Usman Khawaja ended his decade-long wait for a maiden Test hundred in England as he led an Australia recovery in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Saturday. | Sport24news
Australia were struggling at 67-3 after Stuart Broad struck twice in two balls to remove David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne before England captain Ben Stokes captured the prize wicket of star batsman Steve Smith.
Australia captain Pat Cummins insisted Thursday his recently-crowned World Test champions had no need to emulate England's ultra-aggressive 'Bazball' style batting, saying:"Somewhere our batters might take 200 balls to get a hundred and that's totally fine." Broad had earlier reduced Australia to 29-2 as he again got the better of Warner, whom he dismissed seven times during the drawn 2019 Ashes in England.
Smith survived the hat-trick delivery but rarely looked comfortable in a 59-ball stay that didn't feature a single boundary. But as the ball got older and conditions for batting eased, Khawaja and Travis Head checked England's progress with a fourth-wicket stand of 81.
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