Broad signs off in style as Ashes series ends drawn

STUART BROAD produced a picture-book ending to his cricket career by taking the last two Australian wickets as England won the fifth Test to draw a thrilling Ashes series.

Broad, in fact, became the only cricketer in Test history to score a six from his final delivery with the bat and take a wicket with his very last ball.

Alex Carey was Broad's final victim edging behind a classic delivery shortly after Todd Murphy had done similarly, as Australia fell 50 runs short of their target.

Such a conclusion to Broad's career came as no great surprise really.

The 37-year-old sits proudly in fifth place on the list of all-time leading Test wicket-takers with 604 scalps.

But, much more than that, Broad particularly seemed to love singlehandedly winning matches by getting his wickets in great big bunches.

From his 6-17 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg to dismiss South Africa for 83 in 2016 to his 5-5 against India at Trent Bridge in 2011 in a spell which included a hat-trick, Broad knew almost instinctively when to pick his moment.

Most of all, though, Broad loved to bowl at the Aussies - and his 6-22 at Chester-le-Street in 2013 was merely an aperitif for what followed at his home ground two years later.

On a beautiful bright August morning at Trent Bridge, Broad simply destroyed Australia, taking 8-15 having at one stage enjoyed figures of 5-6.

With the Baggy Greens 2-1 down and 60 all out before lunch on the first day of the fourth Test, he had effectively decided the course of the Ashes.

This time at the Oval, it was not quite one of those great big bunches as the two wickets served to end an afternoon of frustration - but it was really no surprise that they came together to finish the match.

Annoyingly, Australia had already retained the Ashes urn after preserving their 2-1 lead at Old Trafford where downpours allowed for only 30 overs to be bowled on the last two days.

Defeat in south London, though, leaves the Aussies still without an outright series win on English soil since 2001.

Back then, 22 years ago, Australia remained in the midst of an utterly dominant period as they won eight consecutive Ashes series - four at home and four away - between 1989 and 2003.

Indeed, the 4-1 evisceration of England by Steve Waugh's side in 2001 was perhaps the purest demonstration of their complete supremacy - and only the exploits of Mark Butcher prevented England from suffering the ignominy of a home whitewash.

By contrast, this time, Australia have been really rather stealthy in taking home the urn.

After all, England scored more runs than their opponents by a margin of 3,079 to 3,010, and also took 93 Australian wickets compared to the tourists' tally of 85.

The top run-scorer in the series might have been an Aussie - Usman Khawaja - who adapted better to English conditions than he has in the past to rack up an aggregate of 496 runs at an average of 49.60.

But the only other three batsmen to top 400 runs in the series were all English as Zak Crawley (480 runs at 53.33) enjoyed his best spell so far in an England shirt alongside Joe Root (412 at 51.50) and Ben Stokes (405 at 45.00).

The top wicket-taker was also an Australian as Mitchell Starc's 8-182 at the Oval lifted him above Broad with 23 scalps to 22.

Ultimately, though, England more than competed in this facet too as the combined totals of Chris Woakes (19) and Mark Wood (14) fell just one short of matching Pat Cummins (18) and Josh Hazlewood (16), despite the Englishmen playing fewer matches.

Certainly then, this has been a series decided by extremely fine margins - and the whole contest perhaps even came down to Stokes's declaration on 393-8 towards the end of the first day of the first Test at Edgbaston.

Root stood tall on 118 not out but was not allowed to continue as Stokes sought quick wickets at the end of Day One which never came.

Eventually, England had to work hard on Day Two just to dismiss Australia for 386, a meagre lead of seven runs heading into the second innings. Then, in tough batting conditions, the hosts were all out for 273.

It was not a straightforward chase by any measure - and, at 227-8, it actually looked as if Australia would fall short of their target of 281.

But steely Aussie skipper Cummins produced an assured knock of 44 not out to leave his counterpart Stokes surely ruing his rather reckless first-day declaration.

The second Test at Lord's was a little more clear-cut as Australia made the most of their lead of 91 on first innings to prevail by 43 runs despite a gallant ton from Stokes.

Those are the bare facts of that match - but the Test will be probably best remembered for the incident on the fifth day which, remarkably, served to riled up the most genteel crowd in world cricket.

