Australia pacer Pat Cummins bowled a top-quality yorker to eliminate England batter Ollie Pope throughout the facet’s second innings within the first Ashes Test. Coming over the wicket, Cummins bowled a 139 kmph supply and rattled the stumps of Pope. The ball went previous Pope as he failed to pull his bat down in time. The wicket duly put Australia on prime as England have been diminished to 77 for 3 with Joe Root being joined by new batter Harry Brook.

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The excellent yorker

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On Day 4, Stuart Broad took two late wickets on Monday to pile stress on Australia because the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston headed for a dramatic end.

Australia have been making regular progress at 78-1 in pursuit of a victory goal of 281 when veteran paceman Broad eliminated each Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith — the world’s two top-ranked Test batsmen — to depart the Ashes holders 89-3.

At stumps, the world Test champions have been 107-3, nonetheless needing an extra 174 runs to win on Tuesday’s last day.

But Usman Khawaja, who ended his decade-long look forward to an Ashes hundred in England with 141 in Australia’s first-innings 386, was nonetheless there on 34 not out.

The left-handed opener is now set to change into solely the second Australian, after Kim Hughes in opposition to England at Lord’s in 1980, to bat on all 5 days of a Test.

Broad stated he was optimistic situations on Tuesday would favour England’s quicks.

“I think there is supposed to be a bit of cloud around tomorrow,” he instructed Sky Sports. “We saw how much it zipped around when there was the cloud the other day.”

Broad, who has taken 2-28 in 9 overs, added: “We feel pretty confident we can go and get seven (more) wickets.”

Khawaja ought to have been out to simply the fifth ball of the innings when he edged James Anderson however neither wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow or first slip Joe Root moved for the catch.

With AFP inputs