England Test captain Joe Root got tremendous luck in the early of his innings on the day two of the first Test of Ashes 2019. He survived from the bowled dismissal as once again the ball hit the stumps, but the bails didn’t dislodge.
In recent time, we have seen this kind of bizarre incident numerous times. During the IPL 2019 and the recently concluded ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, this incident repeatedly happened when the bails refused to move despite the ball hit the stumps.
Read More : Sourav Ganguly Reveals His Desire To Coach India
Now, the cricket fans experienced it again in the early Ashes 2019. In the morning session of the day two of the Edgbaston (Birmingham) Test, Root survived from that incident. On the final ball of the 21st over of England’s innings, during James Pattinson‘s over, Australia had a caught behind appeal against Root, and the bowling end umpire Joel Wilson raised his finger to give it out.
In no time, confident Root went for the review. The replay and UltraEdge confirmed that the ball just missed touching Root’s bat. However, the replay and UltraEdge also showed that the ball kissed the top of the off-stump. But, the English Test captain was lucky as the bails remained intact on their places. So the umpire Joel Wilson changed his decision to the not out. At that time, Root was batting on just nine runs while he had a partnership of 31 runs with the opener Rory Burns for the second wicket.
https://twitter.com/JimDaiez/status/1157291830347587584
Joe Root scored 57 runs, but the centurion Rory Burns was the star of the day
It proved costly for the Australian side. Root and Burns had a 132-run partnership for the second wicket. The English Test captain Root scored 57 runs off 119 balls (six fours) before the Aussie pacer Peter Siddle caught & bowled him.
In the reply of Australia’s 284 runs first innings total, England managed 267/4 at the stumps on day two. The hosts are still 17 runs behind, but they have six wickets in hand.
Read More : Windies vs India 2019: 1st T20I, Florida – Match Prediction
On the day two of this Test, English opener Rory Burns was the star. The left-hander batted the entire day and remained not out on 125 runs off 282 balls (16 fours). It was his maiden century in the international career. His batting massively helped England to end the day on a high note.