Wicketkeeper Carey had noticed his opposite number Jonny Bairstow walking out of his crease after balls which he had left - so, when the Yorkshireman did just that from a ball by Cameron Green in the middle of the morning session, the Aussie gloveman threw down the stumps.

The controversy derived from the interpretation of Law 20.1.1.1 which states that the ball is dead when it is finally settled in the hands of the wicketkeeper or of the bowler.

In fairness to Carey, though, he released the ball quickly before Bairstow had moved in anticipation that he would again leave his ground.

And so, while the slightly underhand nature of the wicket was not exactly within the spirit of the game, it was also criminally dozy cricket from Bairstow.

At 193-6, England were heading for a heavy defeat - but the Bairstow controversy actually served to galvanise the home side and Stokes in particular.

The skipper quickly moved into top gear and thrashed the ball to all corners, smacking nine fours and nine sixes in his eventual total of 155.

Australian thoughts surely will have drifted back to the previous Ashes series in England when Stokes, batting for exactly an hour with last-man Jack Leach, almost singlehandedly won the match at Headingley.

Leach famously finished on one not out from 17 balls in support of Stokes's unbeaten 135 - but, this time, the skipper's counter-attack ended with a top-edge and England still 64 runs short, before Broad and Ollie Robinson quickly followed.

There was some unexpected resistance from Josh Tongue - but, without talisman Stokes, it felt only a matter of time and Tongue was duly cleaned up by Starc for 19.

The series had moved apace and the 2-0 lead for Australia left the third Test as must-win for England.

Incredibly, it was another rollercoaster Test match at Headingley as England came out on top by a narrow three-wicket margin.

Man-of-the-match Wood, having recovered from a customary niggle which had until then kept him out of the team, made an immediate impact, taking 5-34 as Australia were bowled out for 263 after tea on the first day.

England struggled in response, however - and Cummins claimed 6-91 in reply as Australia took forward a 26-run lead on first innings.

But, in a truly topsy-turvy contest, Australia were reduced to 116-4 at the end of the second day.

There followed the first of many rain delays across the summer, interruptions which would threaten to mar the remainder of the series.

Play on the third day, in fact, was delayed until after tea - but the England bowlers came out firing, and Ben Duckett and Crawley were batting by close of play.

Resuming on day four on 27-0 with a target of 251, England then engaged in something of a white-knuckle ride, scoring at around five per over while losing wickets regularly.

At 230-7, still 21 runs short, England lost their last recognised batsman as Harry Brook - having made a fine 75 - top-edged to Cummins off Starc despite a minor collision on the catch between the two Aussies.

However, this time, Durham fast-bowler Wood made a crucial intervention with the bat - and, alongside Woakes, guided England to victory and reduced their series arrears to 2-1.

For the most part, the fourth match in Manchester also went to plan for England.

Australia were sent into bat and were dismissed for 317 early on day two - and then, despite the early wicket of Duckett, England again scored at over five per over to finish the day 67 runs ahead on 384-4.

On this occasion especially, England had good reason to score quickly, even by their own Baz-ball standards, with bad weather expected ahead of the Test.

As such, it came as something of a surprise that Stokes waited for England to be dismissed for 592, their highest score at home against Australia since a total of 595-5 at Edgbaston in 1985.

It brought a mammoth lead of 275 - but, in these circumstances, a first innings declaration would have been far more prudent than the decision made at 398-8 on a decent pitch.

Rain in Manchester ultimately only gave England a limited chance to get at Australia with 71 overs bowled on the afternoon of the third day, and the afternoon and evening of the fourth day.

Rather ridiculously, the match on that fourth day threatened to descend into something of a farce when, having convinced the umpires of the need of a change of ball, England were almost immediately restricted to bowling only their spinners due to bad light.

Of course, that decision was determined by clownish sunglasses-wearing arbiter Joel Wilson who has long stolen a living in his role.

In any case, the dreadful Manchester weather meant there was little, in truth, which England could have done. Thanks a bunch, Manchester...

In the fifth Test, Australia - upon winning the toss for the first time in the series - inserted England and squeaked out a narrow 12-run lead on first innings.

