Ashes Sydney Test Day 1 Stumps: James Anderson, Mark Wood, and Stuart Broad all got among the wickets as England struck constantly against Australia on Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. Follow ASHES 4th Test LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
At stumps, Australia’s score read 126/3 with Steve Smith (6*) and Usman Khawaja (4*) unbeaten at the crease. Only 46.5 overs were bowled on the first day as rain played spoilsport.
Ashes Sydney Test Day 1 Stumps: Late wickets help England end Day 1 on a high in a rain-marred opening day- AUS 126/3
Resuming the final session at 56/1, Labuschagne and Harris grinded it out in the middle and the duo accumulated runs at a brisk pace. Both batters registered their 50-run stand for the second wicket and England was looking in all sorts of trouble.
However, the 61-run stand for the second wicket came to an end in the 40th over as James Anderson dismissed Harris (38) and this brought Australia vice-captain Steve Smith to the middle. Soon after, Labuschagne (28) was sent back to the pavilion by Mark Wood and England came storming back into the contest.
In the end, Smith and Khawaja ensured that Australia does not lose any more wickets in the final session on Day 1.
Earlier, David Warner perished off the bowling of Broad but Marcus Harris and Marnus Labuschagne had ensured that Australia did not lose wickets in a cluster in the second session.
Joe Root and England cricket team are attempting to salvage some pride in the ongoing 4th test of Ashes. On the other hand ruthless Australia just has one thing on mind i.e Ashes whitewash.
Brief Scores: Australia 126/3 (Marcus Harris 38, Marnus Labuschagne 28; James Anderson 1-24) vs England.
Ashes Sydney Test Day 1 Stumps: Late wickets help England end Day 1 on a high in a rain-marred opening day- AUS 126/3
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | 30 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 41.67 | |
| Marcus Harris | 38 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 34.86 | |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 28 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 47.46 | |
| Steven Smith | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 26.09 | |
| Usman Khawaja | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| Extra | 24 (b 4, w 12, nb 4, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 126/3 (46.5) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | C Green, AT Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, SM Boland, Nathan Lyon | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 13 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1.85 |
| Stuart Broad | 11.5 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 2.87 |
| Ben Stokes | 10 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Mark Wood | 10 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 3.10 |
| Jack Leach | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| David Warner | 1-51 | 20.6 |
| MS Harris | 2-111 | 39.1 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 3-117 | 40.2 |
After several rain interruptions, that is stumps for day one #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2022
3rd session
- It has started drizzling again. And, that’s the end of play on Day 1
- FOUR! Short in length from Stokes, Smith pulls it on the leg side
- FOUR! Nice shot from Khwaja towards backward square leg. He gets off the mark with a boundary
- WICKET! Mark Wood strikes too. He gets the big fish – Marnus Labuschagne. Edges and is caught by Jos Buttler. Australia three down now
- FOUR! Beautiful shot from Labuschagne. A backfoot punch through the cover region
- WICKET! James Anderson provides the much-needed breakthrough to England. Marcus Harris edges and is caught by Joe Root in the slip. Harris departs at 38 and Steve Smith comes to crease.
- The partnership between Labuschagne and Harris – 57 off 97 deliveries
- 100 comes up for Australia in the 33rd over. England fails to make gains after Warner’s wicket
- Marnus Labuschagne, Marcus Harris lead Australia innings against England.
Another rain delay!
We’ll bring updates when we get them #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2022
- WICKET! Stuart Broad gets David Warner caught OUT to Zak Crawley in slips
- Back-to-back boundaries for Warner
Lunch has been taken. Let’s try again in 40 minutes #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2022
- Rain interrupts play again. A stop-start first session of the SCG Test due to rain showers, lunch is taken early with play scheduled to restart at 1:30pm local time
-
Back to back boundaries for David Warner off James Anderson’s over
Covers are off
Day 1, 11:50am local time: Covers are off #Ashes pic.twitter.com/k0Gz9BBzSZ
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 5, 2022
Rain delay in Sydney 🌧️
Precipitation is light, though it’s enough to keep the covers on.
Watch the #Ashes live on https://t.co/MHHfZPQi6H (in select regions) 📺#AUSvENG | #WTC23 pic.twitter.com/SqWLEUkzo0
— ICC (@ICC) January 5, 2022
- RAIN! Covers have been called on the pitch. Thundery showers & a moderate breeze is predicted for the day.
Unfortunately… rain.#Ashes pic.twitter.com/hRVJoKFKIs
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2022
- FOUR! First boundary for David Warner & Australia towards extra cover off Stuart Broad
- David Warner, Marcus Harris begin innings. James Anderson begins proceedings with the ball.
First ball and we’ve got some movement!
Live #Ashes: https://t.co/PWTqeQ864A pic.twitter.com/iQghRefIi9
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2022
5:12 AM IST: Ashes LIVE: Record Alert! England’s James Anderson is now most capped Test player after Sachin Tendulkar
Most Test Matches:
200 Sachin Tendulkar 🇮🇳
169* James Anderson 🏴
168 Steve Waugh 🇦🇺 & Ricky Ponting 🇦🇺
166 Jacques Kallis 🇿🇦
164 Rahul Dravid 🇮🇳 & Shivnarine Chanderpaul 🏝️
161 Alastair Cook 🏴
156 Allan Border 🇦🇺
151* Stuart Broad 🏴#Ashes #AUSvENG— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) January 4, 2022
5:04 AM IST: Australia opt to bat, Joe Root’s England to bowl at SCG
We will bowl first at the SCG! #Ashes | 🇦🇺 #AUSvENG 🏴
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 4, 2022
England XI: Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonathan Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson
Australia XI: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitch Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon
4:33 AM IST: The coin toss has been delayed. It will now be held at 5 am with the match commencing at 5.30 am
The toss has been delayed until 11.30pm (UK) with a midnight start time.#Ashes | #AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/NX79C6PZXQ
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 4, 2022
New Zealand all out!
