{"id":40321,"date":"2025-11-01T16:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40321"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:59:48","slug":"c1k00ge7v1moat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/01\/c1k00ge7v1moat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia edge pulsating second Test with England to clinch Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The long wait continues. Another gallant English failure. Australia&#8217;s dominance maintained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A 14-4 victory in Saturday&#8217;s second Test allowed the Kangaroos to claim a 14th consecutive series win, an Ashes run that began 52 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It renders next week&#8217;s sold-out third Test at Headingley in Leeds a dead rubber, as Australia, like in 2003, attempt to complete a 3-0 series whitewash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, after being brutally put to the sword by Kevin Walters&#8217; team at Wembley a week ago, this performance was more befitting of a Shaun Wane side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The England head coach had pledged that his team would offer a better account of themselves after failing to &#8220;show up&#8221; for the first Test, and they did not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They enjoyed the better of the first period but their territorial dominance did not translate across on the scoreboard, which instead displayed four points each after Nathan Cleary and Harry Smith traded penalties. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The problem for England was that was as good as it got as they were unable to breach a watertight Australian defence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There were moments of promise, with Dom Young a fingernail from scoring in the corner from a Herbie Farnworth grubber kick and Morgan Knowles knocking on before grounding the ball under the sticks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, in the space of four second-half minutes the tourists took the game away them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An England error on the left was brutally punished on the next Australia set as Cameron Munster twisted away from a George Williams tackle to score. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And, with the hosts visibly rocking, another mistake presented Australia with their second try of the match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When Cleary&#8217;s booming kick ricocheted out of the hands of Tom Johnstone, Canberra Raiders second row Hudson Young was able to collect the loose ball to cross.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A major scuffle between several players lit the fuse on a frenetic opening to proceedings, with England&#8217;s Young and Australia&#8217;s Tino Fa&#8217;asuamaleaui sin-binned for their involvement with barely three minutes on the clock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And that set the tone for a more assertive and aggressive England showing that was absent at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Smith&#8217;s inclusion for his notable game management qualities tied up some of the scruffiness in England&#8217;s sets and debutant AJ Brimson justified his inclusion at full-back. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Yet for all England&#8217;s good work they were unable to capitalise with points from more repeat sets and, even when Australia full-back Reece Walsh was sin-binned in the second half, frustratingly for Wane and his staff on the sidelines, they were unable to find their way back into the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">England:<\/b> AJ Brimson, Dom Young, Herbie Farnworth, Jake Wardle, Tom Johnstone, George Williams (capt), Harry Smith, Mike McMeeken, Jez Litten, Matty Lees, Kai Pearce-Paul, Kallum Watkins, Morgan Knowles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Interchanges: <\/i>Mikey Lewis, Alex Walmsley, Morgan Smithies, Mikolaj Oledzki.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Australia:<\/b> Walsh, Nawaqanitawase, Staggs, Shibasaki, Addo-Carr, Munster, Cleary, Collins, Grant, Fa&#8217;asuamaleaui, Crichton, Young, Carrigan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Interchanges: <\/i>Dearden, Smith, Cotter, Koloamatangi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Australia #edge #pulsating #Test #England #clinch #Ashes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long wait 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Another gallant English failure. Australia&#8217;s dominance maintained. 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