Broad and Wood hand England quick begin in must-win Third Ashes Test
Broad struck in the first over of the day to dismiss Warner for the sixteenth time in Test cricket, whereas Wood bowled Usman Khawaja with a 95mph supply, earlier than the important thing wickets of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne fell to go away Australia reeling on 91 for 4 at lunch.
Earlier, each openers had been booed on their solution to the crease – as had Australian captain Pat Cummins on the toss – because the Headingley crowd made their emotions clear on final Sunday’s occasions at Lord’s, the place Yorkshire batter Jonny Bairstow was stumped in controversial trend by Alex Carey.
A 43-run defeat within the capital left England 2-0 down within the sequence and now needing to grow to be solely the second aspect to come back again from that deficit to assert the Urn.
At Leeds, with poor climate forecast for the weekend, England had been in want of a quick begin and after Ben Stokes had received the toss and elected to bowl, Broad delivered it.
The seamer, the main wicket-taker throughout the primary two Tests, discovered the sting with simply his fifth ball of the day as Zak Crawley took an excellent catch at slip to ship Warner on his approach for 4.
Khawaja and Labuschagne took benefit of a fast outfield to regular the ship, however the introduction of Wood, taking part in for the primary time within the sequence, swung the momentum again England’s approach.
Bowled him: Usman Khawaja was dismissed by a blistering 95mph supply from Mark Wood
/ Getty ImagesEvery ball of the Durham fast’s opening four-over spell was clocked between 91mph and 96.5mph, his common pace of 92.9mph the second-fastest in England Tests since CricViz started recording the metric in 2006. The remaining supply of that spell proved the decisive one, honing by way of Khawaja’s defences to crash into middle-stump.
Wood had been one in all three new faces introduced into the XI, together with Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes, and the latter, taking part in his first Test in additional than a 12 months, additionally picked up a wicket earlier than lunch as Labuschagne’s middling sequence continued, the batter caught at slip by Joe Root for 21.
The morning ought to have gotten even higher for England when Travis Head glanced Wood down the leg-side however Bairstow, who had already put down a troublesome probability off Smith, dropped what ought to have been a simple catch.
Spirits had been lifted once more within the following over, nonetheless, when a disbelieving Smith was despatched on his approach after feathering Broad by way of to Bairstow.