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England vs Australia Match Prediction, 2nd Test match of Ashes Series 2023, Playing 11, Pitch Report and Head-to-Head Record
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England vs Australia Match Prediction: England will go up against Australia once again in the 2nd Ashes test match on June 28th, 2023, at the home of Cricket Lord’s London.
Australia won the 1st test match by 2 wickets after a thrilling 5-day competitive game, and from day one, it was an exciting match to watch as many big names flop and some underrated players rise on occasion to show their skills in the match, but in the end, it was the Australian Captain who took his team home after a very close match between the two sides.
England won the toss and decided to bat first as Ben Duckett and Zack Crawley took the crease and started off their Bazzball project with a four on the first ball, but then Hazlewood took the wicket of Ben Duckett in the 3rd over. Pope and Crawley kept the run rate going as they reached 92 runs in just the 17th over, but in the Lyon over, Pat Cummins took DRS, overturning the not-out decision to out, and Lyon got his first wicket of the match.
Harry Brook was unlucky with his dismissal, and Stokes got out on just 1 run, which put England in trouble, but then Bairstow and Root together made a 100+ runs partnership, and in the end, Ben Stoke declared the innings on the first day of the match after they scored 393 runs. Lyon took 4 wickets, and Hazlewood took 2 in the first innings. Again, Joe Root showed his talent and experience while scoring his 30th century.
England wanted Australia to play half hour in the evening to put some pressure so they might take some wickets, but they failed to as Australia was no loss on 14 runs after 1st day finished. The next day Broad took back-to-back wickets of Warner and Labuschagne in the 10th over of the Australian innings. Steve Smith also got out on just 16 runs on Ben Stokes’s ball. Khawaja kept one end safe as the wickets kept falling from the other side in regular intervals, but in the end, Australia was able to reach 386 runs in the 1st innings as Khawaja scored 141 runs.
Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson took 3 wickets each. Moeen Ali also took 2 wickets in 33 overs after giving 147 runs. In the second innings, the Australian captain Cummins and Lyon showed their skills and took 4 wickets each as they stopped England at 273 runs. On the final day of the match, Australia was 227 for 8 as England needed just 2 wickets to seal off the victory, and Australia needed 51 to win the match, but then Cummins showed his batting class and won it for Australia by scoring 40 runs, but Lyon was also played his part of keeping his wicket at one end.
It was quite a thrilling match, but it is going to be more exciting when both sides will play the 2nd Ashes test match at Lord’s, the home ground of Cricket.
England vs Australia: Head-to-Head Test Match Record
England and Australia played 357 matches against each other. Australia won 151 matches, and England won 110 matches. The Australian team dominated England for the last 3 series as they won 2 series against England and had one draw series by 2-2 in the 2019 season, which happened in England.
The last time England won against Australia was in 2019, in which Jofra Archer became the player of the match by taking 6 wickets in 1st innings. The Australian team won the last after chasing the total on the last day and winning the match by two wickets. It was an amazing fighting performance by the Australian after being behind in the 1st innings to win the match.
England Bazzball project failed in the first match against the Australian side, and it will be a question mark if they will come to Australia with the same intensity or not.
Pitch Report and Stats of Lord’s, London for the Second Ashes Test Match Between England vs Australia
| Match Played | 144 matches |
| Batting first won | 51 matches won |
| Batting second won | 42 matches won |
| Matches Drawn | 51 Matches drawn |
| Average 1st innings scores | 309 runs |
| Average 2nd innings scores | 299 runs |
| Average 3rd innings scores | 257 runs |
| Average 4th innings scores | 154 runs |
| Highest Team innings total | 729/7 Declare by Australia vs England |
| Lowest Team innings total | 38/10 by Ireland vs England |
Lord’s has been one of the favorite pitches for the batters and pace bowlers in England, as the average runs per wicket on this ground is 31.14, which shows that it favors batters. The weather is going to be cloudy, which will give an advantage to bowlers to get movement in the air.
The Average opening partnership on this pitch has been around 34 runs which shows that the opening on this pitch has been not quite good, and the early wicket fall under 35 runs but after 10-15 overs, the batter seems more settled and starts to play their shots.
The last match played on this pitch was between England and Ireland, in which England won the match by 10 wickets, and Ollie Pope was the player of the match after scoring 205 runs.
Team Preview of England Test Team
England’s team needs to regroup and see if they are going to select the same playing 11 for the next match, which is quite possible because in options England doesn’t have many options, especially with the bowling side, as it is one of their weakest points.
Australia exposed the weak point of England and won the match even when they were under very much pressure. Ben Stokes was proud of his team and the approach as he said in the interview that they are going to play like this, and even in the future, they will play boldly, which is quite an amazing confidence over his team. Australian legend batter Matthew Hayden criticized Robinson for bowling slow and calling himself a fast bowler.
“Then the other bloke; he’s a forgettable cricketer. A fast bowler that is bowling 124 (kph) nude nuts and he’s got a mouth from the south.”
Matthew Hayden said in a post match presentation
Important players who can perform well in the 1st test
1- Joe Root once again showed his class in the last match as he scored 164 runs total in that match and played some amazing reverse scoop shots on pacers like Boland and Anderson. He scored his 30th test century and 4th against Australia.
2- Broad was amazing in the last match against Australia as he took 6 wickets in that match, taking out some of the top batters of Australia, and was the only bowler who was in form. He played 163 matches and took 588 wickets, which shows how amazing he is as a bowler.
3- Harry Brook looked quite good in the last match but could not convert his start into a big score, but he does have the ability to score big as in his 8 test matches, he scored 896 runs with an average of 74.66.
Team Preview of the Australian Test Team
The Australian team is in full flow after winning the 1st Ashes test against England by 2 wickets. Pat Cummins took his team over the winning line after his amazing performance in the pressure time. Nathan Lyon was another player who rose to the occasion by taking 8 wickets and staying at the crease when needed.
Usman Khawaja played a fabulous inning for his team, and the way he kept his cool in the middle of the match was amazing as the top players like Smith and Labuschange failed to give a good performance in the last match, it was Khawaja who scored 200+ runs to give his team runs to fight against the England team. He played 518 balls and scored 206 runs which is quite amazing for a player playing this much ball.
Important players who can perform well in the 1st test
1- Pat Cummins will be the most important player from the Australian side, as, in the last series against England, he took 25 wickets in 9 innings with an average of 17.14 which is an amazing feat by any bowler. The good thing about Cummins’s bowling is that he can deliver well even if the pitch is flat because the skill he has to keep the length on the same area again n again is impressive. In the last match, he gave his team an amazing win with the bat and ball in the 2nd innings.
2- Travis Head was the player of the series in his last series against the England team, in which he scored 357 runs with an average of 59.50 and a strike rate of more than 90, which is an amazing performance by any batter. He was given man of the match in the final of WTC against India, in which he scored 163 runs in 1st innings to give a huge advantage to England to win the title. In the last match, he also contributed some runs with Khawaja to give his team something to fight and will be important in the next match.
3- Steve Smith needs to give a big performance in the next match as he failed to score in the last match, but he does have a great record against England in the Ashes. He played 98 test matches and scored 8969 runs with an average of 59.39.
England vs Australia: Probable Playing 11 of England
Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson, Josh Tongue
England vs Australia: Probable Playing 11 of Australia
David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland
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