AUS vs ENG: God Save The King! Michael Vaughan Feels Rains Saved Australia From Losing Manchester Test 

Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels that rains saved Australia from losing the 4th Test of Ashes 2023 in Manchester. Michael Vaughan feels Australia were rattled in the match and had no chance to evade a defeat against England.

England vs Australia 4th Test in Manchester ended in a draw. England needed to crush Australia’s five wickets in the 2nd innings on Day 5, as the visitors trailed by 61 runs. However, rains canceled the play on the final day and Australia managed to draw the Test.

Australia Were Timid, Scared, And Petrified Of This England Team: Michael Vaughan

In his column for The Telegraph, former England all-rounder Michael Vaughan said that rains saved Australia from losing the game. He also added that Australia were petrified of England throughout the Manchester Test.

“Australia were timid, scared and petrified of this England team all week in Manchester and played for rain. Australia was rattled: I can’t remember saying that before. They will know that only rain saved them. It ranks as one of the luckiest escapes I can remember,” Vaughan wrote.

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The 48-year-old also added that England will win the ENG vs AUS 5th Test at The Oval if they replicate a similar show like the Manchester Test.

“If England play anything like this again, they will win at the Oval and level the series. They will not have retained the Ashes, but might just have been the better team across the series,” the cricketer-turned-commentator further said.

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Another former England captain Michael Atherton also agreed with Michael Vaughan’s views. In his column for Times, the former England opener wrote that Australia were never so outplayed as they were in the Manchester Test.

“Rarely have Australia been so outplayed as they were over the first three days of this game, and England’s brilliant and bold cricket deserved a more just outcome. Not since Ian Botham at his peak in the 1980s has an Australian team looked as rattled as they did in the field here”, Michael Atherton wrote.

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Since Australia vs England 4th Test in Manchester ended in a draw, Australia retains their 2-1 lead in the series. Now, they need to either win or draw the final encounter to win Ashes 2023. AUS vs ENG 5th Test of Ashes 2023 begins on July 27 (Thursday) at Kennington Oval Stadium in London.