• Australia 497-8dec: England 200-5
• England lose three wickets in final hour on day three
Three late-evening wickets from Josh Hazlewood have left England with a mighty struggle to save this game and keep the pursuit of the Ashes alive. In a six-over spell just before the intervention of bad light Hazlewood dispatched two of England’s most adhesive batsmen, Rory Burns and Joe Root, who had assembled a dutiful partnership of 141. Then he clean bowled Jason Roy, who attracts many adjectives which do not, however, include “adhesive”, whether batting or fielding.
So England ended the day on 200 for five, 98 runs short of the follow-on target – though that may not be relevant – and there remains the possibility of another 196 overs in this match with the forecast fine. There is an awful lot of batting to be done for England to draw this game but at least Burns and Root have demonstrated that there is a possible route to survival.
Written by Vic Marks at Old Trafford
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/06/england-australia-fourth-test-day-three-match-report under the title “Hazlewood burst rattles England after Root and Burns show path to survival”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
