AUS beat ENG: Australia beat Joe Root & Co by 146 runs

AUS beat ENG: Australia beat Joe Root & Co by 146 runs- Australia has defeated England by 146 runs in the fifth & final Test at Hobart. The visitors go 4-0 in the test series. England got out all out for just 124 runs in response to the 271 runs target set by Australia on Day 3. Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and Chris Green shared three wickets each. England’s opening partnership of 68 runs between Rory Burns & Zak Craley emerged as the only positive. England prevented a whitewash as they survived 4th Test at Sydney in last-ball thriller.

An incredible 9️⃣ wickets in a session and our Aussie men win the #Ashes 4-0!

How are you feeling, Australia? 🇦🇺

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) January 16, 2022

Resuming the third and final session on Day 3 at 68/1, England batters Dawid Malan and Zak Crawley added 14 more runs to the total, but Australia came storming back as Cameron Green dismissed Malan (10) and Crawley (36) in quick succession, reducing England to 83/3 in the 23rd over.

Left-handed batter Ben Stokes (5) failed to leave a mark with the bat as he was scalped by Mitchell Starc in the 28th over. Nine runs later, Scott Boland went through Root’s (11) defence, and England found itself reeling at 101/5, still, 170 runs away from the target.
Boland struck once again and this time he sent Sam Billings (1) back to the pavilion and hence England was in danger of losing the fifth Ashes Test inside three days. In the very next over, Ollie Pope (5) was bowled by skipper Pat Cummins and the wheels started to come off for England.

In the end, the Three Lions were bowled out for 124, handing Australia a 146-run win in the fifth and final Ashes Test.

Earlier in the day, Australia were bowled out for 155 in the second innings, setting England a target of 271 to win. For Australia, Alex Carey top-scored with a knock of 49 while Mark Wood scalped six wickets for England.

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AUS beat ENG: Australia beat Joe Root & Co by 146 runs, thrash England 4-0 in Ashes

ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS (TARGET: 271 RUNS)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns	b Green	26	46	78	4	0	56.52
Zak Crawley	c †Carey b Green	36	66	112	7	0	54.54
Dawid Malan	b Green	10	20	26	2	0	50.00
Joe Root (c)	b Boland	11	31	57	1	0	35.48
Ben Stokes	c Lyon b Starc	5	15	26	0	0	33.33
Ollie Pope	b Cummins	5	26	45	0	0	19.23
Sam Billings †	c Cummins b Boland	1	9	18	0	0	11.11
Chris Woakes	c †Carey b Boland	5	11	15	1	0	45.45
Mark Wood	b Cummins	11	7	11	2	0	157.14
Ollie Robinson	b Cummins	0	1	7	0	0	0.00
Stuart Broad	not out	1	1	2	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 13)	13
TOTAL	(38.5 Ov, RR: 3.19)	124
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Rory Burns, 16.1 ov), 2-82 (Dawid Malan, 20.5 ov), 3-83 (Zak Crawley, 22.2 ov), 4-92 (Ben Stokes, 27.5 ov), 5-101 (Joe Root, 31.4 ov), 6-107 (Sam Billings, 35.1 ov), 7-107 (Ollie Pope, 36.2 ov), 8-115 (Chris Woakes, 37.6 ov), 9-123 (Mark Wood, 38.3 ov), 10-124 (Ollie Robinson, 38.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	8	0	30	1	3.75
Pat Cummins	12.5	3	42	3	3.27
Scott Boland	12	5	18	3	1.50
Cameron Green	6	1	21	3	3.50

WICKET! Sam Billings fails to shine on debut, England reeling at 107/6
WICKET! Scott Boland’s low delivery gets Joe Root bowled OUT

Boland! It kept low, really low! Root could do nothing about that #Ashes

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 16, 2022

WICKET! Ben Stokes depart, England crumbles in yet another run chase
WICKETS! Chris Green is on a roll, England lose well- set opener Zak Crawley & David Malan

WICKET! Australia strikes at the stroke of Tea Break as Rory Burns dismissed for 26
FIFTY partnership comes up for opening wicket. England on a roll.

Half-century partnership 💥

Rory Burns and Zak Crawley put on England’s first opening stand of fifty or more in the series! 👌🏻

Watch the Ashes live on https://t.co/CPDKNxoJ9v (in select regions)#AUSvENG | #WTC23 pic.twitter.com/vBicigQxRR

— ICC (@ICC) January 16, 2022

Rory Burns & Zak Crawley begin England’s 270 runs chase. Can the visitors finally deliver or Australia will go 4-0?

