In an outstanding game of Test cricket on Sunday (September 8), Australia defeated England in the 4th Ashes Test at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester. With this victory, Aust♑ralia goes up 2-1 in the Ashes series.
England needed 383 runs to win in their second innings but couldn’t stand to the Australian bowling attack. They ended up scoring 197/10, losing by 185 runs.
Pat Cummins was the star bowler for Australia in the second innings, picking up four wickets. Josh Hazlewood and Nathan L🌌yon picked two wickets each.
Here are some Twitter reactions:
Well done Australia. Bloody beauty. This t♒est cricket isn’t bad is it?? awesome effort lads. 👊🏼
— John Hastings (@johnhastings194)
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— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32)
What an effort by England today .. Great fight .. But well 🧜done Australia on retaining the .. no point in pretending but they have been the better team .. better in all departments ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
BREAKING: Australia retain the Ashes. Congratulations to Tim Paine & his excellent team.. especially the mercurial & those brilliant fast bowlers. Been a wonderful serie🧔s but they’ve been the better side.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
England fought hard, but Austral𝓀ia were just too good.
A superb, dra💖matic final day ends with t🎃he tourists having won by 185 runs. scorecard 👇
— ICC (@ICC)
🦹Here’s w📖hat it means. How good is this reaction?!
— Rohan Connolly (@rohan_connolly)
AUSS🗹IES WIN! Hazlewood finishes it off to seal a 185-run victory at 🦩Old Trafford!
Australia retain the urn and now eye a drought-breaking series win on Englis♏h soil with the final Test start🃏ing Thursday:
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
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Well, the Ashes are staying Down Under. Australia were just too relentless and England were too far back. Headingley was a miracle, it should haveꦚ been 3-0
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Australia have retained the men's Ashes! |
— ICC (@ICC)
The last💙 match of the series will be held on September 12 aꦺt Kennington Oval, London.
