The Aussies went crazy as they won the first Test; Watch the video
Aussies captain Pat Cummins’ struggling innings got off to a winning start in the series. With the win in the first match, Australia took a 1-0 lead in the series. Captain Pat Cummins played a memorable innings to win Australia’s first Test match. In the second innings for Australia, Usman Khawaja scored 65 runs and became the top scorer, Pat Cummins scored an unbeaten 44 runs and David Warner scored 36 runs. Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon shared a 50+ run partnership for the ninth wicket to take the team to victory.
Cummins gave the Aussies a thrilling 2-wicket win by hitting a boundary in Robinson’s over. As Cummins hit a boundary, the Aussie players sitting in the dugout hugged each other and started dancing. After hitting the winning boundary, the captain Cummins threw his helmet and bat and celebrated by hugging Nathan Lyon who played a memorable partnership for the Aussie win.
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The summary of the match is as follows
Coming to the matter of this match, England won the toss and batted first in this match and declared their first innings for 393 runs, preferring to play ball cricket. After this, Australia’s first innings was all out for 386 runs. With this, England took a narrow lead of 7 runs in the first innings and were bowled out for 273 runs in the second innings. Australia finally got a target of 281 runs to win.
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How was the situation on the last day?
Australia did not get off to the desired start in the second innings. Three wickets were lost on the fourth day itself. The last day of the Test was delayed due to rain. Australia started the innings on Tuesday and scored 107 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Australia needed 174 runs on the final day while England needed 7 wickets to win.
Khawaja’s half-century
At the end of the fourth day, Usman Khawaja scored 34 runs and Scott Boland remained unbeaten on 13 runs. After scoring 141 runs in the first innings, Khawaja again scored a half-century of 65 runs for Australia in the second innings. Apart from Khawaja, the rest of Australia’s players did not perform as claimed.
Thus, the Aussies, who were in trouble after losing 8 wickets, came to the aid of captain Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon’s half-century partnership. Australia needed 51 runs in 15 overs to win. Cummins played aggressive cricket this time. Despite losing 8 wickets, he shared an unbeaten 55-run partnership with Nathan Lyon.