Nevertheless, the approach of the two teams - which had been markedly different throughout the summer - was laid completely bare across the first two days.

Whereas England made their total of 283 in 54.4 overs at a startling run-rate of 5.17 per over, Australia at times almost ground to a halt in their reply.

The tourists' 295 came off 103.1 overs at a rate of 2.85, and Marnus Labuschagne - who dawdled to nine runs off 82 balls before edging Wood to a magnificent catch by Root - was especially guilty of being happy to let the game drift.

True, not everything in Test cricket needs to be crash, bang, wallop in the Baz-ball style.

But Labuschagne, who is a more than competent batsman, was so self-indulgent in that innings that it could only be described as anti-cricket.

Thankfully, England improved on their first effort at the second attempt as Crawley, Root and Bairstow all contributed half centuries to an impressive total of 395.

Still, though, the pitch was playing well and the Aussies sauntered to 135-0 when yet more rain brought a premature end to Day Four.

At the juncture of a further delay on Day Five, Australia were 238-3 and well more than half the way to their target.

However, England emerged refreshed from the break - and, after getting a dud of a ball changed by the umpires, Woakes especially found some fine swing, and Australia ended up losing all 10 wickets for 194 runs inside 54 overs.

It was only right, though, that it was Broad who had the final word - and there can be few players in the long history of the game who have combined pure skill and unbridled desire as well as he did.

Go well then, Stuart Christopher John Broad. England - and indeed cricket - will miss you. 

FIRST TEST 16 June-20 June		ENGLAND	393-8dec & 273	▪️ AUSTRALIA won by two wickets
Edgbaston		AUSTRALIA	386 & 282-8
SECOND TEST 28-June-2 July		ENGLAND	325 & 327	▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 43 runs
Lord's		AUSTRALIA	416 & 279
THIRD TEST 6 July-9 July		ENGLAND	237 & 254-7	▪️ ENGLAND won by three wickets
Headingley		AUSTRALIA	263 & 224
FOURTH TEST 19 July-23 July		ENGLAND	592	▪️ DRAWN
Old Trafford		AUSTRALIA	317 & 214-5
FIFTH TEST 27 July-31 July		ENGLAND	283 & 395	▪️ ENGLAND won by 49 runs
The Oval		AUSTRALIA	295 & 334

CENTURIES

▪️ 189 Zak Crawley (England) in the fourth Test at Old Trafford
▪️ 155 Ben Stokes (England) in the second Test at Lord's
▪️ 141 Usman Khawaja (Australia) in the first Test at Edgbaston
▪️ 118* Joe Root (England) in the first Test at Edgbaston
▪️ 118 Mitchell Marsh (Australia) in the third Test at Headingley
▪️ 111 Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) in the fourth Test at Old Trafford
▪️ 110 Steve Smith (Australia) in the second Test at Lord's

FIVE-WICKET HAULS

▪️ 6-91 Pat Cummins (Australia) in the third Test at Headingley
▪️ 5-34 Mark Wood (England) in the third Test at Headingley
▪️ 5-62 Chris Woakes (England) in the fourth Test at Old Trafford
▪️ 5-78 Mitchell Starc (Australia) in the third Test at Headingley
▪️ 5-126 Josh Hazlewood (Australia) in the fourth Test at Old Trafford

Ashes alive after England win Headingley nail-biter

ENGLAND kept the Ashes alive with a tight victory at Headingley by three wickets to reduce their series arrears to 2-1.

It was a third nail-biting finale of the summer after similar knife-edge chases by Australia in the first Test at Edgbaston and England in the second Test at Lord's. 

Australia were successful in their pursuit while England were 44 runs short at the Home of Cricket to leave the series at 2-0 to the Aussies.

As holders, the Baggy Greens had made the ideal start - and, even just a draw at Leeds would have been enough for them to retain the urn.

The third Test at Headingley had therefore become a must-win for the hosts.

Sent into bat after losing a third toss in a row, Australia soon found themselves reduced to 85-4 as David Warner (4), Usman Khawaja (13), Marnus Labuschagne (21) and Steve Smith (22) all fell cheaply.

