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The 5-match Test series between England vs Australia (ENG vs AUS) is being played in England. Of this series…
Usman Khawaja created history during Ashes 2023, became the third batsman to do so in Ashes
The 5-match Test series between England vs Australia (ENG vs AUS) is being played in England. The first match of this series is being played from June 16 and today its decision i.e. the last day’s game is being played. England had set a target of 281 runs in front of Australia and Kangaroos have scored 123 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Meanwhile, Australian opener Usman Khawaja has created a history and has also become the third player to do so in the Ashes series.
Let us tell you that against England, Australian batsman Usman Khawaja has become the player to bat on all five days of the Test. However, earlier this feat happened in the year 1977 and Jeff Boycott batted on all five days of the Tretbridge Test. After this, in the year 2019, England batsman Rory Burns has batted on all five days of the Test match. At the same time, Usman Khwaja has also become third in this list.
Second player to do this for Australia in Test cricket
Significantly, in the history of Test cricket, Kim Hughes has batted for Australia on all five days. At the same time, Usman Khawaja has become the second batsman to bat on all five days in Tests for Australia. In fact, England batted first in this Test and declared the innings on the first day itself and Australia came into bat on the very first day and then batted till the second day. Then on the third day both Australia and England batted and then on the fourth day England were all out and the Kangaroos batted. While batting on the fifth day, Usman has made this record his name.
Became the 13th player to bat on all five days in Test cricket
| Batman | Years |
| ML Jaisimha (IND) | 1960 |
| Geoffrey Boycott (ENG) | 1977 |
| Kim Hughes (AUS) | 1980 |
| Allan Lamb (ENG) | 1984 |
| Ravi Shastri (IND) | 1984 |
| Adrian Griffith (WI) | 1999 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 2006 |
| Alviro Petersen (SA) | 2012 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara (IND) | 2017 |
| Rory Burns | 2019 |
| Kraigg Brightwaite (WI) | 2023 |
| T Chanerpaul (WI) | 2023 |
| Usman Khawaja (AUS) | 2023 |
scored a century in the first innings
Let us tell you that Usman Khawaja has scored a century in the first innings against England. He has told England in the very first test of the Ashes series that he is going to be a thorn in their way of victory. Not only this, Usman is batting very well in the second innings as well. However, if Australia is to win the first Test, then Usman’s end standing is going to be very important.
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