New Delhi. The Australian team led by Pat Cummins defeated England by 2 wickets to win the Edgbaston Test. With this victory, the Kangaroo team also took a 1-0 lead in the five-Test Ashes series.
In this victory of the Australian team, opener Usman Khawaja played an important role, who contributed significantly to the team’s victory by scoring half-centuries in both the innings. In this match, Pat Cummins played the winning innings and also achieved a special achievement in his name. Let us know about that special achievement of Pat Cummins through this article.
ENG vs AUS: Pat Cummins completes 1000 runs in Test cricket
Actually, Australian captain Pat Cummins scored 43 runs in 73 balls in the fifth day game of Edgbaston Test (ENG vs AUS). During this, he crossed 1000 runs of his Test cricket career. Pat Cummins became the 111th Australian batsman to do so. At the same time, he became the 577th cricketer to achieve this feat in the world’s men’s Test cricket.
Please tell that Pat Cummins scored 38 runs in 62 balls in the first innings, which included a total of 4 fours and 1 six. Apart from him, Usman Khawaja played a stormy inning of 141 runs in the first innings. Alex Carey scored 66 and Travis Head scored 50 runs. At the same time, in the second innings, Pat Cummins played an unbeaten 44 and contributed significantly to the team’s victory.
ENG vs AUS 1st Test: This was the condition of Edgbaston Test match
If we talk about the first Test match, then England captain Ben Stokes decided to bat after winning the toss in the first day’s play. In the first day’s play itself, Stokes took a bold decision to declare the innings. During that time the England team had scored 393 runs for eight wickets. After this the Australian team was reduced to 386 runs in the first innings.
In this way England got a lead of seven runs in the first innings. Then England scored 273 runs in the second innings and set a target of 281 runs in front of Australia, which the Kangaroo team achieved in the third session of the game.