AUS beat ENG: Australia beat Joe Root & Co by 146 runs, thrash England 4-0 in Ashes

AUSTRALIA 2ND INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Pope b Broad	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Usman Khawaja	c †Billings b Wood	11	38	63	2	0	28.94
Marnus Labuschagne	c †Billings b Woakes	5	11	14	0	0	45.45
Steven Smith	c Malan b Wood	27	62	115	4	0	43.54
Scott Boland	c †Billings b Wood	8	33	39	0	0	24.24
Travis Head	c †Billings b Wood	8	16	20	1	0	50.00
Cameron Green	lbw b Broad	23	47	81	3	0	48.93
Alex Carey †	c †Billings b Broad	49	88	126	4	0	55.68
Mitchell Starc	c Pope b Wood	1	4	14	0	0	25.00
Pat Cummins (c)	b Wood	13	33	50	1	0	39.39
Nathan Lyon	not out	4	5	6	0	0	80.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	6
TOTAL	(56.3 Ov, RR: 2.74)	155
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (David Warner, 0.3 ov), 2-5 (Marnus Labuschagne, 3.1 ov), 3-33 (Usman Khawaja, 14.1 ov), 4-47 (Scott Boland, 22.3 ov), 5-59 (Travis Head, 26.2 ov), 6-63 (Steven Smith, 28.2 ov), 7-112 (Cameron Green, 43.5 ov), 8-121 (Mitchell Starc, 46.1 ov), 9-151 (Alex Carey, 55.1 ov), 10-155 (Pat Cummins, 56.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Stuart Broad	18	2	51	3	2.83	0	0
Chris Woakes	11	3	40	1	3.63	0	1
Ollie Robinson	11	4	23	0	2.09	0	0
Mark Wood	16.3	2	37	6	2.24	1	0

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Day 3 updates

England need 270 runs to win the final Test, Australia need 10 wickets to go 4-0

Australia’s lead grows to 256 at the day three dinner break!

Do they have enough? Play to resume in 40 minutes #Ashes

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 16, 2022

WICKET! Chris Green departs and England finally breaks the partnership.
NO BALL! Chris Woakes gets Alex Carey OUT but foot ahead of crease.

Carey chops on again!

But has Woakes overstepped here? #Ashes pic.twitter.com/Xa9HJuSx50

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 16, 2022

FOURS! Welcome boundaries from Chris Green & Alex Carey– consecutive boundaries
WICKET! Steve Smith departs for 27, Australia reeling at 63/6 — lead by 178 runs
WICKET! First Inns centurion Travis Head follows Boland, caught out to Billings off Wood.
WICKET! Nightwatchman Scott Boland caught out to Sam Billings off Mark Wood.
FOUR! Steve Smith with a magnificent strike, runs 4 runs after Broad’s special effort at the boundary ropes.
It’s a maiden to begin proceedings off Stuart Broad

8:59 AM IST: The sun is out in Hobart!

Updated session times:

First session 2:30pm – 5pm
Second session 5:40pm – 7:40pm
Third session 8pm – 10pm

Day 2 witnessed the fall of 17 wickets over the day as Australia were dismissed for 303 in the opening session and England’s first innings ended on 188 under the floodlights of the night session. There was still time for England to remove David Warner for a pair, Marnus Labuschagne for five and Usman Khawaja for 11 as the visiting bowlers got movement and bounce out of the pink ball.

That’s stumps! The nightwatchman Scott Boland gets to the close.

17 wickets fell on an eventful day #Ashes

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 15, 2022

David Warner was dismissed by Stuart Broad for the 14th time in his test career, the seamer becoming England’s most prolific bowler in Ashes tests with his 129th wicket. Steve Smith, who had scored 17 not out, and nightwatchman Scott Boland, unbeaten on three, will resume on Sunday looking to build on Australia’s lead and put the hosts on course to wrap up the series 4-0.

“Bowling them out for 180 odd was a really good result. There are the kind of night sessions you’ve got to be wary of if you get caught with a new ball. I think it was a really good effort to be only really three down in really tough conditions, ” said Australia captain Pat Cummins.

Cummins had earlier taken 4-45 as the vanguard of Australia’s attack as England’s batting once again crumbled in the face of unbridled pace.

England made a calamitous start with Rory Burns run out with only two runs on the board, and none of the English batsmen looked like getting close to a second century of the series for the tourists. Dawid Malan (25) and his captain Joe Root (34) put together a 49-run partnership that looked like bringing some solidity to the England innings but Cummins dismissed them both in short order.

Chris Woakes was dropped twice in his 36, and Sam Billings made a solid 29 in his first test innings before he was caught on the boundary by Boland off Cameron Green’s bowling.

Australia spinner Nathan Lyon did not get to deliver a single ball in England’s innings as the pacemen took the load, but he pulled off a brilliant catch at point to dismiss Ben Stokes for four. Lyon also contributed 31 runs, including three sixes, as Australia’s tailenders added 62 runs for the loss of the last four wickets in the opening session.

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England’s effort was not helped early on by being a bowler short, with Ollie Robinson still suffering from a back spasm that forced him off the field on Friday. The seamer did return to bowl in the evening session. “It’s a huge session tomorrow,” said Billings. “Obviously they’re in front of the game but we’ve got an opportunity to really make inroads in the morning.”

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