The third edition of the ICC World Test Championship kickstarted with the Ashes 2023. Australia won the first game at Edgbaston and then won the second match at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London to take a 2-0 lead in the series.
England produced a staggering effort in the second Test and played like champions, but ended up on the losing side. Opting to field first, they were put under pressure as David Warner (66) and Usman Khawaja (17) took their team off the flier and looked good.
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After that, it was all about Steve Smith (110) as he smashed his 32nd Test and was complimented well by Travis Head (77) as Australia piled up a first-innings total of 416 runs on the board. For England, Ollie Robinson and Joshua Tongue were the picks of the bowlers with three wickets each.
England then had a great opening stand as Zack Crawley (48) and Ben Duckett (98) stitched a 91-run partnership for the first wicket. Ollie Pope (40) and Harry Brook (50) too chipped in with crucial knocks but the hosts fell short of 93 runs in the first innings. For Australia, apart from Steve Smith, every other bowler chipped in with wickets and helped their side take a mammoth lead.
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Australia in their second innings struggled with the bat as English bowlers were right on the money. Usman Khawaja (77), along with Marnus Labuschagne (30) and Steve Smith (34) played handy knocks as the visitors posted the second innings total of 279 runs, setting the target of 371 runs to chase. Stuart Broad was the star bowler in the second innings as he picked 4 wickets.
Chasing the target England were clueless as they lost 4 quick wickets and were tumbling at 45/4. But after that, it was all about Ben Stokes as he batted exceptionally well and first stitched a 132-run partnership with Ben Duckett (83) but once he lost his partner followed by Jonny Bairstow (10), he pressed the accelerator and smashed the Australian bowlers all over the park.
Ben Stokes ended with the knock of 155 runs and brought his team close to the target. The onus was then on the English bowlers to take their team home. However, the tailenders failed to do the job, and the Three Lions were bundled out for 327, losing the match by a margin of 43 runs.
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Updated ICC World Test Championship Points Table After England vs Australia 2nd Test
Win for the team will earn them 12 ( 100%) points, 6 (50%) points for a tie, and 4 (33.33%) points for a draw. Also for slow over-rates teams will lose one championship point for each over short.
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