The Ashes 2023 | England dismisses Australia to take 7-run lead in thrilling opener

This cricket news by The Hindu reported on England restricting Australia at 386 on day 3 of The Ashes 2023 Test Series. Read the full report here.

It’s a one-innings shootout at a thrilling Ashes cricket series opener after England ran through the Australia tail to take a narrow first-innings lead of seven runs on Sunday.

Australia resumed the third day at Edgbaston on 311-5 and was all out for 386 right before lunch as England seamers Stuart Broad (3-68) and Ollie Robinson (3-55) bounced their way through the lower order.

At 338-5, Australia had looked like taking a useful first-innings lead.

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Robinson claimed the key wicket of Usman Khawaja for a superb 141. The Australia opener, who hit his first test century in England on Saturday, was bowled after advancing and then stretching in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the ball from hitting his off stump. That ended a useful partnership for the seventh wicket of 34, with Australia captain Pat Cummins providing 27 of those runs. At that stage Australia was 20 runs behind.

James Anderson had made the breakthrough for England in the fifth over of the morning session, bowling wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey for a 99-ball 66. Anderson's delivery reached the stumps to leave Australia 55 runs behind England's 393-8 declared.

Cummins came to the crease at the start of the tourists' tail but again showed he can definitely bat, and smashed Moeen Ali for a six and then another in the same over, casting a dampener over the 36-year-old allrounder's birthday.