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AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 3 Stumps: Jonny Bairstow century lead England fightback, ENG 258/7; AUS 416/8 dec

AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 3 Stumps: Jonny Bairstow century lead England fightback, ENG 258/7; AUS 416/8 dec

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AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 3 Stumps: Jonny Bairstow century lead England fightback, ENG 258/7 ; AUS 416/8 dec
AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 3 Stumps: Jonny Bairstow- England fought back on Day 3 of the fourth Ashes Test on Friday. Bairstow smashed a century while Ben Stokes chipped with a fifty. The duo also shared a century stand for the fifth wicket. Bairstow remained unbeaten on 103 at end of Day […]

AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 3 Stumps: Jonny Bairstow- England fought back on Day 3 of the fourth Ashes Test on Friday. Bairstow smashed a century while Ben Stokes chipped with a fifty. The duo also shared a century stand for the fifth wicket. Bairstow remained unbeaten on 103 at end of Day 3 while Ben Stokes also smashed a fifty. Mark Wood played a key role with quickfire 39 to keep England on track. Follow Insidesport.IN for all AUS vs ENG LIVE Updates

But Joe Root & Jos Buttler got out for a duck while Dawid Malan failed to put a show. England openers Haseeb Hameed & Zak Crawley continued their dismal act. Pat Cummins & Scott Boland took a couple of wickets each as England trailed by another 158 runs.

At stumps, England’s score read 258/7 — still trailing by 158 runs. Bairstow (103*) and Jack Leach (4*) are present at the crease for the Three Lions. Resuming the final session at 135/4, Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow added some quick runs but the 128-run stand for the fifth wicket was finally ended by Nathan Lyon as he had Stokes (66) adjudged leg-before wicket, reducing England to 164/5.

AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 3 Stumps: Jonny Bairstow century lead England fightback, ENG 258/7; AUS 416/8 dec

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At the tea break, England’s score read 135/4 — still trailing by 281 runs. Stokes (52*) and Bairstow (45*) are currently present at the crease. Resuming the second session at 36/4, Stokes and Bairstow ensured that England did not lose a single wicket in the afternoon session, and extended their fifth-wicket partnership to 99 runs.

Earlier, Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland got among the wickets to give Australia an upper hand in the morning session on Day 3.

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AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 3 Stumps: Jonny Bairstow century lead England fightback, ENG 258/7 ; AUS 416/8 dec

England 1st Innings 258/7 
Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Haseeb Hameed b Mitchell Starc 6 26 1 0 23.08
Zak Crawley b SM Boland 18 55 2 0 32.73
Dawid Malan c Usman Khawaja b C Green 3 39 0 0 7.69
Joe Root (C) c Steven Smith b SM Boland 0 7 0 0 0.00
Ben Stokes lbw b Nathan Lyon 66 91 9 1 72.53
Jonny Bairstow Not out 103 139 8 3 74.10
Jos Buttler (WK) c Usman Khawaja b Pat Cummins 0 8 0 0 0.00
Mark Wood c Nathan Lyon b Pat Cummins 39 41 2 3 95.12
Jack Leach Not out 4 15 1 0 26.67
Extra 19 (b 8, w 3, nb 2, lb 6)
Total 258/7 (69.5)
Yet To Bat Stuart Broad, James Anderson
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Pat Cummins 19.5 6 68 2 3.43
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
  • CENTURY! Jonny Bairstow smashes only century from England in ongoing Ashes

  • WICKET! Mark Wood caught out to Alex Carey off Pat Cummins

  • Update on Scott Boland: He has been cleared of any damage to his right side and is expected to return to the field shortly. He has bowled in the nets and is expected to be available to bowl this evening. Phew! 🙏
  • SIXES! Mark Wood joins Jonny Bairstow, smashes back to back SIXES against Pat Cummins. England on a role
  • FOUR! Mark Wood smashes his second boundary

  • WICKET! Jos Buttler caught out by Usman Khawaja, joins Joe Root with DUCK
  • SIX! Bairstow continues to entertain the audience after Stokes’s wicket as sixes galore at SCG.
  • Bairstow hit on The Thumb

  • WICKET! Lyon gets Stokes lbw with a skidder!

  • SIX! Ben Stokes with ferocious batting on display at SCG
  • FIFTY for Jonny Bairstow

 

  • FIFTY for Ben Stokes. His first of the ongoing Ashes series.

  • FOURS Hat-Trick! Excellent counter-attack from Ben Stokes. 50 partnership comes up for fifth wicket.

