England Vs Australia Ashes Series First Test Match, England Leads By 88 Runs

The forth day of the first test match of Ashes series at Brisbane belongs to England. It was day long struggle from Australian bowlers. Yesterday Australia got out and giving England 221 runs lead. On the forth day England level the lead of Australia and put 88 runs lead in-front of Aussies. They batted well and lost just 1 wicket in the day. Both openers scored centuries. One down batsman IJL Trott scored half centuries.

So far three batsmen played well and two scored centuries and one score half century. England team’s captain, AJ Strauss who got out on the third ball of the first inning played well in the 2nd inning and scored 110 runs before he got out. He hit 15 fours in his century. AN Cook also scored a century. He remained not out at the end of day’s play. He was batting on 132 runs.

England ended the day four with 309 runs for the loss of 1 wicket and they are still left with 9 wickets. The match is heading towards a draw. Six bowlers had been use by Australian captain but no success accepts for 1 wicket by NJ North. Opening wicket produced 188 runs for England team.