Ashes 2021-22 Day 2 of the Fourth Test: Usman Khawaja raises Australia in the century

Usman Khawaja’s ninth-century Test scored a stunning 416-8 in Australia before the England starters survived five nervous overs, losing 13 at the end of the second day of the fourth Ashes Test.

He played his first test since 2019 and only on the team’s positive test by Travis Head for COVID-19, Khawaja took the opportunity to share his dependent partnership with Steve Smith first and then anchored Australian entries with 137 of 260 balls. The English bowlers struggled with their second new ball on Thursday.

“I’ve done a great job,” Khawaja said. “A lot of time behind the scenes that people don’t see. You never take anything for granted. I’m never sure I’d ever replace Australia again, it doesn’t matter if I score a hundred. Thank you so much for another chance. ”

Stuart Broad took a 5-101 lead and went a long way in claiming a return to the team after Australia humiliated England and kept the Ashes out after being knocked out of Melbourne’s third test.

In the stumps, Haseeb Hameed and Zak Crawley both entered 2 not away, and the latter was caught without a Mitchell Starc ball, with tourists finishing 403 runs behind Australia on the day of the first entry.

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Earlier, Khawaja completed his century with 201 balls with 11 limits in the final before tea in front of his former state crowd. He celebrated with both arms raised, one raised and addressed his team and family members at the historic Sidney Cricket Ground Members Stand before embracing his patron in the middle of the field.

Khawaja, who also passed 3,000 tests in this entry, was eventually thrown out by Broad after about seven hours and left with a thunderous round of applause as he made his local debut 11 years ago among 25,000 people.

“This is my house, people still treat me like a local boy,” Khawaja said. “It simply came to our notice then. It’s something you dream about. “

“I’ve broken down a lot of barriers to getting to where I am now, and I think people respect that.”

He had a break on the 30th when Root was thrown out of Jack Leach’s bowling alley, but it was a rare mistake to be a great master at the SCG in the second century against England.

England will regret this missed opportunity as the pace of the tourists worked well for the bowlers, especially with the new second ball and the quick wickets they picked up in the evening to return to the competition.

Earlier, Smith rallied with his mid-33rd-century 116 ball and on the way Justin Langer broke the record for 7,696 races to become Australia’s sixth-highest scorer in the sixth race of the race. Smith, playing his 81st game, needed 24 fewer Tests than Langer, the current Australian coach, to reach the mark.

Worrying for England, Ben Stokes left the pitch after his 14th ball before lunch. When he came out of the ground, he was on the left side, he came back later but did not bowl again.

Australia are unbeaten 3-0 in five games and have kept the Ashes. But England still want to get something out of the tour by winning an Australian test for the first time in almost a decade.