Cummins hit two sixes and four fours as he shared his ninth wicket tie for a game-winning 55 with Nathan Lyon
Posted Date – 12:23 AM, Wed – 21 June 23
Birmingham: Australia won a thrilling Ashes opener by two wickets at Edgbaston on Tuesday, with skipper Pat Cummins’ six for 44 and Usman Khawaja’s patient 65 combining to give England’s ‘Bazball’ cricket revolution has a lesson for Australia.
Cummins, who hit two sixes and four fours, shared a 55-run game win with Nathan Lyons (16 not out) in the final hour of the final day.
Chasing 281 for the win, Cummins hit Ollie Robinson’s winning boundary as Australia finished 282-8, disappointing a raucous crowd who felt renewed at the Birmingham Stadium after their two-game winning streak in the second Ashes test in 2005. An unforgettable victory.
Khawaja, who struck his first Test century for England in the first innings, faced 197 for Australia’s most successful run chase before being dismissed by England captain Ben Stokes.
