England win chaotic fourth Ashes Test against Australia in Melbourne

With a gutsy four-wicket victory, England’s first Test match on Australian soil since 15 years ended a tense fourth Ashes encounter that was all but over on Saturday.

Following the 20 wickets that fell on day one, the pumped-up tourists quickly dismissed Australia for 132 in front of a crowded 92, 045 crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

With Harry Brook and Jamie Smith both unbeaten on 18 and Jamie Smith on three, they were chasing 175 to win, with the “Barmy Army” of fans roaring in droves as they came home with six wickets lost.

Zak Crawley contributed 40 and Jacob Bethell contributed 37.

England’s captain Ben Stokes described the tour as “a good feeling” and “a tough one to follow.”

Many thanks must go to the players, staff, and management for keeping the focus on cricket in the wake of the build-up to the Test, which was a lot thrown our way, in order to put in a performance on the back of it and defeat a very good Australian team.

“Very proud,” We exhibited bravery and bravery.

England suffered a devastating defeat in their first three Test matches and was under enormous pressure in Melbourne as a result of concerns over their limited preparation and claims of excessive drinking during a mid-series beach break.

But they did succeed, and they will head to Sydney for their fifth and final Test, brimming with confidence.

England had lost 16 of its previous eight Tests in Australia in January 2011 at Sydney, and openers Crawley and Ben Duckett had made it clear that they wanted to end the streak, “play ultra-aggressive” Bazball “style.”

In his first over, Duckett hit a boundary over Mitchell Starc, and Crawley hit Michael Neser for six and four in a row.

They had a fantastic opening partnership of fifty and Duckett was bowled for 34 by a Starc yorker.

Brydon Carse, a fast bowler, replaced Bethell in the middle with a surprise number three.

However, Carse’s pinch-hitting experiment in England failed because it only involved eight balls before sending Jhye Richardson to Cameron Green.

After a nasty knock, Crawley lost to Scott Boland, and Bethell was caught by Usman Khawaja from the same bowler.

By the time only 10 runs were required, Brook and Smith had already provided the run, Richardson had trapped Joe Root for 15 and Starc had accounted for Ben Stokes for two.

Steve Smith, the captain of Australia, said, “It was a challenging game.

“The situation might have been different if we had won both innings by getting 50-60 more.” The wicket played as anticipated, but once the ball softened, things didn’t turn out as expected.

When 36 wickets are lost in two days, he continued, citing the MCG pitch’s “tightness”

Pitch criticized

After taking 20 wickets on a blistering opening day of searing pace, the hosts were dismissed for 152 and England were only allowed to take 110. Australia resumed with a 4-0 in their second innings.

Since 1909, there have been more wickets taken on an Ashes Test first day than on the series opener in Perth.

It was a bowler’s dream come true with 10mm of grass on the track, but many former Olympians have criticized the pitch for “doing too much” and being unfair to the batters.

Gus Atkinson was bowled by Nightwatchman Boland, who had pushed him to the wicketkeeper Smith, but the bowler quickly left the field with his left hamstring.

Jake Weatherald whipped his full ball for three as Josh Tongue, who had already taken the final two wickets for Australia on day one, brought a hat-trick into the attack.

Weatherald had to get a good knock to secure his position at the top of the order, but he failed once more when he was bowled by Stokes for five, leaving a delivery that slammed in the back.

Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head were the only ones Root’s caught in the slips off the Tongue allowed to make.

When Khawaja (0) and Alex Carey (4) left in nine balls, England had the same momentum as before the bowled on 46 by a peach of a delivery from Carse that beat the outside edge.

With the score of 119, Green (19), who had a 98-6 advantage over Harry Brook, edged a rising Stokes ball to Harry Brook for slip, to become the seventh wicket to fall.

Without allowing a score, Carse defeated Neser and Starc, and Steve Smith fell to Stokes for 13 runs in the final four wickets, leaving Steve Smith unbeaten on 24.

Source: Aljazeera