Australia vs England 4th test day 2 Highlights 2025

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00:00what a day it was boxing day 2025 it'll be remembered uh for so much action-packed cricket

00:17it was exhilarating it was exciting it was the day where the batters were exiting the bowlers

00:23were batting it was all happening to coin a phrase at this famous venue

00:30go run well ben stokes keep persisting with bryden cars did think maybe he might

00:37try and have a go himself at this wicket

00:55there's that width that travis wanted

00:57needs no second invitation he'll accept the first punishes it

01:08that's an aggressive stroke

01:12he should get back for a third this time around so it's a bit of a mixed bag from england

01:18edge and smith accepts gus atkinson he's been the pick and gets it in the right area and scotty's

01:31effort at the top of the order comes to an end

01:3322 minutes he survived straight lose their first one for

01:46beautiful through the covers

01:48that'll excite the crowd

01:54and he's going to come back i think jay weatherald but uh travis head

01:58is not interested well he nearly have it took it running between the wickets

02:03and that's too short too wide that is a travis head special

02:11bryden cars he knows better failing to deliver for england

02:16gets him it's the dragon that is the captain ben stokes

02:27he goes for five australia they lead by 82 but they're two for 40

02:38straight through the gap i heard mana say straight through yes

02:43that's a hand on it

03:01there is the edge right through the cord and exactly what mark war and david warner are talking about

03:08the slip would have gobbled it goes to the fence two for 57

03:11there's the edge ruth throws the hands underneath it

03:17marnis looks at the keeper the corner confident

03:24and they're just going to check whether it carried nice and slow nice and slow

03:30yeah i can see fingers are under the ball yeah roll back and roll again yeah

03:36roll forward yeah i can see clearly fingers under the ball and australia lose their third wicket

03:45and they're three for 61

03:50straight into his work flowing cover drive from the skipper beautifully tied massive boundary

04:04width he loves width does travis head pops it straight down the ground

04:16that is a vintage travis head back in the crease just slapping it away through the covers

04:20yeah good shot a bit of width there the outfield's pretty slow he's hit that hardness

04:28and he's gone three quarters away it's the rope

04:30oh he's got him he comes back on and he does get it right this time top of off and head is dismissed

04:41so travis had a good dig 46 off 67 four falls and australia now four for 82

04:52uncomfortable for kawaja and he's out

04:56the last time we're going to see him here on boxing day test josh thug in the wickets

05:01isman kawaja out for a duck australia five for 83

05:14nicely driven over pitches does tongue and that is met by alex carrie he's away with four

05:21going on to hit the stumps edged and out harry brooke to his right

05:26biden cast what a comeback spell yeah perfect great execution but it's just good test match bowling

05:34and they've just got to keep realizing england pitched the ball up in these areas and they'll get

05:38the results good cricket from england put the aussies under pressure here we go to four six

05:45388 it's happening quickly beautifully played oh need a bit of have some of that as well

05:58edge put into the gap

06:02and away for four the final ball before lunch

06:05that's uh not convincing from green but he will happily take that boundary

06:18and four more

06:21inside edge

06:27whoa

06:27that's a surprise steve smith it's byes

06:33can they go between the pads and leak stop it must have swung in big and nipped or something

06:41gone

06:42stokes immediate effect cam green is looking to be proactive

06:49but the england captain scalps another australia seven down lead 161 it is truly game on here at the mcg

06:57it's unfortunate for australia that was going to be a good partnership there between steve smith

07:00and cameron green but he has to depart australia their seventh wicket and they're seven for 119

07:08back and brilliant

07:13what a fine return catch

07:16it's all clicking in the gear for england they look sharp

07:27and as it goes without scoring it's two in quick succession for england australia right down 120

07:37it's taken

07:39cars unstoppable the mcg

07:42stark departs he's got four cars and australia are in all sorts nine for one two one

07:50three for two off nine balls the home side have lost only one wicket in at the shed jay richardson wanders out

08:03oh that's nice and richardson gets it short there's no one out on the onside every run

08:09so valuable and they'll get back the three and steve smith

08:13his faith is being repaid by jay richardson yeah he knew

08:18show him in the nets he's not going to play he knows his partner's going to hit a three

08:24well that's a shot that's the shot of the day from jay richardson

08:27just punches a drive through mid-off

08:34straight up in the air this will be australia all out it is

08:38england rick through the australians all out for 132

08:44to break the streak of 18 test matches in this country without a win england need to make 175

08:51it's australia bowled out for 132 cars fantastic four for 34 stokes three for 24

09:03tongue two and atkinson one before he went off with a hamstring

09:07the dominant day for england their best day of the series but can they stand up with the bat

09:21down the leg side it's worked away nicely the barbie army love it to the boundary

09:37goes a bit too much onto the pads he drifts and duck it obliges

09:43oh in the air he's down mitch stark he's been so good on the return catch

09:58well alex gerry comes up to the stumps zach crawley hangs in his crease and just pumps him down the

