At lunch, Ben Stokes was at the crease without opening the account.
sydney, England’s weak batting was once again exposed in front of Australia’s fast attack and they lost four wickets for just 36 runs till lunch on the rain-hit third day of the fourth Ashes Test. England continued to lose wickets while playing their yesterday’s score by 13 runs for no loss.
The game started 90 minutes late due to rain and Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland broke the back of England’s innings. England are still 380 runs behind Australia’s first innings score. At lunch, Ben Stokes was at the crease without opening the account.
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Just before lunch, David Malan was caught by Cameron Green in the slips by Usman Khawaja. Earlier, when Haseeb Hameed was on two runs, wicketkeeper Alex Curry gave life to Mitchell Starc in the second over. However, Hameed could not take advantage of it and Starc sent him to the pavilion in the next over itself. Jacques Crowley (18) was dismissed by Boland and in the next over, England captain Joe Root was his victim, who took a catch at slips.
Boland, who took six for seven in the third Test in Melbourne, took two wickets in four overs without giving up any runs. Despite the rain, the Sydney Cricket Ground was painted pink on Friday. The third day of the Sydney Test is ‘pink’ for former pacer Glenn McGrath’s charity foundation. This tradition is going on for the last 14 years. (agency)