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1 Zak Crawley

In only 11 balls faced, the England opener returned the fourth Ashes pair despite being backed for Australian conditions.

Ben Duckett 5

both innings got starts. It started unraveling for England with his dismissal on Saturday.

Ollie Pope – 6

For technical adjustments, the appearance improves. His best performance in the first Test of a series usually precedes the next one, which deviates. England requires him to kick.

Joe Root – 1

Miles from Australia’s first hundred and one. If England wants to recover from this, they must have the best player’s strength.

Harry Brook – 5

His first-innings half-century was skittish but valuable. Second inning shot bad.

6 Ben Stokes

With five wickets, came back from injury, but the bat didn’t seem to have any sense. In the face of Head’s assault, there was no control in the field.

Jamie Smith: 4

Could be the answer for Australia, but it needs to evolve. From now on, you can expect a lot of short bowling.

Gus Atkinson – 5

Part of England’s impressive first-innings bowling attack, and the second-innings batsman attempted to carry the match. a component of the Saturday evening attack that failed.

Brydon Carse – 5

See above, with the added benefit of Head disassembling it.

Jofra Archer – 5

In the first two innings, the ball looked fantastic, and the second was the worst of the bunch. still have a chance to influence the series.

Mark Wood – 5

Jake Weatherald – 6

Debutant had a bad first innings encounter with Jofra Archer, but he later participated in the sensational run chase.

Usman Khawaja, 3

A peculiar test During his off-field absence, he did not look good. possessed a few significant catch opportunities at slip, but the cordon also appeared immobile. gets a grade for the injury that made Travis Head debut.

Marnus Labuschagne – 7

a successful team reunion. In the first innings, England’s pressure was better than most, and Head was supported in the second.

Steve Smith – 5

In the first innings, it seemed out of place. Unnecessari pre-game attack on Monty Panesar.

Travis Head – 9

He probably didn’t get the full 10 in the first innings, but he had a pretty sloppy shot. His inning-to-innings clinch was unmatched.

Cameron Green – 5

Ollie Pope’s crucial wicket was taken in the opening innings. When he batted, a Mark Wood bouncer agitated him. In the second half, a lot was required.

Alex Carey: 5

first evening, made an attempt to counter-attack against England’s bowlers. Behind the stumps, tidy.

Mitchell Starc – 9

With their first 10-wicket haul of the season, the Australian Ashes carried the load of the attack without Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.

6 Scott Boland

In the first innings, he was not at his best. improved in the second that caused the collapse of England.

6 Brendan Doggett

A solid debut. More than capable replacement for Hazlewood and Cummins.

Nathan Lyon: 2

Pat Cummins, the captain of Australia, claims he might be ready for the second Ashes Test in the coming weeks.

The 32-year-old injured his back in the first Test in Perth, but Australia still managed to defeat England for just 172 and 164 in their two innings.

Australia won by eight wickets in two days with the help of Mitchell Starc, who took ten wickets.

Cummins suggested he might be ready to return for the day-night Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, which begins on December 4th, after Steve Smith replaced him with Steve Smith and Scott Boland with the Perth Test.

Cummins stated on Fox Sports TV, “It’s feeling good.”

“I had a couple of good sessions in Perth this week, so I had a big day with around 10 overs, a few quieter days, and then another one.”

It’s “on track” and does a good job of moving. There is only a slim chance of me getting to the next game.

“I’ll have a few more bowls,” according to the plan, and it could take about two weeks before the next one, like this one is going.

It’s probably better than it was a few weeks ago, and I’m pretty hopeful.

Top order batsman Usman Khawaja is a doubt for the second Test after hurting his back and failing to fill either of his opening innings in Perth, despite Cummins returning for Brisbane.

Vitor Matos’ current club Maritimo has confirmed his departure, and Swansea City are close to appointing him as their new head coach.

After failing to sign Kim Hellberg, who is set to take over at Middlesbrough, they made Matos, a former Liverpool elite development coach, the club’s top target.

Since taking over at Portuguese second-tier club Maritimo in June, Matos, 37, has only been in charge.

However, Swansea have decided Matos is the best choice to succeed Alan Sheehan, who was fired last week because they didn’t nominate Hellberg.

