The moment Aussie fans go berserk as the shot that won the first Ashes Test hits the boundary right in front of them – before Pat Cummins comes over to give them a heartwarming message
- Australia won gripping first Ashes Test by two wickets
- Fan filmed moment Pat Cummins found the boundary
- In another clip, Cummins thanked Aussie supporters
An elated Aussie cricket fan has the sporting memory of a lifetime after the boundary from Pat Cummins that won the first Ashes Test unfolded just metres away from his seat at Edgbaston.
The Australian skipper – who finished unbeaten on 44 in the epic two-wicket victory – then came over and thanked the supporters, who silenced the boisterous home crowd.
Twitter user Flash Gordon filmed the moment he won’t forget in a hurry.
The jubilant scenes showed supporters – many of whom were decked out in green and gold – savouring the victory, which looked unlikely after Alex Carey departed for 20, with the tourists reeling at 8/227 still requiring a further 54 runs for victory.
But Cummins was a man on a mission, producing a captain’s knock for the ages to put his side 1-0 up in the series.
Pat Cummins of Australia celebrates after hitting the winning runs in the first Ashes Test against England
Nathan Lyon (pictured left) was equally determined, finishing unbeaten on 16 from 28 balls
He took charge, putting on a 55-run stand with Nathan Lyon to seal the thrilling victory, capping it off with a shot through gully that found the rope.
The skipper then visited the large group of Aussies.
‘You guys had to cop a lot from them [the English fans], didn’t you? But we did it,’ he told them, according to cricket writer Bharat Sundaresan.
‘It was nail-biting stuff,’ the skipper said post-match.
‘When we got to maybe 16 to win and we needed two an over, I was pretty confident but it felt like almost from the first session of day one, it was 50-50 all the way along.’
Cummins became an instant Ashes legend when he guided an Ollie Robinson ball down to the third-man boundary and Harry Brook spilled it over the rope.
Lyon finished 16 not out, in undoubtedly the most valuable innings of his career.
After rain delayed the start of play by more than three hours, Australia’s winning run came at 7.21pm local time in Birmingham.
Shattered England skipper Ben Stokes was left pondering what may have been at Edgbaston
Usman Khawaja was the man of the match following his classy century in the first innings and his gritty 65 from 197 balls in Australia’s second dig
England were left to rue several missed chances after Joe Root put down a tough chance off his own bowling with Cummins on six and skipper Ben Stokes spilled an equally hard outfield catch, despite a spectacular effort, when Lyon was on one.
Stokes’ bold declaration on day one also proved pivotal.
The result went some way to avenge Australia’s pain at the two-run loss to England at the same venue in 2005, and the misery of being on the end of Stokes’ batting miracle at Headingley in 2019.
Usman Khawaja was the man of the match following his classy century in the first innings and his gritty 65 from 197 balls in Australia’s second dig.
The second Test at Lord’s begins on June 28.
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