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2nd Test, 4-Dec-2025
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, OUT! CAUGHT! Stunner from Marnus Labuschagne to wrap this England's innings on 334. Brendan Doggett continues to bend his back and bowls another short one, on middle and leg, Jofra Archer pulls this behind square on leg and was expecting some runs. Marnus Labuschagne glides to his right, jumps parallel to the ground and grabs it with an outstretched right hand. Marnus made sure that the ball didn't get grounded at any point and completed the catch. |
| 1 | 76.1 | 76.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short pitched, on middle and leg, Joe Root fends this through the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 0 | 75.6 | 75.6: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Good length wide of off, Jofra Archer leaves it all alone. 4 off Starc's first over of the day. |
| 0 | 75.5 | 75.5: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Back of a length on the pads, Jofra Archer gets behind the line of it and blocks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 75.4 | 75.4: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Good length on off, Jofra Archer pushes this towards the cover fielder for a dot. |
| 0 | 75.3 | 75.3: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Short and wide of off, Jofra Archer looks to cut this over point but misses out. |
| 4 | 75.2 | 75.2: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Tremendous stroke from Archer. Pitched up, wide of off, Jofra Archer stays back and leans low as he drives this through the cover region for a beautifully struck boundary. Jofra Archer is batting like a proper batter. |
| 0 | 75.1 | 75.1: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, On a length around off, going across the batter. Jofra Archer blocks this to mid off. |
| 1 | 74.6 | 74.6: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Four singles in the first over on day 2. Short pitched, around the badge on the helmet of Archer. JA pulls this flat towards deep square leg for one. |
| 1 | 74.5 | 74.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a length around the pads, Joe Root gets onto his back foot and milks this through the square leg region for another single. |
| 1 | 74.4 | 74.4: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Back of a length around middle and leg, Jofra Archer slaps this towards the left of long leg for a single. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Bumper, around off, Jofra Archer ducks down on this. |
| 1 | 74.2 | 74.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, First runs of the day for England. Good length, on middle and leg, Joe Root gets inside the line and pulls this to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 74.1 | 74.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Brendan Doggett starts day 2 with a short one, on off. Joe Root mistimes the pull just short of mid-wicket for no run. |
| 0 | 73.6 | 73.6: Michael Neser to Jofra Archer, On a length around off, Jofra Archer defends this off his front foot. That will be STUMPS on Day 1! |
| 0 | 73.5 | 73.5: Michael Neser to Jofra Archer, Good length on off, Jofra Archer blocks. |
| 1 | 73.4 | 73.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length on the pads, Joe Root milks this through square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 73.3 | 73.3: Michael Neser to Jofra Archer, Full and wide of off, Jofra Archer drives this to sweeper cover for one. |
| 0 | 73.2 | 73.2: Michael Neser to Jofra Archer, Short pitched, on middle and off, Jofra Archer defends this around short leg. |
| 1 | 73.1 | 73.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root strides out in front and drives this through extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 72.6 | 72.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root rolls this past the bowler to his left for a single. |
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length on middle and leg, Joe Root flicks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 1 | 72.4 | 72.4: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Full and wide of off, Jofra Archer opens the face of his bat and guides this to deep third for another single. |
| 1 | 72.3 | 72.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length on middle and leg, Joe Root pulls this through square leg for one. |
| 2 | 72.2 | 72.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Yorker, on middle and leg, Joe Root leans ahead and flicks this through the square leg region for a couple. |
| 1 | 72.1 | 72.1: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Back of a length on middle and leg, Jofra Archer rests this to fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 71.6 | 71.6: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, Good length on middle and off, Jofra Archer strides to the pitch of the delivery and drives this through the cover region for one. |
| 1 | 71.5 | 71.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length around middle and off, Joe Root punts this past the bowler to his right for a single. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, down the leg, Joe Root goes for the flick but misses. |
| 6 | 71.3 | 71.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, SIX! ROOT GETS INNOVATIVE! Full and on middle and off, Joe Root brings out the reverse ramp and gets the ball to sail over the fence towards the third man region. Michael Neser did put in an effort to outstretch his right hand and pluck it out of thin air but the ball clips his fingertips and lands on the other side of the ropes. |
| 1 | 71.2 | 71.2: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, Full and wide of off, Jofra Archer slices this to extra cover and takes one. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, On a length around leg, Jofra Archer clears his front foot from the line of it and swings but misses. |
| 1 | 70.6 | 70.6: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Low full toss on off, Jofra Archer drives this through the cover region for a single. |
| 2 | 70.5 | 70.5: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Slower one around off, Jofra swings for the pull early, gets it spliced to cover for two more. |
| 1 | 70.4 | 70.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short pitched, around middle and off, Joe Root pulls this through the square leg region for a single. |
| 4 | 70.3 | 70.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, FOUR! Thumped up and over for a boundary. Pitched up, on middle and off, Joe Root stays leg side to it and smashes this up and over the bowler for a boundary down towards the sight screen for a boundary. |
| 1 | 70.2 | 70.2: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Good length on off, Jofra Archer slashes hard at it, gets an inside edge that goes just past his stumps for a single towards the fine leg region. |
| 6 | 70.1 | 70.1: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, SIX! Jofra goes big again. Mitchell Starc comes round the wicket, bowls a full toss on off, Jofra Archer stands still and slogs this over the fielder at long on for a biggie. What a handy knock this is from Jofra Archer. |
| 4 | 69.6 | 69.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! Four from the bat of Root. Pitched up around middle and off, Joe Root stands deep inside his crease and flicks this for a boundary towards cow corner. |
| 1 | 69.5 | 69.5: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, Good length around off, Jofra Archer cuts this crisply to deep point for a single. |
| 4 | 69.4 | 69.4: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Is that really a number 11 batter? Short and on off, Jofra Archer stands his ground and pulls this right in front of square for a boundary to the left of the fielder in the deep mid-wicket region. |
| 2 | 69.3 | 69.3: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, Back of a length on middle and off, Jofra Archer smashes this through the cover region and adds two more to the total. |
| 2 | 69.2 | 69.2: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, Good length around off this time, Jofra Archer gives it another mighty heave. Gets a leading edge that lands right between Marnus Labuschagne coming in from the deep backward square leg fence and the keeper running to his left. Two taken. |
| 6 | 69.1 | 69.1: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, SIX! MASSIVE FROM JOFRA! Back of a length on middle and off, Jofra Archer jumps down the track, swings and connects well. Jofra clears the fence towards deep square leg for a massive six. |
| 1 | 68.6 | 68.6: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Starc comes round the wicket, bowls a fuller one, on off. Jofra Archer pushes this to long off for one. |
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Full and way too wide of off, Jofra Archer swings and misses. |
| 0 | 68.4 | 68.4: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, On a length around the pads, Jofra Archer goes for the flick but misses. |
| 1 | 68.3 | 68.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length on middle and off, Joe Root dabs this through gully and takes one. |
| 1 | 68.2 | 68.2: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Pitched up around off, Jofra Archer rolls this to mid off and rotates again. |
| 1 | 68.1 | 68.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around middle and off, Joe Root goes for the reverse ramp and ends up toe-poking it to cover for a single. It looks like the message at the end of the previous over was clear, hinting at a declaration on the cards from England and giving themselves 3-4 overs with the ball before the end of play. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, On a length around middle and off, Jofra Archer plays this softly into the deck and rolls it to gully. |
| 0 | 67.5 | 67.5: Scott Boland to Jofra Archer, Beauty from Boland, even for a top-order batter, let alone Jofra Archer. Good length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Jofra Archer tentatively pokes at it but gets beaten on the outside as the ball shapes away from him. |
| 1 | 67.4 | 67.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length around the pads, Joe Root milks this to fine leg and takes one. |
| 4 | 67.3 | 67.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! Class from Root. Short and not that wide from his off-stump. Joe Root leans back a bit and opens the face of his bat. Guides this through the backward point region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on middle and leg, Joe Root nudges this though mid-wicket but denies the option to take a single. |
