Ashes 2025-26 [WATCH]: Jofra Archer’s brutal toe-crushing yorker sends Jake Weatherald packing on Day 2 of the Pink-Ball Test

Australia and England I clashed hard Second Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane on December 4, 2025, with a day-night Pink Ball format to amplify the drama under the floodlights. England, trailing 1-0 after the opener in Perth, scored 334 runs in the first innings, riding Joe RootAn unbeaten 138 – his maiden Test century in Australia and 40th overall – after collapsing to 5/2 early on. Australia responded decisively in the second session of day two, trailing by 124 runs, starting a tense battle in the famous series.

Jofra Archer’s finger-crusher dismantled Jake Weatherald on day two

Jofra Archer Excitement was sparked on day two with a deadly yorker being put down Jake WeatheraldHe toed and finished with a brave 72 off 78 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6, SAR 92.30) in 25.5 overs, leaving Australia 146/2. The swinging full delivery hit LBW on middle stump, forcing Weatherald out despite Marnus Labuschagne’s review suggestion – tracking the ball confirmed he clipped mid-on. Archer’s spell of 7.5-2-19-1 showed the danger of the pink ball, as she broke the second-wicket stand next over. Travis Head Dropped for 33 l Braydon Cars In 77/1

The breakthrough culminated in Archer’s return after tea, having improved England’s lines after a sloppy display before the interval. Weatherald’s fifty – his first in Tests – pushed Australia past 100 in 17.2 overs and 150 in 27.2 overs, mixing boundaries with blistering side-to-side runs. Marnus Labuschagne. Archer’s accuracy under the lights gave England vital momentum, keeping Australia’s attack on pace to help Gabba.

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Australia’s commanding response increases pressure on England

Australia’s innings soared from the start, reaching 50 in 9.6 overs across the head (33 off 43, 3 x 4, 1 x 6) and Weatherald’s opening stand of 73 runs before drinks at 57/0. After lunch at 130/1, Labuschagne and Stephen Smith Fixed with partnership. The home side’s fluency, despite the wicket, enabled them to forcefully erase the deficit

England’s bowlers toiled in heat-turned-twilight conditions, with Root’s earlier marathon batting – including a record 70-run knock in a tenth wicket stand with Archer (38 off 36, 2 x 4, 2 x 6) – bailing out Mitchell StarkDistance 6-75. Australia, unbeaten at the Gabba since 1988, were looking to level the series, while England’s response to blows late on the second day stalled. Momentum swings, classic Ashes intrigue promising

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