Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood (5-30) ripped through England to bowl the hosts out for a paltry 67 in their first innings on day tw🐬o of the third Ashes Test at Headingley.
Joe Denly, with 12, was the only England batsman to reach double figures in an innings that lasted a mere ൲27.5 overs, with captain Joe Root out for his successive duck.
England’s total was also their lowest in Ashes series since 1948 and seven fewer than what Smith’s replacement Marnus Labuschagne scored off his bat on Thursday.
With Steve Smith ruled out of the match, this was being considered as England’s best chance of registering a win and making it 1-1 in the five-match series. But the 50-over world champions are well behind in the contest now.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
27.5 overs rest for the bowlers .. highest score of 12 .. !! Well d💙one Australia on retaining the
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
FFS. 67 all out.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
Leღaving Hazelwood out in the first test 🦹fired him up.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
England have been bowled out for 67!
What a performance from the Australian bo൩wlers today, five wickets for Josh Hazle𒁏wood.
— ICC (@ICC)
Was in Ostins getting fish yesterday and I said to a guy England gonna get bowl out for 67 and he said what u smoking Tino 🤦🏾♂️😪 🧜I said England batting isn’t clicking Root isn’t in no nick . I should’ve tweeted the score dammm it 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ 🤣
— Tino95 (@tinobest)
Wow can’t quite believe what I’ve just watched. Outs🐻tanding from the Aussies ☂and probably no words could describe the Poms.
— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349)
In the Australian first innings they suꦓrely missed but have♓ not been any better!? Speedsters dominating these days👌
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Bowler to dismiss Joe Root most in Tests:
6 – Josh Hazlewood
5 – Lyon, Starc, Jadeja, Boult, Southee, Cummins, Harris— Sam Ferris (@samuelfez)
Josh🦄 Hazlewood looks like the kid at your school who was really into cricket.
— Adam Liaw (@adamliaw)
Lead of 112 after getting dismissed for 179. Shows you that if you can’t bat 🌌in challenging conditions, batting second won’t be of much help. Good chance for Australia to retain in Headingly only. Even without Smith.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
When you boꦰwl🔜 a team out for 179 then get bowled out for 67
— Luke Wright (@lukewright204)
I love test cricket #1-0
— Damien Martyn🏏 (@damienmartyn)
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