Pat Cummins Shook England’s Top Order

Melbourne, Dec 26 (AP) Australia captain and pacer Pat Cummins shook England’s top order with three wickets on the first day of the third Ashes Test cricket match here on Sunday. England held on till lunch after being invited to bat first. Scored 61 runs for three wickets. The game started half an hour late due to rain. Cummins won the toss and elect to field first and then in the second over. Haseeb Hameed (nil) caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

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Cummins shook England’s top order with three wickets on the first day of the third Ashes Test cricket match here on Sunday

Melbourne, Dec 26 (AP) Australia captain and pacer Pat Cummins shook England’s top order with three wickets on the first day of the third Ashes Test match on Sunday.
England, after being invited to bat first, score 61 for three by lunch.

The game started half an hour late due to rain. Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field first and then in the second over. Haseeb Hameed (nil) caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

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After this, Cummins caught the second opener Jock Crawley (12) in the gully in the eighth over to reduce the score to 13 for two.

David Malan (14) added 48 runs for the third wicket with captain Joe Root. Cummins got Malan caught by David Warner at first slip in the last over before lunch. At that time, Root was playing after scoring 33 runs.

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Root’s total number of runs in the year 2021 increased to 1663. And he has become the captain with the highest run-scorer in a calendar year. Root surpassed South Africa’s Graeme Smith (1656 runs in 2008) on Sunday.

The record for most runs in a calendar year is held by Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan (1710 in 2006).

Australia are currently leading 2-0 in the five-match series.