England took the Aussie’s by surprise on the opening of the Boxing Day test. England seamer’s had set up the stage for them by dismissing the Aussie’s for just a total of 98. That brings England more closer to the Ashes victory. James Anderson and Chris Tremlett both taking four wickets thrashed Australia to put England in charge of the game straight away.
Australia seemed to have a bit advantage on the cards before the Boxing Day test started, but the confident England side showed them that they are not going to let go of the Ashes that easily. One of the interesting things that happened in this exciting game of cricket was that all the Aussie batsmen got out behind the wicket. It took just two sessions for Tremlett, Anderson and Bresnan to wrap up the Aussie innings.
England not only bowled well but to add to more troubles for Australia, the day ended with England reaching to a score of 157/0 with no wickets down and skipper Strauss and Cook both completing their half centuries and still holding the crease. That means now England is already 59 runs ahead of the Aussie’s in the first innings with all the wickets in hand, so England will be looking to put a huge lead on them and win this game of test cricket, the Ashes.
Australia can only hope for some miracles from their players to save the match from the jaws of defeat now. England are on the top and ready to get back the Ashes. This Ashes victory will not only help them improve their chances to regain Ashes but also help them to get into the World Cup 2011 preparation with whole lot of confidence.
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