ENG vs AUS Day 5: What a day it was of a Test Match! Australians are in the driving seat at the Stumps of Day 4 with just 6 wickets away from the historical 2-0 lead in the England Ashes 2023. The weather was pretty awesome yesterday and it was the least attention-gathering part of Day 4. Let’s Check Out the ENG vs AUS Day 5 Weather Forecast and Pitch Report of Lord’s England.
It rained just before the first session and this forced the play delay to start by around half an hour. Australia kicked off the day with a cracking boundary. Short balls in this Lord’s have worked more than any other options and both, Australia and England have enjoyed their time bowling short ones. Respect for Nathan Lyon! barely he could walk still he stepped in padded-up with the bat in his hands.
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Down below is a brief overview of Day 4, ENG vs AUS Day 5 Weather Forecast and Pitch Report of Lord’s England:
ENG vs AUS Day 4 Overview
Steve Smith started the day with a beautiful boundary. Khawaja scored 77 before he top-edged a short ball and soon Smith(34) departed on a short as well. Travis Head was taken down by an excellent catch at short leg on a short ball. Green and Cumming connected a few shorts but again it was a back-of-good-length delivery that took his wicket. Lionhearted Nathan Lyon struck a boundary and handed an easy catch at mid-wicket and guess what, it was again a half-tracker. Australia posted the 371 runs target for the home team.
The chase began! With the new ball, Starc and Cummins bowled a nasty spell that quickly eliminated four England wickets. The pressure on England was removed as soon as the Head was called to bowl. In the meanwhile, Duckett began to find his touch, and Stokes and he began to have fun together. Another fifty in the bag for him. The equation is England need 257 more runs to win and Australia just need 6 wickets.
ENG vs AUS Day 5 Weather Forecast
The Ashes 2023 (Australia tour of England) | England vs Australia 2nd Test match is being played at The Lord’s, London (England) from June 28 to July 2 starting at 10:30 AM Local and 3:00 PM IST.
ACC TO WEATHER.COM, the weather is predicted to be slightly overcast throughout the day. As the weather websites show, there is almost no rain prediction for Day 5 which makes it a perfect Day 5 for a test match like this. A 0% chance of rain is predicted for the entire day. It hopefully ain’t going to interrupt the match later in the day. The Temperature in the morning is expected to be around 18° C and rise up to 21° C in the evening.
Winds with a speed of around 20-25KMPH will gust towards the West. Humidity will also stay at the average rate of 45% (around 50% in the morning and falls to 40% in the evening). So, the possibilities of rain are always there when it is England but we can hope for a pretty healthy and decent day 5 of the ENG vs AUS 2nd test match.
ENG vs AUS Day 5 Pitch Report
This Test was played on a green top surface at Lord’s. The batters are put to the test in this one as pacers take advantage of the favorable circumstances after serving a flat deck in the series opener. There is a lot if bowlers can dig it out even though the surface has not helped as much as expected. The short balls are working and Australia are going to stick with the strategy.
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