England vs Australia 1st Test Day 3 Live and Highlights 12 July 2013
July 12, 2013
England vs Australia 1st Test Day 3 Live and Highlights 12 July 2013
Day two of the first Ashes Test should have belonged to England paceman James Anderson, who took five wickets, but instead it was dominated by Australia number 11 batsman Ashton Agar, who shredded records at Trent Bridge. Agar’s 98, the best score by a Test number 11, ever, was the highlight of the day 2 as he helped his side recover from 117 for nine to 280 all out. He was assisted by Phil Hughes, who ended on 81 not out as they broke the record for the 10th wicket stand (163). England reached stumps on 80 for two, Kevin Pietersen (35) and Alastair Cook (37) in the middle, holding a lead of just 15 runs as the Australia bowlers, spinner Agar included, kept it tight on a thrilling day.
Pietersen and Cook looked like men battling out in the middle by blocking and leaving most of the good deliveries. On some occasions, even the loose deliveries were passed on by the pair. It is understandable though, after a poor display of batting in the first innings, they wanted to ensure that the landslide did not repeat itself. Starc was the only Australian bowler who broke through twice and post that, most of the bowlers were met with a lot of caution. Siddle ran in as hard as he could but couldn’t get through either of these two batsmen’s defenses. The ball isn’t swinging as much as it did on the day 2 morning and this is how play could turn out in the next two days with hot weather forecast for day 3. The match is very well poised at the moment and one feels that day three’s first session will be the most crucial one in this test.
Match Timings: July 12, 2013 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)
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