Steve Smith Ben Stokes ENG vs AUS: The first match of the Ashes series 2023 is being played between England and Australia in Birmingham. England had declared the innings after scoring 393 runs on the first day. Now the Australian team is batting for the first innings. During this, Steve Smith got out after scoring just 16 runs. He was made to walk by Ben Stokes. England has tweeted a video of Stokes’ brilliant bowling. Fans have praised Stokes on social media.
Australia had scored 78 runs for the loss of 3 wickets till the lunch break on the second day of the match. During this, Smith came to bat at number 4. He scored 16 runs in 59 balls. Stokes got Smith out LBW. England handed over the 27th over to Stokes. The last ball of his over was so dangerous that Smith dodged and lost the wicket. He also took DRS after this. But even DRS could not save. One of Australia’s DRS went bad.
Please tell that England had declared the innings by scoring 393 runs with the loss of 8 wickets. During this, Joe Root scored an unbeaten century. He had scored 118 runs. After this, till the time of writing the news, Australia had scored 165 runs in the first innings with the loss of 4 wickets. Opener David Warner could not do anything special for the team. He got out after scoring 9 runs. Marnus Labushen got out without opening an account. Travis Head was dismissed after a half-century innings. He scored 50 runs.
Back bowling for England.
Back taking a MASSIVE wicket.The captain strikes! #EnglandCricket , #Ashes pic.twitter.com/Lk22fWp6bM
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 17, 2023
I have never seen a lion’s roar live, but today I witnessed the Stokes Roar 🔥 when Smith got out. I believe this is the roar a lion makes after an attack #Ashes23 #Stokes #Smith #ENGvAUS #CSK #lion @benstokes38 pic.twitter.com/6BUEyQuFiO
— V.BHAVITEJAREDDY (@TweetWithGPT) June 17, 2023
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