{"id":674860,"date":"2026-01-05T06:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T06:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674860\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T06:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T06:34:13","slug":"the-ashes-live-australia-lose-their-first-wicket-after-shocking-england-mistake-gave-nervous-star-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674860\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ashes LIVE: Australia lose their first wicket after shocking England mistake gave nervous star a life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia 119-1: Travis Head hits his 500th run of the series <\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">While we are on the subject of milestones, Travis Head has also just brought up his 500th run of the series, clipping Brydon Carse away for a single. <\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">It&#8217;s been an epic series for the Aussie who is also the first player to reach 500 in an Ashes series at a strike rate of 75 or more. <\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The swashbuckling South Australian notably struck a huge 123 in Perth, before going on to make 170 to help his side secure the Ashes in his home town of Adelaide. <\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Head might have struggled in Melbourne, just missing out on a half-century in the second innings, but he&#8217;s impressing at the SCG today, having amassed a score of 64 off 64 deliveries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">And he&#8217;s inspiring his team-mate Marnus Labuschagne to keep the runs ticking over too. <\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The Queensland batter, who has just copped a nasty one on the thumb, is taking full advantage of England&#8217;s indifferent bowling performance, swiping a short ball from Matthew Potts away for a four. <\/p>\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><strong>Australia 129-1 and trail England by 255 runs. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767593742497_wide_galleryImage_SYDNEY_AUSTRALIA_JANUARY_.JPG\" alt=\"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 05: Travis Head of Australia hits out during day two of the Fifth Test in the 2025\/26 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 05, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Philip Brown\/Getty Images)\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia 119-1: Travis Head hits his 500th run of the series While we are on the subject of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,1406,92,393,4884,5193,93,1862,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-674860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-live-blog","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-sydney","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674860","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=674860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}