In the third Test match of the Ashes 2023, England beat Australia by three wickets. With this victory, England made an amazing comeback in the series and kept the hopes for a series win alive. A lack of support from other bowlers and batters could be termed as the biggest factors in Australia’s loss. Apart from Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, and Pat Cummins, not a single player impressed at the Headingley ground.
Meanwhile, Fans and former cricketers have started objecting to the selection of Scott Boland in the Australian line-up. Fans are shocked by his underwhelming performance in the prestigious tournament. It’s worth noting that Boland has been able to get just two wickets in Two matches. In the meantime, he has conceded around 231 runs.
This came as a shock to many, as Boland was a hero for Australia in the recently concluded World Test Championship finals. In the prestigious game, he took five wickets while giving away just 105 runs. His heroics helped Australia keep Indian batters in check. Fans were expecting him to continue his dominance with the ball. However, he failed in his first two games, and it might cost him his place in the XI.
Mark Wood won the Leeds Test for England
Speaking about the game, In the third Test of the Ashes series, Mark Wood made a blistering comeback. Wood, in his match-winning performance, clinched eight wickets by giving away just 100 runs. He also scored a crucial 40 runs off just 16 balls in two innings. His amazing performance has helped England put some pressure on the Aussies.
Meanwhile, Wood might keep James Anderson out of the remaining games, as his performance has been mediocre in recent times. Anderson failed in the first Test and lost his place in the playing XI. However, Stuart Broad might make a comeback in place of the second pacer, as he did well in the Lord’s Test but unfortunately missed this Test due to an ankle injury.
Here is how fans reacted to Scott Boland’s performance:
India play newcomers like a star player
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) July 9, 2023
Quality of batsmen matters, ya know!
— Rishit Patel (@imrishit98) July 9, 2023
Better than VIRAT , Rohit and other Indian superstar players he knows where to perform
— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) July 9, 2023
Rare failure. Performance pressure maybe. He's a star on green wickets and if there's more bounce as well he can bowl at least 3 deliveries in every over that makes batsman to play on back foot
— Geetha Sumanvi (@geesuu96) July 9, 2023
Chokli two times ?
— Vallavan ?? (@VallavanCricket) July 9, 2023
What non sense comparison is this??
Aussies have played a lot in England due to ashes rivarly and not to forget conditions are about the same
While India plays mostly in subcontinents and tours England and Australia once in 4 years
Also England are playing at homegivesadvantage— I'm inevitable (@Srinath_TheHulk) July 9, 2023
In those 5 wickets , 2-3 were gifted ones ,our players either chased the ball going in 6th stump or left with uncertainty , but English players used his lack of pace and treated him like a net bowler
— Abhishek M (@thisrockishard) July 9, 2023
Indian semi retired top batsmen should retire with dignity after this disaster. Also gill is useless in red ball cricket. Also we lost our only talented match winning young red ball cricketer in rishabh pant
— swetha vicky13 (@SwethaVicky13) July 9, 2023
Opponent matters.
Have to admit that in this case India was a weak opponent. Not really weak, but highly inconsistent with crucial players out of form.#WTC— Shirsha Bhattacharyya (@Shirsha_18) July 9, 2023
India were once favourites to win the ICC titles but they choked in finals and semi finals, this time India wasn't even favourite and were underdogs going into final and they still lost ??
— Ashish (@AshishSodhi5) July 9, 2023
— Tushar Chawla (@TusharChawla10) July 9, 2023
England made him bolund
— Maaz Ul Haq ?? (@Maazulhaq17) July 9, 2023
Guy performs when it matters the most.
— Sharon Solomon (@BSharan_6) July 9, 2023
Indian batters are sitting ducks for any bowler?
— Steven (@marc_spector01_) July 9, 2023
