Jofra Archer picked up a six wicket-haul as England bowled Australia out for 225 to ga🍸in the upper hand on the second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test on Friday despite another gritty knock from Steve Smith.
Joe Root’s side is desperate to level the series at 2-2 to end their historic World Cup-winning season on a high but have been consistently dogged by the peerless Smith.
The former Australian skipper has now amassed 751 runs in just six innings – more than double the tally of the next highest run-scorer on either side.
But he was forced to settle for his lowest score of the series (at 80) when Chris Woakes trapped him infront of the wickets in the evening session, leaving t🌳he English crow🅺d dumbfounded.
Despite a late flurry of runs, the Aussies had to settle for a first-innings deficit of 69𒁏, with paceman Archer finishing with figures of 6-62.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Jofra Archer takes his second 6-for of the series. The first England bowler to take two 6 wicket hauls in𓄧 the same Aꦗshes series since Ian Botham in 1981. Full Ashes list:
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket)
Jofra Archer is now averaging 17.27 for E🌌ngland in Test cricket. With a minimum of 20 wickets taken that is the sixth lowest ever for England and th𒅌e lowest since Sydney Barnes who last played in 1914. Some start to his career.
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket)
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It’s Smith vs England again!!!
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Stunning way to finish the summer – watching one of the great sporting rivalries – Jofra Archer v Steve Smith.
— Jeremy Snape (@thesportingedge)
an unbelievable run of striking rich scores, new standa๊rds of class, excellence , performance. Grit & determination the guiding mantra. Comparisons overflowing among pundits. the new champion has arrived. wd be pumped up fr sur𝓀e. Unparallel performance.
— Chaitanya K Prasad (@Chatty111Prasad)
S🅠teve Smith has hit 10 consecutiv🌊e scores of 50 against England in Test match cricket!
No one has ever hit as ma♉ny in a row against a single opposition 🔥
What an amazing player he is 👏
— ICC (@ICC)
Not one score below his shirt number 👏👏👏
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Most runs in 10 successive Ashes innings:
Steven Smith – 1251 runs (2017-2019)
Scores – 239, 76, 102*, 83, 144, 142, 92, 211, 82, 80Don Bradman – 1236 runs (1937-1946)
Scores – 212, 169, 51, 144*, 18, 102*, 103, 16, 187, 234Finally, SMITH beats BRADMAN!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
No matter what happens now, Steve Smith will end this series with an average of aಌt least 100. Incredible.
— Sam Ferris (@samuelfez)
has redefined comebaꦿcks. Impossible is nothing. But for that 🌊you need a different fibre.
Salute th༺e magnificent cricketer: breathtaking brilliance!
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay)
