LIVE: Khawaja falls as rampant England piles on misery

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By Zachary Gates

Lachlan Harper

Anna Pavlou

1:19am Jul 22, 2023

The Ashes 2023 4th Test teams

ENGLAND: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Moeen Ali, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (c), 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Mark Wood, 11 James Anderson

AUSTRALIA: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steve Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Cameron Green, 8 Alex Carey (wk), 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Pat Cummins (c), 11 Josh Hazlewood

England won the flip and elected to field

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Stuart Broad has the stone and David Warner is connected onslaught arsenic the last league of time 3 gets underway.

Tea is called arsenic David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne locomotion disconnected with the Aussies connected 1-39.

The tourists are trailing the English by 236 runs and are astir surely praying for rain.

Warner has made 17 and Labuschagne four.

Mark Wood claimed the wicket of Khawaja, removing the prolific opener for 18 erstwhile helium drew his extracurricular edge.

The 4th Test turns adjacent much grim for the Aussies arsenic Usman Khawaja gets a tickle connected 1 and is caught down by Jonny Bairstow.

Mark Wood gets the left-hander flirting with 1 extracurricular off, and though Khawaja reviews, DRS reveals a faint edge.

Khawaja departs for 18.

"Delight for England, for Mark Wood ... and disappointment for Usman Khawaja, who fenced astatine the 2nd shot from Wood and has feathered it behind," Michael Atherton says successful commentary.

The Aussies are 1-32 and way by 243 runs.

Marnus Labuschagne joins David Warner (14) successful the middle.

We've got immoderate amusive facts for you courtesy of Brett Graham, Nine's cricket stats guru.

Firstly, for squad totals supra 120, that England innings was the fastest successful Ashes history. The English scored astatine 5.49 runs per over.

Secondly, Jonny Bairstow became conscionable the 2nd subordinate to marque 99 not retired successful an Ashes Test. The archetypal was Steve Waugh successful Perth successful the 1994-95 summertime erstwhile his duplicate member Mark, who was moving for Craig McDermott, was tally out.

That can't person been bully for the Waugh twins' brotherly bond!

Not lone was Bairstow stranded connected 99 erstwhile Cameron Green trapped James Anderson lbw, helium was robbed of an accidental to people the fastest Test period astatine Old Trafford.

Ian Botham's 86-ball ton successful the 1981 Ashes remains the fastest Test period scored astatine the Manchester venue.

Bairstow pummelled 99 runs from conscionable 81 balls, including 10 fours and 4 sixes.

One of the gloveman's sixes came disconnected a short-arm jab disconnected the bowling of Mitchell Starc, Bairstow swatting the left-armer implicit the heavy quadrate limb bound to determination to his half-century.

And the Aussies' 2nd excavation is underway astatine Old Trafford.

Usman Khawaja is connected onslaught arsenic James Anderson hurtles successful for the opening shot of the innings.

That's grossly unlucky for Jonny Bairstow.

The big-hitting Englishman is near stranded connected 99 arsenic Cameron Green removes James Anderson lbw to extremity England's innings.

Bairstow was deserving of a century; he'd whacked 10 fours and 4 sixes to centrifugal to 99 from conscionable 81 balls. Also played immoderate astounding shots.

England made 592 for a pb of 275, with Zak Crawley (189), Moeen Ali (54), Joe Root (84), Harry Brook (61), Ben Stokes 51 and Bairstow (99 not out) each making sizeable contributions.

Josh Hazlewood was the champion of the Australian bowlers, taking 5-126, but it's surely not a five-wicket haul he'll beryllium looking backmost connected with fond memories.

Grab a speedy cuppa, oregon a Red Bull, oregon the shortest of naps.

David Warner and Usman Khawaja volition beryllium backmost successful the mediate successful 10 minutes' time, staring down a monstrous deficit.

Jonny Bairstow is belting the Aussies arsenic England's colossal full grows.

The loveable Englishman has struck 90 runs from conscionable 76 balls, including 8 fours and 4 sixes.

That bound brought up a 50-run basal for the 10th wicket, though James Anderson has contributed conscionable 5 of those runs.

England is 9-577 and leads by 260.

Jonny Bairstow pulls retired different large changeable to propulsion England's full beyond 550.

The England wicketkeeper hooks Josh Hazlewood for six to the cheers of the Old Trafford crowd.

"He knew helium middled that ... Right retired of the middle," Mark Taylor says successful commentary.

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