| 0 | 67.1 | 67.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root drops this around cover. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Short and wide of off, angling away from the batter. Jofra Archer leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 66.5 | 66.5: Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer, Good length around middle and off, Jofra Archer pushes this to mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Mitchell Starc to Brydon Carse, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Make that six wickets for Mitchell Starc. Another tame dismissal. Starc keeps it full, angling away, Brydon Carse pushes at it away from his body and the ball catches the outside edge. It goes low towards the keeper and Alex Carey dives to his right to take a safe catch. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Mitchell Starc to Brydon Carse, Play and a miss! Full and wide on off, Brydon Carse swings hard at it but fails to connect. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Mitchell Starc to Gus Atkinson, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! An extraordinary grab by Alex Carey. Five wickets for Mitchell Starc. On a length, on the pads. Gus Atkinson tries to play the pick-up shot but closes the bat face early. The ball gets skied off a top edge and it goes well over the keeper's head. Alex Carey goes after it, as does Marnus Labuschagne from the slip cordon. Marnus gets in the way of Carey and ends up bumping into him but that does not put the keeper off at all. Alex keeps his eyes on the ball all the way through and reaches out in front to take a superb catch. The third umpire is called into action to check for a fair catch but the effort from Carey is clean. The third umpire wants to check if the ball clipped any wires of the spider cam but the replays show that it is not the case. |
| 4 | 66.1 | 66.1: Mitchell Starc to Gus Atkinson, FOUR! Gus Atkinson is up and running! Full and wide on off, Gus cashes in on the width as he reaches out and cracks the drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 4 | 65.7 | 65.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! Fine shot! Full and on middle, Root skips down the track and whips it between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and on off, Root defends it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 65.5 | 65.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a back of a length, on off, Joe taps it to point. |
| 4 | 65.4 | 65.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! There it is, HUNDRED FOR ROOT! England’s champion batter brings up his maiden Test hundred on Australian soil. The Barmy Army erupts with their trademark 'Roooooot!' as Joe soaks in the moment. Angled into the pads, on a length. Joe tickles it away down to deep fine leg for a boundary. Brings up his 40th Test ton, which puts him fourth on the list of batters with the most Test tons, surpassing the Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara. |
| 0 | 65.3 | 65.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and on middle, Root knocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 65.2 | 65.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Wide! Banged in short but this sails over the batter's head. Root lets it be. A sharp take by Alex Carey with his right hand with a leap. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Close! Jagging back in at 130.2 kph, on a nagging length, on off, Root is tentative in defence and with his footwork. Looks to defend with soft hands but is beaten on the inside edge. The ball deflects off the front pad onto the inside edge back onto the pads and then lobs beside him. Alex Carey is up to the stumps but cannot get there. |
| 0 | 64.6 | 64.6: Mitchell Starc to Gus Atkinson, Full and straight, at the stumps, Gus Atkinson presents a straight bat and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 64.5 | 64.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Mitchell Starc finds the edge this time. Will Jacks looked good during his stay but this is a shot he will want to look back at. Starc delivers it full, going across the batter. Will gets low and reaches out with his hands. The outside edge goes quickly and low towards second slip, where Steve Smith reacts quickly and gets low to grab it around his left leg. Jacks falls for 13 (31). Starc has his fourth wicket and now England are 251/7. |
| 0 | 64.4 | 64.4: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, A swing and a miss! Fuller and pushed across the batter, Jacks throws the kitchen sink at it and fails to connect. |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Keeps it on a short of a length, on top of off, Will punches it to mid on. |
| 1 | 64.2 | 64.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a back of a length, on off, Joe goes on the back foot and taps it wide of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 64.1 | 64.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Full and angling away, on off, Root pushes it back on the deck. |
| 1 | 63.6 | 63.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Oh, that could have ended badly for Root! On a hard length, outside off, Root reaches out and slaps it in front of square on the off side. Joe wants to come back for the second and is almost halfway through. Moreover, he slips after being sent back but luckily for him, the throw goes to the batting end. |
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Half a shout for caught behind but turned down! Cameron Green seems to have heard something but gets no support from the men behind the bat. In the corridor of off, on a length, Joe strides to the pitch of the ball and looks to defend with the bat close to the front pad. Gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 63.4 | 63.4: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Fuller in length, on off, Jacks wrists it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, On a back of a length, punched to cover. |
| 0 | 63.2 | 63.2: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Nice and full, on middle. Jacks defends it out. |
| 0 | 63.1 | 63.1: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Lands it on a length, on middle. Will blocks it off. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short and down leg, Root lets it go as he bails out of the pull shot. |
| 4 | 62.5 | 62.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Brendan Doggett sticks to the short ball, over middle and leg. Root gets his hands high and rides the bounce to pull it behind square leg for four more. |
| 4 | 62.4 | 62.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, FOUR! Finer than he intended but Root will take it. Banged in short but the line is down leg. Root gets inside the line for the pull and gets it more of the gloves to the left of the keeper for a boundary. Root moves to 92 and this is now his highest Test score in Australia, going past the previous best of 89. |
| 0 | 62.3 | 62.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Another short ball, over middle and leg. Root pulls it to straight to backward square leg. |
| 1 | 62.2 | 62.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, This time Brendan Doggett gets the height correct, a bumper over the left shoulder. Jacks helps the pull down to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 4 | 62.1 | 62.1: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, FOUR! In the gap! Brendan Doggett digs it in short but fails to get it high enough to trouble the batter. It comes in around the midriff, on middle. Jacks swivels and rolls his wrists over the ball to control the pull. Hits it between deep square leg and deep backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 0 | 61.6 | 61.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, On a short of a length, on off, Root steers it to backward point. |
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Into the wicket, outside off, Root sways back and guides it to backward point. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, In the corridor, on a good length, a watchful leave from Root. |
| 0 | 61.3 | 61.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Indecision from Root! This cuts back into the deck, on a short of a length. Joe looks to play at it but then lets it go as the ball sneaks under the blade. |
| 0 | 61.2 | 61.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Beaten! Green goes wide on the crease and finds some away shape, on the fuller side, outside off. Root has a feel for the delivery and is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 61.1 | 61.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Nipping back in, on a good length, around off, Root covers the off stump and shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 60.7 | 60.6: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, On a shortish length, outside off, Will stands tall and punches it to point. |
| 4 | 60.6 | 60.5: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, FOUR! Beautiful shot! Angled into the pads, full in length. Jacks brings his wrists into play and just clips it to the right of mid on for a boundary. |
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.4: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, At 134.8 kph, on off, Jacks presses forward and pats it to cover. |
| 0 | 60.4 | 60.3: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Fuller in length, on middle. Will pushes it to mid on. |
| 3 | 60.3 | 60.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, This is on a hard length, outside off, Root arches back and gets on top of the bounce. Cuts it all along the ground between point and cover for three runs. Oh, NO BALL called as Brendan Doggett has overstepped. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a length, on middle, blocked off by Root. |
| 0 | 60.1 | 60.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a back of a length, outside off, Root thinks that the ball is wide enough to dab it down but it nips back in to catch him by surprise. The ball brushes the gloves and goes behind to the keeper. |
| 1 | 59.6 | 59.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Angled in at the stumps, full in length. Root's head falls over a bit to the off side as he looks to flick it away. Gets an inside edge onto the pads and a single is sneaked in as the ball dribbles beside the strip on the leg side. Green tries to get across on his follow-through but slips on the track. |
