After a scintillating win in the third Test, England are gearing up for the fourth Test as Australia are still leading the ongoing Ashes series 2-1. But, now, ahead of the clash, the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese had a meeting with the Prime Minister of UK, Rishi Sunak. Albanese shared the image also on Twitter.
He wrote: “I caught up with Prime Minister @RishiSunak to discuss progress with AUKUS, technology transfer and economic challenges, as well as the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement.” But, a video has gone viral where both of them were seen getting involved in a funny banter about the ongoing series and seeing that, fans shared their views on social media.
Here is the shared video:
And of course we discussed the #Ashes pic.twitter.com/FeKESkb062
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) July 11, 2023
England named an unchanged squad for the fourth Test of Ashes 2023
Speaking of the video, Albanese was seen with a placard on which the current scoreline of the series was written. Meanwhile, Sunak was seen with an image of Mark Wood hugging Chris Woakes in joy after their famous win in the last match. Then, Albanese came up with another image of Jonny Bairstow’s controversial dismissal, courtesy of Alex Carey. In reply to that, Sunak said that he had forgotten to bring his sandpaper with him. It was a dig at Australia over their sandpaper scandal.
After that, both of them were seen shaking hands and fans enjoyed every bit of those moments. Speaking of the upcoming match, it will take place at Old Trafford, Manchester, starting on 19 July 2023. However, England have already confirmed that they will go with an unchanged squad from the last match. It meant that James Anderson might not be a part of the game once again as he failed to get a place in the third match also.
England squad for the fourth Test: Ben Stokes (Captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
Here is how fans have reacted:
Rishi made it 2-2 right there tbf. What a comeback! 😂🔥
— MG (@ManeeshGiri_) July 12, 2023
that’s cool
— Yash Chaudhary (@cheelmaaro) July 12, 2023
This looks so cool 😎 @abhilashhopes
— anilsRRRinivas (@iamAnilsrinivas) July 12, 2023
Crazy
— Horeeo Aabishkar (@horeeo) July 12, 2023
Ashes >>>>any other series
"I didnt bring my sandpaper with me" 😅😅
— Mudit Jain, IRS (@MuditJainIRS) July 12, 2023
Football cant even reach this level
— rakesh..r (@rakeshreddy142) July 12, 2023
I am sorry I didn't bring my sand paper with me 😭😭😅
— shivuvirat (@shivuvirat) July 12, 2023
What a great sight.
— Wali Rehman (@walirehman903) July 12, 2023
Inka apna alag hi chal rha hai.. is it for real or just PR teams doing this
— Nitin jain(Sachinsuperfan) (@NitinSachinist) July 12, 2023