England vs Australia 2nd Test The Ashes 2023 Highlights

Watch the highlights of England vs Australia 2nd Test The Ashes 2023 - The Ashes Series 2023 - Australia tour of England 5-match Test series of the 2nd Test match played between Australia and England at Edgbaston, Birmingham in 28th June to 02nd July 2023.

Usman Khawaja raises his bat on reaching fifty © Getty Images

 

Steve Smith, David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Bowlers guided Australia tense 43-run victory over England, despite a captain Ben Stokes' power-hitting 155 and Australia take a 2-0 lead in the second Ashes Test match. Match Stats :  174 Innings : Steve Smith became the fastest Australian batsman to reach 9000 Test runs in terms of innings, beating Ricky Ponting's record, He took 177 innings to reach this feat and became the second fastest player to reach 9000 Test runs after Kumar Sangakkara's 172 Innings. 174 Innings : Steve Smith became the fastest to reach 32 Test centuries in terms of innings, beating former Australian captain Ricky Ponting's record, He took 176 innings to reach this feat. 32 : Steve Smith equalled a joint second most centuries for Australia in Test cricket, jointly with Steve Waugh's 32-tons. 22 : Steve Smith hit most centuries by any batsman in the first innings of Test cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 21-hundreds by Ricky Ponting. 8 : Steve Smith hit the second most centuries by any visiting batsman in England in Test matches after Don Bradman's 11-hundreds, Steve Smith's 7 of those 8 centuries against England, while one century came against India in the World Test Championship final earlier this month. Steve Smith became fourth visiting batsman to scored 2000-plus Test runs in England after Bradman (2674), Allan Border (2082) and Viv Richards (2014). Australia's 416 was their ninth highest score against England at The Lord's in Test matches. 9 : Ben Stokes' hit his second most sixes in an innings for England in Test matches after his 11-sixes against South Africa at Cape Town in 2016 and the joint most-sixes hit by an England batsman against Australia in an innings in Test match, jointly with Andrew Flintoff's 9-sixes at Birmingham in 2005. Half-centuries from David Warner, Steve Smith and Travis Head put Australia on top position in the opening day of the second Ashes Test match * Ben Duckett's blazing 98 and Harry Brook's unbeaten 45 leads England fightback after Australia 1st Innings scored 416 in the day two of the second Ashes Test match. * Usman Khawaja's unbeaten half-century helped to Australia take a commanding 221-run second innings lead after England scored 325 for all-out in a rain-hit day three of the second Ashes Test match. * Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes' fightback after Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins slice through England top order to undermine chase of 371 in the day four of the second Ashes Test match. * Pace bowling attack from Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood's three-fors as England bowled out for 327 and Australia survive a stunning 155 by Captain Ben Stokes to take a 2-0 lead in the day five of the second Ashes Test match. Australia 1st Innings scored 416 for all-out in 100.4 overs with top scorer by Steve Smith cracked a 110 off 184-balls - which was his 32nd Test hundred & his 12th century against England in Tests - including 15-fours. Travis Head hammered a 77 off 73-balls including 14-fours with strike rate of 105.47, David Warner blasted a 66 off 88-balls included 8-fours & a six. Marnus Labuchagne hit 47 off 93-balls including 7-fours, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins each scored 22-runs and Usman Khawaja 17. 1st Innings England best bowler by Josh Tongue, Ollie Robinson both picked up 3-wickets, Joe Root took 2-wickets and one for James Anderson - Stuart Broad. England 1st Innings scored 325 for all-out in 76.2 overs with top scorer by Ben Duckett blasted a 98 off 134-balls - who fell two-run short of his century - including 9-fours. Harry Brook hit 50 off 68-balls including 4-fours, Zak Crawley cracked a run-a-ball 48-runs including 5-fours, Ollie Pope scored 42 off 63-balls including 4-fours and Ben Stokes 17 and Jonny Bairstow 16. 1st Innings Australia best bowler by Mitchell Starc picked up 3-wickets, Josh Hazlewood takes 2-wickets, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins and Cameron Green each took one-wickets. Australia 2nd Innings scored 279 for all-out in 101.5 overs with top scorer by Usman Khawaja cracked a 77 off 187-balls including 12-fours. Steve Smith scored 34 off 62-balls including 5-fours, Marnus Labuchagne hit 30 off 51-balls including 5-fours, David Warner scored 25 off 76-balls included 2-fours, Alex Carey 21 and Mitchell Starc 15 not out. 2nd Innings England best bowler by Stuart Broad claimed a 4-wickets for 65-runs in 24.5-overs, Josh Tongue and James Anderson both took 2-wickets and one for Ben Stokes - James Anderson. England 2nd Innings scored 327 for all-out in 81.3 overs with top scorer by Ben Stokes blasted a 155 off 214-balls - which was his 13th Test hundred & his fourth century against Australia in Tests - including 9-sixes & 9-fours with strike rate of 72.42. Ben Duckett hit 83 off 112-balls including 9-fours, Josh Tongue 19 and Joe Root 18. 2nd Innings Australia best bowler by Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood each picked up 3-wickets and one for Cameron Green. Steve Smith named Player of the match for his masterclass batting performance to contributed 144 runs in an match. Day 5 Highlights Day 4 Highlights Day 3 Highlights Day 2 Highlights Day 1 Highlights

                   

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