| 1 | 59.5 | 59.5: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Full and on leg, Jacks flicks it off the pads behind square for a single. |
| 1 | 59.4 | 59.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Delivers it on a hard length, outside off, Root taps it through point for one more. |
| 1 | 59.3 | 59.3: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Into the surface, over middle. Jacks stands tall and helps the pull down to deep fine leg for one. |
| 4 | 59.2 | 59.2: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, FOUR! Eased away! Green hurls it full, around off, Jacks leans forward and caresses it between cover and mid off. Travis Head gives it a chase and slides but the ball wins the race. |
| 1 | 59.1 | 59.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Starts with a floater, outside off, Root eases it behind deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Pitched up, on off, Jacks is solid in defence. |
| 2 | 58.5 | 58.5: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Angled in at the hips, Jacks wrists it between mid-wicket and mid on for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 58.4 | 58.4: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Into the surface, over off. Will Jacks rises with the bounce and taps it to the right of the bowler. |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Bashes the hard length, over off. Will Jacks hangs back to defend. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, In the channel, on a good length. Will lets it be. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Beaten! On a back of a length, outside off, Jacks flashes but fails to connect. |
| 1 | 57.6 | 57.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, On a length, on off and middle. Will Jacks takes a step toward the off side and flicks it to deep square leg and sets off for a single. Will Jacks is underway after eight deliveries! |
| 0 | 57.5 | 57.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Fullish, on middle, shaping in. Will Jacks nudges it from his front foot to mid on. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Scott Boland pitches it up, fuller, just outside off. Will Jacks lunges and pushes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 57.3 | 57.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Good-length delivery, on off. Will Jacks defends it toward the off side. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, On a hard length, pitching it outside off and angling it in sharply. Will Jacks gets on his front foot to defend but the ball gets a slight nick on the inside edge and wears on his pad. |
| 0 | 57.1 | 57.1: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Fuller, around the pads of the batter. Will Jacks tucks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 56.6 | 56.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a hard length, outside off. Joe Root defends inside the line and the ball glides away to beat the outside edge of the bat. |
| 4 | 56.5 | 56.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, FOUR! That's an outstanding shot by Joe Root! Short of a length, just outside off. Joe Root arches back, gets on his toes and slaps it through point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 56.4 | 56.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Back of a length, around middle. Joe Root nudges it from his back foot to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 56.3 | 56.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Fuller, on off. Joe Root blocks it toward the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a hard length, outside off. Joe Root cuts it wide of the gully fielder. Cameron Green puts a dive and makes a stop. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Back of a length, around off. Joe Root dabs it to cover. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, That missed the stumps by a few inches! This is brilliant bowling from Scott Boland. He dishes on a good length once again, pitching it just outside off and seaming back in sharply. Will Jacks strides out to defend it to his front, but the ball finds the gap between the bat and pad. The ball just glides past the off stump. There is a slight appeal for caught behind, but the review later shows that the sound was of the ball brushing the back pad. |
| 0 | 55.5 | 55.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, On a good length, around seventh stump. Will Jacks lunges and defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 55.4 | 55.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Fuller, just outside off. Will Jacks leans on the delivery and eases it to mid off. |
| 0 | 55.3 | 55.3: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! An absolute ripper from Scott Boland and one brings two for Australia. Nip-backer from Boland, on a length, Smith presses forward and brings his bat out in front but ends up leaving a yawning gap between the bat and the pad. The ball cuts back in to beat him on the inside edge and goes through the gate to crash into the stumps. |
| 0 | 55.2 | 55.2: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Angled in, on a back of a length, on middle. Smith taps it back on the deck. |
| 1 | 55.1 | 55.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and on off, Root pushes it to the right of cover, where Inglis tumbles away but fails to make the stop. They cross. |
| 0 | 54.6 | 54.6: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, OUT! STOKES IS RUN OUT! A great piece of fielding from Josh Inglis. A massive moment in the game. Brendan Doggett delivers a fuller delivery, just outside off. Ben Stokes gets behind the line and dabs it in front of point. He starts running without looking at his partner and Josh Inglis is quick to get the ball to his right. Joe Root spots the danger and rejects the plan of the single, but Ben is halfway down the track. Josh picks it up cleanly with his right hand and while being on the move, he has a shy at the batting end. He has one stump to aim at and he knocks it down to catch Stokes short as he tries to return. |
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, On a length, outside off. Ben Stokes hangs back and cuts it to the left of the gully fielder. Cameron Green moves to his left and gets to the ball. |
| 0 | 54.4 | 54.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off. Ben Stokes shoulder arms the delivery. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Good-length delivery, just outside off. Ben Stokes pushes it with soft hands toward cover and both batters sets off for a single, but Stokes is the one who shouts 'NO' and rejects the plan of taking the single. |
| 0 | 54.2 | 54.2: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Back of a length, angling it away from the left-hander. Ben Stokes cuts it to the backward point fielder. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Brendan Doggett joins the attack and starts off with a hard-length delivery, around off. Ben Stokes gets behind the line and dabs it to cover. |
| 4 | 53.6 | 53.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! That's a glorious drive and the English fans surely loved it! Scott Boland dishes out a full ball, on off and middle. Joe Root strides out and drives it straight. The ball just zips past the stumps at the non-striker's end and rolls away for a boundary toward the long off fence. |
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Fuller now, on off. Joe Root drives it gently to mid on. |
| 0 | 53.4 | 53.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length, outside off. Joe Root once again steers it to gully. He wants to find the gap between gully and backward point, but he is just not getting the angle of his bat right. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Pitches it up, on off, shaping in. Joe Root drives it to mid on. |
| 0 | 53.2 | 53.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Again a back of a length, around off, angling it in. Joe Root dabs it late to guide it to gully. |
| 0 | 53.1 | 53.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length, just outside off. Joe Root guides it to backward point. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Michael Neser once again sprints from over the wicket to the left-hander and offers a shorter one, outside off. Ben Stokes rocks back and guides it to backward point. Maiden over from Michael Neser! |
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Fuller, on off, angling in. Ben Stokes defends it down the track. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Michael Neser is back around the wicket and dishes it on a back of a length, around off. Ben Stokes fends it away. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Michael Neser switches his side and now scoots from over the wicket. He bowls on a hard length, angling it away from the left-hander. Ben Stokes covers the stumps with his back foot and makes a leave. |
| 0 | 52.2 | 52.2: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, On a length, outside off. Ben Stokes defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Fuller, around off. Ben Stokes pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, This is a good-length delivery, pitching it around the seventh stump and angles it in sharply. Joe Root walks down the track and looks to clip it away but the ball beats him on the inside edge and thumps the pad. Steve Smith seems really interested in that one, and the Aussies opt for the review. But the Ball Tracking shows that the impact is clearly outside off. Australia burn another review. They have only one left now. |
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length, around off. Joe Root eases it to the cover region. |
| 2 | 51.4 | 51.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Boland pitches it up, on middle, shaping in. Joe Root prods halfway and clips it toward the left of the deep fine leg fielder for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Hard-length delivery, on middle, angling it in. Joe Root rides the delivery and tucks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 51.2 | 51.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a good length, around sixth stump. Joe Root plays it to cover. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Scott Boland joins the attack now and dishes a shorter one, just outside off. Joe Root takes a bit of leap and pushes it to cover. |
| 1 | 50.6 | 50.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good running between the wickets! Good-length delivery, around middle. Joe Root nudges it with soft hands toward his leg side. The batter sees the square leg fielder charging towards the ball, but Ben Stokes from the non-striker's end calls for the single and gets it done. |
