AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 2 Stumps: Khawaja shines

AUS vs ENG LIVE score: Australia declares after Usman Khawaja’s century- Pat Cummins-led Australia declared at SCG after a brilliant century from Usman Khawaja. Aussies once again posted 400+ total on the scorecard to put England on the edge in their bid to go 5-0 in the series. Khawaja grabbed the opportunity with both hands and struck 37 while Stuart Broad scalped a fifer on a comeback. Follow Insidesport.IN for all AUS vs ENG LIVE Updates.

At stumps, England’s score read 13/0– trailing by 403 runs. Haseeb Hameed (2*) and Zak Crawley (2*) are currently unbeaten at the crease for the visitors. Trailing by 416, England openers Haseeb Hameed and Zak Crawley ensured that the visitors do not lose any wicket before the close of play on Day 2.

Meanwhile, Zak Crawley survived a no-ball error from Mitchell Starc in the dying moments of the day. England scorecard read 13/0 as they finished on a good note on Day 2 at the SCG.

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AUS vs ENG, Ashes Sydney Test Day 2 Stumps: Usman Khawaja shines, Crawley survives after Starc’s No ball , ENG 13/0; AUS 416/8

England 1st Innings 13/0 (5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Haseeb Hameed	Not out	2	16	0	0	12.50
Zak Crawley	Not out	2	15	0	0	13.33
Extra	9 (b 4, w 0, nb 1, lb 4)
Total	13/0 (5)
Yet To Bat	DJ Malan, JE Root, Ben Stokes, JM Bairstow, Jos Buttler, MJ Leach, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Pat Cummins	3	2	1	0	0.33
Mitchell Starc	2	0	4	0	2.00

3rd session

WICKET on No Ball- It’s not just England bowlers who make on-field blunders.

Scrap that! Starc oversteps and it’s a no-ball #Ashes https://t.co/wIrjwhj6Tz

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 6, 2022

Openers Haseeb Hameed & Zak Crawley begin England innings as visitors chase mammoth 416 total.
INNINGS BREAK!
SIX! Nathan Lyon smashes a very big boundary and Australia declares for 416/8 with 20 minutes of Day’s play left for the day. He is on a roll, back to back boundaries at SCG.
WICKET! England finally gets rid of Usman Khawaja, Stuart Broad gets him BOWLED OUT to complete fifer after sitting on the bench in the last Test.
Usman Khawaja is racing towards 150 as Australia set to breach 400-run mark once again
WICKET! Pat Cummins caught out behind the stumps, terrific bouncer from Stuart Broad
Pat Cummins & Usman Khawaja resume the final session of Day 2.

Australia 1st Innings 416/8 (134 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
David Warner	c Zak Crawley b Stuart Broad	30	72	6	0	41.67
Marcus Harris	c JE Root b James Anderson	38	109	4	0	34.86
Marnus Labuschagne	c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood	28	59	4	0	47.46
Steven Smith	c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	67	141	5	0	47.52
Usman Khawaja	b Stuart Broad	137	260	13	0	52.69
Cameron Green	c Zak Crawley b Stuart Broad	5	14	1	0	35.71
Alex Carey (WK)	c JM Bairstow b JE Root	13	39	2	0	33.33
Pat Cummins (C)	c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	24	47	4	0	51.06
Mitchell Starc	Not out	34	60	3	0	56.67
Nathan Lyon	Not out	16	7	2	1	228.57
Extra	28 (b 4, w 12, nb 4, lb 8)
Total	416/8 (134)
Yet To Bat	SM Boland

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
James Anderson	30	9	54	1	1.80
Stuart Broad	29	5	101	5	3.48
Ben Stokes	13.5	3	37	0	2.67
Mark Wood	26.1	6	76	1	2.90
Jack Leach	24	2	89	0	3.71
Dawid Malan	3	0	15	0	5.00
Joe Root	8	0	36	1	4.50

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
David Warner	1-51	20.6
MS Harris	2-111	39.1
Marnus Labuschagne	3-117	40.2
Steven Smith	4-232	83.6
C Green	5-242	87.4
AT Carey	6-285	102.3
Pat Cummins	7-331	113.5
Usman Khawaja	8-398	131.5

2nd session

CENTURY – Usman Khawaja completes a ton on a comeback match after 2019 Ashes.

Usman Khawaja brings up his ninth Test century and his second at the SCG! 👏

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— ICC (@ICC) January 6, 2022

Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey partnership leads the way for Australia
WICKET!!! Stuart Broad makes Chris Green play unplayable delivery, caught out to Zak Crawley at slips.
FIFTY! Usman Khawaja makes a point, smashes half-century on a comeback.
WICKET!!!! Steve Smith caught out to Jos Buttler off Stuart Broad
FOUR! Steve Smith continues his purple patch, survives lbw next balls
FOUR! Khawaja racing towards half-century hits Joe Root towards mid-wicket
FOUR! Steve Smith starts off the second session with a boundary off Jack Leach.

1st session

That is lunch, with Australia going wicketless in the opening session.

Play to resume in 40 minutes #Ashes

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 6, 2022

FIFTY for Steve Smith, 33rd half-century in Test matches
Smith brings up another milestone as lunch approaches #Ashes pic.twitter.com/KDhP4NQvWc

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BEN STOKES walks off, holds the left side just above the hip. Not a good sign.
DROPPED! Straight into the hands of Jos Buttler and deflects towards Joe Root at 1st slip, Usman Khawaja survives.

A double dropped catch 😬

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It resumes again.
Rain drama continues in Sydney
FOUR! Usman Khawaja plays it wide of backward point as Leach continue to leak runs.
Play resumes once again after a short rain break.
Rain plays hide & seek in Sydney Test
FOUR! Reverse sweep by Usman Khawaja, punishes Jack Leach.
FOUR! Steve Smith starts off with a glorious straight drive
Play resumes after Rain, 15 minutes of gameplay lost.
The covers are coming off, it’s not raining now. The play is likely to resume in the next few minutes.
Rain interrupts play, unfavourable weather continues on Day 2 after opening rain-marred day.

The rain is back.#Ashes pic.twitter.com/zQRkoYgcXE

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2022

Steve Smith & Usman Khawaja start Australia’s Day 2 on a high.

Day 2 weather

Day 2 Sydney Weather Forecast: Thundery showers and a fresh breeze.

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.

After several rain interruptions, that is stumps for day one #Ashes

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2022

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.

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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.

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Australia 1st innings

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
David Warner	c Zak Crawley b Stuart Broad	30	72	6	0	41.67
Marcus Harris	c JE Root b James Anderson	38	109	4	0	34.86
Marnus Labuschagne	c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood	28	59	4	0	47.46
Steven Smith	Not out	6	23	1	0	26.09
Usman Khawaja	Not out	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