Jos Buttler’s stiff opposition ended in a bizarre fashion as Australia beat England by 275 runs in the second day-night Test to lead 2-0 in the five-match Ashes series on Monday.
England resumed the final day at a precarious score of 82-4, needing 386 more runs for an impossible victory or at least to bat in the last three seasons to force a draw.
They lost talismanic Ben Stokes in the first session and Chris Woakes fell after a fight to 44, the highest individual score in England’s second innings batting performance.
Butler, who had time behind the wicket, dropped several catches, then produced a brilliant reguard that spanned 207 balls, for an uncharacteristically dogged 26, which kept England’s dwindling hopes of saving the match alive. kept.
It was soon snuffed out when the batsman trod on his own stump to work off Jhye Richardson’s delivery on the off-side to retreat deep into the crease.
For Australia, Richardson claimed 5-42 in a brilliant display of fast bowling.
“He showed some great resilience today,” Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith said of his opponents.
“Jose played a really good innings, he faced over 200 balls.
“We were trying to stay as calm as possible in the middle and just thought, some good balls and a few wickets and we’ll keep going.”
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne was adjudged man of the match for his 103, the only century by a player from either side in the match.
Australia were without regular captain Pat Cummins, who missed close contact with a positive COVID-19 case, and injured pacer Josh Hazlewood.
“We made mistakes throughout the game last week, whether it was no-balls, missed opportunities,” said England captain Joe Root.
“We just have to get better. We have to learn those lessons very quickly over the next week.”
Australia started with their senior bowlers Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon, who have done well in this Test in the absence of Cummins and Hazlewood.
A boundary through midwicket, his only contribution lasted seven balls, before Ollie Pope dismissed Starc to Smith at slips.
With his bat hitting his leg on the go, Pope has had a poor run so far and will be worried about his place for the third Test.
Stokes was England’s last major hope of recovering from the draw and his batting was reined in, with a Lyon ball sweeping the boundary in the 55th over.
However a few minutes later, Lyon bowled a delivery which in replays appeared to hit the leg-stump and Stokes was lbw for 110 in 12 minutes.
Butler dismissed Richardson for four off the second ball, but England’s highlights were otherwise sparse.
While Butler’s resolute batting took England’s fight to the final session, the miracle they needed to save the match did not materialise.
The third Test starts in Melbourne from Sunday.
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Jos Buttler’s stiff opposition ended in a bizarre fashion as Australia beat England by 275 runs in the second day-night Test to lead 2-0 in the five-match Ashes series on Monday.
England resumed the final day at a precarious score of 82-4, needing 386 more runs for an impossible victory or at least to bat in the last three seasons to force a draw.
They lost talismanic Ben Stokes in the first session and Chris Woakes fell after a fight to 44, the highest individual score in England’s second innings batting performance.
Butler, who had time behind the wicket, dropped several catches, then produced a brilliant reguard that spanned 207 balls, for an uncharacteristically dogged 26, which kept England’s dwindling hopes of saving the match alive. kept.
It was soon snuffed out when the batsman trod on his own stump to work off Jhye Richardson’s delivery on the off-side to retreat deep into the crease.
For Australia, Richardson claimed 5-42 in a brilliant display of fast bowling.
“He showed some great resilience today,” Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith said of his opponents.
“Jose played a really good innings, he faced over 200 balls.
“We were trying to stay as calm as possible in the middle and just thought, some good balls and a few wickets and we’ll keep going.”
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne was adjudged man of the match for his 103, the only century by a player from either side in the match.
Australia were without regular captain Pat Cummins, who missed close contact with a positive COVID-19 case, and injured pacer Josh Hazlewood.
“We made mistakes throughout the game last week, whether it was no-balls, missed opportunities,” said England captain Joe Root.
“We just have to get better. We have to learn those lessons very quickly over the next week.”
Australia started with their senior bowlers Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon, who have done well in this Test in the absence of Cummins and Hazlewood.
A boundary through midwicket, his only contribution lasted seven balls, before Ollie Pope dismissed Starc to Smith at slips.
With his bat hitting his leg on the go, Pope has had a poor run so far and will be worried about his place for the third Test.
Stokes was England’s last major hope of recovering from the draw and his batting was reined in, with a Lyon ball sweeping the boundary in the 55th over.
However a few minutes later, Lyon bowled a delivery which in replays appeared to hit the leg-stump and Stokes was lbw for 110 in 12 minutes.
Butler dismissed Richardson for four off the second ball, but England’s highlights were otherwise sparse.
While Butler’s resolute batting took England’s fight to the final session, the miracle they needed to save the match did not materialise.
The third Test starts in Melbourne from Sunday.
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