- Fourth Test, day two: Australia 317; England 384-4
- Root hits 84 and Moeen 54 to put England on top
This has been an Ashes series of nip and tuck, of ebb and flow, of fine margins and a pendulum that has swung one way and then the other. But on a giddy second day at Old Trafford these themes were burned to the ground by a frankly absurd 189 from Zak Crawley and three sessions of outright English dominance over Australia.
Will it be enough to set up a blockbuster decider at the Oval? The weather gods may yet have their say. But England could scarcely have put themselves in a better position to make it so, their plunderbats having treated Pat Cummins & co with a level of contempt last witnessed from the Fast Show’s competitive dad all those years ago.
Written by Ali Martin at Emirates Old Trafford
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/20/england-australia-ashes-fourth-test-day-two-match-report under the title “Zak Crawley’s brilliant 189 gives England chance of staying in Ashes hunt”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