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Michael Neser pitches it up, on off and middle. Joe Root blocks it down the deck. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, A touch fuller, around off. Joe Root lunges across the delivery and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 50.3 | 50.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Fuller, on off and middle, angling it in. Joe Root defends it right under his eyes. |
| 0 | 50.2 | 50.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length, just outside off. Joe Root gets on his back foot and bunts it to point. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Pitches it up, on middle, shaping it in. Joe Root drives it to mid on. |
| 0 | 49.6 | 49.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Fuller, outside off. Ben Stokes drives it to cover. |
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Short of a length, angling down the leg side. Ben Stokes shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Play and a miss! Back of a length, wide outside off. Ben Stokes sees the opportunity to cash in and frees his arms to slash it over the cover region, but the ball gets a bit of bounce off the track and beats the outside edge of the bat. There's a slight appeal from the Aussies, but there was no connection on the bat. |
| 0 | 49.3 | 49.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, On a length, around off. Ben Stokes rides the bounce and fends it away. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Back of a length, on middle, angling in. Ben Stokes rocks back and looks to block it down but gets beaten on the inside edge and thumps his back thigh pad. |
| 4 | 49.1 | 49.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Oh... that's delightful from Stokes! Mitchell Starc dishes it full, pitching it around the sixth stump and nipping it back toward the batter. Ben Stokes plants his front foot toward the delivery and drives it from the middle of his bat toward the far left of the mid off fielder for a boundary. |
| 1 | 48.6 | 48.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, On a length, around the pads of the batter. Ben Stokes nudges it toward the right of the square leg fielder and sets off quickly for a single. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Much fuller, outside off. Ben Stokes looks to drive at it but gets the connection from the inner half of his bat toward the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Back of a length, angling into the body of the batter. Ben Stokes defends it down the track. |
| 1 | 48.3 | 48.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Overthrow! On a length, around off. Joe Root punches it wide of the short cover fielder. Josh Inglis is the man who dives to his left and makes a stop, but he releases it instantly, and the throw is not on point. The ball loops over the keeper and to the left of the short fine leg fielder. Root gets a single. |
| 0 | 48.2 | 48.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Fuller, around the pads of the batter. Joe Root tucks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Michael Neser sprints from over the wicket and dishes it on a length, around off. Joe Root lunges and defends it to the off side. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, A bit of bounce off the track now. Mitchell Starc fires this one on a hard length, on off and middle. Ben Stokes rocks back and hops a bit to awkwardly dab it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Much fuller now, just behind the yorker length on off. Ben Stokes drops his willow down quickly to jam it toward the right of the bowler. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Full-length delivery, around the pads of the batter. Ben Stokes tucks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 47.3 | 47.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Starc pitches it up once again, a bit more away from the off pole, around sixth stump. Ben Stokes eases it to cover. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Slight bit of inswinger, pitching it just outside off and fuller. Ben Stokes leans toward the delivery and drives it crisply straight to the fielder in the mid off region. |
| 1 | 47.1 | 47.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around middle and leg, Joe Root pushes this to mid on. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, In and around the off stump, on a good length. Ben Stokes gets half-forward and stabs it down on the off side. Time for a Dinner break on Day 1! |
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Neser bends his back and bangs it in short, over the left shoulder. Stokes sways away. A good take by Alex Carey whilst being up to the stumps. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, On a back of a length, outside off, Ben Stokes lets it pass this time. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Beaten! Another one that leaves the left-hander, on a length. Stokes pokes at the delivery and is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 0 | 46.2 | 46.2: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Alex Carey comes up to the stumps. Pushed across the batter, on a good length. Stokes lets it be. |
| 0 | 46.1 | 46.1: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Nice and full, on middle. Stokes defends it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 45.6 | 45.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Starc switches to around the wicket and angles it back into the right-hander, on a back of a length, on off and middle. Root is slightly squared up as the ball straightens but manages to block it out. |
| 1 | 45.5 | 45.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Very full, on off, Stokes leans on and drives it towards extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, One that comes back into the left-hander, full and around the off pole. Stokes leaves the ball alone. |
| 1 | 45.3 | 45.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, This is on a shortish length, on middle. Root walks across the stumps and tucks it wide of mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, At the sticks, on a good length, Root eases it to point. |
| 0 | 45.1 | 45.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length, on off, firmly driven back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 44.7 | 44.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Whoa! Where did that take off from? Neser lands it on a back of a length, on middle. Stokes gets on his toes and sets up to work it across the line by closing the bat face. The ball kicks up on the English skipper and catches the leading edge. It pops up and drops beside the strip on the off side before the bowler or the cover fielder can get there. |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Wide! Goes short, Stokes sways away as the ball sails over his head for a wide. |
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Into the wicket, over off, kept out on the off side. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Fuller and at the sticks, Stokes watchfully blocks it off. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, On middle and leg, on a good length. Stokes nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Angling across, on a short of a length. Ben pats it to point. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Moving away off the deck, on a back of a length. Stokes waits back and guides it to gully. |
| 0 | 43.6 | 43.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Bowls it on a back of a length, on off, Root steers it off the back foot to gully. |
| 1 | 43.5 | 43.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Into the surface, over off, the ball jumps a bit on the English skipper. Stokes fends it down beside the strip on the off side and takes a quick single. |
| 1 | 43.4 | 43.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fuller and around off, Joe plays it close to his body and dabs it late to the left of point for a single. |
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Angled away again, on the shorter side, Root leaves the ball alone. |
| 0 | 43.2 | 43.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Going away from the right-hander, Root lets it go. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a good length, on middle. Root stays back and brings his bat out in front. The ball cuts back in to go past the inside edge and catches Joe high on the front pad. |
| 4 | 42.6 | 42.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Easy pickings! Boland sprays it on the pads, on a length. This is tickled down to deep fine leg for four more. |
| 4 | 42.5 | 42.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Edged away! Boland bowls it full and pushes it across the left-hander. Ben Stokes leans on for the drive and plays it away from his body. Gets an outside edge that goes through the gap between third slip and gully for a boundary. |
| 1 | 42.4 | 42.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a back of a length, on middle. Root stays back to keep it out. The ball nips back in to catch the inside edge and it goes towards deep fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Lands it on a hard length, around off, Joe glides it to backward point. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Fuller in length, outside off, Root lets the ball come to him and looks to defend it right under his eyes. An outside edge is induced as the ball moves away a touch but it goes down and on the bounce to gully. |
| 0 | 42.1 | 42.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a back of a length, on top of off. Joe hangs back to defend. |
| 1 | 41.6 | 41.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Pitches it up, on the pads, Root clips it to deep square leg and keeps the strike with a single. |
| 0 | 41.5 | 41.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Pushes the length up and the line is tighter, Root taps it to mid off off the front foot. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short and wide on off, Root arches back and cuts it late but can't get it wide enough of the man at backward point. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Keeps it full, on off, Root eases the drive with a straight bat to mid off. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, At 140.7 kph, fuller and angling away, Joe leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 41.1 | 41.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Wayward from Starc as this is down leg, on a short of a good length. Root stays inside the line and lets it pass. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, This is closer to the off stump, on a length, Ben shoulder arms watchfully. |
