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England bowlers too hot to handle for Aussies

England have taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match Ashes Test series after beating Australia in the third Test at Edgbaston on Friday. Riding on impressive performances by their bowlers, England cruised to a comfortable eight wicket win in just three days.

English batsman Ian Bell in action in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
English batsman Ian Bell in action in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Reuters / Carl Recine
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Australia were put on the back foot right from the word go as they managed just 136 runs in their first innings. England’s trio of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Steve Finn was too hot to handle for the Australian batsmen as they managed to stay on the crease for just 36 overs. Chris Rogers was the highest run scorer for the visitors with 52 runs. Anderson took six wickets while Finn and Broad took two each.

England gave a better account of themselves as they scored 281 runs in their first innings to take a crucial 145 runs lead. Half centuries by Ian Bell, Joe Root and Moeen Ali enabled England to take the decisive lead.

Australia’s second innings was a replica of their first as just one batsman of the top six managed to post a double digit score.

At one point, Australia were down six wickets for just 111 runs with 76 of those coming from opening batsman David Warner’s bat. At this point, Australia were in danger of losing the match by an innings.

However, an impressive rearguard action by Phil Nevill and Mitchell Starc who scored 59 and 58 runs respectively helped the visitors reach 265 runs and post a 2nd innings target of 121 runs for England.

Finn starred for England with six wickets while Anderson, Broad, Ali and Ben Stokes took one wicket each.

The English batsmen faced no trouble in overhauling this small target with Bell and Root again leading the run chase with unbeaten 65 and 38 runs respectively.

Australia’s captain Michael Clarke said that his bowlers were not up to the mark.

"We had perfect bowling conditions. Overcast, a little bit of rain around and we just couldn't hit the areas consistently. The ball swung and seamed for the whole game. We had to be better than what we were," he said.

The fourth Test match will be played at Trent Bridge from August 6 to 10.
 

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