David Warner has won the first Ashes battle against Stuart Broad after England declared late on the opening day of the first Test at Edgbaston.
David Warner won his first Ashes battle against Stuart Broad after England surprisingly declared late on Friday during the opening day of the first Test at Edgbaston.
Usman Khawaja and David Warner negotiated a tricky final few overs for Australia after England’s declaration.Broad bowled the first over of Australia’s innings to Warner who, unlike the 2019 tour, hit every ball well, but twice created uncertainty with Khawaja given Warner’s eagerness to get off the mark. He eventually opened his account with a lovely cover drive to the boundary and repeated it in Broad’s next over.
“It’s good to play a different brand of cricket. Although I don’t think we got dragged into it as much as we could have if things went really south. We held our guns pretty well. It wasn’t outrageous strokeplay,” he said.In these increasingly unconventional times, former greats lined up to criticise the Australians for their tactics during an absorbing day of ebb and flow which saw Australia have England 5/176 at one stage. There were 407 runs scored for the day.
In tactics more reminiscent of one-day cricket, they had four fielders on the boundary for much of the day after Stokes won the toss and batted first for the first time in England on his made-to-order perfect batting pitch.“They’ve gone defensive straightaway,” Ricky Ponting said in commentary. “I must admit, I’m not a huge fan of that deep backward point as a starting option. Cummins’ best ball is too easily scored off there as far as I’m concerned.
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