| 0 | 40.5 | 40.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Pushed across the left-hander, on a good length. Stokes lets it go through. |
| 1 | 40.4 | 40.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Fuller and in and around the off stump, Joe plays it with soft hands in front of mid on and calls Stokes through for a quick single. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a back of a length, on off, stabbed down on the off side. |
| 0 | 40.2 | 40.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Jagging back in, on a short of a length, Root hangs back to defend but the ball cuts back with a bit of extra bounce. Sneaks past the inside edge and raps him high on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 40.1 | 40.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and on middle, Root knocks it along the ground to mid on. |
| 4 | 39.6 | 39.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Off the edge! Full and shaping away, around off. Stokes leans on but does well to defend with soft hands. The outside edge goes down and wide of the gully fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Sprayed down leg, Stokes lets it go. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Closer to the off stump, on the fuller side. Stokes leaves without covering the off pole. |
| 0 | 39.3 | 39.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, On a back of a length, outside off, Ben Stokes leaves the ball alone. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, OUT! CAUGHT! Mitchell Starc strikes on his return to the attack. An uninspiring shot from Harry Brook, and he pays the price. A tempter from Starc, full and pushed wide on off. Brook cannot resist himself and throws his hands at the ball in a bid to thrash it through the off side. Gets a thickish outside edge that flies quickly to second slip, where Steve Smith gets both hands together around his face and snaffles it. Starc now has 415 Test wickets, the most for a left-arm quick in the format, going past the Pakistan legend Wasim Akram. Brook falls for 31 (33). England are now 176/4. |
| 1 | 39.1 | 39.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Nearly a wicket first ball! Full and angling across the batter. Root does not move his feet at all and pushes out in front of his body. The ball catches the outer half to deep point. A bit of stutter but the batters eventually cross over. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, A confident shout for LBW but turned down! Joe Root was right across his stumps with the shuffle, and Steve Smith has taken the review. Nipping back in, on a good length, on middle. Joe shuffles and presents a straight bat for the block but is beaten past the inside edge. The ball clips the outer half of the back pad and goes behind for a leg bye. Daylight between the bat and the pad but the Ball Tracking shows that the bounce is taking the ball over the leg pole. Australia lose their first review. |
| 1 | 38.5 | 38.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Honing in on the off pole, on a length, Brook skips down the track and cuts it to deep point for one more. |
| 1 | 38.4 | 38.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Boland attacks the stumps this time, full in length, Joe is across his stumps again. Root brings his bat out in front and works it to the right of mid on, where Brendan Doggett slides to cut it off. Just a single. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Fuller and outside off, Root strides towards the pitch of it but ends up getting too close to the ball. Miscues it off the inner half to the right of the bowler. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Angled in and then it straightens a bit off the deck, on a nagging length, outside off, Root is slightly squared up but defends it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Lands it on a short of a good length, over off. Root stays back and steers it to gully. |
| 4 | 37.6 | 37.6: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, FOUR! Hammered! This is too wide on off and it sits up to be hit, at thigh height. Harry Brook reaches out and slaps it to the right of deep point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Good change in length from Green. Nails the yorker, at the base of the off stump. Brook gets his bat down to keep it out. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Not sure if Green spotted Brook giving the charge but this is banged into the surface, a bit wide on off. Harry cannot get to it. |
| 2 | 37.3 | 37.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Dug in short, outside off, Harry stands tall and drags the pull to the left of deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, And again! This is even shorter, outside off, Brook arches back and shapes up to play the upper cut over the slip cordon but misses. |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, At 139.2 kph, short and outside off, Harry Brook flashes at it but is beaten for pace, and he fails to connect. |
| 0 | 36.6 | 36.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Outside off, on a length, Root lets it be. |
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On the fuller side, on the off pole. Joe hangs back and dabs it to point. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, A bit of nip back, on a hard length, over off. Joe Root gets on his toes and glides it on the bounce to the slip cordon. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Hurls it on a good length, outside off, Root moves across the stumps once again and this time, he leaves the ball alone. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Fuller in length, outside off, Root pushes out in front of his body after getting a stride in. Miscues it off an inside edge towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 36.1 | 36.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, In the channel, on a length, Joe walks across and presses forward. Taps it wide of cover and is keen for a single but Brook sends him back. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, On a length around off, Harry Brook goes for the cover drive but gets an inside edge, back onto his pads. |
| 3 | 35.5 | 35.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Green was in search of a yorker here but misses by a fair bit and ends up bowling a gentle full toss around off. Joe Root punches this well through the gap between mid off and extra cover for three runs. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Short and on off, Joe Root leans back but guides this on the bounce to gully. |
| 4 | 35.3 | 35.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, FOUR! Another teaser for Starc, who was chasing it from mid on but the ball wins the race. Pitched up, on middle and off, Joe Root presents a full face of his bat and drives this past the left of Mitchell Starc at mid on for four more runs. |
| 2 | 35.2 | 35.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root guides this past the outstretched right hand of gully for two. |
| 0 | 35.1 | 35.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length around off, shoots a bit on the batter. Joe Root leaves it. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, On a length around off, Harry Brook drives this well but fails to beat cover. |
| 2 | 34.5 | 34.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Full and wide of off, Harry Brook strides this to the pitch of it and lofts this behind cover for two here. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Hard length on off, Harry Brook blocks this in front of cover. |
| 1 | 34.3 | 34.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root guides this on the bounce to Cameron Green at gully and was not going anywhere. Green throws it towards the striker's end and hits the stumps. The ball deflects off the wooden frame towards the empty space around square leg and the batters take one. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Scott hits the hard length, around off, Joe Root dabs this to gully. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length around off, shaping away from the batter. Joe Root steps across and defends well. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Double bluff from Michael Neser as he sends mid-wicket three-fourths way back to the fence and with the field set for a short one, Neser dishes a fuller one, on off. Harry Brook blocks it out. |
| 1 | 33.5 | 33.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around the pads, Joe Root flicks this to fine leg and takes a single. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on middle and off, Joe Root defends this under his eyeline. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Short and harmless, away from the stumps around leg. Joe Root leaves it. |
| 1 | 33.2 | 33.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Short and wide of off, Harry Brook cuts this to backward point for one. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length around off, Harry Brook gets behind the line and blocks. |
| 1 | 32.6 | 32.6: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Short and on middle and off, Harry Brook pulls this just over square leg and takes one. This was touch and go with the fielder inside the circle at square leg. |
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Short and wide down the leg. Harry Brook gets a bit too much inside the line and decides not to poke at it at the end. |
| 1 | 32.4 | 32.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, FIFTY FOR ROOT! Bumper, around off, Joe Root rides the bounce and fends this to Marnus Labuschagne at deep backward square leg for a single to bring up his half-century. |
| 1 | 32.3 | 32.3: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, 150 comes up for the English side. Back of a length, down the leg. Harry Brook smashes this to fine leg for one. |
| 1 | 32.2 | 32.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short and into the batter. Joe Root goes for the pull but gets a bit of a top-edge that flies towards fine leg for one. |
| 1 | 32.1 | 32.1: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Back of a length on middle and off, Harry Brook pulls this to deep square leg for one. |
