Australia vs. England First Ashes Test Day 1
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What a day. There is nothing like Ashes cricket. Test cricket is great, but no other series feels like this. It felt like a huge event, with so many travelling England fans and amazing home support too.
BRUISED, battered, covered in strapping and needing medical treatment, Australia’s batsmen must have felt they entered a war zone. Ben Stokes seized the most wickets as the Ashes began but it was
The Australian was absolutely shaken with that sizzling delivery and nearly lost his wicket by crashing the stumps himself before moving away
Hit them with pace. It was England’s masterplan for three years and it delivered in blood-curdling style, causing a jitteriness in Australian batsmen not seen for decades in an Ashes Test.
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