NEW DELHI: The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday imposed a 50 p.c superb on each Australia and England for sluggish over charges throughout the gripping
Ashes opener at Edgbaston. Moreover, each groups had two World Take a look at Championship factors deducted for his or her sluggish play.
In keeping with the ICC, captains Pat Cumminsand Ben Stokes admitted their guilt and accepted the proposed sanctions, eliminating the necessity for formal hearings.The assertion from the ICC confirmed this info.
The primary Ashes Take a look at between England and Australia delivered an exhilarating spectacle, culminating in England’s dramatic two-wicket defeat. It marked an exhilarating begin to the newest chapter of cricket’s biggest rivalry.
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Cummins the hero as Australia edge England in Ashes thriller
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<p>Australia captain Pat Cummins led his facet to a dramatic two-wicket win over England within the first Take a look at at Edgbaston on Tuesday.<br /></p>
<p>The Ashes holders had been 209/7, nonetheless 72 runs shy of a victory goal of 281, when quick bowler Cummins got here in to bat after first-innings century-maker Usman Khawaja fell for a painstaking 65.</p>
<p>And after Alex Carey was out to go away Australia 227/8, the vacationers nonetheless required one other 54 extra runs with Nathan Lyon the brand new batsman.<br /></p>
<p>However Cummins-Lyon’s unbroken stand of 55 noticed Australia house in a match to rival the strain of England’s two-run win in a celebrated 2005 Ashes conflict at Edgbaston.<br /></p>
<p>Cummins, who completed on 44 not out, hit the profitable boundary when he edged Ollie Robinson to 3rd man the place a diving Harry Brook knocked the ball over the rope.<br /></p>
<p>Lyon, whose missed run out contributed to England’s gorgeous one-wicket win at Headingley within the drawn 2019 Ashes collection in England, was 16 not out.<br /></p>
<p>Victory left World Take a look at champions Australia 1-Zero up within the five-match collection as they bid for a primary Ashes marketing campaign win in England in 22 years.<br /></p>
<p>This was simply England’s third defeat in 14 Assessments below captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.<br /></p>
<p>England had been left to rue a collection of missed probabilities all through the match, none extra so than when Lyon was dropped on simply two by Stokes at sq. leg.<br /></p>
<p>After Tuesday’s morning session was washed out by rain, Australia resumed on 107/three with veteran seamer Broad having eliminated Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith late on Monday’s fourth day.<br /></p>
<p>However Khawaja was nonetheless there on 34 not out because the 36-year-old opener grew to become solely the second Australian, after Kim Hughes at Lord’s in 1980, to bat on all 5 days of a Take a look at.<br /></p>
<p>Australia reached tea at 183/5, however had been shortly diminished to 192/6 when Robinson had all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced (28) chopping on to finish a stand of 49 with Khawaja.<br /></p>
<p>Stokes struck when he had Khawaja, who made 141 in Australia’s first innings, chopping on to finish a 197-ball keep.<br /></p>
<p>Cummins, nonetheless, reignited Australia’s pursuit by launching Root for 2 straight sixes earlier than ending the job himself.<br /></p>
Through the last day of the match, an unbroken partnership of 55 runs between Australia’s captain Pat Cummins and spinner Nathan Lyon proved to be the deciding issue as they efficiently chased down a goal of 281.
England’s loss on this Ashes Take a look at was solely their third defeat in 14 matches for the reason that partnership of captain Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum was established final yr.
The second Ashes Take a look at is scheduled to happen at Lord’s ranging from June 28.
(With inputs from AFP)
