Australia’s strong victory in the day-night test. (Photo- PTI)
The second match of Ashes 2025 between Australia and England was played with pink ball at Gabba’s Brisbane Ground, which was the only day-night match of this series. In this match, the Australian team won in a one-sided manner and took a 2-0 lead in the series. Australia won this match in just 4 days. At the same time, in the first Test match played in Perth, Australia defeated England by 8 wickets.
Australia’s strong victory in day-night test
Like the last match, this time also Australia won by 8 wickets. England set a target of only 65 runs for Australia to win, which the host team achieved at the loss of 2 wickets. Mitchell Starc was the hero of Australia’s victory, he took a total of 8 wickets in this match. At the same time, all the Australian batsmen touched double figures in the first innings, which played an important role in the team’s victory.
Joe Root’s century went in vain
England won the toss in the match and decided to bat first. But apart from Joe Root and Jack Crawley, no other batsman could do anything special. Jack Crowley tried to give a good start to the team by scoring 76 runs. At the same time, Joe Root played a memorable inning of 138 runs in 206 balls, which was also his first Test century in Australia. Due to which England scored 334 runs in its first innings. In response, Australia batted strongly and scored 511 runs. During this, Jake Weatherald scored the maximum 72 runs. Whereas, Mitchell Starc played a strong inning of 71 runs. Steve Smith also contributed 61 runs and Marnus Labuschagne contributed 65 runs.
England’s second innings collapsed cheaply
After falling behind by 177 runs, England did not do anything special in the second innings. In this innings also, the England team was all out after scoring 241 runs. In which Ben Stokes contributed 50 runs and Will Jacques contributed 41 runs. Whereas Jack Crawley scored 44 runs, the rest of the players were a complete flop. Due to which she could set only 65 runs target for Australia.