{"id":586592,"date":"2025-11-22T10:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/586592\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:35:14","slug":"the-ashes-day-two-live-travis-head-turns-the-tide-as-australia-surge-towards-first-test-victory-after-englands-late-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/586592\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ashes day two LIVE: Travis Head turns the tide as Australia surge towards first Test victory after England&#8217;s late rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking:AUSTRALIA WIN BY 8 WICKETS!<\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Steve Smith drills the winning single to seal a dominant chase and hand Australia a 1\u20130 lead in the series. The skipper finished it off clinically, but this was all about Travis Head\u2019s breathtaking century, a 69-ball masterpiece that blew England away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Australia surged to the target of 205 in just 28.2 overs, turning a tense game into a statement victory. England\u2019s afternoon collapse proved fatal, and the hosts now hold all the momentum heading into Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763805967583_wide_galleryImage_PERTH_AUSTRALIA_NOVEMBER_.JPG\" alt=\"PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 22: Marnus Labuschagne of Australia celebrates winning the first test with team mate Steve Smith of Australia during day two of the First 2025\/26 Ashes Series Test Match between Australia and England at Perth Stadium on November 22, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)\" height=\"350\" width=\"634\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763805980050_wide_galleryImage_Cricket_The_Ashes_Austral.JPG\" alt=\"Cricket - The Ashes - Australia v England - First Test - Perth Stadium, Perth, Australia - November 22, 2025 England's Ben Stokes shakes hands with Brydon Carse after the match REUTERS\/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breaking:AUSTRALIA WIN BY 8 WICKETS! Steve Smith drills the winning single to seal a dominant chase and hand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[186,748,1406,92,393,4884,5193,93,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-586592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-live-blog","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115592909881191012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}