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Australia yet again put up a dominant show on Day 4 of the ongoing second Ashe♏s Test against England at Adelaide Oval.
The hosts resumed the fourth day with their overnight s🍸core of 45/1, but soon the visitors came back as the Aussies were restricted to 55/4 in the first hour🥃 of play.
Nightwatchman Michael Neser (3) was cleaned up by James Anderson, and just a couple of balls later, Stuart Broad sent back Marcus Harris (23). Soon, Ollie Robinson joined the party and dismissed stand-in skipper Steve Smith (6).
However, Travis Head (51) and Marnus Labuschagne (51) steadied the ship for the home team by forming a crucial 89-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Cameron Green remained unbeaten on 33 as Australia declare༒d their second innings at 230/9, giving England a massive target of 468 runs.
Responding to the huge chase, England started terribly with opener Haseeb Hameed getting dismissed for a duck after nicking off to Jhye Richardson in the second over. Dawid Malan, who shined with the bat for the tourists in their first innings, was dropped at first slip by Smith in the 21st over. But only a few balls later, he was trapped in front b🐼y deꦏbutant Neser.
Richardson, who couldn’t take a single wicket in the first innings, added one more to his tally by removing Rory Burns (34). As if this wasn’t enough, skipper Joe Root (24) fell in the final over of the night.
The visitors will resume the final day of the match at 82/4, needing to survive 90 overs or scorin♔g 386 runs to avoid the defeat.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
The ideal finish to the day for Australia!
England captain: GONE!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Joe Root’s gone right at the end of the day! After he’d been hit badly and was tough enough to continue – and face Starcy again, who took his wicket. Respect.
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Is there a better way to end the day?
Our pi🌄nk ball king Mitchell Starc got Joe Root onꦗ the final ball to leave England 4-82 with a day to play.
Let's cheer our boys to victory tomorrow!
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus)
Have felt for Joe Root a lot this tour but none more so than now. Glad to have never felt this kindও of pain
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
2003 – At Lord's against Zimbabwe, James Anderson concedes 17 runs in his first over, which is still the most expensive first over of Test career recorded by a pacer.
2021 – James Anderson becomes the first pacer to bowl 6000 overs in Test cricket.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
“Maybe a pack of frozen peas on it?””You can use the whole frozen veg section on it mayไbe?” Some wonderful advice from the Aussie fielders for Joe Root while he received his treatment
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
Pacers CAN do everything.😅
— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny)
Why are the commentators calling it an abdominal protector? He’s been hit in the bollocks and it’s called a box!ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ
— Alexandra Hartley (@AlexHartley93)
Joe Root i𝔉s England’s second-highest wicket-taker for the series
— Martin Smith (@martysmith1987)
Amazing drama. Root goes to the final ball of the day, to a lovely ball from Starc, having taken his second blow to the groin region of the day a few minutes before. Hammer blow to England's slim hopes.
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp)
