England vs Australia: Day three of fourth Ashes Test in a nutshell
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Australia split Joe Root’s box prior to landing three more debilitating blows to change the balance of drama against England at Old Trafford…
After Rory Burns and Joe Root had anchored the comeback of England day three of the fourth Test josh Hazlewood reignited Australia’s hopes of an victory at Old Trafford.
SCORECARD | AS IT HAPPENED
Root (71) – on the ground where he struck a career-best 254 against Pakistan three decades ago and averages 99.16 – along with Burns (81) shared a third-wicket stand of 141, just for Hazlewood (4-48) to dismiss them both and Jason Roy (22) as England shut a rain-shortened day on 200-5, 297 runs behind Australia and having a further 98 to prevent the follow on.
England fielding arrived under the microscope on day 2 but it had been an mistake which caught the eye at the evening session. Root had 58 runs to his name when he looked to work a full delivery from Pat Cummins throughout the leg-side, simply to snick a top edge supporting. The seamer had his guy – so he thought – before that the statuesque was bisected by the chunk wicketkeeper Tim Paine and slip David Warner.
“We’ve seen Warner have a few to his left at the series but that needs become the wicketkeeper’s catch,” explained Mike Atherton. “It wasn’t as though the’keeper was wrong-footed either. If anything Paine took half-a-step into his right so that he was gong the proper way but he then chose not to go whatsoever.”
How significant are maidens? England’s bowlers mustered just 12 since Australia wrapped along at in their first innings – the home side unable to maintain strain in a manner that Australia’s attack did on day .
The tourists’ three quick bowlers refused to let Joe Root and hit the pitch hard always and their century rack that was yearlong is scored openly in by Rory Burns – by bagging 3-16 in 1 47, the pressure followed the other impressive Pat Cummins display.
The stats reveal that while Australia joined up the dots England bowled a maiden after every 10. With England this build-up of stress could prove telling.
Nasser Hussain:”Burns and Root have played closely. Outside of the openers within this series Burns has stood out, with a hundred at Lord’s and now this innings here. For England, there can’t be some soft dismissals – it’s a great coating for the seamers, together with excellent bounce. Don’t give Australia anything because then they come at you in a bunch.”
Isa Guha:”Joe Root has talked about using Ben Stokes’ knock as the blueprint for the way they should violin, giving themselves a time from the center to see exactly what it is doing – and that’s precisely what they do possess, plenty of time left in this Evaluation.”
England fast bowling coach Chris Silverwood:”We’ve got to be more cautious with Jofra – he is playing his next Test match. We have got to cut him a small bit of flak – he is still finding his way. But he’s put the workload we’ve seen what he is capable of but he’s not going to do it every day.”
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