England’s cost to the Ashes 2023 bought underway with a Zak Crawley four off the very first ball in the primary Ashes Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham. England host Australia in the best Test rivalry because the World Test Championship three will get underway. The residence facet opted to bat first and whereas England already made certain to proceed their ‘Bazball’ strategy, Crawley showcased it on the very first supply.
After being requested to bowl first, Pat Cummins began the proceedings for his group from over the wicket. As bowlers usually do, Cummins tempted Crawley to drive a ball outdoors off to attempt to discover the sting. The English opener welcomed the chance with each arms and smoked a canopy drive by way of to the fence to ship the house crowd roaring. This additionally attracted a particular response from England captain Ben Stokes.
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England had earlier made their intent away from staying with their well-known ‘Bazball’ strategy. “We know the risk that Australia pose, regardless of who they’re enjoying in opposition to, they’re an excellent group however we’ve discovered one thing that works and has been profitable,” Stokes mentioned earlier than the sequence as quoted by BBC Test Match particular.
“That doesn’t change with the opposition. Nothing is going to change because we’ve had unbelievable success with it. If we were to change anything from the last 12 months because we find ourselves in an Ashes series, then anything from the last 12 months will have been completely pointless,” he added.
England’s Playing XI:
Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson
Australia’s Playing XI:
David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland
