{"id":16402,"date":"2013-08-06T05:32:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T05:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16402"},"modified":"2013-08-06T05:32:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T05:32:36","slug":"rain-play-spoilsport-as-third-ashes-test-ends-in-a-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16402","title":{"rendered":"Rain plays spoilsport as third Ashes Test ends in a draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13189\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"clarke-latest\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/clarke-latest.jpg\" height=\"199\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/clarke-latest.jpg 153w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/clarke-latest-150x149.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Manchester:<\/strong> Rain played spoilsport to Australia&#8217;s chances of winning the third Test of The Ashes as the match ended in draw on a rain-shortened final day at Old Trafford, Manchester on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The result not only keeps England 2-0 ahead in the five-game contest but would also help them in retaining the Ashes, the third straight time.\n<\/p>\n<p>England ended on 37-3 on Monday, with play washed out from just after lunch. The host made 368 in its first innings. Australia scored 527-7 declared in the first innings and declared 172-7 in the second.<\/p>\n<p>England won the first two Tests, at Nottingham and Lord\u2019s in London. The fourth game starts on August 9 at Chester-le-Street, and the fifth at the Oval in London from August 21.<\/p>\n<p>Australia captain Michael Clarke was named man of the match after scoring 187 in the first innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13189\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"clarke-latest\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/clarke-latest.jpg\" height=\"199\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/clarke-latest.jpg 153w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/clarke-latest-150x149.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Manchester:<\/strong> Rain played spoilsport to Australia&#8217;s chances of winning the third Test of The Ashes as the match ended in draw on a rain-shortened final day at Old Trafford, Manchester on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The result not only keeps England 2-0 ahead in the five-game contest but would also help them in retaining the Ashes, the third straight time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[7476,462],"class_list":["post-16402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","tag-ashes","tag-michael-clarke"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rain plays spoilsport as third Ashes Test ends in a draw - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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