Australia continued the winning run in the ongoing Ashes series as they defeated England by 43 runs at Lord’s to go 2-0 up in the five-match Ashes series. Chasing 371, England’s second innings folded for 327 with Ben Stokes scoring 155 and putting a great fight. The England skipper was involved in two century-plus stands, one with Stuart Broad and the other with Ben Duckett. Soon after his dismissal England lost two more wickets for just one run. James Anderson and Josh Tongue put up a brief stand before Mitchell Starc brought an end to the proceedings in the second session.England had begun Day 5 from the overnight score of 114/4.English skipper Ben Stokes, who stitched a 132-run stand with opener Ben Duckett, who had been playing very well, dealing with Australia’s attack.However, Duckett was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood, ending his innings at 83. Jonny Bairstow couldn’t contribute much either as his poor form continued.

Then, it was totally the Ben Stokes show as the all-rounder plundered the bowlers all over the park and raced his way to 150, becoming the first player since Mark Boucher in 2001 to score 150 in the 4th innings of a Test in England. He stitched a 108-run with Stuart Broad for the seventh wicket, in which Broad’s contribution was merely 10 runs. That should tell you just how authoritative Stokes was after Bairstow’s dismissal.

After Stokes Dismissal Everything Done And Dusted For English Team and They lost 2nd Test by 43 runs.

Ben Stokes And Pat Cummins in Match Conference:

Ben Stokes | England skipper: (On his innings) Having experienced something similar, you are able to look back at it. Did take a lot out of Headingley but unfortunately not to be. Definitely felt we had a shout, but Australia changed their plans and that changed things for me. I had to take my risks to the longer side of the ground. Tough one to swallow, but it was a fantastic game. We are 2-0 down but we got 3 games to go. We have won 3-0 against Pakistan, 3-0 against NZ so we have the belief that we can do it. Quite some factors about that dismissal, I was looking at the umpires if they had called the over, they said no. At the end of the day, it is out. If the shoe was in the other foot, I’d probably have to think about this atmosphere and decide what to do. It has happened, it is out! When you win the toss and bowl, you want to restrict them under 300 and the first day the lads got criticism, but the number of times the ball missed the bat was frustrating. Great effort from the guys to keep bowling that way. The effort and energy everyone has put in can’t be faulted. In the end, we have lost the Test match but lots of positives to take.

Pat Cummins | Australia skipper: Another wonderful game, right down to the wire. Crowd seems to enjoy it. Stokesy gave us some nervous moments. A world class player like him, you start thinking the boundaries are too small. There wasn’t much in the surface as well. We tried to stay patient, have the field out and stuck with it. Happy to go 2-0 up

Player Of the Match:-

Steve Smith | Player of the Match: A bit of deja vu, he (Stokes) is an unbelievable player. He is a freak for what he can pull off in cricket – in different formats, on this ground, in this country, he has done some incredible things. He was targeting the short end, and the first shot that he tried the other end, he got out. (On the dropped catch) I didn’t pick it initially, quite difficult square of the wicket to pick the ball and eventually put it down. Difficult giving such guys a life, fortunately hit one up the chimney later on. (On first innings) I think it was important to get a decent total on the board, we were looking to bowl as well looking at the overheads. To be able to navigate that stage and put a decent total helped us out. Incredible game of cricket. (On the shot ball ploy) It was a bit two-paced with variable bounce, wasn’t easy and there wasn’t much on offer when you pitched the ball up. So it was one way to shut the scoring and both teams kept playing rash shots. (On Lyon batting) They play a dangerous brand and we never know what is safe. Nathan showed great courage and got us some valuable runs in the end.

THE ASHES SECOND TEST TEAMS BETWEEN ENG VS AUS:
England XI: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, James Anderson.
Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

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