Ashes 2025: The visitors skittled Australia out for 349 runs and will be chasing a mammoth target of 435 runs to win this match, but it was the drama in the last session that grabbed everyone's attention. A few minutes before lunch, Pat Cummins dismissed Ben Duckett and turned the tide in their favour. Ollie Pope scored his first run and left Zak Crawley facing the last few moments, and that's when the drama began.
Crawley, who realised that something was wrong, went down the pitch and tried wasting time. Cummins wasn't too thrilled about this. He tried to slow things down and forced Crawley to wait.
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How good are the mind games between Pat Cummins and Zak Crawley? #Ashes pic.twitter.com/APMPhGmb6Q
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This heated exchange ended in the only possible way, with Cummins bowling a peachy delivery that left Crawley stunned. The choicest of words were used in this exchange, where Crawley was seen smiling, and things became intense before lunch.
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Travis Head smashed a brilliant 170, and Alex Carey had scored a gritty knock of 72 as the hosts got all out at 249 and had posted a mammoth target of 435 for the Ben Stokes-led side.
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The visitors took six wickets before lunch and restricted the hosts to 349 in their second innings.
The Ben Stokes-led side came out to bat just 10 minutes before lunch and suffered a huge blow in the second over itself when Cummins bowled Ben Duckett for four runs.