Ashes Series: England all out for 147 runs

KATHMANDU: DEC. 8 – England have made a poor start to the first game of the Ashes series, which starts in Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday. On the first day of the first innings, England were all out for 147.

Australia captain Pat Cummins got five wickets to easily defeat England. After 64 years, he became the first bowler to captain Australia and played a captain’s innings. In 13.3 overs, Cummins grabbed 5 wickets for 38 runs. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood both grabbed two wickets, while Cameron Green took one. Nathan Lyon, who is still without a wicket, is one wicket short of reaching 400 wickets.

England wicketkeeper-batsman Jose Butler top-scored with 39 and Ollie Pope scored 35. Three England players were dismissed for zero runs. Openers Haseeb Hameed and Chris Woakes contributed 25 and 21 runs respectively.

What is Ashes?

The years-old Test cricket series between Australia and England is known as the Ashes. The series between Australia and England, which is considered an ‘enemy’ in cricket, has been named by Ashes British Media.

After Australia defeated England at the Oval for the first time in a Test series in 1882, the English supporters were so outraged that the players had to be policed ​​at the time. The English newspaper The Sporting Times reports that “cricket has died in England and the Australian cricket team has taken the Ashes with them.” After that, the name of the series is claimed to be Ashes.

Since 1882, England and Australia have played each other 339 times in the Ashes series. Australia has won 136 times and England 108 times. 91 games have ended in a draw. There have been a total of 71 series in the 137-year Ashes history.

Australia has won the series 33 times and England 32 times. A total of 167 games have been played in Australia and 168 in England.