Australia set England an impossible win target of 468 runs and removed four top-order batsmen, including captain Joe Root, to begin their winning campaign in the day-night second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Adelaide Test: Jhye Richardson guides Australia to victory after beating England in the mammoth chase (AP Photo)
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- By the end of play on the fourth day of competition, England’s score was 82 for 4 wickets.
- Australia sets record target of 468 runs for England to win 2nd Ashes Test
- Australia looked set for a 2-0 lead in the five-match Test series
Australia looked on course for another big win over England after Mitchell Starc dismissed skipper Joe Root on the last ball of Day 4 to leave the visitors chasing 468 in the day-night Test in Adelaide. Gave.
At the end of play on the fourth day of competition, England were 82 for 4, with Australia hoping to lead 2–0 in the five-match Test. Ben Stokes was batting on 3 at the break, while Root fell 386 behind the target with England on the last ball of the day.
Australia showed their intent by dismissing opener Haseeb Hameed for a duck before tea and sent back David Malan, who scored 20 runs after the break. England were briefly settled as Rory Burns, who had scored 17 runs in his last three innings on this tour, stood firm before departing for 34, caught by Steve Smith at the slip of a Jhye Richardson lifter.
Adelaide Test, Day 4: Highlight
Earlier, Australia set a record target of 468 runs to England to win the second Ashes Test in Adelaide after declaring their second innings at 230/9 during mid-session on the fourth day. Centurion Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head top-scored with 51 in the first innings, with Cameron Green adding an unbeaten 33 as Australia sought quick runs in the evening session.
England took three wickets in the first session, but Labuschagne and Head quelled any panic in Australia’s camp before stand-in captain Steve Smith declared the innings. England would need to create history to win, with the West Indies’ most successful Test run chase being 7-418 against Australia in 2003. The highest successful fourth innings chase in Adelaide is Australia’s 6–315 defeat to England. 1901/02.
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