But the unheralded Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh almost took the tourists to Tea without further damage when, on the stroke of the interval, the latter nicked Chris Woakes behind.

Still, Marsh had made 118 by then at exactly a run-per-ball and had made Joe Root pay for dropping him on 12 early in his innings.

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Infuriatingly, for home fans, this was nothing new - and sloppiness from England is, frankly, a major reason for the Aussies' series lead.

In the field, England have dropped 18 catches - with Root in the slips guilty of shelling six alone.

Meanwhile, wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow has had a torrid time behind the stumps, missing seven chances including an easy stumping.

Ben Foakes would appear to be a ready-made replacement, even if Bairstow was still retained as a batsman.

However, the Surrey glove-man remains out-of-favour with the team selection for the fourth Test next week at Old Trafford already confirmed.

Bairstow can consider himself pretty fortunate to have retained his place - although, to be fair, he still has some credit in the bank following his heroics last summer against New Zealand and India.

In this series, though, he averages just 23.50, a figure which can be partly attributed to his controversial stumping by Alex Carey in second innings at Lord's.

Carey had noticed Bairstow walking out of his crease after balls which he had left so, when the Yorkshireman did just that from a ball by Cameron Green, the Aussie keeper threw down the stumps.

The controversy derives from Law 20.1.1.1 which states that the ball is dead when it is finally settled in the hands of the wicket-keeper or of the bowler.

In fairness to Carey, though, he released the ball quickly before Bairstow had moved in anticipation that he would again leave his ground.

Perhaps, in the interests of the spirit of the game and to avoid the rather unexpected barracking which they received in the usually genteel Long Room at Lord's, Australia could have used the incident to serve a warning before withdrawing their appeal.

Regardless, though, it was dozy cricket from Bairstow - and, indeed, far more worthy of a wicket than the catch claimed by Mitchell Starc when he had slid the ball with his hand along the ground on the previous evening.

In terms of other head-scratching moments, the decision of skipper Ben Stokes to declare at 393-8 on the very first day of the series has also come in for criticism, particularly as Root was in control at the crease on 118 not out.

True, it meant Australia had to survive a tricky period before the close of play - but they duly did survive - and it seemed instead that England had failed to heed the lessons of their defeat to New Zealand in February.

That match at the Basin Reserve in Wellington brought another first innings declaration by Stokes - but, after the Black Caps made 483 in their second knock, England ended up short in the chase by a single run. 

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Back to the vital third Test - and, with Marsh removed by the last ball before Tea, England resumed after the break re-energised.

Mark Wood (5-34) prompted a collapse of 6-23 as Australia were bundled out for 263 - but, unfortunately, the wickets did not end there.

Just before the close, England lost Zak Crawley (33) to finish the day on 68-3 with Ben Duckett (2) and Harry Brook (3) having earlier barely troubled the scoreboard.

Then, on the second morning, it got worse. From the second ball of the day, Root was caught at first slip by Warner off skipper Pat Cummins and Bairstow could only make a dozen before nicking Starc to Smith at second slip.

England were 87-5 and even first innings parity looked a long way off.

But, to his great credit, Stokes (80) intervened to play a truly great captain's knock, scoring steadily with Moeen Ali and Woakes before Wood also brought fireworks with the bat.

The Ashington-born fast bowler hit 24 off just eight balls - and Stokes then joined the fun by hitting Starc for three consecutive boundaries before twice cracking successive sixes off the bowling of spinner Todd Murphy.

Eventually, England were bowled out for 237, a mere 26-run deficit when it had looked as if it was going to be a lot worse.

Indeed, with Warner - removed by Broad for the 17th time in Tests - and Labuschagne (33), Smith (2) and Khawaja (43) again gone early, there was little at that point to choose between both teams.

Head and Marsh guided the Aussies to stumps as the lead neared 150 - and, in the Yorkshire drizzle, much of day three was an exercise in frustration.

In the end, there was actually more play than expected - enough time, in fact, for the express pace of Wood to bowl out the Aussies for 224, which left England with a target of 251.

Crawley and fellow opener Duckett eased England unscathed to 27-0 at the close of play - but, in truth, it was never going to be a straightforward chase, even though the pitch clearly held no demons.