Taijul takes a cracking catch leaving Bangladesh needed 40 runs to win the Test #NZvBAN https://t.co/13HsOvxv3F
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 4, 2022
AUS vs ENG LIVE – ASHES 4th Test LIVE Updates: Without a single century or five-wicket haul to their collective name in three heavy losses in the series to date, the tourists have only pride to play for when they take to Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for day one on Wednesday.
Day three on Friday will mark exactly 11 years since England last won a Test match Down Under, a famous January morning when Andrew Strauss’s side mopped up the remaining three Australian wickets to secure an innings and 83-run victory.
A crowd of 19,000 England fans celebrated wildly at the SCG as the wickets tumbled to seal an emphatic 3-1 series triumph built on disciplined bowling and big batting.
Since that morning, England have managed to eke out just a single draw in 13 Tests over three tours and the last two Ashes Tests in Sydney have resulted in humiliating defeats.
Australia have enjoyed dominance for lengthy periods before, and England will feel they can still be competitive on home soil, but the lustre of the Ashes so apparent in 2011 has dulled considerably over the last month.
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Ashes Sydney Test LIVE SCORE – England Playing XI: Preparations for the Sydney Test have been as complicated as the rest of the tour with England coach Chris Silverwood unable to travel with the squad because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the camp.
The under-utilised Stuart Broad has finally been brought back into the bowling attack for the match and England fans will be hoping it is not a case of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Embattled captain Joe Root, who will not consider his position until after the tour, defiantly maintained that his squad has the talent to challenge Australia at the SCG and in the fifth Test in Hobart.
“We are better than the performances we have put in, and we have two chances to try and get something from the rest of the tour,” he told reporters on Monday.
Australia Playing XI: Australia, by contrast, could hardly be in better shape as they look to sweep the series to bolster their position in the World Test Championship standings.
Travis Head, who tested positive for COVID-19, will be replaced in the middle order by Usman Khawaja, who made his Test debut in the 2011 Ashes Test at the SCG.
Paceman Josh Hazlewood is still struggling with a side strain he picked up in the series opener in Brisbane so the selectors have stuck with Scott Boland.
Boland’s six for seven in the second innings on his Test debut helped the hosts to an innings and 14-run victory in Melbourne, underlining the current depth of Australian fast bowling.
Glenn McGrath, one of Australia’s all-time great pacemen, is likely to be absent from the SCG after testing positive for COVID-19 but his breast cancer charity will again turn the ground pink on day three of the Test.
McGrath will perhaps be comforted a little by the knowledge that his traditional Ashes prediction of a 5-0 whitewash for Australia remains very much on the cards.
Following is a fact box on the fourth Ashes Test match between Australia and England, which starts on Wednesday.
WHERE?
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Capacity: 48,000
WHEN?
January 5 to 9. Play starts at 10:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT Tuesday)
AUSTRALIA (World ranking: 3)
Team: Pat Cummins (captain), David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
Coach: Justin Langer
ENGLAND (World ranking: 4)
Team: Joe Root (captain), Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
Coach: Chris Silverwood
WHAT THE BOOKMAKERS SAY*
Australia win: 6/5
England win: 9/1
Draw: Evens
MATCH OFFICIALS
Umpires: Rod Tucker (Australia), Paul Reiffel (Australia)
TV umpire: Paul Wilson (Australia)
Match referee: Steve Bernard (Australia)
HISTORY
Previous Australia v England Tests in Sydney
Matches: 56
Australia wins: 27
England wins: 22
Draws: 7
YEAR WINNERS MARGIN
1882 Australia 5 wickets
1882 Australia 6 wickets
1883 England 69 runs
1883 Australia 4 wickets
1885 Australia 6 runs
1885 Australia 8 wickets
1887 England 13 runs
1887 England 71 runs
1888 England 126 runs
1892 Australia 72 runs
1894 England 10 runs
1895 Australia inns & 147 runs
1897 England 9 wickets
1898 Australia 6 wickets
1901 England inns & 124 runs
1902 Australia 7 wickets
1903 England 5 wickets
1904 England 157 runs
1907 Australia 2 wickets
1908 Australia 49 runs
1911 Australia 146 runs
1912 England 70 runs
1920 Australia 377 runs
1921 Australia 9 wickets
1924 Australia 193 runs
1925 Australia 307 runs
1928 England 8 wickets
1932 England 10 wickets
1933 England 8 wickets
1936 England inns & 22 runs
1946 Australia inns & 33 runs
1947 Australia 5 wickets
1951 Australia inns & 13 runs
1954 England 38 runs
1955 Match drawn
1959 Match drawn
1963 Australia 8 wickets
1963 Match drawn
1966 England inns & 93 runs
1971 England 299 runs
1971 England 62 runs
1975 Australia 171 runs
1979 England 93 runs
1979 England 9 wickets
1980 Australia 6 wickets
1983 Match drawn
1987 Australia 55 runs
1988 Match drawn
1991 Match drawn
1995 Match drawn
1999 Australia 98 runs
2003 England 225 runs
2007 Australia 10 wickets
2011 England inns & 83 runs
2014 Australia 281 runs
2018 Australia inns & 123 runs
SERIES
First Test Australia won by nine wickets at the Gabba
Second Test Australia won by 275 runs at the Adelaide Oval
Third Test Australia won by innings and 14 runs
Fifth Test January 14-18 Bellerive Oval (Hobart)
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