The most awaited series Ashes 2019, began on a good note for England. The match which currently underway at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground has Australia batting first as they chose to bat first. The visitors have already lost a couple of wickets as they lost their openers, David Warner and Camron Bancroft. Just after Stuart Broad got the wicket of David Warner via an LBW, the fans flaunted sandpaper to celebrate the wicket of the opener. If one may recall, David Warner, Steve Smith and Camron Bancroft were banned after they tampered the ball in March 2017 against Australia. The duo was banned for a year after the incident and they made a comeback in the CWC 2019. Australia vs England Live Cricket Score.
Stuart Broad bowled a fuller length delivery which landed right at the middle stump. Warner started walking off the field with a review being taken. Warner departed on the score of 2. No sooner he was on his way to the pavilion, fans showed the sandpapers to celebrate his wicket. Broad also got rid of Bancroft who got edged and taken on the first slip. The opener was dismissed on the score of 8. England vs Australia 1st Ashes 2019 Test: Tim Paine’s New Handshake Inclusion Reportedly Frustrates Joe Root and Trevor Bayliss.
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Need any sandpaper for those cracks @CricketAus?😏 #Ashes pic.twitter.com/yL20HT3sTe
— Sun Sport (@SunSport) August 1, 2019
The scoreboard read 17 when the Australians lost a couple of wickets. As of now, they have Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja batting for the team. Right ahead of the series, Stuart Broad had fired a warning for Australia about the hostile reception of the crowds towards the visitors.
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