/ 06 July 2023

Oz looks to in-crease its Ashes lead

Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Image source: Wikimedia Commons

With so many people still huffing and puffing about the second Ashes Test, the third in the series bats off in Leeds tonight… and fireworks are expected after the Oz-England rivalry reached its fiercest level in years. That’s because the Aussie men’s team was accused of playing against the ‘spirit of cricket’ when English batter Jonny Bairstow was controversially dismissed, helping to hand the Aussies their second win. Things got so heated that PM Albanese and UK PM Rishi Sunak traded barbs on the saga – and by all accounts, the Aussies are set to be booed again tonight as they begin the new match. But winners are grinners, and a win at Headingley will secure us the series. And wouldn’t a clean sweep for the Aussie men’s and women’s cricket teams be nice?

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