Journalism of Courage
Superhuman effort from Nathan Lyon was the moment of the match during England's 1st innings. Left-arm batsman Moeen Ali and wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow were in the middle of building a good partnership when Ali was dismissed on 21 by a brilliant caught and bowled by Lyon. England found themselves at 132-6 with his dismissal and soon were all out on 227 in the first innings. (Reuters)
Shaun Marsh made the headlines for Australia on the second day as he justified his position in the team and scored his 5th Test ton. With his help, Australia declared their first innings at 442/8. (Source: Reuters)
Superhuman effort from Nathan Lyon was the moment of the match during England's 1st innings. Left-arm batsman Moeen Ali and wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow were in the middle of building a good partnership when Ali was dismissed on 21 by a brilliant caught and bold by Lyon. England found themselves at 132-6 with his dismissal and soon were all out on 227 in the first innings.
Coming into the attack again, England seamers did not let Australia take the momentum again with the bat. James Anderson looked particularly lethal with the pink ball and took his 25th 5-wicket hall. With the pacers breathing fire, Australia were bowled out for 138, and set the visitors up for 354 runs target. (Reuters)
Chasing down the target, left-hand batsman Dawid Malan and England captain Joe Root started building a strong partnership, which worried the Kangaroos. Nathan Lyon rapped Root on the pads. A huge appeal was turned down by the umpire, which prompted Smith to call for a review, his second in three balls. But the DRS showed that the ball was going just above the stumps, and Root survived. It became a huge moment, as Smith was left with no reviews on the final day. (AP)
Joe Root went on to score his 14th Test fifty, lifting England's hope, as the visitors ended the day at 176/4, needing 167 runs on the final day with seven wickets in hand. (AP)
Joe Root could not survive the onslaught from Josh Hazlewood early morning on the fifth day and got out on 67. His dismissal shattered England's hopes with wickets starting to tumble in quick sucession. (Reuters)
The final wicket of Jonny Bairstow, who tried to show some resistance, sealed the game in Australia's favour, with Mitchell Starc claiming five wickets for himself. (AP)
Steve Smith's Australia won the match at Adelaide by 120 runs and gained a strong lead of 2-0 in the five match Test series. (Reuters)
