AUS vs ENG Day 4 Stumps: Crawley, Hameed to resume chase as England hunt 338-run target after Usman Khawaja ton – Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green helped Australia extend its lead to 271 in the second session on Day 4 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.At the tea break, Australia’s score read 149/4. For the hosts, Khawaja (35) and Green (26) are currently unbeaten at the crease. Follow Ashes 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Resuming the second session at 66/2, Australia was given a body blow in the very first over as Mark Wood had Marnus Labuschagne (29) caught by Ollie Pope. Usman Khawaja, the centurion from the first innings then joined Steve Smith in the middle. Khawaja and Smith put on 18 runs for the fourth wicket, but this stand was broken by Jack Leach as he clean bowled Smith (23), reducing Australia to 86/4 in the 29th over with the hosts’ lead being 208. Khawaja and Green then came together and the duo ensured that Australia did not lose more wickets before the tea interval.
AUS vs ENG Day 4 Stumps: Crawley, Hameed to resume chase as England hunt 338-run target after Usman Khawaja ton
- Zak Crawley, Haseeb play out the day as England go to stumps at 30/0
All hail the King of the SCG: Usman Khawaja! 👑
England will require a further 358 runs to win on day five #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 8, 2022
- England need 388 runs to win the 4th test
- Australia declare, denying Jack Leach the chance of a hat-trick.
- WICKET! Jack Leach on a hat-trick after Alex Carey departs first ball.
- WICKET! Finally some relief for England but the damage is done. Cameron Green departs after a fine 74.
- STAT ALERT – This is Usman Khawaja’s 10th Test hundred, and his 3rd vs England at the SCG.
- CENTURY! Usman Khawaja has a fairytale comeback, scores another hundred as Australia go 375 ahead.
HE’S DONE IT!
Khawaja completes twin tons on Test return! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/Dr762AN60V
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 8, 2022
- Green scores a fine fifty, only his second in Test matches, takes Australia’s lead over 350.
Green gets his fifty with a powerful pull shot! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/V6hhlsgkje
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 8, 2022
- Khawaja, Green press on taking Australia’s lead swell over 300 with a century parntership.
- Usman Khawaja continues to punish the England bowlers, reaches a fine half-century.
More runs for Usman Khawaja! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/PvQy8MbTlV
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 8, 2022
- Tea on Day 4 – AUS 149/4. Lead by 271 runs vs England
- The partnership continues, duo put on an unbeaten 63-run stand for
- the fifth wicket.
- Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green take Australia past the 100-run mark, lead now up to 227.
- WICKET!! Jack Leach bowls an absolute peach, castles Steve Smith. Australia 86/4
- Australia swell their lead beyond 200, as Steve Smith continues to counter attack.
- WICKET! England make perfect start after lunch, Mark Wood gets Marnus Labuschagne with a sharp delivery, Ollie Pope takes a third behind the stumps.
- STAT ALERT – Steve Smith becomes the sixth player to score 3000 Ashes runs. Only Don Bradman, Garry Sobers and Steve Waugh have more runs against England.
Most #Ashes runs
Bradman 5028 @ 89.78
Hobbs 3636 @ 54.26
Border 3222 @ 55.55
Waugh 3173 @ 58.75
Gower 3037 @ 46.01STEVE SMITH 3002 @ 62.54
— Adam Burnett (@AdamBurnett09) January 8, 2022
- LUNCH – Steve Smith and Labuschagne play out the final minutes to head into lunch at 66/2. Australia lead by 188 runs.
- WICKET!! Jack Leach has his reward, Marcus Harris edges one to substitute keeper Ollie Pope, who takes a good low catch. 52/1
Good catch from the sub keeper Pope! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/T8FyhkiyTS
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 8, 2022
- 50 up for Australia as Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne frustrate the England attack.
- WICKET! Mark Wood strikes in his very first over, David Warner departs after knicking one to Ollie Pope behind the stumps. Australia 12/1
- ENG LOSE REVIEW! Joe Root’s poor run with DRS calls continue, England lose a review early.
Australia 2nd innings – 265/6 dec
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Harris | 27 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 44.26 | |
| David Warner | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 29 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 69.05 | |
| Steven Smith | 23 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 74.19 | |
| Usman Khawaja | 101 | 138 | 10 | 3 | 73.19 | |
| Cameron Green | 74 | 122 | 7 | 1 | 60.66 | |
| Alex Carey (WK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 8 (b 0, w 5, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 265/6 (68.5) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, SM Boland, Nathan Lyon | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 12 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Stuart Broad | 11 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2.82 |
| Mark Wood | 15 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 4.33 |
| Jack Leach | 21.5 | 1 | 84 | 4 | 3.85 |
| Joe Root | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Dawid Malan | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| David Warner | 1-12 | 5.6 |
| MS Harris | 2-52 | 18.1 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 3-68 | 21.4 |
| Steven Smith | 4-86 | 28.6 |
| C Green | 5-265 | 68.4 |
| AT Carey | 6-265 | 68.5 |
England all out! Scott Boland finishes with 4-36 and the visitors finish 122 runs behind Australia #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 7, 2022
- WICKET! Scott Boland continues to impress, sends Jonny Bairstow back to the pavilion.
A wonderful innings, @jbairstow21 👏👏👏
Scorecard: https://t.co/P4UpKoL0qP#Ashes | 🇦🇺 #AUSvENG 🏴 pic.twitter.com/BuEBoCa3aS
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 7, 2022
- Stuart Broad comes out aggressive, hits a couple of boundaries to get underway.
