Australia wins Ashes classic as Cummins finishes off 2-wicket win over England in 1st test

Published June 20, 2023 8:49 am

By BRIAN CHURCH
Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Australia has won a thrilling Ashes opener by two wickets late on Day 5 at Edgbaston. Captain Pat Cummins’ six-smashing 44 not out after Usman Khawaja’s patient 65 combined to give England’s “Bazball” cricket revolution a lesson from Down Under. Cummins hit two sixes and four fours. He shared a match-winning ninth-wicket partnership of 55 with tailender Nathan Lyon in the last hour of the fifth and final day. Chasing 281 to win, Cummins hit the winning boundary against Ollie Robinson and Australia finished on 282-8 to disappoint a raucous home crowd.

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