Manchester, a city in England, on July 21st.
On the third day of the fourth Ashes test, Jonny Bairstow scored an impressive 99 runs, helping England achieve a total of 592 runs before all their players were out. In the second innings, Australia managed to score only 39 runs and were behind by 236 runs by the time they went for a break at tea.
Zak Crawley scored an excellent 189 runs to help England easily surpass Australia’s initial score of 317 runs. Ben Stokes and Harry Brook also contributed to England’s lead before the lunch break on the third day.
Bairstow started hitting the ball really hard and scored four sixes. The crowd at Old Trafford loved it. It made the tourists feel even worse.
England’s number 11 batsman, James Anderson, was unable to assist Bairstow in achieving one of the fastest test centuries ever recorded, as he was dismissed by being trapped in front of the wicket. However, England had already accomplished significant progress by scoring their highest total in an Ashes innings on their home ground since 1985.
It finished a round of play that matched England’s new and bold “Bazball” strategy very well.
In test cricket history, there have been 3,828 innings that lasted 100 overs or more. England had the second fastest speed of scoring runs, with an average of 5. 49 runs per over.
Australia needs only a draw to keep the Ashes. Since rain is expected, the tourists were not taking any risks in their response.
Usman Khawaja and David Warner started the game well and didn’t make many mistakes. However, Khawaja got out for 18 just before the break when he hit the ball and Bairstow caught it.
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