Fight England However, the Ashes Kept by Australia – That the key points from the final day of the fourth Test…
Australia have kept the Ashes after beating England by 185 runs at Old Trafford to terminate the hosts’ hopes of a historic summer double, writes David Ruse.
SCORECARD | AS IT HAPPENED
Tim Paine’s side proceeded 2-1 up with a single game to play following bowling England out for 197 on the final day of the first Test – but were held up by Craig Overton (21) and Jack Leach (12), that delayed Australia for over an hour in the day before they promised that the ninth wicket.
Pat Cummins bagged 4-43, including Headingley hero Ben Stokes for one, to take his tally of wickets in the show to 24, while Josh Hazlewood (2-31) snared the last scalp of Overton with 13.3 overs left in the day.
Australia will now turn into the first touring team to leave England using the Ashes since Steve Waugh’s 2001 side, having dropped away chain in 2005 and 2009 under Ricky Ponting and at 2013 and 2015 beneath Michael Clarke while attempting to retain or recover the urn.
The one was when the irrepressible Hazlewood trapped Overton lbw – that the England man reviewing more in before seeing the decision, expectation that expectation stay and Australia verified as Ashes winners. The hosts retreated the result longer than anybody anticipated – Buttler’s wicket, bowled leaving a Hazlewood delivery that curled in, seemed a death-knell as England slipped into 172-7 however Overton and Leach gave the Baggy Greens an almighty scare ahead of the vacationers closed a 185-run win.
The new ball. Australia had removed Buttler and Jofra Archer to move to the brink of victory but whenever the man was unfurled, Overton and Leach coped with it favourably. Their stand spanned 14 overs throughout brand new and the ball and ended when Paine termed spinner Marnus Labuschagne into the assault, with Leach Gently clipping to short leg. The match was less than two weeks later.
Joe Root:”I thought we showed great character and, belief in that which we needed to achieve and that I couldn’t be pleased with the effort that the guys put in. It turned out to be a resilient functionality and it wasn’t enough. Like last week we thought and we try our hardest till the finish. When you are in this situation, you understand a whole lot about your group, it reveals the character. Everybody stood up and played .”
Steve Smith:”It feels amazing to know the urn is arriving home. I have been here several times where things have not gone way and we haven’t performed to the best of their skill in 2013 and 2015. To win the urn over this was something I wanted to tick off my bucket list, there’s yet another game left and we’d like to acquire the Ashes blatant but also to know it is coming home is very gratifying.”
Tim Paine:”Smith is the best player I’ve ever seen. His double century in the first innings was phenomenal but [at the second innings] to go out there under pressure and not only live but also push the sport ahead and put England – which takes more than just art. This takes a person who knows the game really well and who has a lot of courage to take teams when the heat is around.”
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