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England’s batting collapsed for the second time in as many days as the first Ashes Test in Perth headed towards an early end.
The dominance of ball over bat continued on the second day as well. England Lost nine wickets for 99 runs in the afternoon session.
Due to this he was out after scoring 164 runs. Australia Chasing 205 runs to win a hyperactive game of cricket with more than three scheduled days left.
With a first innings lead of 40 runs in the bank, England initially ignored Zak Crawley’s second duck of the match and ended up 105 runs behind, only to fall one run behind just after lunch.
But their hopes were dashed as Australia made one mistake after another.
ben duckett Scott Boland left behind before the devastating sequence overlooking the midair engine room Ollie Pope, harry brook And Joe Root was out without adding any runs to the total score in the space of six balls.
Pope, who lived a charmed life for his 33, finally provided the edge he was threatening against Boland, who then dismissed the dangerous Brook for duck as he took the fence with just his third ball.
After this Mitchell Starc picked up the baton. After a career-best performance of seven for 58 in the first innings, as well as dismissing Crawley for the second time in the morning, he blasted Root’s stumps with a huge inside edge before taking England’s inspirational captain Ben Stokes to the circle.
Jamie Smith was controversially caught behind off the bowling of Brendan Doggett, with the bowler receiving an excruciatingly long DRS review despite apparent uncertainty on ultraedge technology.
Ahead of 104 for seven, England put on a storming 50-run partnership, with Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse handling a series of boundary fielders with three fours and four sixes.
But their luck ran out as the home side stifled a counter-attack just before the tea break, which included Boland’s four wickets for 33 runs.