Four overs after Lunch on day four, England were 171-6, still 80 runs short, after Bairstow completed a miserable Test by dragging an attempted drive off Starc onto his stumps.

Thankfully, though, Brook was still there - and the Keighley-born right-hander on his home ground settled into a good rhythm with Woakes to put on 59 for the seventh wicket.

Brook departed for 75 with 21 still required to leave the door open for one final twist if the Aussies were able to run through the tail.

By then, though, Woakes had played himself in and he provided the perfect foil for the more aggressive Wood who added 16 runs off eight balls to make it 40 off 16 in the match.

Nevertheless, it was Woakes who deservedly hit the winning runs with a confident drive through point to ensure England kept the Ashes alive.

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Remarkably, in the eight Ashes series - four home and four away - between 1989 and 2002-03, England won just one live Ashes Test, the first match at Edgbaston in 1997.

That series still finished 3-2 to Australia - but, in fairness, over the past 20 years, the overall contest has been more evenly matched.

At home, England are unbeaten in the contest since 2001 with four wins and a draw in the intervening 22 years.

However, Down Under, there have been two whitewashes of England in 2006-07 and 2013-14 - and another two 4-0 results in the Aussies' favour in 2017-18 and 2021-22.

In truth, Australia remain strong favourites for this Ashes series as well - they have lost all three tosses, generally have had the worst of the conditions, and yet still lead 2-1.

Moreover, the only side in Ashes history to win from 2-0 down were the Australians in 1936-37 with a team featuring a certain Donald Bradman.

But at least this time, with this attacking line-up and mindset, England have given themselves a chance - and, in never settling for the draw, it is win-win or bust between now and the end of July. 

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Baz-ball faces its biggest Test of all in Ashes

A RESURGENT England team begin their quest to regain the Ashes today against the newly-crowned World Test champions Australia.

England have not held the Ashes for almost six years now with successive 4-0 thrashings in the 2017-18 and 2021-22 away series having sandwiched a 2-2 draw at home in 2019.

On the other hand, the last time that an Aussie team won an Ashes series on English soil outright was back in 2001, with four England victories and that draw in the intervening 22 years.

Nevertheless, only 14 months ago when Joe Root stepped down as captain, any chance of a competitive series this summer looked extremely slim.

England had departed Australia in January 2022 in a complete mess - and matters got worse again on the next tour against West Indies as Root's team collapsed to 120 all out in the third Test in Grenada to lose the series 1-0.

That defeat spelled the end for the Yorkshireman's difficult tenure as captain, and - without a skipper, head coach, chief selector or a managing director - England were frankly in complete disarray.

Suddenly, though, at the start of the summer of 2022, Baz-ball arrived.

Led by new head coach Brendan McCullum and his freshly-appointed, similarly-minded skipper Ben Stokes, England began to determine their own fate by attacking with the bat and setting aggressive fields.

Last summer, it felt like just about anything could be chased down in the fourth innings even though it is meant to be the toughest period to bat due to the wear of the pitch.

Indeed, England reached targets of 277, 299 and 296 against New Zealand, and 378 in the rearranged match against India, with a ridiculous amount of ease.

The good form continued into the winter as England toured Pakistan for the first time in 17 years - and, in less than three weeks, more than doubled their number of Test wins there in history.

A 3-0 series triumph featured yet more blistering batting, peaking at an average rate of 7.37 runs per over in the second innings of the first Test as England pushed for victory after the teams' first innings suggested a high-scoring draw was on the cards.

Further victories in Multan and Karachi meant that, having only ever previously recorded two Test wins in Pakistan in 1961 and 2000, Stokes's side had brought the total number of match triumphs by an England team there to five.

In fact, altogether, the hosts head into the Ashes with 10 wins in their last 12 Tests under Stokes and McCullum - a sequence which represents quite the turnaround after having tasted success in only one of their previous 17 under Root.

Certainly, though, Australia will be formidable opponents over the next six-and-a-bit weeks.

The Baggy Greens have only lost Test series against India since 2018, although there have been three such defeats, including a 2-1 home reverse in 2020-21 when an injury-ravaged Indian team recovered from being 1-0 down after the first match when they crumbled to 36 all out.

