Australia won the Ashes (Photo: PTI)
Australia vs England: Australia defeated England by 82 runs in the third test played in Adelaide. With this he has retained the Ashes title. Australia now has an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-Test series. The Australian team took only 11 days to win the Ashes against England. 11 days here means the time of completion of the first three tests of the series.
How did Australia win the Adelaide Test?
Australia won the third and fifth day played in Adelaide. This match lasted the longest in the first three Tests. To win the Adelaide Test, Australia had set a target of 435 runs for England, chasing which the England team was all out for 352 runs and lost the Ashes along with the match. The hero of Australia’s victory in the Adelaide Test was wicketkeeper Alex Carey, who apart from scoring 178 runs with the bat, also took 6 catches.
How did England fall out of the race in 11 days?
Australia, which won the third Test of the Ashes in 5 days, won the first Test of the series played in Perth in just 2 days. There he defeated England by 8 wickets. Australia won the second test played in Brisbane in 4 days. Australia had defeated England there also by 8 wickets. In this way, Australia took a total of 11 days to win all three Tests. These were those 11 days which decided that the Ashes belonged to Australia and England was out of the race to get it.