Steven smith, the captain of Australia, steal the show at Edgebaston with his brilliant century. His century came at a time when Australians were down at out, against England, at 128 for 8. Steven smith handled the pressure with care and came up strong to bring Australia back in the game.
Australia won the toss and decided to bat first, at day one of the first of the five test match series against England. The English bowlers dismissed the Australian top order in no time. The Australian batting innings was in total disarray at 128 for the loss of eight. Thanks to a high class performance by Steven smith, who didn’t panic when wickets were tumbling around him. It was he and the tail-ender, Peter Siddle, who were involved in a classical and very determined test match partnership, which retrieved the lost momentum for Australia. Australia put a very decent first innings total of 284.
Stuart Broad was the pick of the bowlers for England. He picked five wickets, Woakes picked three. England was 10 for the loss of no wicket at the end of day one at Birmingham.
Ashes is a much anticipated cricket series, which is played between Australia and England. The series is held after a span of two years. The event is hosted alternatively by the both the countries. Last time around in 2017-18, Australia hosted the series and was victorious with 4-0. The series has a long history, the ‘Ashes’ is the remains of a cricket stump ( bail), which was presented the Australian supporters at MCC, to Ivo Bligh, the winning English captain at the Melbourne cricket ground.
