Australia [497/8d & 186/6d] beat England [301 & 197] by 185 runs in the fourth Ashes Test

[Savak]

Have England missed Alaister Cook at the top? Best blunter of the new ball and would score huge runs once in

 

[andy0204]

Have England missed Alaister Cook at the top? Best blunter of the new ball and would score huge runs once in

Cook struggled at home against Australia,his highest score against Australia at home was 96.

 

[KingKhan12]

Meh, Australia still would have won last test without Smith, Stokes played a freak innings and England chased 359. Should have been 3-0 by now.

Correct. I don't get all this that Australia was a 1 man team take him out and England would win. Australia played better in all departments. Last test without Smith they outplayed them but got done by a freak innings by Stokes and a umpiring error.

 

[Robert]

Have England missed Alaister Cook at the top? Best blunter of the new ball and would score huge runs once in

They are still missing Strauss, let alone Cook.

 

[James]

Congratulations to Australia. England are a fighting team and may have had their moments in this series - but on the whole it is a fully deserved retention of the Ashes for the Aussies, who were and are the better side in all departments.

 

[Hasan123]

I’ve said all along that these are two mediocre teams, inferior to New Zealand and South Africa and probably also India.

I actually think that Mitch Marsh would have been a better choice than Matthew Wade, as you write.

As for the batting, they meet my specifications. Only Hazlewood and Lyon are tailenders, at numbers 8 and 9 they have two of Cummins, Pattinson and Starc who are capable of regular fifty partnerships.

That’s PRECISELY what I think every team should have.

Matthew Wade has a 100 and has played some other decent knocks as well. They have won the ashes without your formula because they have played 4 specialist bowlers and no all rounders.

 

[Hasan123]

“Remember, I always get the last laugh”

He will be “busy” over the next few days.

When he does return expect essays about Australia winning by a fluke and how England are still a better team.

 

[MenInG]

Australia were made to work hard on the final day of the fourth Ashes Test, but ultimately proved too strong by the hosts, securing the victory they needed to retain the urn with just under an hour of play left.

Australia lead 2-1, and with one Test to play, now cannot lose the series or their hold on the tiny trophy.

England began the final day facing a significant challenge, needing to bat out 98 overs with eight wickets in hand, and two of their most accomplished batsmen, Joe Root and Rory Burns, having been dismissed in the space of two balls by the fired up Pat Cummins on the previous evening.

They began their task redoubtably, Jason Roy and Joe Denly batting through the first hour unscathed before Cummins returned to dismiss Roy and Ben Stokes in quick succession. The former was bowled by one which came back in between bat and pad and the latter walking after getting a thin edge behind. The dismissal of Stokes, England’s World Cup and Headingley hero, could have punctured their resolve, but Denly, joined by Jonny Bairstow, renewed their efforts and made it to lunch.

Having brought up his second half-century in consecutive Tests, Denly gloved Nathan Lyon to short leg for 53, but Jos Buttler proved a willing partner as Australia were forced to work for every wicket.

Bairstow was next to go, pinned in front by Mitchell Starc, but once again England refused to collapse, Craig Overton the next to dig in, though he survived two vociferous LBW reviews, overturning one himself as Hawk Eye projected the ball would miss the stumps, and Australia burning another which also would have missed.

Eventually, Buttler’s resistance was ended as he ill-advisedly opted to a delivery from Josh Hazlewood which clattered into off stump, and Jofra Archer followed soon after, rapped on his pads by one from Lyon which kept very low.

New fan favourite Jack Leach took guard, batting at No.10 ahead of Stuart Broad, and justified his promotion, demonstrating a sound defensive technique as he batted for more than an hour and faced over 50 balls. It took some creative captaincy to bring the breakthrough, part-time leg-spinner Marnus Labuschagne forcing Leach to glove to short leg.

Shortly after Overton was given out LBW, and this time a review couldn’t save him. Australia had won by 185 runs, retaining the Ashes in England for the first time since 2001, and sparking jubilant celebrations among the players on the field.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1339448

 

[Mamoon]

There is no denying that England sorely missed Anderson. Smith is too good and would have negated him, but Labuschagne would have probably struggled against him.

Nonetheless, Australia deserved to win because they have been largely the better team over the past 4 Tests. They are nothing special but England have simply batted poorly.

However, England don’t need to panic because they have a very good core.

It is imperative that they persist with the likes of Roy, Buttler and Bairstow because they have all the talent in the world to be prolific in Test cricket.

Anyway, it is time take the burden of captaincy off Root’s shoulders.

A very sad day indeed. Keeping Australia at bay in England has been a very proud record for 18 years.

 

[Khan12]

There is no denying that England sorely missed Anderson. Smith is too good and would have negated him, but Labuschagne would have probably struggled against him.

