overs.
The Australian fast bowlers helped their team get back in the game for a while, dismissing Duckett for 98 off 134 balls with nine fours and Joe Root for 10. Duckett tried to pull a ball from Hazlewood but was caught by David Warner near the boundary. Starc takes the big wicket of the in-form Root. England was 222/4.
With captain Ben Stokes and Harry Brook at the crease after these quick wickets, England started to rebuild once again. Stokes-Brook completed a fifty-run partnership in 80 balls. Both ensured that England finished the session without losing any more wickets.
England were 145/1 at tea and Duckett (62*) and Pope (32*) were unbeaten at the crease. England began the second session of the second day of the Test at 13/0, with Duckett batting on 7 and Crawley on six.
England reached 50 in 10.1 overs, with Crawley leading the charge. He looked in good touch and hit some great shots.
In the 17th over, Nathan Lyon hit a four for Australia. Crawley was stumped for 48 by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. His innings included five fours. At that time England’s score was 91/1.
England reached beyond 100 runs in 20.1 overs.
Ollie Pope was also looking in fine form and hit Mitchell Starc for three consecutive fours in the 27th over. Duckett reached his sixth Test half-century in 84 balls and the innings included five fours.
Pope-Ducett completed a fifty-run partnership and helped England finish the session without losing any more wickets.
Earlier, Steve Smith put Australia in a comfortable position with his 110 against England in the second match as the visitors lost five wickets to add only 77 runs to their overnight score. Australia started the second day on 339/5 with Steve Smith batting on 85*.
England pacers were in fine form from the start on the second day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, with Stuart Broad dismissing Alex Carey for 22. James Anderson dismissed new batsman Mitchell Starc for 6, reducing Australia to 358/7.
Steve Smith kept scoring runs from the other end and completed his 32nd Test century with a four off Anderson. He was eventually dismissed for 110 and Josh Tongue gave his team a big breakthrough.
Australia kept losing wickets at regular intervals. In the 99th over of the innings, Ollie Robinson got the wicket of Nathan Lyon, who had scored 7 runs. After this Josh Hazlewood came to bat and could only score four runs. he too became a victim
Robinson’s bowling and stopped Australia for 416 runs. The visiting team lost the last seven wickets within 100 runs. Jack Crawley and Ben Duckett opened the England innings and Mitchell Starc opened the Australian attack.
Brief scores: Australia 416 (Steven Smith 110, Travis Head 77; Josh Tongue 3-98) v England 278/4 (Ben Duckett 94, Jack Crawley 48, Nathan Lyon 1/35). (ANI)