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England team leader Ben Stokes Admitted his team’s victory over two days of chaos Australia in the fourth ashes The Melbourne Test was “not the best advertisement” for Test cricket.
Although on the surface there is undoubtedly an interesting advantage Chaos at MCGthis is the second time in the series that it has been tested Completed within two days – Although this has only happened 25 times before in the Ashes in the entire history of Test cricket.
England managed to chase down 175 on an absolute minefield pitch to seal a dramatic four-wicket win. severely criticized Because it is almost impossible to hit the ball as shown in the picture 20 wickets fell on the first day 24 hours later, 16 more tasks were completed in less than a full day.
While Stokes is delighted that his team has finally ended its 15-year wait for an Ashes Test in Australia and has salvaged some pride in losing the Ashes series in almost record time, he admits the conditions have done little to promote the sport.
“It’s a great feeling [to win],” Stokes told test match special. “Things happened quickly. This game was set up for us to chase that total. All of a sudden, when you have a goal, it becomes a lot easier.
“The way the wicket was played throughout, it was obvious how we had to approach this game. It’s not the best advert for a Test wicket, but you have to face the conditions in front of you.
“I think even though [Australia captain] Steve [Smith] Knowing it will make a difference, but it’s not the best, is it? 36 wickets in less than two days, no more than 200 taken. I think you can read a lot into it.
“If it was another situation somewhere else and it happened, you might be confused. That’s what we have to try and play cricket with, you know, when the pressure comes, we’re able to stand up and deliver something good.
“In that pressure moment, to be honest, it’s something we haven’t been able to do in the series so far, so I’m obviously really ecstatic with the result we managed to get.
“We have one more [Test] Go, the focus doesn’t shift from there. We have played two games and we want to achieve two results in our own way. “
Stokes’ hypothesis was correct Steve Smith Nor was he too impressed with the state of the pitch, as Australia’s stand-in captain – thrust into the role while Pat Cummins was still dealing with a back injury and thus rested for the already-won fourth Test of the series – admitted it had swung the pendulum too far in favor of the bowlers.
“It’s a tough question,” Smith said. “It’s obviously a very fast game! If we had scored 50 or 60-plus runs in both innings then we might have been at the end but to England’s credit, they came out today and bowled really well this morning and didn’t let us get away with it.
“Then the way they started with the bat, they were very aggressive and had some pitches that were hit and probably softened our pitches a little bit – and from that point on, it didn’t offer that much.
“The pitch played a pretty big role throughout the game. It’s likely that when the ball just softened up after a couple of strong hits from their top order it did a little less, but without that it still provided plenty of action.”
“I think [it was in favour of the bowlers] A little too much. It’s tricky and no one can really get into it. When you see 36 wickets in two days, that’s probably too many. It may have done more than they intended. If we lower it to 8mm [of grass]which may be true. “