England head coach Brendon McCullum discovered himself in an undesirable state of affairs as studies emerged of him not being allowed entry to Headingley, Leeds. The incident happened on the opening day of the third Test.
England head coach Brendon McCullum throughout follow(Reuters)
As per a report in Times, McCullum was denied entry for not having an accurate cross and the safety guard too did not recognise the coach. Despite being insisted by the particular person accompanying McCullum, the safety guard stored the coach ready.
The guard then related to a superior to debate the identical by way of radio, however McCullum ran out of endurance and walked by way of the gates, saying: “You’ll just have to deal with it.”
Meanwhile after three days of intense contest, Australia at present discover themselves 142 runs forward and have six wickets in hand within the second innings. Swashbuckling batter Travis Head together with all-rounder Mitchell Marsh took Australia to 116/4 at stumps on Day 3.
The pair confirmed good resistance and added 26 runs for the fifth wicket. They will now look so as to add extra to the tally and assist Australia set a stiff goal for the hosts in seam pleasant situations.
The good news for England is each Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are again within the pavilion.
If we take a look at the names who’re but to bat, Alex Carey will stroll in subsequent, adopted by Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Todd Murphy, and Scott Boland.
Mark Wood, who had scalped 5 wickets within the first innings stays wicketless in the mean time.
Wood together with Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad produced a terrific bowling show because the Australian first-inning was folded for 263. Apart from Wood’s five-wicket haul, Woakes scalped three, whereas Broad claimed a few wickets.
Australia maintained an analogous tempo in response and lowered England to 167/8 however Ben Stokes’ resilience stored the hosts within the sport. Stokes scored 80 and was the ultimate batter to be dismissed as England scored 237/10 of their first inning.
Cummins scalped six wickets, and the remaining 4 had been shared by Starc (2), Marsh (1), and Murphy (1).
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