England lost despite Stokes' quick batting, Australia beat by 43 runs

The second Test match of the Ashes series 2023 between Australia and England was played at the historic Lord's Cricket Ground in London. In this exciting match, Australia once again performed brilliantly and defeated England by 43 runs. With this victory, Australia has gone ahead 2-0 in the five-match Test series. Earlier, Australia defeated England by 2 wickets in Edgbaston Test.
In this Test match, England won the toss and invited Australia to bat first. The Kangaroo team scored 416 runs in the first innings with the help of former captain Steve Smith's excellent century. Smith had played an innings of 110 runs. Scored 416 runs in the first innings. Opener Ben Duckett scored the highest 98 runs for England. Australia got a lead of 91 runs in the first innings.
After this, with the help of the superb bowling of experienced fast bowler Stuart Broad, England bundled out Australia for 279 runs in the second innings. Broad took four wickets for 65 runs. For Australia, opener Usman Khawaja played an inning of 77 runs. The visiting team set England a target of 371 runs.
After this, England had a bad start in the fourth innings and the team lost their four wickets for 45 runs. Joe Root 18, Harry Brook four, Jack Crawley, and Ollie Pope returned to the pavilion after scoring three runs each. After this, Ben Duckett and captain Ben Stokes once again handled the innings. Then Ben Duckett got out after scoring 83 runs in 112 balls. He shared a 122-run partnership with Stokes. At the same time, wicket-keeper Johnny Bairstow was run out due to negligence. At the time of his dismissal, England needed 150 runs to win while Australia needed just four wickets.
From here, captain Ben Stokes started batting fast and took England closer to the target. Ben Stokes played a brilliant inning of 155 runs in 214 balls with the help of nine fours and nine sixes. He was caught by Hazlewood at the hands of wicketkeeper Alex Carey. With this, Australia's victory was almost confirmed. After this Allie Robinson one, Stuart Broad 11, and Josh Tong played an innings of 19 runs. Pat Cummins and Jose Hazlewood took three wickets each for Australia.