Ashes 2021-22: Watch - David Warner wins the hearts of the fans after giving his gloves to a fan in the Adelaide Test
Australia and England were engaged in the second Test match of the Ashes 2021-22 at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. Having a look at the ongoing match, the skipper of the Australian cricket team, Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat first.
Pat Cummins has been ruled out of this match as Steve Smith has taken the charge in his absence. The stand-in skipper will be looking to get some runs with his bat as he didn't create much impact in the first Test.
David Warner and Marcus Harris opened the innings for Australia after their skipper won the toss and opted to bat first. The England bowlers, Stuart Broad and James Anderson who have been added to the line-up have straightaway done their job.
Both the bowlers' including Chris Woakes and Ollie Robinson didn't let the openers play their strokes freely. They continuously troubled the batters by hitting the perfect line and length and made it more difficult to aggregate runs on this wicket.
Marnus Labuschagne completes his hundred:
It was a fabulous catch taken by Jos Buttler to dismiss the Australian opener. Then Marcus Labuschagne joined with the left-hander and started to stitch another crucial partnership likewise they did in the first Test against the visitors.
Both the batsmen played well against the opposition bowlers and added172 runs for the second wicket partnership. David Warner once again missed his well deserved hundred after being dismissed for 95 runs by Ben Stokes.
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However, Marnus Labuschagne continued to trouble the opposition bowlers and the stand-in skipper Steven Smith joined with him on the other end. But Jos Buttler dropped an easy catch of Marnus Labuschage when he was on 95 runs.
With that, Marnus Labuschagne completes his sixth hundred in Test cricket and has been dismissed by Ollie Robinson for 103 runs. But Steven Smith is looking good on the other end, as he too completed his half-century and will ve looking to get his team to a good position on the scorecard.
Travis Head and Cameron Green have been removed by Joe Root and Ben Stokes for 18 and 2 runs. However, during the 1st day of the match, David Warner missed by well-deserved hundred by just 5 runs. Then he did a thing that won the hearts of the fans.
Watch the video here: