Ashes: Pat Cummins four-wicket burst helps Australia gain control over England at Hobart

At
stumps,
Australia’s
score
read
37/3
—
with
the
hosts
leading
by
152
runs.
Smith
(17)
and
Scott
Boland
(3)
are
currently
at
the
crease.

After
gaining
a
lead
of
115,
Australia
got
off
to
a
dreadful
start
as
the
hosts
lost
David
Warner
(0)
on
the
third
ball
of
the
second
innings.

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The
left-handed
batter
was
sent
back
to
the
pavilion
by
his
arch-nemesis
Stuart
Broad.
Soon
after,
Marnus
Labuschagne
(5)
was
dismissed
by
Chris
Woakes,
reducing
Australia
to
5/2
in
the
fourth
over.

On
the
cusp
of
stumps
on
Day
2,
Mark
Wood
got
the
better
of
Usman
Khawaja
(11),
and
in
the
end,
Smith
and
Boland
ensured
that
Australia
does
not
lose
more
wickets
before
stumps.

Earlier,
resuming
the
third
and
final
session
at
124/6,
Sam
Billings
and
Chris
Woakes
added
28
more
runs
to
the
total
before
Cameron
Green
dismissed
Billings
(29)
in
the
42nd
over
of
the
innings.

Mark
Wood
then
joined
Woakes
in
the
middle
and
the
duo
scored
runs
at
a
brisk
pace.
Both
Wood
and
Woakes
put
on
30
runs
for
the
eighth
wicket,
but
the
partnership
was
broken
by
Mitchell
Starc
as
the
left-arm
pacer
had
Woakes
(36)
caught
down
the
legside
at
the
hands
of
the
wicketkeeper
Alex
Carey,
reducing
England
to
182/8.

In
the
very
same
over,
Starc
bowled
Stuart
Broad
(0)
and
England
was
on
the
cusp
of
being
bowled
out.
In
the
end,
the
Three
Lions
were
bowled
out
for
188,
handing
Australia
a
lead
of
115
runs.

Pat
Cummins
returned
with
four
wickets
for
the
hosts.

Brief
scores:
Australia
303
and
37/3
(Steve
Smith
17
not
out,
Usman
Khawaja
11;
Stuart
Broad
1-9);

England
188
all
out
(Chris
Woakes
36,
Joe
Root
34;
Pat
Cummins
4-45).