NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday imposed a 50 percent fine on both Australia and England for slow over rates during the gripping Ashes opener at Edgbaston. Additionally, both teams had two World Test Championship points deducted for their slow play.
According to the ICC, captains Pat Cumminsand Ben Stokes admitted their guilt and accepted the proposed sanctions, eliminating the need for formal hearings.The statement from the ICC confirmed this information.
The first Ashes Test between England and Australia delivered a thrilling spectacle, culminating in England’s dramatic two-wicket defeat. It marked an exhilarating start to the latest chapter of cricket’s greatest rivalry.
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Cummins the hero as Australia edge England in Ashes thriller
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<p>Australia captain Pat Cummins led his side to a dramatic two-wicket win over England in the first Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday.<br /></p>
<p>The Ashes holders were 209/7, still 72 runs shy of a victory target of 281, when fast bowler Cummins came in to bat after first-innings century-maker Usman Khawaja fell for a painstaking 65.</p>
<p>And after Alex Carey was out to leave Australia 227/8, the tourists still required another 54 more runs with Nathan Lyon the new batsman.<br /></p>
<p>But Cummins-Lyon’s unbroken stand of 55 saw Australia home in a match to rival the tension of England’s two-run win in a celebrated 2005 Ashes clash at Edgbaston.<br /></p>
<p>Cummins, who finished on 44 not out, hit the winning boundary when he edged Ollie Robinson to third man where a diving Harry Brook knocked the ball over the rope.<br /></p>
<p>Lyon, whose missed run out contributed to England’s stunning one-wicket win at Headingley in the drawn 2019 Ashes series in England, was 16 not out.<br /></p>
<p>Victory left World Test champions Australia 1-0 up in the five-match series as they bid for a first Ashes campaign win in England in 22 years.<br /></p>
<p>This was just England’s third defeat in 14 Tests under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.<br /></p>
<p>England were left to rue a series of missed chances throughout the match, none more so than when Lyon was dropped on just two by Stokes at square leg.<br /></p>
<p>After Tuesday’s morning session was washed out by rain, Australia resumed on 107/3 with veteran seamer Broad having removed Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith late on Monday’s fourth day.<br /></p>
<p>But Khawaja was still there on 34 not out as the 36-year-old opener became only the second Australian, after Kim Hughes at Lord’s in 1980, to bat on all five days of a Test.<br /></p>
<p>Australia reached tea at 183/5, but were quickly reduced to 192/6 when Robinson had all-rounder Cameron Green (28) chopping on to end a stand of 49 with Khawaja.<br /></p>
<p>Stokes struck when he had Khawaja, who made 141 in Australia’s first innings, chopping on to end a 197-ball stay.<br /></p>
<p>Cummins, however, reignited Australia’s pursuit by launching Root for two straight sixes before finishing the job himself.<br /></p>
During the final day of the match, an unbroken partnership of 55 runs between Australia’s captain Pat Cummins and spinner Nathan Lyon proved to be the deciding factor as they successfully chased down a target of 281.
England’s loss in this Ashes Test was only their third defeat in 14 matches since the partnership of captain Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum was established last year.
The second Ashes Test is scheduled to take place at Lord’s starting from June 28.
(With inputs from AFP)
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