England had a chance of winning this second test match when the home team Australia were four down at 55 in their second innings. But the England bowlers failed to keep the pressure on the Australian batsmen. In the second innings of the England team, the opener of their team Rory Burns scored 34 runs, and out, Haseeb Hameed has gone with duck. Dawid Malan scored 20 runs, Joe Root (c) 24, Ben Stokes 12, Ollie Pope 4, Jos Buttler † scored 26 runs off 207 deliveries. Chris Woakes 44, Ollie Robinson 8, Stuart Broad 9 not out. England faced 113.1 overs in their second innings all out with 192 runs on the board. Jhye Richardson took five wickets in 19.1 overs and gave 42 runs. Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon took two wickets each and the remaining one wicket was taken by Michael Neser.
The Ashes 2nd Test (D/N), Australia vs England Highlights today, Monday 20-12-2021, from Adelaide Oval.
Steven Smith win the toss and chose to bowl second.
Australia team: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Lyon.
England team: Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
Form guide
(last five completed matches, most recent first)
Australia: WLDLW
England: LLWLD
Match Timings: 04:00 GMT | 14:30 Local
Umpires – Paul Wilson, Rod Tucker
TV Umpires – Paul Reiffel
Match Referee – David Boon
Reserve Umpire – Sam Nogajski
Match number – Test no. 2441
