Australia won the Ashes (Photo: PTI)
AUS vs ENG, Ashes: Australia has won the 5-Test Ashes series against England 4-1. The last Test of the series was played in Sydney, in which Australia defeated England by 5 wickets. To win the Sydney Test, England had set a target of 160 runs for Australia, which they achieved by losing 5 wickets in the last day’s play.
How did Australia win the Sydney Test?
Batting first in the Sydney Test, England scored 384 runs. Joe Root scored the highest score of 160 runs in the first innings for England. In reply, Australia saw 2 centuries in the first innings. Travis Head scored one century and Steve Smith scored the other. Thanks to Head’s 163 runs and Smith’s 138 runs, Australia scored 567 runs in its first innings. Meaning he got a lead of 183 runs.
England scored 342 runs in the second innings, in which Jacob Bethel’s first Test century had a major contribution, Jacob Bethel scored 154 runs in the second innings. In this way, England had given Australia a target of 160 runs, which they achieved in just 31.2 overs in the second innings and won the match.
How did Australia capture the Ashes?
Talking about the Ashes series, Australia had already captured it by winning the first three Tests. Just had to see what he was going to do in the next two tests? Australia was hoping for a clean sweep of the series but England did not let this happen by winning the Boxing Day Test played in Melbourne by 4 wickets. Australia, which won the last Test in Sydney by 5 wickets, won the first Test in Perth by 8 wickets. They also won the second test by 8 wickets while in the third test, the host Kangaroos won by 82 runs.
2 big heroes of Australia’s victory
Travis Head was adjudged Player of the Match for scoring 192 runs in both the innings of the Sydney Test. Whereas, Mitchell Starc became the player of the series. He took maximum 31 wickets in the 5 test series.