{"id":9914,"date":"2025-12-06T13:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668272"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:08:23","slug":"ashes-2nd-test-starc-boland-frustrate-england-with-longest-partnership-of-the-series-as-england-trail-by-177-runs-in-second-innings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ashes-2nd-test-starc-boland-frustrate-england-with-longest-partnership-of-the-series-as-england-trail-by-177-runs-in-second-innings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes 2nd Test: Starc\u2013Boland frustrate England with longest partnership of the series as England trail by 177 runs in second innings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"395\">Australia produced a gritty lower-order fightback on Day 3 at the Gabba, powered by a superb rearguard stand from <strong data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"322\">Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland<\/strong>, which helped the hosts extend their dominance in the second Ashes Test.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"815\">Resuming the innings under pressure, Australia\u2019s tail turned into a wall of resistance. <strong data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"571\">Starc and Boland stitched together a crucial 75-run partnership for the 9th wicket<\/strong>, occupying the crease for <strong data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"612\">27.2 overs<\/strong> \u2014 the <strong data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"657\">longest stand of the series so far<\/strong>. England rotated their bowlers relentlessly, threw every trick in the book, but the pair remained defiant until Starc eventually fell to Brydon Carse for 65.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"817\" data-end=\"992\">Boland carried on to contribute another 20 runs with last-man Doggett, pushing Australia to a strong <strong data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"948\">511 all out in 117.3 overs<\/strong>, giving them a commanding <strong data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"991\">177-run lead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1121\">It was a session that tested England\u2019s bowlers and patience, while showcasing Australia\u2019s remarkable depth and determination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia produced a gritty lower-order fightback on Day 3 at the Gabba, powered by a superb rearguard stand from Mitchell\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}