‘Stokesy gave us a few heart-stopping moments’

‘stokesy gave us a few heart-stopping moments’ 0

Pat Cummins, the captain of the Australian squad, said after the team’s victory in the second Ashes Test against England at Lord’s on Sunday by a score of 43 runs that the team had been through a difficult period.

Ben Stokes’ magnificent knock of 155 and Ben Duckett’s 83 helped raise England to 301-6 in their hunt for 371 runs to level the series. Previously, England had appeared to be doomed and buried when they were 45-4 in their attempt to level the series.

As the game progressed, Australia began to seem disorganized in the field, but they eventually got rid of Stokes and knocked over the tail cheaply, which allowed them to edge ahead in the series 2-0 and put themselves well on track to keep the Ashes.

“Another wonderful game, right down to the wire,” Cummins remarked after it. “Stokesy provided us with a few moments that made our hearts skip a beat, and the crowd appeared to enjoy it.”

Cummins took part in the Ashes test match that was held in 2019 at Headingley, which England won by an astonishing one wicket. Stokes’s unbeaten score of 135 helped England win the match.

Cummins stated, “Of course, he played another great inning, and I’m glad we got him out when we did.” “Of course, he played another great inning.”

“Having a world-class player like Ben on the top of his game, you start thinking ‘that boundary looks short.’ I was glad to have 200 on the board,” he said. “Having a world-class player like Ben on the top of his game.”

Nathan Lyon, Australia’s primary spinner, was sidelined with a calf injury and unable to bowl, which was a significant setback for the Australian cricket team.

Cummins stated that Australia was not in a state of panic despite Stokes’ devastating attack, which included nine sixes and nine fours.

“Just trying to stay patient, have the fields out,” he added. “Just trying to stay patient.” “He did well to keep getting himself on strike but we were happy with them going at two an over.”

Jonny Bairstow was dismissed when wicketkeeper Alex Carey stumped him after the batsman had left his crease at the conclusion of an over. Cummins tried to downplay the controversy that surrounded Bairstow’s dismissal.

During the lunch break, members of the MCC showed their displeasure by verbally abusing players from Australia as they came past the pavilion.

In a statement, the MCC described the situation as one in which “emotions were running high and words were unfortunately exchanged by a small number of members.”

Cummins said that he was willing to accept the apology.

According to Cummins, “They were quite aggressive and abusive toward some of our players,” which is something that “I know the MCC weren’t too happy with.” “The MCC came and offered their sincere condolences for the behavior of some of the members,”

The only thing Australia needs to do to save the Ashes is to make sure they don’t lose any of the final three tests.

“We couldn’t be in a better position,” stated Cummins of their current circumstance.

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