Ashes LIVE updates: Red-faced POMS play 10 consecutive maidens- In a bizarre development in Ashes, England batting once again came under fire. They lost 4 wickets in no time but the batsmen even failed to add a single run for more than 11 overs. They were 36-1 after 13 overs and had to wait for more than 10 overs to get past the score. They had to wait for the 12th over to finally reach 37. Follow Ashes Sydney Test LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Ashes LIVE updates: What on Earth? Red-faced POMS play 11 consecutive maidens as England’s batting woes continue at Sydney- check out
The opening department once again failed as Haseeb Hameed & Zak Crawley failed to start off well. England captain Joe Root further registered a duck while Dawid Malan too departed quickly to leave the visitors once again reeling in the Ashes.
“Up to TEN maiden overs in a row,” Host broadcaster 7 Cricket wrote in a tweet post.
Up to TEN maiden overs in a row #Ashes pic.twitter.com/6I7MEgLfSG
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 7, 2022
Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland got among the wickets to give Australia an upper hand in the morning session on Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
At the lunch break, England’s score read 36/4– still trailing by 380 runs. Ben Stokes (0) is currently at the crease. Resuming Day 3 at 13/0, overnight batters Haseeb Hameed and Zak Crawley added nine more runs before Hameed (6) was clean bowled by Mitchell Starc. This brought Dawid Malan to the middle.
Crawley and Malan added 14 runs for the second wicket, but right on the cusp of lunch break, Boland dismissed Crawley (18), reducing England to 36/2 in the 17th over.
Soon after, England skipper Joe Root (0) played far away from his body off the bowling of Boland and he ended up handing a simple catch to Steve Smith at second slip, and this reduced England to 36/3 in the 21st over. The lack of runs brought about Dawid Malan’s (3) dismissal and this reduced England to 36/4.
Ashes LIVE updates: What on Earth? Red-faced POMS play 11 consecutive maidens as England’s batting woes continue at Sydney- check out
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(with inputs from ANI)