| 4 | 31.6 | 31.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, FOUR! Simply sensational from Root. Doing all the basics right and he has raced to 48 with this boundary. On a length, around middle and off, Joe Root leans over and flicks this in the gap between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full and on off, Joe Root pushes this to mid off. Well stopped by the fielder, diving to his left. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Neser goes a bit wide of the crease and bowls it on a length, angling into the pads. Joe Root leans over and falls over as he looks to flick but misses. Gets rapped on the front pad. A loud appeal for LBW but the umpire shrugs it away. Steve Smith has a word with the keeper and the bowler but Neser informs that he feels that it is going down the leg side and the Aussies decide against the review. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Neser bowls at 136.5 kmph, good length on middle and off. Joe Root pushes this to mid on. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root pushes this to cover for no run. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root stride towards the pitch of it and leaves it. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Bumper, down the leg. Harry Brook gets inside the line of it and leaves it. |
| 1 | 30.5 | 30.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Brendan bends his back again, bowls short and on leg. Joe Root milks this to fine leg for one more. |
| 1 | 30.4 | 30.4: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Back of a length around the pads, Harry Brook pulls this to long leg and rotates again. |
| 1 | 30.3 | 30.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Another one, banged short and on off, Joe Root pulls this to deep square leg for a single this time. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short pitched, on off, Joe Root fends this to square leg for nothing. |
| 1 | 30.1 | 30.1: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Good length on the pads, Harry Brook flicks this to fine leg for one. |
| 1 | 29.6 | 29.6: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length on middle and off, Brook ekes out an inside edge to fine leg for one. He will keep strike at the start of the next over. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, After scoring a beautiful boundary, Harry Brook looks to be innovative as he goes for a ramp on a length delivery with the keeper up to the stumps. Gets beaten and loses his footing as well. Brook initially dragged his back foot out of the crease and tried to plant it back inside the crease before Alex Carey removed the bails. After an appeal for stumping, this is sent upstairs. The replay shows that Brook just managed to get inside the crease one frame before the bails were dislodged by Alex. |
| 4 | 29.4 | 29.4: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, FOUR! Brook has stepped out with an aggressive mindset and he is finding the gaps for fun. Good length wide of off, Harry Brook jumps down the track, goes across the stumps as well. Smashes this through that cover region for another boundary. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, On a length around off, Harry Brook defends it well off the front foot. |
| 1 | 29.2 | 29.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Lots of chatter, first with an appeal for LBW and then between the batters about taking on the second but settling with a single at the end. Good length on off, Joe Root edges this close to his pads through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root pushes this to point. |
| 4 | 28.6 | 28.6: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, FOUR! Playing the field to perfection is Brook. With the field set for a short one, Brendan bends his back and bowls a short one on off. Harry Brook creates room for himself by shuffling away from the stumps to his leg and cuts this through the point region for a boundary. |
| 2 | 28.5 | 28.5: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Pitched up on the pads, Harry Brook flicks this through the mid-wicket region this time and gets a couple here. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Full and on off, Harry Brook punts this back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 28.3 | 28.3: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, FOUR! First boundary of the game for Brook. Good length on the pads, Harry Brook gets a little bit inside the line and flicks this past the right of square leg. Thread the gap between square leg and fine leg with precision and adds four to his tally. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, On a length around middle and off, Harry Brook gets right behind it and blocks this to mid on. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Brendan Doggett to Harry Brook, Slower one, on the pads, going down the leg. Harry Brook misses out on the flick and gets it brushed off his pads to the left of the keeper. Alex Carey does well to dive full stretch to his left and keep this. |
| 1 | 27.6 | 27.6: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Back of a length on the pads, Harry Brook helps this to fine leg and opens his account with a single. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Michael Neser provides the much-needed breakthrough to the Aussies. Short pitched, around off, was there to be smacked. Zak Crawley stands upright and goes for the pull. Swings over it and ends up with a faint tickle off the under edge of his bat back to the keeper. Alex Carey makes no mistake and grabs hold of it. Crawley is gone for 76 (93). |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a length around off, Zak Crawley gets right behind the line of it and defends this to cover. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley pushes this to mid off. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Neser hits the hard length, on off. Zak Crawley jumps up on his toes and blocks it. |
| 1 | 27.1 | 27.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root guides this through backward point for a single. |
| 1 | 26.6 | 26.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Bumper, on off, Joe Root pulls this flat towards deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short again, on off this time. Joe Root fends this to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 26.4 | 26.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, FOUR! Touch and go for Root but a boundary nonetheless. Short pitched, on leg, Joe Root goes for the pull but gets hurried onto it. Manages to glove this past the left of a diving Alex Carey to his left for four. A good effort from Carey but this was a bit too far for him. |
| 1 | 26.3 | 26.3: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Short and wide of off, Zak Crawley settles onto his back foot and cuts this to sweeper cover for one. |
| 1 | 26.2 | 26.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short pitched around middle and off, Joe Root works this to fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 26.1 | 26.1: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Short and wide of off, Zak Crawley smashes this towards the right of sweeper cover for one. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root pushes this to cover for a dot. |
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, angling back into the batter. Root flicks this to mid on. |
| 1 | 25.4 | 25.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Good length on middle and off, Zak Crawley flicks this in front of mid on and rotates. |
| 4 | 25.3 | 25.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Audacious from Zak. On a length around middle and off, Zak Crawley gets right on top of the bounce and punches this firmly in the gap towards the left of the fielder at mid on for his third boundary after the break. Zak is switched on at the start of this session. |
| 1 | 25.2 | 25.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length, around off, angling back into the batter. Joe Root gets it tickled off the inside of his bat to fine leg for a strike rotation. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Neser hits the hard length on off, Joe Root blocks this well. |
| 4 | 24.6 | 24.6: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Another boundary from Zak Crawley and it is an expensive start from Brendan Doggett right after the break. Pitched up, around off, Zak Crawley strides on top of the bounce and drives this through the extra cover region for another boundary. |
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley shoulders arms at it. |
| 4 | 24.4 | 24.4: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, FOUR! 100 comes up for the visitors with this boundary from Zak. Good length on the pads, Zak Crawley stands upright and pulls this through the square leg region for a boundary. This wasn't far from the fine leg fielder to his left but it was hit so sweetly that the ball beat the fielder. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Good length wide of off, Zak Crawley leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 24.2 | 24.2: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Hard length, around off, Zak Crawley stands still and goes for the short arm-jab. Gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 1 | 24.1 | 24.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Brendan starts with a slightly shorter delivery, into the batter. Joe Root pulls this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Full and wide of off, Zak Crawley drives this crisply to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Good length on off, Zak Crawley blocks. |
| 4 | 23.4 | 23.4: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, FOUR! GLORIOUS FROM ZAK! Pitched up, around off, Zak Crawley gets right on top of the bounce here and presents a full face of his bat as he nails the drive for a boundary towards long on. |
| 0 | 23.3 | 23.3: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Length ball, into the channel outside off, Zak Crawley gives it a good look and leaves it. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Full and into the stumps, Zak Crawley blocks it. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Short and wide of off, Zak Crawley goes for the cut but mistimes it off the inside of his bat. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length, around off, Joe Root gets closer to the ball and blocks this underneath his eyeline. |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root gets right behind it and blocks. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Full and wide of off, Joe Root leaves it. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length, down the leg side. Joe Root steps across and misses out on the flick. Gets it brushed off the side of his thigh pad, back to the keeper. The sound of the ball clipping the thigh pad excited Starc for a moment but he bails out of the appeal. |
