Twitter Reactions: Lord’s Test ends in a draw as Australia survives the final phase of play
Ben Stokes was the star of the day with a fabulous century.
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As many of us had already anticipated, the second Test between England and Australia finished in a draw. There were no miracles on the final day of play. The overs that were lost early on in the game and through various other phases affected a possible outcome. Even though the Brits tried hard to put their foot on the pedal and put the Kangaroos under pressure, they didn’t just have enough time.
The first session of play completely belonged to the home team. England didn’t lose a single wicket and went from strength to strength. Thus, it gave them the liberty to go hard in the post-lunch session. Jos Buttler was the first to fall on the day after scoring 31 runs. Ben Stokes, however, took the onus and batted beautifully. He put the pressure back on the visitors with his unbeaten 115 which came off 165 deliveries.
Jonny Bairstow also played a handy cameo towards the end where he scored 30 runs off 37 deliveries. After batting for 71 overs in the second innings, Joe Root and England decided that they’d declare at 258/5. For Australia, Pat Cummins picked up three wickets while Peter Siddle got two.
Concussion substitute Marnus Labuschange does well at number four
Australia was set a slightly improbable target of 267 runs from 48 overs. While it was quite tough for them to get there, England had an opportunity if they could pick a couple of early wickets. They did the same dismissing both David Warner and Usman Khawaja early in the innings. Jofra Archer bowled an excellent spell and got these two batsmen out. Furthermore, Cameron Bancroft was also dismissed for 16 runs.
With Australia at 47/3, England had a great opportunity. However, Marnus Labuschange and Travis Head ensured that they didn’t let things get out of hand in the absence of Steve Smith. But, the former, after getting 59 runs, fell to Jack Leach when 12 overs were left in the day. Furthermore, with Matthew Wade and Tim Paine falling for single-digit scores, things seemed to have opened up.
Though, Head held one end tight and did a great job. While he was unbeaten on 42 runs, Australia finished with a score of 154/6 before the game ended in a draw. Twitterati was all praise for Ben Stokes for his knock. They also praised the English bowlers for their efforts to make the game interesting.
Here is how Twitterati reacted:
I’m smelling some trouble here. Aust in for a big fight now to hold out the Poms.
— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349) August 18, 2019
Come on @JofraArcher…the honours board awaits ????????????????????????????
— Laurie????Evans????️♂️ (@LaurieEvans32) August 18, 2019
Australian batting in TESTS without Smith ____________ #FillInTheBlank #TheAshes
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 18, 2019
@JofraArcher ????
— Liam plunkett (@Liam628) August 18, 2019
He is a tough boy Marnus. Nasty ball but showed great body language.
— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349) August 18, 2019
We are witnessing someone very very very special in @JofraArcher !!! #Ashes
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 18, 2019
Jofra is hitting too many batsman on the helmet….far too many. ???????? #TheAshes #Amla #Smith #Labuschange
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 18, 2019
The” Ashes “ series have kept test cricket alive …. upto rest of the world to raise their standards
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) August 18, 2019
So @JofraArcher isn’t any slower when you watch live ???????????? #ENGvsAUS #TheAshes2019
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) August 18, 2019
Get my dawg @JasonRoy20 out of white clothes please chaaaaaaaaa ????????????????????????#Ashes2019 #ENGvsAUS
— Tino95 (@tinobest) August 18, 2019
Interesting last 5 overs #Ashes19
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) August 18, 2019
Excellent test match , absolutely wonderful to watch. Steve Smith played his part, but how good was his concussion replacement Marcus Labuschagne in the second innings, played a huge part in Australia being able to save the Test #Ashes19
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 18, 2019
Love ???? Test cricket, especially #Ashes pic.twitter.com/MTLfrpusoF
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) August 18, 2019
Aussies looking sharp with a little South African mag in their middle order too…!
The manne travel well! #Labuschagne— Kevin Pietersen???? (@KP24) August 18, 2019
What an outrageous catch this is.pic.twitter.com/cDB1Mw0c3u
— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag) August 18, 2019
???? 140,512 of you came to Lord’s during this #Ashes Test match.
We can’t thank you enough for your support and we hope to see many of you again soon.#LoveLords pic.twitter.com/cZKJNALhmT
— Lord’s Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) August 18, 2019
The Aussies are 1-0 up but I get a feeling @JofraArcher has changed the whole momentum of this series … Sunday night thoughts … #Ashes
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 18, 2019
Thought Bairstow’s keeping was excellent btw. Made some tricky takes look easy.
— mike selvey (@selvecricket) August 18, 2019
Ridiculous catch @joed1986 ???????????????????????? https://t.co/oDOyXDv9YG
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) August 18, 2019
What it does show… and Australia must take note.. is not to prepare roads! Leave something there for the bowlers .. https://t.co/dDzIoRxvth
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) August 18, 2019
Lol! Get in the bath ????
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) August 18, 2019
.@JasonRoy20 will come good opening the batting in Test cricket for @englandcricket #imho #TheAshes2019
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) August 18, 2019
Once more. In all our excitement and awe. For the sake of the World game. England & Joe Root need to be more mindful of better managing Joffra Archer’s workload. Don’t “kill the goose that laid the golden egg”. We’ve seen this movie before.
— ian bishop (@irbishi) August 19, 2019
Me getting out of bed tomorrow morning pic.twitter.com/dQ6FK91EWr
— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher) August 18, 2019
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