Australia vs England: Ollie Robinson opts for an off-spin ball on day 4 of the second Test.© AFP
On the fourth day of the second innings, Australia returned to the score of 79/4 in their second innings. Ashes The Test match at the Adelaide Oval, took the England camp by surprise when fast bowler Ollie Robinson was seen bowling off-spin. On sunglasses, the slender pacer also managed to take a bit of spin and bounce off the pitch, which would have certainly made Nathan Lyon proud as well. In a rare instance of the pacers turning off-spin, Robinson put the crowd on their feet and chipped them inside by conceding only 2 runs against Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne. After Joe Root was dismissed at that time, Robinson put his hand up and replaced his captain’s off-spin with his own.
England fast bowler Ollie Robinson off spin bowling
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Robinson had figures of 1/36 in 11 overs at the dinner break.
Earlier in the day, England got off to a great start and put Australia under a bit of pressure with experienced pacers James Anderson and Stuart Broad claiming a wicket each.
However, despite losing three wickets in the morning session, Australia finished strongly on the dinner break at 134/4 in 44 overs.
Labuschagne was looking good on 31 not out while Head was slowly playing an unbeaten 45.
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Australia are 371 runs ahead and would like to add more runs to England before the end of the day’s play.
The longevity of the ongoing partnership between the batsmen could prove crucial in deciding the target that England will get to chase in their bid to level the series.
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