Eng v Aus highlights today – Fifth test day three from Sydney Cricket Ground (Australia) Saturday 6th January 2018. England scored 346 runs all out in 112.3 overs in their first innings. The captain of the team JE Root was the highest runs scorer from the England team. He scored 83 runs off 141 balls, DJ Malan scored 62 and out. JM Bairstow † gone with scoring just five runs.
TK Curran scored 39 runs off 65 deliveries, SCJ Broad smashed two sixes and a boundary and out with scoring 31 runs. PJ Cummins took four wickets. MA Starc and JR Hazlewood these two picked two wickets each of them, NM Lyon took one and the remaining one wickets have down by run-out.
England won the toss and elected to bat.
MM Ali contributed 30 runs to his team scorecard and out when 102.4 and 294/7. Australia faced 67 overs in yesterday’s play and scored 193 runs with two wickets down. CT Bancroft opener of the Australian team gone with duck, DA Warner smashed 56 runs off 104 balls and out when it was 31.4 and 86/2. He smashed six boundaries in his innings. UT Khawaja 91 not out and SPD Smith (c) 44 not out.
Australia team/playing XI
CT Bancroft, DA Warner, UT Khawaja, SPD Smith (c), SE Marsh, TD Paine †, MR Marsh, PJ Cummins, MA Starc, JR Hazlewood, NM Lyon.
England team/playing XI
AN Cook, MD Stoneman, JM Vince, JE Root (c), DJ Malan, JM Bairstow †, MM Ali, MS Crane, TK Curran, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson.
Match Timings: 10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
England tour of Australia and New Zealand 5th Test Highlights
Umpires – Kumar Dharmasena, Joel Wilson
TV Umpires – Sundaram Ravi
Match Referee – Ranjan Madugalle
Reserve Umpire – Gerard Abood
Match number – Test no. 2291
