England vs Australia, Headingley Test: The third Test match of the Ashes series 2023 will be played between England and Australia from July 6 at Headingley. After the run-out controversy of Johnny Bairstow in the Lord’s Test, there has been a fierce verbal war between the two teams. Now its effect can be clearly seen on the field. Australia has taken a 2-0 lead in the series after winning the first 2 Test matches of this series.
Now the Kangaroo team will be eyeing to win the Headingley Test match as well so that an unbeatable 3-0 lead can be achieved in the series. It will not be an easy task for England to win the last 3 Test matches, but after captain Ben Stokes’ excellent innings of 155 runs in the Lord’s Test, the confidence of the other batsmen of the team will also increase.
head to head record
If we look at the record between the two teams against each other in Test cricket, out of 358 matches played so far, the England team has managed to win 110. On the other hand, Australia has won 152 matches while 96 matches have ended in a draw. Both the teams have clashed 25 times so far at Headingley. In this, the England team has managed to win the match 8 times while Australia has won 9 times.
pitch report
Talking about the pitch of the third Test match, batting in Headingley for the first 3 days looks a bit easier. Although the fast bowlers definitely get some help during the first session of the day. Apart from this, the role of spin bowlers is going to be very important in this match.
Possible Playing 11
The England team has already announced its playing 11 for this test match. 3 changes have been seen in this. Moeen Ali, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes have been included in place of James Anderson, Ollie Pope and Josh Tongue. On the other hand, one change in the Kangaroo team which is believed to be certain is Todd Murphy joining the team in place of spinner Nathan Lyon after his ouster.
See here the playing 11 of both the teams
England – Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes (c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Chris Broad.
Australia – David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Todd Murphy, Josh Hazlewood.
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