  • Back to back boundaries for Ben Stokes
  • England play 11 consecutive maidens as England’s batting woes continue
  • WICKET! Wickets are falling in clusters, Dawid Malan caught out to Usman Khawaja off Chris Green.
  • WICKET! Boland strikes again, Joe Root caught OUT to Steve Smith for DUCK
  • WICKET! Crawley bowled OUT by Scott Boland, England opening woes continue
  • FOUR! Crawley looking solid against Starc, Can he make the most of yesterday’s no ball escape?
  • WICKET! Haseeb Hameed bowled OUT to Mitchell Stac
  • FOUR! Hameed this name, punishes Starc at backward point
  • FOUR! Lovely off drive from Zak Crawley against Pat Cummins
  • Haseeb Hameed & Zak Crawley resume England inns. Mitchell Starc kick start proceedings for Australia on Day 3.
England 1st Innings139/4 (47.2 ov)

6:28 AM IST: Updated session times for Day 3 at the SCG:

First session: 12:10pm – 1:30pm
Second session: 2:10pm – 4:10pm
Third session: 4:30pm – 6:30pm

6:22 AM IST: Play is set to resume at 12:10 pm (6.40 AM IST). England will start day three at 13/0 with Haseeb Hameed (2*) and Zak Crawley (2*) walking out to the crease at the SCG.

5:48 AM IST: COVERS COMING OFF 

5:22 AM IST: 

5:15 AM IST: Stuart Broad named in honours lust after SCG heroics.

5 AM IST: Match start delayed due to rain. Strong winds & thunder showers is the forecast for the Day 3.


Usman Khawaja scored a memorable century as Australia gained an upper hand against England on Day 2 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday. At stumps, England’s score read 13/0– trailing by 403 runs. Haseeb Hameed (2*) and Zak Crawley (2*) are currently unbeaten at the crease for the visitors. Trailing by 416, England openers Haseeb Hameed and Zak Crawley ensured that the visitors do not lose any wicket before the close of play on Day 2.

Earlier, resuming the final session at 321/6, Usman Khawaja and Pat Cummins added 10 more runs to the total before Cummins (24) was scalped by Stuart Broad. This was Broad’s fourth wicket in the innings. Mitchell Starc then came out to the middle and along with Khawaja, the duo frustrated the England bowlers. Both batters put on 67 runs for the eighth wicket, and this stand was finally broken by Broad as he bowled Khawaja (137).

As a result of this wicket, Broad registered his 19th five-wicket haul in Test cricket.
In the end, Australia declared their innings at 416/8. Khawaja was the top scorer for Australia while Broad was the leading wicket-taker for England.

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AUS vs ENG LIVE score, Ashes Sydney Test: Match start delayed due to rain, ENG 13/0; AUS 416/8 dec- Follow Day 3 LIVE Updates

Australia 1st innings – 416/8 dec

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
David Warner c Zak Crawley b Stuart Broad 30 72 6 0 41.67
Marcus Harris c JE Root b James Anderson 38 109 4 0 34.86
Marnus Labuschagne c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood 28 59 4 0 47.46
Steven Smith c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad 67 141 5 0 47.52
Usman Khawaja b Stuart Broad 137 260 13 0 52.69
Cameron Green c Zak Crawley b Stuart Broad 5 14 1 0 35.71
Alex Carey (WK) c JM Bairstow b JE Root 13 39 2 0 33.33
Pat Cummins (C) c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad 24 47 4 0 51.06
Mitchell Starc Not out 34 60 3 0 56.67
Nathan Lyon Not out 16 7 2 1 228.57
Extra 24 (b 0, w 12, nb 4, lb 8)
Total 416/8 (134)
Yet To Bat SM Boland
BOWLING O M R W ECON
James Anderson 30 9 54 1 1.80
Stuart Broad 29 5 101 5 3.48
Ben Stokes 13.5 3 37 0 2.67
Mark Wood 26.1 6 76 1 2.90
Jack Leach 24 2 89 0 3.71
Dawid Malan 3 0 15 0 5.00
Joe Root 8 0 36 1 4.50
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
David Warner 1-51 20.6
MS Harris 2-111 39.1
Marnus Labuschagne 3-117 40.2
Steven Smith 4-232 83.6
C Green 5-242 87.4
AT Carey 6-285 102.3
Pat Cummins 7-331 113.5
Usman Khawaja 8-398 131.5

 

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