- WICKET! Nathan Lyon strikes early, removes Jack Leach in just the third over of the Day’s play.
England 1st innings – 294 all out
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haseeb Hameed | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23.08 | |
| Zak Crawley | 18 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 32.73 | |
| Dawid Malan | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| Joe Root (C) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ben Stokes | 66 | 91 | 9 | 1 | 72.53 | |
| Jonny Bairstow | 113 | 158 | 8 | 3 | 71.52 | |
| Jos Buttler (WK) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Mark Wood | 39 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 95.12 | |
| Jack Leach | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 34.48 | |
| Stuart Broad | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 78.95 | |
| James Anderson | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 20 (b 9, w 3, nb 2, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 294/10 (79.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Cummins | 20 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 3.40 |
| Mitchell Starc | 16 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Scott Boland | 14.1 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 2.54 |
| Cameron Green | 9 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Nathan Lyon | 17 | 0 | 88 | 2 | 5.18 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| H Hameed | 1-22 | 9.2 |
| Zak Crawley | 2-36 | 16.6 |
| JE Root | 3-36 | 20.1 |
| DJ Malan | 4-36 | 21.5 |
| Ben Stokes | 5-164 | 50.6 |
| Jos Buttler | 6-173 | 53.3 |
| Mark Wood | 7-245 | 65.3 |
| MJ Leach | 8-266 | 72.5 |
| JM Bairstow | 9-289 | 77.5 |
| Stuart Broad | 10-294 | 79.1 |
The aim on Day 4 will be to close the gap as much as possible and for that Jonny Bairstow will need to survive. The next two batsmen — James Anderson and Stuart Broad — apart from Jack Leach aren’t known for their batting. If take over 100 lead and add another 250 on Day 4, England will be staring at yet another defeat. The visitors will be desperate to avoid that.
In Sidney, the highest total chased is 275. It was Australia who chased down the target against England back in 1898. But since then, only four times a team has chased down a target but the last time it happened, it was 1985. In 37 years, no team has successfully chased a target.
| Country | Versus | Match | Target | Score | Result |
| Australia | England | 26/02/1898 | 275 | 4/276 | Achieved |
| Australia | England | 13-12-1907 | 274 | 8/275 | Achieved |
| Australia | England | 28-02-1947 | 214 | 5/214 | Achieved |
| Australia | England | 04-01-1980 | 216 | 4/219 | Achieved |
| Australia | New Zealand | 22-11-1985 | 260 | 6/260 | Achieved |
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Day 3 Summary: Overnight at 13/0 after Australia declared at 416/8, England’s suffered a batting collapse yet again. The most dependable Joe Root had departed for a duck while Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley and Dawid Malan all were dismissed with the score reading 36/4.
Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow stitched together a 128-run partnership for the fifth wicket to steady the sinking ship and before being asked to follow on.
Bairstow reached his ton on the third-last ball of the third day for England’s first century in this series as he and Stokes led a recovery after England were in dire straits at 36 for four.
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Bairstow celebrations 😍 🦁 💪#Ashes | 🇦🇺 #AUSvENG 🏴 pic.twitter.com/VilUb2eBPt
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 7, 2022
England have already lost the Ashes but they at last showed some fight. Stokes, grimacing in pain from a side strain picked up while bowling on Thursday, posted his highest score of the series with 66 to share in the rearguard.
Stokes dug deep to club nine fours and a massive six off Nathan Lyon over extra cover but the off-spinner had the last word, trapping Stokes plumb lbw with a skidding delivery to end his brave 91-ball knock.
AUS vs ENG Live Score: Centurion Jonny Bairstow aims to close the gap with Australia – Follow Day 4 Live Updates
It was a gutsy effort from Stokes, who was unable to bowl when he returned to the field on Thursday after treatment.
Stokes had a massive slice of luck on 16 when he was given out, only to win a review when replays showed a Cameron Green delivery actually hit the off-stump but the bail somehow was not dislodged, much to his relief.
Boland, who took a stunning 6-7 on his Test debut as man-of-the-match in the third Test in Melbourne, knocked over Zak Crawley’s off-stump and then had Root caught in the slips for a seven-ball duck to have the tourists in yet more strife.
England are now playing only for their Ashes pride after going down by an innings and 14 runs inside three days in Melbourne to give Australia a 3-0 lead with two Tests to complete.
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Australia 1st Innings: 258/7, trail by 158
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haseeb Hameed | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23.08 | |
| Zak Crawley | 18 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 32.73 | |
| Dawid Malan | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| Joe Root (C) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ben Stokes | 66 | 91 | 9 | 1 | 72.53 | |
| Jonny Bairstow | 103 | 140 | 8 | 3 | 73.57 | |
| Jos Buttler (WK) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Mark Wood | 39 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 95.12 | |
| Jack Leach | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 26.67 | |
| Extra | 19 (b 8, w 3, nb 2, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 258/7 (70) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Stuart Broad, James Anderson | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Cummins | 20 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 3.40 |
| Mitchell Starc | 14 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Scott Boland | 12 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 2.08 |
| Cameron Green | 9 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Nathan Lyon | 12 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 5.92 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| H Hameed | 1-22 | 9.2 |
| Zak Crawley | 2-36 | 16.6 |
| JE Root | 3-36 | 20.1 |
| DJ Malan | 4-36 | 21.5 |
| Ben Stokes | 5-164 | 50.6 |
| Jos Buttler | 6-173 | 53.3 |
| Mark Wood | 7-245 | 65.3 |
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