5 wickets fell in scoring 30 runs
Australia’s team needed 120 runs to win at one time and had 7 wickets left. From here England made a comeback. 5 batsmen of the team were dismissed in the next 30 runs. It also included Steve Smith and Travis Head, who had caught sight of the crease. Australia’s batsmen had no answer to the lethal bowling of Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes.
It was raining continuously after lunch and due to this the tea break was also taken early. Australia’s score at lunch was 238 for three wickets. But when the game started, the England bowlers dominated. On 264, Head became the victim of Moeen Ali by scoring 43 runs. After this, Steve Smith (54) was dismissed by Chris Woakes. Mitchell Marsh (6) and Mitchell Starc (0) also could not last long. Captain Pat Cummins was also dismissed on the score of 294.
35 runs partnership for the 9th wicket between Alex Carey and Todd Murphy for the 9th wicket. Stuart Broad took his first wicket of the innings, dismissing Murphy (18). Broad also got the last wicket of Australia’s innings. He got Alex Carey caught by the wicketkeeper.
Warner and Khawaja out early
Australia started the day with 135 runs without losing a wicket. The ball was moving and swinging in the morning session. Taking advantage of this, Chris Woakes sent openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja to the pavilion. After scoring 60 in his last innings on English soil, Warner was caught by Woakes off wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow. The left-handed batsman has already expressed his intention to retire after the Test against Pakistan in Sydney in January.
Woakes then lbw Khawaja. He scored 72 runs. Khawaja took the help of DRS but the decision went against him. Fast bowler Mark Wood then got Marnus Labushen (13) caught by Jack Crowley in the second slip to score Australia 169 for three.