| 1 | 22.2 | 22.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Good length on the pads, Zak Crawley nudges this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On a length around off, Zak Crawley pushes this back past Starc to his left. Starc was trying to recreate that caught and bowled dismissal of Zak from the 2nd innings of the 1st Test, but this was very low and a bit too far to his left as well. |
| 1 | 21.6 | 21.6: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Good length on middle and off, Zak Crawley flicks this thorugh square leg for a single. |
| 4 | 21.5 | 21.5: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Nicely tickled in the gap for four. On a length, around the pads, Zak Crawley gets inside the line and just tickles this fine to the right of the fine leg fielder for four more runs. |
| 1 | 21.4 | 21.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Bumper, on middle and leg, Joe Root hooks this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, What happened there? Full and around off, Joe Root goes for the drive but is left perplexed as the ball just dips on him and curves away. It beats Root on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 21.2 | 21.2: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, On a length around off, Zak Crawley drives this to the left of Josh Inglis at cover and sets off for a single. Josh dives to his left, fields this and has a go at the stumps towards the striker's end but misses. Excellent from Josh Inglis. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Full and on off, Zak Crawley drives this to mid off. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Hard length, on middle and off. Joe Root jams this down. |
| 1 | 20.5 | 20.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, FIFTY FOR CRAWLEY! Good length, on middle and leg, Zak Crawley works this through mid on and takes a single to bring up his half-century. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Good length, wide of off, Zak Crawley doesn't offer any stroke on this. |
| 1 | 20.3 | 20.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length, going across the batter. Joe Root hops back and dabs this towards point for a single. Brings Zak on strike on 49. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root blocks it well. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root looks to guide this to deep third but hits this off the under edge towards the slips cordon. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Good length wide of off, Zak Crawley shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Green drags his length back, around off, Zak Crawley leans a bit over the top and gets beaten. The ball hits him high on his pads. Just a question from the Aussies to the umpire about LBW, as there wasn't much of an appeal. The umpire turns it down. |
| 4 | 19.4 | 19.4: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, FOUR! That's flicked right in the gap for four. Pitched up on the pads, Zak Crawley gets inside the line of it and flicks this. Threads the gap betwee mid on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Bumper, around off, Zak Crawley sits down on this. |
| 1 | 19.2 | 19.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Low full toss, on off, Joe Root steps across and milks this through mid-wicket for another strike rotation. |
| 1 | 19.1 | 19.1: Cameron Green to Zak Crawley, Good length, nipping back into the batter. Zak Crawley prods in front and pushe sthis through cover-point for a single. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On a length, around the pads, searching for stumps was Starc here. Zak Crawley gets on top and flicks this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On a length, angling away from the batter. Zak Crawley leaves it. |
| 1 | 18.4 | 18.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Pitched up, around off, Joe Root pushes this through extra cover and rotates. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, A bit too full from Starc, angling it away from the batter. Joe Root strides out in front and leaves it. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Starc bowls it on a good length, hits the deck hard while taking this away from the batter. Joe Root hops back and blocks. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length, swinging back into the batter. Joe Root steps across and blocks this. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length, around off, Zak Crawley leaves it all alone once again. Patience on show from Zak here. |
| 4 | 17.5 | 17.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Call it a drop or an injury evaded, but Zak Crawley adds four more to his total. This was dished up around off, from Boland. Zak Crawley strides out in front, gets closer to the pitch of the delivery and hits this aerially back to the bowler's left, not far from Scott, though. Boland looks to catch this but this was hit a bit too firm for his liking and the ball bursts through his hands for a boundary in front of the sight screen. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.4: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Boland hits the hard length, around off, shaping it away from the right-hander. Zak Crawley lets it sail past him. |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Slightly back of a length, on off, Joe Root pushes this through point and rotates strike. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, around off, Joe Root presses in front and goes for the firm punch to cover but the ball nips back in, gets an inside edge off Root's bat and deflects onto his pads for no run. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length wide of off, Joe Root leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Zak looks a bit off the radar right now. Maybe the lack of strike has just got him off here. On a length, angling into the batter, Zak gets it rolled off the inside of his bat to mid on for no run. |
| 1 | 16.5 | 16.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short and into the batter, Joe Root hooks this to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Good length around middle and off, Joe Root looks for a tap and run around that point region but Zak sends him back. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a length around off, shaping away from the batter. Root tries to push this through cover but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, This was close to being given as a wide but the umpire kept his arms down. Good length way wide of off, Joe Root shuffles across again and leaves it. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Full and in the line of the stumps. Joe Root pushes this to mid on. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length, wide of off, Zak Crawley tentatively pokes at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Boland hits the deck hard, bowls it wide of off, Zak Crawley once again shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Short and wide outside off, Zak Crawley thinks about having a go at it but leaves it at the end. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root pushes this through point for a single. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root leaves it all alone. |
| 4 | 15.1 | 15.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! A confident stride out in front from Root and he thumps this down the ground for four. Pitched up, around off, Joe Root steps a long way across, gets really close to the pitch of the delivery and thumps this into the deck and gets it over the bowler. The ball gathers pace as it bounces behind the bowler and it rolls to the long on fence for four. |
| 1 | 14.6 | 14.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Back of a length, on the pads, Joe Root hops back and milks this through square leg for a single to close the over. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Length dragged back a bit, on off, Joe Root pushes this to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Full and on off, Joe Root nails the straight drive but straight back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a length, drifting down the leg side, Joe Root comes a long way across but misses out on the flick. The leg-stump of Root was visible here and had the line been a bit straight, this could have been tight for Joe. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root pushes this to cover. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Brendan lands it around that nagging length, on fourth stump line and nips it back into the batter. Joe Root falls over and gets beaten on the inside before being hit on his thigh pad. An appeal for LBW from the Aussies but the umpire turns it down. |
| 0 | 13.7 | 13.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Beauty from Scott. On a length, arond that corridor of uncertainty, just outside off. Zak Crawley takes a baby step in front and goes for the expansive drive but the ball shoots a wee bit extra and beats the outside edge of Zak. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Scott hits the hard length, on off, Zak Crawley dead bats it. |
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, WIDE! Bumper, around off, Zak Crawley leaves it as this was a bit too high. Wide called. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length, angling into the batter. Zak Crawley pushes this to mid on. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, On a length, wide of off, Zak Crawley plays a front foot defensive stroke and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, On a length around off, Zak Crawley looks to smash this down the ground but gets his bat twisted in his hands at the time of connection with the ball. Ends up rolling it to short mid on. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length, wide of off, Zak Crawley leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 12.6 | 12.6: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Short and wide of off, Zak Crawley rises on top of it and glides this to deep cover for one. |
