first day began at Perth (305 for 4 wickets). On the second day, losing the remaining 6 wickets in 98 runs, the Joe Root team. In all, England's 403 runs in the first innings are not the only way to score a simple score. But how did Steven Smith bat today, in the way of collecting four hundred!
After the England all-out, the two teams went to lunch. Australia, after the second day, finished the second day with 203 runs in 3 wickets. They were bowled out for just 200 runs with a wicket of 200 runs. Perth's paisewell wicket, Australia's over-rate of 3.27 runs per over, is not considered 'supersonic', but Smith's batting has run out. The Australian captain has played just 122 balls to finish the day at an average of 92 runs. Fifty of them just took 58! Shaun Marsh is on the wicket with him (7 *).
Usman Khawaja's innings were dragged to indicate Smith's quickness of batting. After batting at number 3, he bowled 122 balls and was dismissed for the next one. Earlier, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft could not pull Australia into the opening pair. The opener, who was dismissed for 55 runs, Australia's Smith-Khawaja scored 124 in the third wicket with a 124-run knock. In the meantime, Smith was just like a statue of patience, Khyor contributed 44 runs from 110 balls and Smith contributed 93 runs in his 93-ball 93.
On the previous day, two unbeaten batsmen, David Malan and Jonny Bairstow, batted for a while before going to England. Malan was out 140 runs. Bairstow (119) took his first Test century in the last one and a half year. They added 237 runs for the fifth wicket in the Ashes. But after losing the pair, England lost six wickets, only 35 runs! Australia took 4 wickets for Mitchell Starc and 3 wickets for Jesse Hazelwood.