ENG vs AUS Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report For 2nd Test

England will be up against Australia in the 2nd Test Match of The Ashes 2023 at the Lord’s in London from June 28. The first match of the series was much hyped and interesting. It went through to the very last day, where the Australian captain held his nerves tight and won the match for Australia. England would be desperate to make a comeback and equal the series.

The last match was played at the Edgbaston in Birmingham, where England won the toss and decided to bat. This decision was proven right with the start given by their opener Zak Crawley. He played a wonderful innings and was joined by Joe Root, who was simply phenomenal, scoring yet another century. Bairstow also played a fearless knock, which helped England declare the innings at the score of 393. Khawaja led the counterattack from Australia as Smith and Marnus failed to mark their impression. Apart from Khawaja’s century, Head and Carey scored half-centuries each, which helped Australia reach 386.

In the second innings, England could not replicate their first innings intensity as the openers fell without doing much. The middle order, in the form of Root, Brook, and Stokes, did fire and had scores in the 40s, respectively, but none of them could cross the fifty-run mark. They had set the target of 281 runs for Australia, which was going to be a challenging total. Khawaja looked brilliant, similar to the first innings and scored a fantastic fifty. The middle order could not do much, and England could smell victory, but the captain of Australia stood his ground until he made sure that his team crossed the victory line and gave Australia a memorable win.