Broad burst sets up England win in Ashes opener
Stuart Broad led England to a 169-run victory in the first Ashes Test
as Australia collapsed either side of lunch on the fourth day at
Cardiff's Sophia Gardens on Saturday.
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England players celebrate after winning the game on the
fourth day of the opening Ashes cricket test match between
England and Australia at The Swalec Stadium in Cardiff,
south Wales, on July 11, 2015. England beat Australia by 169
runs to win the first Ashes Test at Cardiffs Sophia Gardens
on Saturday. Australia, set what would have been a new Ashes
fourth-innings record winning total of 412, were bowled out
for 242 after tea as England went 1-0 up in the five-match
series with more than a day to spare. AFP |
Australia, well-placed at 97 for one, slumped to 106 for five as four
wickets fell for just nine runs in 36 balls.
Chasing a record-breaking 412 for victory, Ashes-holders Australia
were dismissed for 242 after tea.
Fast-medium bowler Broad took three for 39 in 14 overs as England
enjoyed an emphatic win in their first match under new Australian coach
Trevor Bayliss.
As if defeat wasn't bad enough for Australia, left-arm fast bowler
Mitchell Starc -- who took five wickets in England's first innings --
was struggling to be fit in time for Thursday's second Test at Lord's
after injuring his ankle.
No side have made more in the fourth innings to win an Ashes Test
than Australia's 404 for three at Headingley back in 1948 when Arthur
Morris scored 182 and Donald Bradman, widely regarded as cricket's
greatest batsman, an unbeaten 173.
But Ashes-holders Australia were well-placed at 97 for one when they
lost David Warner lbw for 52 to off-spinner Moeen Ali on the stroke of
lunch.
Broad had bowled superbly in an opening spell of one for 10 in six
overs and probably deserved more than the wicket of Chris Rogers.
However, Broad -- renowned for striking in bursts -- took two for
five in 13 balls shortly after lunch to capture the prize wickets of
Steven Smith and Australia captain Michael Clarke.
Broad was on target in the first full over after lunch when he seamed
the ball away from Smith, the world's number one ranked Test batsman,
who edged a comfortable catch to Ian Bell at second slip as, for the
second time this Test, he fell for 33.
Clarke, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation and looking
to lead Australia to their first Ashes series win in Britain in 14
years, having featured in all three subsequent losing tours, then went
for just four when, reaching for a drive, he guided Broad to Ben Stokes
at backward point.
And 106 for four became 106 for five when Adam Voges (one) edged fast
bowler Mark Wood through to wicket-keeper Jos Buttler.
- Cook's stunning catch -
England captain Alastair Cook has often been criticised for being
excessively cautious in the field.
But that this was a day when everything seemed to go right for Cook,
England's skipper when they were whitewashed 5-0 in Australia in
2013/14, was exemplified by the departure of Brad Haddin for seven.
SCOREBOARD
England 1st Innings 430
(J Root 134, M Ali 77, G Ballance 61;
M Starc 5-114, J Hazlewood 3-83)
Australia 1st Innings 308
(C Rogers 95; J Anderson 3-43)
England 2nd Innings 289
(I Bell 60, J Root 60; N Lyon 4-75)
Australia 2nd Innings (target: 412)
C. Rogers c Bell b Broad 10
D. Warner lbw b Ali 52
S. Smith c Bell b Broad 33
M. Clarke c Stokes b Broad 04
A. Voges c Buttler b Wood 01
S. Watson lbw b Wood 19
B. Haddin c Cook b Ali 07
M. Johnson c Lyth b Root 77
M. Starc c Lyth b Root 17
J. Hazlewood c Root b Ali 14
N. Lyon not out 00
Extras (b4, lb3, nb1) 08
Total (all out, 70.3 overs) 242
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Rogers), 2-97 (Warner), 3-101 (Smith)
4-106 (Clarke), 5-106 (Voges), 6-122 (Haddin)
7-151 (Watson), 8-223 (Starc), 9-242 (Johnson)
10-242 (Hazlewood)
Bowling: Anderson 12-3-33-0
Broad 14-3-39-3
Ali 16.3-4-59-3
Stokes 8-2-23-0
Wood 14-4-53-2 (1nb)
Root 6-1-28-2
-AFP
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