The Green and Red Club expresses its sincere gratitude to him for his professionalism, commitment, and contribution to Martimo.

“We wish Vitor Matos the best of both his personal and professional success in the future.”

Matos, a native of Portugal, previously worked for Porto before joining Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool staff in 2019.

Before leaving the Merseyside giants in 2024 along with Klopp and assistant manager Pep Lijnders, he spent five years at Anfield.

Matos, who spent the summer training for his professional license at Maritimo, signed a two-year contract with Maritimo.

After almost four decades at the highest level, Maritimo finished 12th last year, but they are currently third after winning six of their 11 league games under Matos.

Russell Martin, the former head coach, is not one of the potential bosses Swansea spoke to since Sheehan’s departure.

Shem Rock did not anticipate that he would survive a day when he made the decision to flee from the police.

He was mistaken: for seven years he had eluded them. But remarkably, it would unexpectedly help him escape a challenging life.

Liverpool’s Rock fled on the run aged 20 because he was accused of a violent burglary and assault in 2014 and was concerned he would face jail time for a crime he did not commit.

He packed his belongings, set his alarm for 5 a.m., and left his Toxteth home the following day.

Rock told BBC Sport, “I waited for them to put a block on this passport, but they didn’t,” Rock said.

“Then I feared that when I get to the French border, they will ask for my passports and arrest me.” My passport was not even examined by them.

“Wow,” I said when I stepped off the Eurostar train in France. I was certain that they would not intervene in my situation.

Rock, who goes by the name Shaqueme Rock, moved to Malaysia, where he spent six months in jail and was kept in custody on remand.

He was found not guilty in court in 2022, removing the charge that had sullied his life.

After accumulating four victories in four matches for European promotion Oktagon, Rock is 32 years old and ready to make his UFC debut.

Nurullo Aliev of Tajikistan will face Rock in a lightweight fight on Saturday in Qatar, where he trains alongside Paddy Pimblett.

Luke Riley, a Liverpool-based boxer, will also make his UFC debut against Bogdan Grad, an Austrian featherweight.

The sky is the limit, remarked Rock, “That was my old life, this is my new life, and now that is that,”

Rock said as a teen that he mixed with “the wrong crowd” and was frequently detained before being let go without any charges.

When he was detained and questioned by the police over an alleged burglary, his life changed.

He panicked when his attorney informed him that the police had mistakenly bailed him.

As a young lad, Rock said, “I knew the rigorole of being arrested, but I didn’t know the rigorole of going to jail.”

“I thought, I’m not going to jail for a crime I’ve already committed., so I fled.”

Rock flew to Thailand for several months before relocating to Malaysia after arriving in France.

He took his first Brazilian jiu-jitsu class there.

“I immediately discovered the bug.” I needed it at that time in my life. I went off the rails and was a little reckless. On and off the mats, my professor taught me discipline, Rock said.

Rock enrolled in two martial arts-based reality television programs in Asia as a way to make money, but when TV producers discovered he was wanted by British police, they kicked him out.

A 27-year-old Rock made the decision to relocate to Ireland to advance his career as opportunities arose.

However, he was detained in Belfast and spent six months incarcerated while awaiting trial after visiting Northern Ireland in 2021 for a fight.

Not for a second did I believe my MMA career was over, Rock remarked.

Every day in my cell, I shadowboxed, and I lifted weights. I exerted every effort.

“I was aware that I had already discovered my passion and what I was supposed to do on this planet.” I couldn’t have stopped myself.

When he was found guilty in April 2022, Rock describes his emotions. The trial was less than 20 minutes long after being on the run for seven years.

“My family and I haven’t seen each other in years in Liverpool.” However, he said, “It was the fact that I was wanted for a burglary” that most piqued my interest.

The best thing for me was to have my name cleared of being a house robber, because they had tarnished my name.

Rock was able to concentrate entirely on MMA now that he had been free of the accusations he had endured for almost ten years.

On Thursday or Friday, I was out of jail, and on Monday, I spent the day working out in the gym. Straight into the depths: “It was boss,” Rock asserted.

He claims joining Next Generation was a “no-brainer,” and he hasn’t looked back since.