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Australia dominated this Ashes series from the first ball
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Unmissable for some time, now finally confirmed: Australia has chosen The Ashes.
England have been outplayed throughout and after just 12 days of cricket find themselves 3-0 and face a battle to avoid another round of whitewash.
Even in a contest as one-sided as this, however, there were times when the games could have gone both ways. Here are some of the crucial incidents that helped Australia keep the ballot box …
Starc bowls Burns with first bowling in the series
It’s often said that teams have led a series “from the first ball” and here you can take it at face value. After a delayed start by the rain, England won the toss on a Brisbane green field and chose to strike. A daring choice, but if they could fight through what would undoubtedly be a delicate first hour …
First ball of the series. Mitchell Starc to Rory Burns. After all the usual boastfulness in the preparation, it was time for the action to begin.
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Rory Burns was knocked around his legs by Mitchell Starc’s first ball in Brisbane
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The fast pitcher loaded, played and refueled, at the stumps. Starc’s line was a bit off, but that was nothing compared to Burns, who got into a horrific position and was knocked down behind his leggings by a half leg stump volley with a late swing sending the balloon in the leg stump.
Have England’s worst fears come true? Not quite, it happened when Joe Root left without scoring five overs later to leave them 11-3, but the tone was set.
England collapses after Root-Malan stand
Even after being knocked out for 147 and dropping a 278 deficit in the opening innings after a sloppy pitch show that saw David Warner give many lives en route to 94, England finished day three of the first test with hope.
Root and Dawid Malan had put in an unbroken 139 for the third wicket to bring the Tourists to 220-2, with the two hitters closing in on the hundreds. Another good session to start the fourth day and the pressure would have really started to build on Australia.
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Dawid Malan and Joe Root gave England hope on day three, but he was quickly gone on day four
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Instead, Malan and Root left in the first half hour and England quickly folded, losing their last eight wickets for just 74 races. Whether the away team was able to continue and win the game is almost irrelevant.
Given the chance to make life difficult for Australia and to show the hosts that they wouldn’t have everything their way on the series, England faded after a first setback. In contrast, Australia showed both their skill with the ball and their fight by responding to a few tough sessions to regain their strong position and win the game.
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Labuschagne hits a ton after being dropped early
Marnus Labuschagne is the n ° 1 testers in the world. If you have the opportunity to get rid of it sooner, it is important to take it. England’s luck came with Australia’s No 3 on the 21st on day one of the first test in Adelaide as they gloved a Ben Stokes bouncer to the side of the legs.
Jos Buttler had already pulled off a superb side-leg hold to knock Marcus Harris off earlier in the heats and it was a lot easier. However, the English wicket keeper couldn’t hang on as he threw himself to his left.
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Marnus Labuschagne took advantage of his good fortune at the Adelaide Oval to record his first ton of ash
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Labuschagne survived and progressed to 95 before being dropped again by Buttler, a much simpler chance of Jimmy Anderson. He then hit his first Ashes 100 and – after being caught without a ball – was eventually fired for 103 by Ollie Robinson.
By this point, he had shared important partnerships with Warner and Steve Smith to set Australia on course for a declared assertive 473-9 in their opening innings, leaving England to continue the game once again.
Root pain and Buttler’s misstep ends rearguard action
For the second game in a row, after a rocky start, Malan and Root have given England a solid platform from which to build. Unfortunately for the second game in a row it was wasted as they went from 150-2 to 236 in total.
The result was a highly unlikely score of 468 wins or, slightly more realistically, four sessions and a bit for a draw.
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Joe Root endured painful fourth day on day-night test in Adelaide
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Australia managed to oust the top three, but Root and Stokes were still battling as Matchday 4 moved towards its conclusion. The captain had been hit in a pretty awkward area before the game started, gone for scans but was fighting through, only to be hit in that same area by a delivery from Starc.
A long hiatus from the game followed, but Root struggled and looked ready to see the light of day, only to be called off by Starc in the final of a very painful day for the Yorkshireman.
With just six English wickets remaining for the final day, an Australian victory looked certain, but after losing Ollie Pope early on, the visitors sank in – and none are more stubborn than Buttler.
The goalkeeper-beater had endured a scorching game with his abandoned catches and a duck in the first inning and after coming off with an advantage between the goalie and the first slip, he defended fiercely, scoring just nine in the second session. , knowing that time in the fold was far more precious to England than the races.
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Jos Buttler’s valiant 207-ball innings ended cruelly as he stepped on his own stumps
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Robinson’s wicket before tea left England with just two wickets, but with Buttler still there, looking more and more solid and the pink ball getting older, a silver lining remained.
It all ended twice in the evening session as Buttler, who had dug his crease well, came back to push the ball into the covers and find a single to keep the strike. But he went too far. The gentler pressure against the stump of his rear foot was enough to dislodge the bond, ending a provocative 207-ball shot and with it, the hope of a famous breakout from England.
Australian rapids dismantle England in frenzied final hour
Boxing Day’s test started out gloomy for England, was again cheap and only managed one out of 16 wickets before the strains.
However, the second day was a new day – and it was England day. Until no. After producing an impressive performance with the ball, limiting Australia to a useful, but not insurmountable, lead of 82 first innings, the first order was swept away in the final hour of the day.
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Starc struck twice late on day two in Melbourne
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England’s stick has naturally come under a lot of criticism during this series, but on the second night in Melbourne, Australia’s fast bowlers produced a play-off that even the strongest batting lineups would have struggled to resist. .
The exceptional Pat Cummins has yet to wonder how he became wicketless, but his relentlessness increased the pressure on batters and galvanized Starc and Scott Boland, who each used two wickets.
England were shocked as they came out 31-4. The only question that remained was how long they could survive on the third day. Not very as it turned out.
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