Nonetheless, Australia deserved to win because they have been largely the better team over the past 4 Tests. They are nothing special but England have simply batted poorly.

However, England don’t need to panic because they have a very good core.

It is imperative that they persist with the likes of Roy, Buttler and Bairstow because they have all the talent in the world to be prolific in Test cricket.

Anyway, it is time take the burden of captaincy off Root’s shoulders.

A very sad day indeed. Keeping Australia at bay in England has been a very proud record for 18 years.

Lol. Excuses. Shahid afridi looked a better test opener then Roy.

 

[sweep_shot]

Congratulations, Aussies.

Congratulations, Tim Paine.

Well done.

 

[Aman]

There is no denying that England sorely missed Anderson. Smith is too good and would have negated him, but Labuschagne would have probably struggled against him.

Nonetheless, Australia deserved to win because they have been largely the better team over the past 4 Tests. They are nothing special but England have simply batted poorly.

However, England don’t need to panic because they have a very good core.

It is imperative that they persist with the likes of Roy, Buttler and Bairstow because they have all the talent in the world to be prolific in Test cricket.

Anyway, it is time take the burden of captaincy off Root’s shoulders.

A very sad day indeed. Keeping Australia at bay in England has been a very proud record for 18 years.

Anderson wouldn't have made a difference. England should be looking down 0-4.

All that talk about Root, for him to tank like this must be a bitter pill to swallow.

 

[Ab Fan]

There is no denying that England sorely missed Anderson. Smith is too good and would have negated him, but Labuschagne would have probably struggled against him.

Nonetheless, Australia deserved to win because they have been largely the better team over the past 4 Tests. They are nothing special but England have simply batted poorly.

However, England don’t need to panic because they have a very good core.

It is imperative that they persist with the likes of Roy, Buttler and Bairstow because they have all the talent in the world to be prolific in Test cricket.

Anyway, it is time take the burden of captaincy off Root’s shoulders.

A very sad day indeed. Keeping Australia at bay in England has been a very proud record for 18 years.

Anderson has always struggled Vs Australia. Broad has been England's go-to man when they have been up against Australia.

 

[Aman]

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ICC getting in on it

 

[BalluBalleBaaz]

Being 2-1 up and still 1 game to go. Urn on the flight back to OZ, Root must be spewing at his own performances and not being able to match Tim Paine in captaincy. 18 years of resistance is gone.

 

[Aman]

That Aus bowling line up + Smith and Warner is scary.

No idea who can get a sniff at them in Aus. Can't see them losing a series there anytime soon.

 

[Savak]

Won't read too much into this defeat. Even India after the 2011 WC were whitewashed in England and Australia

 

[Aman]

Hopefully Smith scores all the runs he can this series and the law of averages catches up for the series against us.

He's in crazy form atm and doesn't have any weaknesses.

 

[tyron_woodley]

That Aus bowling line up + Smith and Warner is scary.

No idea who can get a sniff at them in Aus. Can't see them losing a series there anytime soon.

warner ? warner is a cannon fodder now.

 

[Aman]

warner ? warner is a cannon fodder now.

Not in Aus..

 

[BalluBalleBaaz]

Won't read too much into this defeat. Even India after the 2011 WC were whitewashed in England and Australia

With Test Championship starting, every team will be trying at least win their home games and if England doesn't make it to TC final then some ex players will be against the board very soon.

 

[MenInG]

Australia coach Justin Langer has defended his players’ boisterous celebrations after retaining the Ashes following claims they mocked England spin bowler Jack Leach.

Langer’s side clinched a dramatic fourth Test win over England in the last hour of Sunday’s final session at Old Trafford. The victory gave Australia a 2-1 lead with just one match to play and they marked the occasion with a raucous on-field party.

At one stage, Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith was seen wearing and rubbing a pair of glasses before shadow batting left-handed in the middle of a team huddle.

Some fans and pundits came to the conclusion that Smith was unkindly parodying the glasses-wearing Leach.

Leach had helped England teammate Ben Stokes snatch a remarkable win in the third Test with a 76-run unbroken partnership, during which the spinner scored just one run. But Langer is adamant Smith was mimicking Chris Rogers, who last played for Australia in 2015 and, like Leach, wears glasses when he bats. “Experience tells me that when you’re doing well, people will try and pick holes in you,” Langer told reporters on Tuesday.

“I know the truth. Chris Rogers is a great mate of the squad, that’s all it’s about. People can make up what they like about it, but that’s the truth.”

England coach Trevor Bayliss also played down the controversy. “Fake news, like Donald Trump says,” said Bayliss.

“No one has mentioned it or spoken about it. It’s all talk from you guys (the media).”

Australia can clinch their first Test series win in England since 2001 if they avoid defeat in the last match, which starts at the Oval on Thursday.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...r-defends-australias-wild-celebrations-890099