10:04ground easter this time hammered through the offside

10:12england fans are up on their feet back to back boundaries 10 and two balls

10:20gorgeous timing

10:22and then duck it again it's into space they're gonna have to sprint these

10:27plenty of acreage so three to the score but he handles it well ben duckett

10:34oh that really could have gone anywhere it's high up in the air

10:38lands safely it's gone before he doesn't matter how it comes here ben duckett

10:49there we go he's tried it a few times this time it works it's gone all the way for six ben duckett

10:56with the counter punch

10:57it's

11:02look for more

11:04partnership comes up

11:08we're on the attack england

11:12oh it's a ripper from stark

11:16he gets the radar right

11:19no matter the mindset that's a tough one to keep out it's been a fine little knock a nice

11:23cameo from ben duckett but that is a beauty from mitchell

11:35it goes for 34 england one for 51

11:38well that's a classic strike in any form of the game

11:47is that crawley that's it to the boundary

11:51oh third man coming in settles underneath should be taken and he's tempering

11:56big mitts so richardson his first test wicket in four years

12:05australia have their second

12:10cast goes 110 required

12:15oh he's got the top edge over slips

12:17take good bethel

12:22gets in on the act not convincing but they'll take it

12:27lovely stroke beautiful check drive

12:32slowish outfield but it's going to get there big raw

12:36England supporters on board

12:40glorious as good as you can play

12:47straight through the gap another boundary to england

13:00nicely controlled in the gap another boundary

13:04this is good stuff from jacob bethel

13:08yeah oh they like that that looks very close yes yes yes

13:12poland opens it up again zach crawley's turn to his batting partner he's looking for some sort

13:20of reassurance should he go upstairs i think he's going to yeah

13:26original decision out pitching outside of impact in line we get hitting stay with your original

13:33out decision kumar you are on screen

13:35well they're not quite there yet england zach crawley it's been a really nice innings and

13:43probably worth the review given the situation of the match uh it's cost england a review

13:55for a moment australia thought they had their man jacob bethel

14:00fight fire with fire a young man with no fear

14:03bethel exposes his stumps

14:09and the catch is taken by kawaja of course it's scotty and while there's life there's hope

14:15the australians aren't exactly going off their chops but bethel depart nice innings from bethel not

14:22quite enough as far as he's concerned but a good 40 it's four for 137

14:28down the leg side away from carrie that'll hurt the keeper's fingers and it'll get to the rope and

14:35hurt the australians valuable runs

14:41oh gee that is a big swing from harry brook goes to the fence there'll be four more buys

14:47that's punched with authority for brook

14:53oh big shout is it missing leg

15:00figure goes up

15:02rood immediately reviews he thinks he's missing the leg stuff

15:09original decision out pitching outside of impact in line

15:13you get some five score

15:15kumar stay with your original out decision you are on screen make a single

15:20richardson knocks over root five down 17 to win

15:26short takes it on pulls it away hard four for harry

15:35thick edge stark gets stokes for the 13th time

15:39he won't be denied mitchell stark to skip it to parts

15:4710 still required 10

15:52england lose their sixth wicket they're six for 165

15:58down the leg side runs immediately nicely tied from smith the army's invoice again it's a long boundary out

16:05there he'll almost come back from four and then stop on three

16:14beautifully tied from brook

16:18another boundary one stroke away

16:22fine

16:31to the fence

16:33after 5468 long days and 18 failed attempts england win a test match in australia

16:49it's been a long time coming for england

17:03word on to ben stokes and his men

17:07been a bit of controversial leading

17:11a lot of talk about their off-field antics and stuff it doesn't matter when they come to the field

17:15here they come to play it's only been two days of cricket

17:21less than 65 overs they've been out there and have won a test match as you said howie

17:25fantastic ben stokes

17:28look forward they're seeing the headlines tomorrow over there in england should have won in perth

17:32they had australia on the ropes lost that test but from the last bit of the adelaide test to this one

17:38they've been the superior team they deserve this four wicket victory

17:42australia have the ashes at 3-1 but this is a breakthrough win for the visitors and they fully

17:49deserve it they've bowled australia in this

17:52carson tongue have been outstanding and harry brooke at the end got a little 18 red to nail the coffin down

17:58well done him

18:05well done to ben stokes and his team they faced all sorts of scrutiny and pressure

18:11he's going to wander over i reckon to the barmy army alongside joe root and these will be scenes

18:16to sabre for england and their supporters

18:28he's clapping the army as is joe root

18:31that's fantastic carey fantastic

18:46he appreciates the support they've been through thick and thin on this tour

18:49what a satisfying feeling it must be for ben stokes he's had to put up with a lot

18:59there's been disappointments there's been media speculation about everything but this victory he can

19:06say

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