England last won a match at The Gabba in 1986.
Preview
Australia will take on England in the second Test of the ongoing The Ashes on Thursday, December 4, at The Gabba in Brisbane. In the first game, England won the toss and elected to bat. Things went downhill for the English team after winning the toss. The batters got bundled out for a mere 172 runs. Mitchell Starc bowled his best bowling figures in an innings and took seven wickets for 58 runs.
Australia didn’t have a great outing either with the bat and got all out for just 132 runs. No batter managed to score more than 30 runs for Australia. Ben Stokes was the pick of the bowlers for England and took five wickets for 23 runs.
In the second innings, Ollie Pope and Gus Atkinson finished with 30-plus runs to their names. England could make only 164 runs before getting all out in 34.4 overs. Starc and Brendan Doggett took three wickets each, while Scott Boland picked up four wickets.
In the fourth innings, Travis Head played a knock of 123 runs off just 83 deliveries and guided Australia to a win by eight wickets. Marnus Labuschagne made an unbeaten 51 runs off 49 deliveries. Starc won the Player of the Match award for his bowling performance.
Australia and England have played a total of 22 matches at The Gabba. Australia has won 13, while England has managed just four wins here. England’s last win at this venue came in 1986.
Match Information
Australia vs England, 2nd Test
Probable PlayingXI
Australia
TM Head, J Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith(C), C Green, JP Inglis, AT Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Brendan Doggett, SM Boland
Bench: Usman Khawaja, BJ Webster, Michael Neser
England
Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, JE Root, HC Brook, JL Smith, WG Jacks, Ben Stokes(C), BM Duckett, AAP Atkinson, BA Carse, Jofra Archer
Bench: Jacob Bethell, MJ Potts, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir, JC Tongue
Injury News – Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of this game due to back spasms. Josh Inglis might replace him in the playing 11. England has already announced the playing 11.
Pitch Report
Mitchell Starc AUS | bowl – 8.5
Starc has been the highest wicket-taker for Australia in Test matches this year. He has taken 39 wickets in just eight games at an average of 15.71. He is in fourth place among the Australian pacers with the most wickets in the Ashes.
Travis Head AUS | bat – 8.5
Head started the series with a century in the fourth innings. He became the first Australian opener to score a century in the fourth innings in the Ashes at home. He has made 524 runs in eight matches at an average of 37.42.
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Harry Brook ENG | BAT – 6.5
Brook is the second-highest run-scorer for England in Test matches this year and has scored 591 runs in seven matches at an average of 49.25. He has hit two centuries and four half-centuries this year.
Joe Root ENG | BAT – 8.5
Root has amassed 579 runs in 12 innings at an average of 52.63. He has made three centuries and one half-century this year.
Budget
Alex Carey AUS | wk – 7
Carey is the third-highest run-scorer for Australia in Test matches this year. He has amassed 502 runs in eight games at an average of 45.63.
Scott Boland AUS | bowl – 7.5
Boland has played just three matches for Australia this year and is the third-highest wicket-taker. He has picked up 20 wickets at an average of 10.35.
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Usman Khawaja – AUS | BAT – 8.5
Zak Crawley – ENG | BAT – 8.5
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