Stuart Broad struck double as Australia attained 98-2 at lunch on day one of the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford after electing to 34, and Jofra Archer and Steve Smith resumed their rivalry.
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England – connected with Australia in 1-1 in the show after Ben Stokes’ heroics at Headingley 10 days ago – picked up a wicket in the fourth ball of the match, when Broad ignored David Warner (0).
Warner snicked supporting trying to leave because he fell to the fifth time in seven innings to Broad the show; the batsman recording his first time single-figure score of their Ashes and his duck in a row.
Broad after made Warner’s opening partner, Marcus Harris (13), his next victim of this morning after trapping the left-hander lbw – umpire Kumar Dharmasena’s on-field decision maintained when Harris’ examination revealed the ball could have clipped the top of the stumps.
Harris’ exit brought Smith with the Headingley Test using a concussion having sat from he suffered when he was struck in the next match of this set at Lord’s on the neck by an Archer delivery.
Archer relished his duel with Smith (28no) ongoing, cranking up his speed to the 30-year-old after operating from the low eighties before in his spell.
Stokes, though, came forcing another breakthrough, only for Marnus Labuschagne (49no) to endure a review using a hooping in-swinger only place to brush his leg stump.
Before Leach’s Somerset team-mate got his very first bowl at a home Test for England labuschagne, promoted with Usman Khawaja dropped to No 3 edged spinner Jack Leach just wide of Stokes in slip.
Smith could have conducted out at the non-striker’s ending had his boot towards the stumps following Labuschagne drive as Australia remained just two wickets down but all that happened was a ball shift following the effect from the shoe of the seamer.
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