Melbourne, 26 December : .Australia beat England by 185 runs in the first innings of Boxing Day Test, which took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. England was 128/6 at tea.Their struggle continued after they lost Mark Wood (35), Mark Wood (6 Ollie Robinson (22) & Jack Leach (13) wickets.England could not add any more runs to their innings in the third session, after having been put into bat.
Australia’s Pat Cummins (3/6) and Nathon Ly (3/6) each took three wickets, Mitchell Starc (2/54) picked up two, Scott Boland (1/48), and Cameron Green (1/7) each grabbed one wicket.
Australia chose to bowl earlier in the day after an incontinence of Melbourne’s start time due to drizzle.
Pat Cummins, the returning skipper started strongly and bowled well.
In his first over, Haseeb Hameed tried a more full delivery but it was too short and fell for a 10-ball duck.
In his fourth over, the skipper dismissed Zak Crowley (12), leaving England at 13/2 in the third Test.
England responded by batting first, with Root and Malan adding 48 runs to take the third wicket.
They were able to complement each other so well that Australia was kept at bay until the end of the first session.
Cummins received a medal for his consistent and impressive bowling when Malan (14), won the final over of the morning session.
England resumed play at 61/3, after lunch.
England lost Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Joe Root.England scored 71 runs during the second session.
Joe Root, England’s skipper, departed as soon as he had brought up his fifty runs (50).Root hurriedly hung his bat to Mitchell Starc’s ball and then opened the mouth before giving it to Alex Carey, the wicketkeeper.
Ben Stokes (25), couldn’t capitalize on his run.He played some impressive shots in his brief innings and seemed promising.However, Green caught him at the point.
Jonny Bairstow (25) and Ben Stokes (25) then put up a fight and maintained the runs without taking any risks.
Cameron Green received a reward for his tidy bowling.He took Stokes’ wicket.
Stokes stepped back to take the cut shot against the shorter ball, and was out at point.
Green also troubled Buttler with his words, but Lyon dismissed Buttler (3) at the first sip of tea.England was further falling behind.
Short scores: England’s 1st innings scored 185 runs in just 65.1 overs (Joe Root50, Jonny Bairstow35; Pat Cummins 3/336 Nathon Lyon 3/36) vs Australia
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