England reach 61-1 in reply to Australia's 317 at lunch
Friday, 21 July 2023
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, July 20 (AFP): Mitchell Starc struck an early blow before England's Zak Crawley and Moeen Ali denied Australia another breakthrough on the second day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Thursday.
England were 61-1 in reply to Australia's first-innings 317 at lunch, with Crawley 26 not out and Moeen unbeaten on 31.
In the process, Moeen became just the fourth England player after Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff and current team-mate Stuart Broad to complete the Test 'double' of 3,000 runs and 200 wickets.
Both Crawley and Moeen gave England supporters numerous nervous moments as they repeatedly played and missed outside off stump attempting attacking shots against world Test champions Australia's pace attack.