Australia beat England by 02 wickets, Lead the 05 match series 1 – 0
Australia beat England by 02 wickets, Lead the 05 match series 1 – 0 after a game of fluctuating fortunes throughout, despite rain preventing play in the first session of the last day
73rd the Ashes Series – 01st Test – Birmingham, Warwickshire, England – concluded after 05 days
England electing to bat, 393 / 8 dec – ( 78 Overs ) Joe Root 118no ( 4×6, 7×4, 152 balls ), Jonny Bairstow 78, Zak Crawley 61, Harry Brook 32, Ollie Pope 31 – Zak Crawley / Ollie Pope 70 runs for the 02nd wicket, Joe Root / Harry Brook 51 runs for the 04th wicket, Joe Root / Jonny Bairstow 121 runs for the 06th wicket – Nathan Lyon 4 / 149, Josh Hazlewood 2 / 61, Alex Carey 05 victims & 273 all out – ( 66.2 Overs ) Joe Root 46, Harry Brook 46, Skipper Ben Stokes 43, Ollie Robinson 27, Jonny Bairstow 20, Extras – Ollie Pope / Joe Root 50 runs for the 03rd wicket, Joe Root / Harry Brook 52 runs for the 04th wicket, Ben Stokes / Jonny Bairstow 46 runs for the 06th wicket – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 50 runs, the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 44 runs – Skipper Patrick Cummins 4 / 63, Nathan Lyon 4 / 80, Alex Carey 04 victims, Cameron Green 02 catches.
Australia in reply, 386 all out – ( 116.1 Overs ) Usman Khawaja 141 ( 3 x6, 14×4, 321 balls ) – maiden test century on English soil – Alex Carey 66, Travis Head 50, Cameron Green 38, Skipper Patrick Cummins 38, Extras 26 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 38 runs – Usman Khawaja / Travis Head 81 runs for the 03rd wicket, Usman Khawaja / Cameron Green 72 runs for the 05th wicket, Usman Khawaja / Alex Carey 118 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 48 runs – Ollie Robinson 3 / 55, Stuart Broad 3 / 68, Moeen Ali 2 / 147 & 282 / 8 – ( 92.3 Overs ) Usman Khawaja 65, Skipper Patrick Cummins 44no, David Warner 36, Cameron Green 28, Scott Boland 20, Alex Carey 20, Nathan Lyon 16no,Extras 18 – Usman Khawaja / David Warner 61 run opening stand, Usman Khawaja / Cameron Green 49 runs for the 06th wicket, Patrick Cummins / Nathan Lyon unbroken 55 runs for the 09th wicket – Stuart Broad 3 / 64 , Ollie Robinson 2 / 43, Jonny Bairstow 04 victims.
Player of the Match : Usman Khawaja – Australia