Michael Clarke to retire from Test cricket after Oval Test

The legendary Australian player and captain Michael Clarke has announced that he will retire at the end of the ongoing Ashes series. Australia has already lost the series against England by 1-3 on third day of the 4th Test.

Clarke was reportedly not in the mood of retiring until the Trent Bridge Test, where his team lost the match by an innings and thus, adding one more to the consecutive series loss in England.

34-year-old Clarke has been playing Test cricket for past 11 years and believes that he was physically and mentally exhausted by now and should leave when it is time. Clarke himself confirmed the news soon after his team lost their 3th Test in the ongoing series. This was Australia's first loss by an innings against England in 30 years.

"The boys have worked hard, I don't blame anyone in that change room. As a team we haven't performed as well as we needed to be beat England, and as a captain I certainly haven't led from the front."

Michael Clarke will play the final Test match of the series as Captain against England at the Oval in London. The current Ashes series has not done any good for Clarke and he is now at his all-time lowest Ashes average of 16.71. He indicated that it is time for him to move on and make place for someone better. Former England captain Michael Vaughan supported Clarke's decision saying that he was not surprised with the decision.

Clarke has scored 8605 runs in his career that include 28 centuries and 27 half centuries. A big applause for one of the best Cricket players of all-time.

England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 3: England won by an innings and 78 runs

The Ashes, 2015

 

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England has won the 4th Test match of the Ashes 2015 series by an innings and 78 runs. Australia lost all 10 wickets in their second innings for 253 runs and lost the match by 78 runs. England has also won the 5-match Test series by 3-1.

Australia were at 241/7 when they started playing on Day 3. The team needed 90 more runs to avoid the innings loss, but could only score 12 more runs before it lost remaining 3 wickets. Stokes took 1 wicket while Mark Wood took remaining two wickets today.

Australia Day 3 Scorecard

England has won their third match in the ongoing Ashes series and thus, has regained the series in its name. There is one more Test match left to be played in the series that will start on 20th August.

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England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 2

England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 1

England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 2: Australia trail by 90 runs

The Ashes, 2015

 

After the end of the second day match of the 4th Test of the Ashes series 2015, Australia are still trailing by 90 runs and have already lost 7 wickets. England declared their first innings after scoring 391 runs for 9 wickets in 85.2 overs. Australian team is on the verge of losing the match by inning.

England continued their first innings on day 2 and declared the innings after 85.2 overs and scored 391 runs in total. Joe Root scored 130 runs of 176 balls. England team lost 9 wickets before they declared the innings for 391 runs with a lead of 331 runs over Australia.

England 1st Innings Scorecard

Australia was given a trail of 331 runs. In their second innings, Australian team has already scored 241 runs for 7 wickets and is still trailing by 90 runs runs. If Australia manages to cover the trail, they will avoid the innings loss. Mitchell Starc (0) and Adam Voges (48) are still batting.

Australia 2nd Innings Scorecard

England vs Australia 4th Test, Day 1: England lead by 214 runs

The Ashes, 2015

 

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The first day of the 4th Test match of the Ashes, 2015 series was as excited as it could be. Team Australia, while playing first could only score 60 runs and lost all its wickets. Stuart Broad took 8 wickets for England and gave only 15 runs in 9.3 overs. England in its first innings have already scored 274 runs by the end of first day and is leading by 214 runs.

The 4th match of the Ashes, 2015 Test series between Australia and England started on Thursday, Aug 06 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. England won the toss and invited Australia to bat first and sent them back soon after. Australia team scored only 60 runs in 18.3 overs and lost all 10 wickets. Mitchell Johnson (13) remained the highest scorer for Australia.

Australia 1st Innings (batting)

England 1st Innings (bowling)

After bowling out Australian team for 60 runs, England took charge with the bat. With the help of Joe Root's ton and Jonathan Bairstow's 74 runs innings, England has scored 274 runs in 65 overs on day 1 of its first innings. Joe Root (124) and Mark Wood (2) are at crease. Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for Australia.

England 1st Innings (batting)

Some Records created today

1. Alastair Cook completes 2000 runs in Ashes cricket. 
2. Stuart Broad's 8 wickets in 9.3 overs for 15 runs.

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England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 3: Australia lead by 362 runs

The Ashes, 2015

On third day of the 2nd Test match between England and Australia, England scored 227 more runs and lost their remaining 6 wickets. Australia is now playing their 2nd innings and have already scored 108 runs in 26 runs with no wicket loss. The guests are now leading by 362 runs.

England continued its first innings match from where they left off after 2nd day. Cook was playing at 21 and Stokes at 38 runs. England was 85 for 4. Both Alastair Cook (96) and Ben Stokes (87) played for long and contributed runs for their team, but none other player could play noticeable innings for England. The whole team collapsed for 312 runs.

Both Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Johnson got 3 wickets each for Australia.

England Score Card

When Australia started playing for their second innings, they were already leading by 254 runs. In 26 overs, Australia scored 108 runs and lost no wicket. Both openers Chris Rogers (44) and David Warner (60) are at the crease. The team is now leading by 362 runs.


