The Ashes 2023 | England and Australia given 67 overs to decide first Test after long rain delay
The Hindu
The start of the fifth and final day of the Ashes series opener was delayed by heavy rain at Edgbaston on June 20, 2023
England and Australia are set to begin the final day of the Ashes opener at 2:15 p.m. local time after a long rain delay and the umpires have given them 67 overs at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
Players took an early lunch at the Birmingham ground with no overs bowled in the morning but there’s still enough time — if the weather behaves — for either team to take an early lead in the five-test series.
The covers have been removed.
Australia needs 174 more runs and England seven more wickets to win.
Chasing a target of 281, Australia resumes on 107-3. Usman Khawaja is 34 not out and nightwatchman Scott Boland on 13 not out.
Chasing 281 to win, Australia were at 107/3 at the end of day four. Usman Khawaja was batting on 34 not out and nightwatchman Scott Boland on 13 not out.
Stuart Broad struck twice late on Monday (June 19) as England fought its way back into the match by claiming the wickets of David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in a span of eight overs.
He has worn India’s blues, albeit in an Under-19 World Cup, with K.L. Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat as his teammates. He has proudly adorned the Lion’s Crest — the famed Mumbai cricket logo — in all three formats. He has played with Yuvraj Singh, against Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid and has the likes of Rahul and Joe Root in his illustrious list of dismissals. He is also a software developer for an IT giant, based in California. Virtually every middle-class Indian over the last three decades at some stage dreams of being either a cricketer or an IT professional. Saurabh Netravalkar has been combining two dreams, even after relocating to USA to pursue academics at the prestigious Cornell University in 2015.