England beat Australia by 03 wickets with more than 04 sessions remaining – trail the 05 match series 1 – 2
73rd Ashes Series 2023 – 03rd Test – Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England – concluded on the 04th day
Australia put into bat, 263 all out – ( 60.4 Overs ) Mitchell Marsh 118 ( 4×6, 17×4, 118 balls ), Travis Head 39, Steven Smith 22, Marnus Labuschagne 21, Extras 23 – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 81 runs – Mitchell Marsh / Travis head 155 for the 05th wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 23 runs – Mark Wood 5 / 34, Christopher Woakes 3 / 73, Stuart Broad 2 / 58, Zak Crawley & Joe Root 02 catches each & 224 all out – (67.1 Overs ) Travis Head 77, Usman Khawaja 43, Marnus Labuschagne 33, Mitchell Marsh 28 – Usman Khawaja / Marnus Labuschagne 57 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 79 runs – Travis Head / Mitchell Marsh 41 runs for the 05th wicket – Travis Head / Todd Murphy 41 runs for the 09th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 39 runs – Stuart Broad 3 / 45, Christopher Woakes 3 / 68, Moeen Ali 2 / 34, Mark Wood 2 / 66, Jonny Bairstow 03 victims, Ben Duckett / Harry Brook 02 catches each.
England in reply, 237 all out – ( 52.3 Overs ) Skipper Benjamin Stokes 80, Zak Crawley 33, Mark Wood 24, Moeen Ali 21, Extras 21, Zak Crawley / Joe Root 42 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 69 runs – Benjamin Stokes / Moeen Ali 44 runs for the 06th wicket, Benjamin Stokes / Mark Wood 25 runs for the 08th wicket, Benjamin Stokes / Stuart Broad 32 runs for the 09th wicket, Benjamin Stokes / Ollie Robinson 38 runs for the last wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 150 runs – Skipper Patrick Cummins 6 / 91, Mitchell Starc 2 / 59, Steven Smith 05 catches, David Warner 02 catches, Alex Carey 02 victims & 254 / 7 – ( 50 Overs ) Harry Brook 75, Zak Crawley 44, Christopher Woakes 32noBen Duckett 23, Joe Root 21, Extras 20 – Zak Crawley / Ben Duckett 42 run opening stand – Zak Crawley / Joe Root 33 runs for the 03rd wicket, Joe Root / Harry Brook 38 runs for the 04th wicket, Harry Brook / Christopher Woakes 59 runs for the 07th wicket – Mitchell Starc 5 / 78, Alex Carey 03 victims.
Player of the Match : Mark Wood – England