-Vinay Kumar
In the ongoing 5-match Ashes series between England and Australia (Ashes Series AUS vs ENG, 2021), Australia has captured the ‘Ashes Trophy’ by defeating England in three consecutive Test matches. In the third match, the deadly bowler Scott Boland, playing the first match of his international Test career for Australia, bowled so sharply in the batting of England’s second innings that the England team was scattered like a pack of cards. Boland took 6 wickets in this innings. England’s team was bundled out after scoring just 68 runs in the second innings and Australia went on to win the third Test by an innings.
It is worth noting that the third Test match of the Ashes series was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne Cricket Ground Third Test Match ENG vs AUS, 2021). Batting first in this match, England scored 185 runs in their first innings. After this, Australia’s team was all out for 267 runs in the batting of their first innings and once again the England batsmen came to the field holding the bat for the second innings batting.
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But, in front of Australia’s sharp bowling, the English batsmen went downhill and in the second innings, the team was piled up for just 68 runs. And, in this match Australia team won by 1 innings and 14 runs. After the victory in this third Test match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia are now leading 3-0 in this latest Ashes series. There are still two more matches to be played in this series, but Australia has won the series.
Significantly, in the debut match of his international Test career for Australia, bowler Scott Boland dismissed 7 England batsmen with his sharp bowling. The special thing was that in the bowling of the second innings, Scott Boland took 6 wickets for just 7 runs. He set a new record for taking 6 wickets in the history of Test cricket by spending the least runs. He took 6 wickets for 7 runs and broke the record of former Australian bowler Charles Turner. Charles Turner took 5 wickets for 15 runs against England in 1887.
Scott Boland, who started his Test career in this Test match, bowled brilliantly, taking 7 wickets for just 55 runs in both the innings. And, won the Man of the Match in his debut Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Scott Boland Debut Test Match.
The England team started the day with a score of 31 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the third match of this match. Team captain Joe Root and swashbuckling batsman Ben Stokes took the pitch. But, Mitchell Starc dismissed Ben Stokes for 11 runs in the 18th over of the day. After this, Scott Boland, playing the first Test match of his career, lbw Jonny Bairstow for 5 runs, Joe Root for 28 runs, and tail-ender batsman Mark Wood and Olly Robinson. (Ollie Robinson) was sent to the pavilion at zero.
All-rounder player Cameron Green bowled James Anderson for 2 runs and beat England tremendously. However, in the calendar year of 2021, England captain Joe Root scored 1708 runs in Test cricket, but England will be in great pain due to the third consecutive defeat in the latest Ashes series and the loss of the trophy. .
England Test team captain Joe Root, after the end of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, admitted that Australia had no chance of a comeback in this third match after his team’s earlier defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide. Gave. Now the fourth match of the series will be held in Sydney from January 3 (Sydney Test Match Ashes Series AUS vs ENG, 2022).