As expected, Australia notched up their 2nd consecutive win in the ongoing Ashes test series, by dismissing England within 10 overs on the 5th day morning at Adelaide on Monday. England had to bat out the entire day to salvage a draw but couldn’t manage something even close to that as they were bundled out for 312, losing the match by 218 runs.
Day 5 was always going to be about Stuart Broad and Matt Prior’s resistance as they resumed their innings on 29 and 32 respectively. But that was not going to be, as Broad fell in the very first over of the day, getting caught by Nathan Lyon off the bowling of Peter Siddle. Broad's wicket was followed by Graeme Swann's wicket for just 6 runs. Prior at the other end tried to pose as much trouble for the Australians as possible with a flurry of boundaries that raced him to his fifty but played one shot too many, as he holed out to Ryan Harris in the deep. At 301/9, the English fans knew that the end was near. And the moment came in the 102nd over of the match, James Anderson had hit two confident fours in the previous over and all that Monty Panesar had to do was rotate the strike and hand it over to Anderson, but he slapped a length ball into the hands of short-extra cover.
2-0 down, if England lose even one out of the upcoming three Ashes tests, the Urn is sure going to make its way back down under and pose some huge disappointment for all the fans back home in England.
Day 5 was always going to be about Stuart Broad and Matt Prior’s resistance as they resumed their innings on 29 and 32 respectively. But that was not going to be, as Broad fell in the very first over of the day, getting caught by Nathan Lyon off the bowling of Peter Siddle. Broad's wicket was followed by Graeme Swann's wicket for just 6 runs. Prior at the other end tried to pose as much trouble for the Australians as possible with a flurry of boundaries that raced him to his fifty but played one shot too many, as he holed out to Ryan Harris in the deep. At 301/9, the English fans knew that the end was near. And the moment came in the 102nd over of the match, James Anderson had hit two confident fours in the previous over and all that Monty Panesar had to do was rotate the strike and hand it over to Anderson, but he slapped a length ball into the hands of short-extra cover.
2-0 down, if England lose even one out of the upcoming three Ashes tests, the Urn is sure going to make its way back down under and pose some huge disappointment for all the fans back home in England.
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