Jacob Bethel saved England’s shame in Sydney and avoided an innings defeat, but the fourth defeat of the Ashes series has not been averted yet, because they have only about 100 runs to save. The last day’s play is left.
The ongoing five-match Ashes series between Australia and England ended on the last day. The fifth Test match continues in Sydney and its result will be known on the last day as four days of play has ended. The England team avoided an innings defeat on the fourth day, in which Jacob Bethel had an important contribution. However, England’s chances of averting defeat in the match seem to be less than 5 percent. England definitely has a lead of more than 100 runs after the fourth day’s play, but have only two wickets in hand.
India Under-19
119/0
13.1 ov
South Africa Under-19
stumps
England
302/8
384/10
Australia
567/10
If seen, the England team, which won the fourth Test match, played well in this match as a batting unit, but things were not good from the bowling point of view. In the first innings, England scored 384 runs on the basis of Joe Root’s 160 and Harry Brook’s 84 runs, while Australia scored 567 runs on the basis of big centuries from Travis Head and Steve Smith. In this way, England was in danger of losing the innings, which was averted by Jacob Bethel by scoring the first century of his first class career. Jacob Bethel played an amazing innings in this Ashes Test match against Australia in Sydney. He returned unbeaten at the end of the fourth day after scoring 142 runs in 232 balls. He is accompanied by Matthew Potts, whose account has not been opened. Even though England’s score is 302, 8 wickets have fallen. England’s lead is only 119 runs, because Australia had a lead of 183 runs on the basis of first innings. Apart from Jacob Bethel, this big gap was bridged by the innings of 42-42 runs by Ben Duckett and Harry Brook. However, to save the match, England will have to do some miracle, because it will be difficult for England to bat with a lead of 119 runs and at the beginning of the last day. In such a situation, it can be said that Australia will get a target of only around 150, which will not be very big. The result of the match will be known in the first and maximum second session. Australia already lead the series 3-1.
