England were able to finish off the Australian batting order by the evening at the Oval leaving themselves three days to set a total and bowl out their rivals at the Oval
England’s Bazballers will have a one innings shootout in their bid to steal the bragging rights away from the old fashioned Aussies.
There are just 12 runs between them after the Aussie innings was shuttered at the end of day two for 295 with Ben Stokes taking a spectacular boundary catch to remove his opposite number Pat Cummins.
It gave Joe Root, England’s main spinner in the absence of the injured Moeen Ali, his second wicket and came close to matching the roar when the former skipper took the other great catch of the day to set England on their way following Australia ‘s âgo-slow’ tactics on a dull morning.
Following a playful switch of the bails by Stuart Broad, Root removed Marnus Labuschagne with a world-class one handed catch diving to his left at slip to move past Mark Waugh and into fifth place on the all time list with182 catches.