Australia Score Card

 

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 2: England trail by 481 runs

The Ashes 2015

The 2nd Test match of the Ashes, 2015 Test series is being played at Lord's stadium, London. The second day of the match is officially over and England (85/4) is trailing by 481 runs behind Australia. Australia scored 566 runs in its first innings.

Australia continued from their first day match with Chris Rogers (158) and Steven Smith (129) at the crease and 337 runs at the scoreboard. The second wicket of Australia fell in the form of Chris Rogers at 362. Rogers and Smith contributed a partnership of 284 runs. Steven Smith, however remained at the crease for longer and scored 215 runs in 346 balls. Australia declared their innings at 566 runs after 149 overs.

Stuart Broad took 4 wickets for England.

Australia 1st Innings Score Card



England was trailing by 566 runs after Australia's first innings. Adam Lyth and Alastair Cook (c) started England's first innings. Lyth was caught out for 0 runs in the very first over of the game. Cook, however is still batting. England has already lost 4 of their wickets and are now playing at 85 runs. Cook (21) and Ben Stokes (38) are at the crease.

Mitchell Johnson took two wickets while Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood got one wicket each.

England 1st Innings Day 2 Score Card

England vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 1: AUS 337/1

The Ashes, 2015

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The first day of the 2nd Test match between England and Australia is over. Australia has scored 337 runs with the loss of just one wicket in 90 overs played today. Chris Rogers is playing at 158 while Steven Smith is not out at 129 runs.

The 2nd Test match in the ongoing Ashes series started on Thursday, 16th July. Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Opener David Warner scored 38 runs of 42 balls and was caught by Anderson. Chris Rogers (158) and Steven Smith (129) are still batting and will continue the Australia Innings tomorrow. 90 overs of match were played today.

Australia 1st Day Score Card

The wicket of Warner was taken by Moeen Ali.

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England vs Australia, 1st Test: England won by 169 runs

The Ashes 2015

The first Test match in the Ashes 2015 Test series if over and England has won the match by 169 runs. On the last day of match, Australia had to score 411 runs to win this match, but the whole team was out for just 242 runs. Joe Root has been chosen the Man of the Match.

Honestly, Australia was not in the game from the first day itself. England scored 430 runs in their first innings while Aus could only score 308 runs and was left behind by 122 runs after first innings. In the 2nd innings, England couldn't do much with the bat and the entire team was out for 289 runs thus making a lead of 411 runs in total. Australia had to make 412 runs to win this match with two days and 10 wickets remaining, but they couldn't. England team bowled exceptionally well and sent back the whole Australia team back for just 242 runs and won this match by a whopping 169 runs.

In its second innings, Australia performed even worse than their first innings. Only Mitchell Johnson (77) and David Warner (52) could reach at the score of 50+ in the 2nd innings. England's bowling was extraordinary where Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali got 3 wickets each and Mark Wood and Joe Root also got 2 wickets each.

Australia 2nd Innings Score Card

England 2nd Innings Bowling Performance

England vs Australia 1st Test, Day 2: Australia trail by 166 runs

The Ashes, 2015

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The first Test match of the Ashes, 2015 is being played between England and Australia. The 2nd day of the match is over and Australia is trailing by 166 runs and playing at the score of 264/5. England made 430 runs in total in their first innings.

England started today's match at the score of 343/7 where they left off yesterday. Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad continued from their first day's innings. Moeen Ali ended up making 77 runs in 88 balls and was caught by Watson on a ball by Starc. England lost all their 10 wickets at the score of 430 runs in 102.1 overs.

England 1st Innings Score Card

Australia started batting second after England's innings. Chris Rogers scored 95 runs of 133 balls and gave a solid start to his team. Shane Watson (29) and Nathan Lyon (6) are batting now for 6th wicket partnership. Australia has already lost 5 wickets and scored 264 runs in 70 overs. Moeen Ali took 2 wickets for England while James Anderson, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes got 1 wicket each.

Australia 1st Innings Score Card

 

England vs Australia 1st Test, Day 1: England scored 343 Runs for 7 Wickets

The Ashes, 2015

 

One of the most awaited Test series of the year, The Ashes 2015 has started from today, July 08. The first Test match between England and Australia started today. England won the toss and chose to bat first and scored 343 runs for 7 wickets in 88 overs. Moeen Ali (26) and Stuart Broad (0) are playing for 8th wickets.

Match: The Ashes 2015, Test 1

Teams: England and Australia 

Schedule: From July 08 to July 12

Venue:  Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

England XI Squad: Alastair Cook, Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, James Anderson

Australia XI Squad: David Warner, Chris Rogers, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon

The first Test match is being played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. England won the toss and Captain Alastair Cook decided to go for bat first. England did well on the first day of the game. The team score 343 runs  losing 7 wickets. Joe Root remained the star of the match with his 134 runs innings in 166 balls. Gary Ballance (61) and Ben Stokes (52) also managed to complete their fifties and gave English team a good score.

England still got 3 wickets in hand and would want to score as much as they can on 2nd day.

From Australia side, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood each took 3 wickets. Josh gave 70 runs in 22 overs with 8 maiden overs. Nathan Lyon also got one wicket in his 17 overs inning.

The biggest partnership was of 153 runs between Gary Ballance and Joe Root for 4th wicket.

England 1st Innings Score Card

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