AUS vs ENG 1st Test, 2nd Day Report: The game on the second day of the Edgbaston Test between Australia and England is over. Due to the brilliant century of Usman Khawaja, Australia has scored 311 runs for 5 wickets till the end of the second day’s play. At present, Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey are at the crease for Australia. Usman Khawaja returned unbeaten after scoring 126 runs. While Alex Carey is playing after scoring 52 runs. There has been an important partnership of 89 runs between the two players. Now Australia is 82 runs behind England on the basis of first innings.
Usman Khawaja scored a brilliant century
Earlier, Usman Khawaja scored the 15th century of his Test career. While Travis Head played an inning of 50 runs. However, batsmen like David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith disappointed. While all-rounder Cameron Green contributed 38 runs.
This was the condition of the bowlers of host England
On the other hand, talking about England bowlers, Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali have taken 2-2 wickets. While captain Ben Stokes dismissed Steve Smith. Apart from this, Oli Robinson, James Anderson, Harry Brook and Joe Root also bowled, but did not get success.
What happened in the first test so far?
Talking about this match, after winning the toss, England came out to bat first and declared their innings by scoring 393 runs for 8 wickets. Joe Root played a century for England. While Johnny Bairstow and Jack Crowley crossed the fifty-run mark. At the same time, Nathan Lyon took the maximum 4 wickets for Australia. Josh Hazlewood got 2 successes. Scott Bowland and Cameron Green took 1-1 wickets in their name.
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