As he had been dismissed for five the answer of Australia to England’s 294 out on day two at The 29, david Warner’s nightmare Ashes series continued.
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The left-hander prevented the ignominy of four ducks that were consecutive but after edging Jofra Archer for 3 and clipping Stuart Broad for a single, he chased a wide ball and was caught by Jonny Bairstow.
Archer also had Marcus Harris (3) caught at slip, meaning England are now once more working out the way to dismiss Steve Smith (14no), that, alongside Marnus Labuschagne (32no), has assisted Australia from 14-2 to 55-2 at dinner, a shortage of 239 runs.
Sam Curran did trigger Smith a few issues near the period watching two vocal lbw appeals turned down from Kumar Dharamsena afterwards he had struck the right-hander about the pad with chunks that curly in.
Dharmasena’s fellow umpire Warner was not given by Marais Erasmus out originally but was forced to overturn his conclusion with UltraEdge demonstrating a clear spike as the batsman looked to cut Archer after an England inspection.
Warner’s show average is now 9.33 — that the opener has made double figures just once, at the first innings of the third Test at Headingley when he battled with 61.
The exit of the 32-year-old ensured there have now been a record-extending 18 opening stands under fifty in this series, beating the 16 seen in the four-Test, West Indies vs England series in 1934-35.
England had earlier added 23 runs to their overnight 271-8 until Australia polished off the innings 31 balls to the morning’s drama — Jos Buttler (70) along with Jack Leach (21) the guys to collapse and Mitchell Marsh (5-46) finishing his eponymous Test-match five-wicket haul.
Buttler’s effervescent knock came to a close friend when he was bowled by Pat Cummins (3-84) off in border and pad — Cummins moving on 27 wickets for the series at 18.59 — while Leach was bowled because he defended a rescue from Marsh on his stumps.
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