Fantasy Teams for Today’s England vs Australia, 2nd Ashes Test
We have opted for fantasy cricket teams on basis of probable XIs, recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Lord’s Pitch Report for the Match
(Based on last 3 games at Lord’s)
1st innings avg. score: 146/10
2nd innings avg. score: 330/8
3rd innings avg. score: 265/10
4th innings avg. score: 279/5
Wins
Batting 1st: 33%
Batting 2nd: 67%
Seamers picked 84% of the wickets. Meanwhile, one double-ton, three centuries, and nine fifties were registered – of which one century and two fifties belonged to openers.
Fantasy Tips of The Day
Ollie Pope has accumulated 370 runs at 53 at Lord’s – of which 300 runs, including a double-ton, has come under Ben Stokes’ captaincy.
At the same venue, Joe Root has piled on 1,680 at 53, including five centuries – of which 1,051 runs at 55 have come while not captaining the side.
Stuart Broad loves hunting down the Australians. He has taken the most wickets (137) by an Englishman in The Ashes. Above all, he has dismissed David Warner on 15 occasions.
Steven Smith has seven hundreds and as many fifties in 18 Tests in England. Overall versus England, he maintains a stunning average of 58.
Usman Khawaja (533 runs) and Travis Head (416 runs) featured in the Best11 in four of their last five Tests.
In addition to collecting 269 runs in six Tests against England, Alex Carey has inflicted as many as 32 dismissals – at least five per Test!
Such was the dominance of Harry Brook in his last 10 innings that he added 644 runs at 72 including three centuries and two fifties.
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Probable Playing XIs for England & Australia
England: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali/Rehan Ahmed, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland
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