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Aus vs Eng - 1st Ashes Test, Brisbane, day 4

Lyon takes four as Australia takes 1-0 lead in Ashes

Australia 425 (Head 152, Warner 94, Labuschagne 74, Robinson 3-58, Wood 3-85) and 20 for 0 beat England 147 (Buttler 39, Cummins 5-38) and 297 (Root 89, Malan 82, Lyon 4-91) by ten wickets

Brisbane: Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins got among the wickets as Australia inched beat England by 9 wickets on Day 4 of the ongoing first Ashes Test at the Gabba, Brisbane on Saturday.

England was bowled out for 297, setting a target of just 20 runs for Australia to win the Gabba Test.

Resuming Day 4 at 220/2, England got off to a horrendous start as Dawid Malan (82), Joe Root (89), and Ollie Pope (4) were dismissed in quick succession and England was reduced to 234/5 in the 78th over.

With the wicket of Root, Lyon registered his 400th wicket in the longest format of the game.

Ben Stokes (14), Jos Buttler (23), and Ollie Robinson (8) also failed to stay at the crease for a long haul and England was reduced to 286/8 in the 98th over.

Soon after, Lyon clean bowled Mark Wood (6) and in the end, England was bundled out for 297, setting a target of just 20 for Australia to go 1-0 up in the series.


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