Ashes 4th Test Day 1: 20 Wickets Fall as England Collapse Despite Josh Tongue’s Five-Wicket Haul

England won the toss and elected to bowl first and for the first time in the series did they look in complete control of the proceedings early in a match. Josh Tongue picked up his career best 5/45 and it took England a little over 45 overs to skittle Australia for 152.

Michael Neser was the top scorer with the bat hitting 35 in 49 deliveries with Usman Khawaja (29) and Alex Carey (20) the only other batters to score at least 20. Couple of wickets went down to Gus Atkinson with Brydon Carse and skipper Ben Stokes claiming one each.

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Australia Founded: 1877

The Australian cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history and has a tremendous record in one-dayers, having won more than 60% of the matches they have played.

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England Founded: 1739

England is regarded as the birthplace of cricket and has won the Ashes 32 times.

England's start with the bat was corrupted by Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser as the new ball sharing duo rattled the top order to bring the score down at 8/3 which soon became 16/4 as England's most prolific run scorer Joe Root perished for a duck.

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Harry Brook Batter

Harry Brook, a right-handed batsman and medium-arm bowler, made his international debut in 2022.

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Josh Tongue Bowler

Josh Tongue is a 28-year-old English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire and the England Test team.

Harry Brook (41) and Ben Stokes (16) then added 50 for the 5th wicket when Scott Boland dismissed the former and brought another collapse dismissing Jamie Smith and Will Jacks off consecutive overs. Neser also dismissed Stokes as the 8th English wicket to fall. Atkinson took the opportunity to swing his bat and added 28 important runs at the bottom order.

Neser finished with 4/45, Boland picked up 3/30, Starc removed both the openers and Cameron Green wiped off the final wicket to help Australia get a 42-run lead with England bundled out for 110.

Opening the innings in the second innings was nightwatchman Scott Boland along with Travis Head. Atkinson delivered the only over possible in the Aussie second innings where Boland picked up 4 runs on the final ball off an outside edge.

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