Aus vs Eng, Ashes 2019, the most awaited test series began yesterday at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Australia has chosen to bat after winning the toss and registered a total of 284 with the heroic innings of Steve Smith in the first innings of the 1st Test match of Ashes 2019.
Steve Smith Rescues Australia :
16 months after the disgrace of sandpaper scandal which collapsed his career for a while, Steve Smith returns with a bang scoring a fantastic knock of 144 off 219 balls rescuing Australia from a huge collapse after Aus being 122-8 in the Ashes 2019.
Crowd Boos, Steve Smith Answers With Bat in Ashes 2019 1st Test :
The crowd was seen booing Steve Smith with banners and chants of cheaters in . The crowd in the match also booed Steve Smith showing the sandpapers and calling a cheater. Even though Steve Smith proved who he is and shut the hater’s mouth. The Test Specialist rescued his team from 122-8 with a knock of 144(219) making sure the team registers a good 1st total of 284/10.
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AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS 284-10 ( 80.4 Overs) |
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| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Cameron Bancroft | c Root b Broad | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 32 | |
| Dawid Warner | lbw b Broad | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | |
| Usman Khawaja | c Bairstow b Chris Woakes | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 56.52 | |
| Steve Smith | b Broad | 144 | 219 | 16 | 2 | 65.75 | |
| Travis Head | lbw b Chris Woakes | 35 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 57.38 | |
| Mathew Wade | lbw b Chris Woakes | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Tim Paine ( C & WK ) | c Rory Burns b Broad | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| James Pattinson | lbw b Broad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Cummins | lbw b Stokes | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50 | |
| Peter Siddle | c Jos Buttler b Moeen | 44 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 51.76 | |
| Nathon Lion | not out | 12 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| Extras 15 (b 0, lb 13, w 2, nb 0, p 0) | |||||||
| Total | 284/10 (80.4 overs) | ||||||
Fall of Wickets :
2-1 (David Warner, 3.5),
17-2 (Cameron Bancroft, 7.3)
35-3 (Usman Khawaja, 14.2)
99-4 (Travis Head, 32.4)
105-5 (Matthew Wade, 34.6)
112-6 (Tim Paine, 39.4)
112-7 (James Pattinson, 39.6)
122-8 (Pat Cummins, 43.6)
210-9 (Peter Siddle, 67.2)
284-10 (Steven Smith, 80.4)
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | No Balls | Wides | Economy |
| James Anderson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Stuart Broad | 22.4 | 4 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 |
| Chris Woakes | 21 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 |
| Ben Stokes | 18 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.29 |
| Moeen Ali | 13 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.23 |
| Joe Denly | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
Day 1: Stumps – England trail by 274 runs
| ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS 10-0 ( 2 Overs) | |||||||
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Rory Burns | batting | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.75 | |
| Jason Roy | batting | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75 | |
