Marnus Labuschagne, the third-ranked hitter for Australia, entered the match in subpar shape after failing to score 50 runs throughout the series. Archrivals England and Australia began their cricket field brawl on Day 1 of the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford, Manchester, providing some exciting action. Cricket fans were taken aback by Ben Stokes’ choice to bowl first after winning the toss. The England skipper believed that his team may make history by being the first team to win a Test at Old Trafford after choosing to bowl first.
In their innings, the tourists had three partnerships that lasted more than 50 runs, but England grabbed their wickets just when they were beginning to look dangerous. Away team’s Day 1 score was 299/8. Before being struck out by Moeen Ali, the right-handed batter battled valiantly for his 115-ball 51. After settling in, players like Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Steve Smith, David Warner, and Steve Smith all threw their wickets.
Marnus Labuschagne
Bemoaned that his squad missed a great opportunity to put themselves in a position of dominance. They performed well to get to where they are on the first day of the penultimate Ashes Test, he said, but the pitch was tricky to score on.
You know, one of those. We simply need to take each day as it comes because we are so near to the urn. A day that ends with a three in front of it is never a bad day. It obviously could have been a much bigger day because we had six guys sign up, and whenever you do that and one of your big guns doesn’t get a big score, I think you’re pretty disappointed, especially when you’re talking about guys getting in the 40s and 50s, so nobody has gone on to get 60 to 80 even, Marnus Labuschagne told SEN Test Cricket.
“When you include those 20 runs, it ekes out to over 400, which really makes a hole in it. I believe that a score of 300 is an excellent start. I believe that wicket had a lot of grass on it; it was pretty itchy and difficult to score, he continued.
Stuart Broad becomes the 600-wicket leader.
With 600 Test wickets, Stuart Broad is now the sixth bowler overall and the second Englishman. On Day 1, he accomplished the amazing feat by dismissing Travis Head in the innings’ 50th over.
Usman Khawaja, the Australian opener, became the 599th Test victim for the 37-year-old Broad earlier in the day. In the 600-wicket club, the right-arm pacer joins superstars like Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble, and teammate James Anderson.
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