Australia has defeated England by 8 wickets in the second test match. In the second Ashes Test played at Gabba, Australia had a target of only 65 runs, which it achieved by losing only 2 wickets. Now the Kangaroos have taken a 2-0 lead over England in the five-match series. In this match, Joe Root scored the first Test century on Australian soil.

Earlier in the Perth Test also, Australia had won by 8 wickets. Thanks to Joe Root’s unbeaten 138 runs in the Gabba Test, England had scored 334 runs in the first innings. In reply, Australia scored 511 runs, giving it a huge lead of 177 runs in the first innings. For Australia, no batsman scored a century in the first innings, but Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Jack Weatherald, Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc scored half-centuries.

To stay in the match, England had to score a big score in the second innings, but wickets kept falling one by one and the team collapsed for 241 runs in the second innings. In the second innings, Ben Stokes contributed 50 runs and Will Jacques contributed 41 runs. In this way Australia got the target of only 65 runs.

Steve Smith created a ruckus

Chasing the small target of 65 runs, Australia lost the first wicket for 37 runs and the second wicket just four runs later. Steve Smith came to bat at fourth position, who scored 23 runs in 9 balls while playing at a stormy strike rate of 255. By hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes, he ensured Australia’s victory in the Gabba Test.

Mitchell Starc became the player of the match, who took 6 wickets in the first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings. Starc is the bowler taking the most wickets in this series so far. He has taken 18 wickets in 2 matches, whereas Brayden Kars, who is at number two, has been able to take only 9 wickets so far.

Australia has strengthened its hold on the second Ashes Test. In this match being played at Gabba, Australia has scored 378 runs at the loss of 6 wickets by the end of the second day’s play. Australia is currently ahead by 44 runs in the first innings, because England’s first innings was reduced to 334 runs. On the second day, captain Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Jack Weatherald scored half-centuries for the Kangaroo team.

England increased their score to 325/9 on the second day. The English team had added only 9 runs to the scoreboard, then Archer was out after scoring 38 runs. England’s first innings was limited to 334 runs. Joe Root returned unbeaten after scoring 138 runs.

Second test in the hands of Australia

In the absence of Usman Khawaja, Travis Head started the Australian innings along with Jack Weatherald. There was an opening partnership of 77 runs between the two. Head was out after scoring 33 runs, but Weatherald scored 72 runs playing at a strike rate of 92. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith took the lead, but when Labuschagne was out after scoring 65 runs, Australia lost the third wicket at the score of 196.

The England team seemed to be in a comeback mood, but then Smith and Green made a partnership of 95 runs. At one time, Australia had scored 291 runs at the loss of 3 wickets, but meanwhile, Brydon Carse brought England back into the match by taking the wickets of Cameron Green and Steve Smith in the same over. Ben Stokes gave the sixth blow to Australia by clean bowling Josh English.

Now Alex Carey and Michael Neser are becoming a problem for England. Their partnership of 49 runs for the seventh wicket seems to be very heavy for England.

Stokes and Kars got beaten up a lot.

On the second day, England’s bowlers were also beaten badly. Later Stokes bowled well, but at one time his economy rate was touching around 7. Stokes has taken 2 wickets so far, but has given away 93 runs in 17 overs. On the other hand, Brayden Kars has given away 113 runs in 17 overs and has also taken 3 wickets.

By the end of the first day’s play, England had scored 325 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. The second Ashes Test is being played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane, in which Joe Root scored the 40th century of his Test career (Joe Root Centuries). By the end of the first day’s play, Joe Root and Joffra Archer had made a brisk partnership of 61 runs in 44 balls.

For England, opener Jack Crawley scored 76 runs, but Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope were out without opening the account. Crawley and Root rescued the England team from trouble by making a partnership of 117 runs. Harry Brook was out after scoring only 31 runs, while captain Ben Stokes was run out by Josh English with an excellent throw.

Joe Root’s historic century

By the end of the first day’s play, Joe Root had scored 135 runs in the second test against Australia. This was the 40th century of his Test career. This is the first time in Test cricket history that Root has scored a Test century on Australian soil. Root has achieved this feat 13 years after his Test debut.

Root-Archer made the Kangaroos cry

England lost its 9th wicket at the score of 264. At one time England had scored 273 runs for 9 wickets in 69 overs. After this, Joe Root and Joffra Archer batted stormily and added 52 runs in the next 5 overs. Archer has scored 32 runs in 26 balls and along with Joe Root has made a partnership of 61 runs for the 10th wicket.

The most successful bowler for Australia was Mitchell Starc, who dismissed 6 batsmen in the first innings. Starc has been the most successful bowler in this series so far. So far in this series, he has taken 16 wickets in 43.5 overs.

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It took 13 years, Joe Root did this feat for the first time in his career, created history by scoring a century in the second Ashes