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Lyon leads Australia's march to 1-0 lead in The Ashes

11 Dec, 2021 11:26 AM, Sat

Lyon leads Australia's march to 1-0 lead in The Ashes

There were assumptions for a high-stakes experience on the fourth morning of the Ashes opener in Gabba. Britain had shown strength yesterday through Joe Root and Dawid Malan's century stand. The pair had chopped Australia's lead down to 58 and left to bat under clear blue skies. Yet, all of that boast came to nothing as England tumbled rather significantly to lose 8 for 77 over the principal meeting. Australia lost Alex Carey, filling in as an opener for David Warner who was nursing a swollen rib, yet finished the 20-run focus to take the 1-0 series lead. The hosts' triumph walk on the fourth morning was driven by Nathan Lyon, who subsequent to being abandoned on 399 Test wickets for 326 days, zoomed away to 403 of every two hours time. Lyon got done with 4 for 91 and was capably upheld by Cameron Green, who highlighted his value as the fifth bowler in this line-up, with 2 for 23 from 12 overs. It didn't take long for Australia to strike. Halfway through the fourth over of the day, Lyon had Malan (82) get at a decisively positioned senseless mid-off. The southpaw ventured out to Lyon, as he had been doing last evening, and couldn't get to the pitch of the ball and popped a basic catch to Marnus Labuschagne off his cushions. Lyon's achievement 400th wicket finished a 162-run third-wicket relationship among Malan and Root with the pair having added just three races to England's short-term absolute. The guests' apprehensions were exacerbated two overs some other time when their skipper missed the mark regarding what might have been his first Test hundred in Australia. Pat Cummins, who had started procedures in the first part of the day, went to Green after only two overs. The all-rounder brought in the hotshot with a conveyance that drew the batsman forward and left him late. The edge was taken by Alex Carey. It was a body blow England wouldn't recuperate from. Ollie Pope was confined for room endeavoring a cut shot against Lyon and gloved a catch to initially slip. Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler then, at that point, drove a concise recuperation in the midst of a blackout at the Gabba that prompted a transmission power outage. However, when Australia required the second new ball, England's slide was hurried. Stirs up was settled briefly time in the Test by Cummins and edged a catch to the ravine. Josh Hazlewood, who hadn't bowled in the last meeting on Day 3 prompting mumbles of a physical issue, returned to have Buttler gotten behind. Lyon added two additional wickets to his count and Carey got Chris Woakes off the bowling of Green to get done with eight gets in the match (five in the innings), a record for a Test match debutant. Britain had collapsed for 297 appearances little of the determination that had characterized their exhibition on the third day. They will currently have four days to reevaluate and recalibrate their arrangements before the Day-Night Test at the Adelaide Oval. Brief scores: Australia 425 & 20/1 beat England 147 & 297 (Joe Root 89, Dawid Malan 82; Nathan Lyon 4-91) by 9 wickets

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Rank Team Rating Points
1 India 122 5117
2 Australia 116 3936
3 South Africa 112 3357
4 Pakistan 106 2762
5 New Zealand 101 3349
Rank Player Name Points
1 Babar Azam 824
2 Shubman Gill 801
3 V. Kohli 768
4 H.T. Tector 746
5 R.G. Sharma 746
Rank Player Name Points
1 K.A. Maharaj 716
2 J.R. Hazlewood 688
3 A. Zampa 686
4 Mohammed Siraj 678
5 J.J. Bumrah 665
Rank Player Name Points
1 Mohammad Nabi 320
2 Shakib Al Hasan 292
3 Sikandar Raza 288
4 A. Vala 248
5 Rashid Khan 239
Rank Team Rating Points
1 Australia 124 3715
2 India 120 3108
3 England 105 3151
4 South Africa 103 1845
5 New Zealand 96 2121
Rank Player Name Points
1 K.S. Williamson 859
2 J.E. Root 824
3 D.J. Mitchell 768
4 Babar Azam 768
5 S.P.D. Smith 757
Rank Player Name Points
1 R. Ashwin 870
2 J.J. Bumrah 847
3 J.R. Hazlewood 847
4 K. Rabada 834
5 P.J. Cummins 820
Rank Player Name Points
1 R.A. Jadeja 444
2 R. Ashwin 322
3 Shakib Al Hasan 310
4 J.E. Root 282
5 J.O. Holder 270
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1 India 266 14108
2 Australia 256 10241
3 England 254 9660
4 West Indies 252 11604
5 South Africa 251 8287
Rank Player Name Points
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2 S.A. Yadav 842
3 P.D. Salt 816
4 Babar Azam 755
5 Mohammad Rizwan 746
Rank Player Name Points
1 A.U. Rashid 719
2 Rashid Khan 681
3 P.W.H. De Silva 674
4 J.R. Hazlewood 662
5 A.J. Hosein 659
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3 H.H. Pandya 213
4 M.P. Stoinis 211
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