After defeating Australia in Melbourne within two days, England captain Ben Stokes made a big statement. England’s victory is special in many ways. In fact, after 14 years the English team has won a test match on Australian soil. Whereas Ben Stokes has won Test matches as captain in Australia after 13 Test matches. England won by 4 wickets in the fourth test of the Ashes series played in Melbourne. For England, which has lost the series, this victory is going to boost its confidence. England captain Ben Stokes said that he feels very good after the victory. For this, the players of the team have worked hard.

What did Stokes say on winning the Test in Australia after 14 years?

After the victory in the fourth Test, Ben Stokes said, “The victory feels really good. Everyone worked very hard for this. This victory is very special. We play not just for ourselves, but for a lot of people. Wherever we go in the world, we get tremendous support. The noise, the slogans, the sounds. We all hear and feel it. I know a lot of our fans will be excited right now.”

He further added, “A lot happened before this match, but the boys coming out on the field, staying focused, and the way they performed, says a lot about this team. Huge credit to the players, support staff and management that they focused on what was important. We knew it was not an easy chase. There was a lot on the pitch and the bowlers were always in the game. The message was to be positive, not let the bowlers settle, and run them. “Keep hitting. I thought the intent and discipline we showed was great. It took courage, but the boys handled it very well.”

Account of the fourth test match

In this Test match played in Melbourne, Australia had scored only 152 runs in its first innings. However, after this the Kangaroos bundled out the British for 110 runs. In this way Australia achieved a significant lead of 42 runs in the first innings. However, in the second innings the Australian team could score only 132 runs and gave England a target of 175 runs. These runs seemed to be quite a lot on a bowler-friendly pitch, but in the second innings, Jack Crawley 37, Ben Duckett 34 and Jacob Bethel played brilliant innings of 40 runs for England. The English team chased the target by losing 6 wickets. In bowling, Josh Tong took five wickets in the first innings and two wickets in the second innings for England. Josh Tong ,player of the match, Chosen.