Nevertheless, earlier this month, the Aussies comfortably beat their bogey team in the World Test Championship final at the Oval after dominating from the very first ball - and, as such, will be as battle-hardened as touring sides get nowadays.

Meanwhile, England had the far easier task of beating a rather weak offering from Ireland which they did easily, despite fielding back-up bowler Matthew Potts and debutant Josh Tongue alongside Stuart Broad and Jack Leach.

Unsurprisingly, with the ailing Jofra Archer ruled out of the entire series, Ollie Robinson previously troubled by a sore ankle, and James Anderson turning 41 at the end of July, England did not want to risk causing further damage to their bowling options. 

On that matter, it was a perfect match for skipper Stokes. Still nursing a niggly knee injury, the 32-year-old remarkably became the first captain in Test history neither to bat, bowl, or keep wicket at any stage in the proceedings.

But then came the sort of news which England had been fearing. On 4 June, spinner Leach announced he was out of the whole Ashes series after sustaining a stress fracture to the lower back.

It is a real shame for Leach who had played in every Tests under McCullum and benefited from the greater confidence shown in his ability by Stokes compared to predecessor Root.

Moeen Ali has stepped into the breach and confidently asserted that Baz-ball will also suit his style.

"I spoke to Stokesy about how he talked to batters and there's no question marks over any shots you play; that gives me licence to play a few more rash shots I guess," said Moeen.

"Even with the ball, [Stokes is] more on the aggressive side. I know I go for runs but he knows there's also some wicket-taking deliveries in between, which is all he cares about really."

Nevertheless, the 35-year-old will still be under pressure to improve his distinctly average record against Australia which, even on home soil, reads 15 wickets in six matches at an average of 47.86.

By contrast, Aussie skipper Pat Cummins has an embarrassment of bowling riches at his disposal, including himself of course - to the extent that either Mitchell Starc or Josh Hazlewood will struggle to make the cut.

Instead, Cummins is likely to line-up alongside Starc or Hazlewood, experienced spinner Nathan Lyon, and medium-fast Scott Boland who was a remarkable find during the last Ashes series.

Boland might not have express pace but he looks perfect for classic English conditions favouring swing and seam.

Then again, Stokes has requested "fast, flat" pitches rather than traditional English green-tops with the aim of taking advantage of his side’s batting prowess.

But, while these surfaces have obvious benefits for performance with the bat, they will also make even the strongest bowling unit toil.

And, if England are weakened by further injuries on this front, there could be some particularly painful afternoon ahead this summer, watching the likes of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne rack up the runs.

Now, regardless of all that, a fully-fit England team - at their Baz-ball best - is genuinely capable of blowing away even this talented Aussie outfit.

However, fears of an England implosion are never too far away - and, of all the Australian sides to visit these shores since the heydey of Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, this particular squad appears to be best-placed to deliver that long-awaited away win.

Excitingly, if both teams play to their maximum, this really could be one of the all-time great Ashes series, akin to 2005.

But perhaps the biggest unknown is just how Baz-ball tactics stand up against an opponent who will simply refuse to take a backward step, especially as England appear to be vulnerable to a mid-series injury crisis. 

FIRST TEST 16 June-20 June		ENGLAND	393-8dec & 273	▪️ AUSTRALIA won by two wickets
Edgbaston		AUSTRALIA	386 & 282-8
SECOND TEST 28-June-2 July		ENGLAND	325 & 327	▪️ AUSTRALIA won by 43 runs
Lord's		AUSTRALIA	416 & 279
THIRD TEST 6 July-10 July		ENGLAND	237 & 254-7	▪️ ENGLAND won by three wickets
Headingley		AUSTRALIA	263 & 224
FOURTH TEST 19 July-23 July		ENGLAND	592	▪️ DRAWN
Old Trafford		AUSTRALIA	317 & 214-5
FIFTH TEST 27 July-31 July		ENGLAND	283 & 395	▪️ ENGLAND won by 49 runs
The Oval		AUSTRALIA	295 & 334

SQUADS

ENGLAND  ▪️  Ben Stokes (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope (wk), Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

AUSTRALIA  ▪️  Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Matt Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner