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- Australia are leading the five-match Test series by 2-1 as they won the first and second Test by two wickets and 43 runs respectively.
- England finally showed a good performance as they scored a victory in the third Test by three wickets.
- Australia needs just one more win to seal the deal while the coming two games will be must-wins for the Indian team.
The five-match Test series between England and Australia, also renowned as the Ashes, is serving the fans with a lot of entertainment and thrilling battles on the cricket pitch. Just like the last time, the Kangaroos have been successful in establishing their domination. The much-hyped series of 2023 kick-started with the Australians winning the first Test by two wickets.
The opening batter Usman Khawaja was the one who steered his team to a victory by hitting a century in Australia’s first batting innings. The visitors continued the good performance in the second Test as well. They smacked 416 and 279 runs respectively across the two innings to score a win by 43 runs. This time, Steven Smith won the Player of the Match award for his knock of 110 runs in the first innings.
After two losing two matches in a row, the English cricket team made a comeback in the third Test while playing at the Headingley in Leeds. Despite a century by Mitchell Marsh, Australia was restricted to only 263 runs in the first innings. Following the score, England added only 237 runs to the scoreboard as the opposition skipper Pat Cummins picked six wickets.
The third inning saw the Australian batter delivering another poor batting performance with a score of 224 runs. Travis Head was the only positive for the team with a knock of 77 runs while for England, Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes picked three wickets each. Batting in the last innings, the Englishmen reached to a victory in 50 overs with Harry Brook and Zak Crawley scoring 75 and 44 runs respectively.
At the end of five days, the seamer Mark Wood took the Man of the Match award home for picking a total of seven wickets across the two innings. The hosts are expected to continue the momentum and score a win in both of the remaining Test matches to win the five-match series.
Australia, on the other hand, will have relatively less pressure as they need to score only one win more to take the Ashes 2023 trophy home. All being said, the fans are in for an intense battle of cricket from July 19, 2023, to July 23, 2023, at the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester.
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