| 3 | 12.5 | 12.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Gorgeous looking drive from Joe and he adds three more to his tally. Pitched up, on off, Joe Root strides right on top of the bounce of this delivery and plays the cover drive well. Gets three here. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a length, drifting down the leg, Joe Root gets inside the line and shadows the flick. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Back of a length, at the sticks, Joe Root hops up on his toes and jams this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Another one banged short and off, Joe Root plays this late and cuts this to a deepish backward point for nothing. |
| 1 | 12.1 | 12.1: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Doggett hits the hard length around off, Zak Crawley goes onto his back foot and punches this to deep point for one. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, In the channel on off, on a good length, Joe stabs it down beside the strip on the off side. |
| 4 | 11.5 | 11.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! Lovely shot! Boland delivers it full, on off, Root presents the full face of the bat and just strokes it past mid off to his right for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Jagging back in, on a good length, around the off pole. Joe hops and makes the leave. |
| 2 | 11.3 | 11.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and around off, Root walks across the stumps and clips it off the pads past square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, A surprise yorker from Boland, right in the blockhole, on off. Root gets his bat down to keep it out. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, This is on a hard length, outside off, Crawley lets the ball come to him and taps it in front of point for a single. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a back of a length, on middle. Root hangs back to defend. |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Digs it on a hard length, outside off, Root offers no shot. |
| 3 | 10.4 | 10.4: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Delivers it on a length, around off, Zak Crawley drives it on up to the left of mid off. Jake Weatherald sprints to his right from deep cover and bends to flick the ball towards Travis Head, who converges from mid off. Head gets his hands high over his head but the ball bursts through to clip him on the head. That allows the batters to cross over for the third run. 50 comes up for England! |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Bowls it on a length, on off, Zak defends it out. |
| 3 | 10.2 | 10.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short and wide on off, Root arches back and closes the bat face to keep the cut along the ground. Plays it through covers, Jake Weatherald gives it a chase and slides to save a run for his side. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a back of a length, outside off, Root lets it be. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Gone? Australia don't go for the review. The LBW was out of question as the impact looked outside the line but did Zak Crawley get some bat on it? On a length, outside off, Crawley walks across the stumps and has a swipe across the line. Gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball clips the flap of the back pad before going behind to the keeper. The UltraEdge shows no bat involved. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Hurls it on a nagging length, outside off, Zak Crawley makes the leave. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Fuller and on middle, Crawley whips it to mid on. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Beaten! In the corridor of off, on a good length, Zak Crawley was better off leaving it alone but ended up presenting a straight bat for the block. Gets beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good cricket! Nipping back in, on a length, around off, Root walks across to get behind the line. Drops it beside the strip on the off side for a quick single. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Angled in, on a back of a length, on middle. Crawley turns it through square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 8.6 | 8.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On a hard length, on off, Zak hangs back and sets up to work it across the line with a closed bat face. Gets a leading edge and the ball pops up but well in front of mid off. They cross. |
| 4 | 8.5 | 8.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Uppish but wide enough! Not a lot of movement on this ball, on a length. Crawley pushes out in front of his body and plays an uppish drive. Starc sticks out his left hand but the ball flies past him and races away. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Starc serves it full and this tails back in late, on the off pole. Crawley keeps the front pad out of the harm's way and keeps it out down the deck. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, FOUR BYES! Dug in short by Starc, over the right shoulder. Zak Crawley tries to take it on and swings for the pull but the ball flies over his blade. The ball keeps rising and goes over the leaping Alex Carey for a boundary. |
| 2 | 8.2 | 8.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Hurls it full, pushed across the right-hander. No foot movement from Zak, just hands. Plays a lofted drive to the right of deep cover for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Bashes the hard length, over off, Zak Crawley stands tall and drops it with soft hands on the off side. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, On a length, outside off, Crawley plays a bit away from his body but does not push at it. Lets the ball come to him and caresses it through covers for a single. |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Fuller in length, outside off, Zak Crawley shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 7.4 | 7.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Zip back into the right-hander off the deck, on a back of a length, on off and middle. Root pushes out in front and ekes out an inside edge that goes down to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, This is banged in short, outside off, Root rises with the bounce and gets his hands high. Plays it with an angled bat away from his body towards point. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, In the corridor of off, on a short of a length, nipping back in. Joe covers the off stump and makes the leave. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Over off, on a back of a length, Root hops and taps it beside the strip on the off side. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Starc goes searching for the one that swings back into the right-hander. Tries to go full, but it ends up being a low full toss, curving in towards the off pole. Crawley takes it on the full and jams it out to mid on. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, At 143.9 kph, full and angling across, firmly driven to mid off. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Lands it on a length, around off, Crawley knocks it to mid off. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Even fuller and the line stays wide, Crawley reaches out and tries to squeeze it out but misses. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full and wide on off again, this time, Zak resists and lets it be. |
| 2 | 6.1 | 6.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, In the air...but safe! Full and wide on off, Crawley cannot resist and goes hard at it away from his body. The ball gets sliced off the outer half but well away from the man at deep point to his left. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Nearly sneaked through! Jagging back in, on a good length, outside the line of the off stump. Root presses half-forward to stab it down. The ball cuts back in to catch the inside edge, and it deflects onto the back leg before dribbling behind towards the keeper. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Around the off stump, on a length, Joe covers the line and blocks it off. |
| 3 | 5.4 | 5.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Goes full, does Neser, on off and middle. Zak presses forward and wrists it to the right of mid on. Scott Boland goes after it and hauls it in with a slide. Three runs taken. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, In the channel on off, on a back of a length, Crawley does well here not to follow the ball and defends inside the line as the ball sneaks past the blade. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, A sharp and quick bumper, over the right shoulder, Zak Crawley initially looked to take it one, but in the end, decided to drop his wrists and sways away. |
| 2 | 5.1 | 5.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Neser delivers it full, on off and middle. Crawley gets on the front foot and flicks it off the stumps through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Angling away, on a back of a length, Root gets on his toes and taps the ball on its head. Plays it straight to backward point. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Attacking the stumps with a full ball, swinging back into the right-hander. Root hangs back but manages to keep it out by bringing his bat out in front. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Pushes the length up, outside off, Root shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Into the surface, on middle and leg. Joe gets on his toes and fends it down on the leg side. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Full and pushed a bit wide on off, Root is happy to let it go. |
| 1 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Serves it full, around off, Crawley presses forward and eases it wide of cover for a single. |
| 1 | 3.6 | 3.6: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Fuller and on middle, Crawley works it wide of mid on for a single. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Gone? Michael Neser thinks Zak Crawley has edged it but gets no support from the men behind the bat. On a back of a length, around off, Zak stays on the back foot for the block but the ball straightens off the deck to whistle past the outside edge and it is taken behind by Alex Carey. Well, well, the UltraEdge shows a scratch but it is after the ball has gone past the bat. Wonder how it would have panned out had Australia reviewed it. |
| 4 | 3.4 | 3.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Width offered and Zak Crawley cashes in! Pitched up but a bit too wide on off, swinging away. Crawley reaches out for it and cracks the drive past cover for a boundary. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Oh, that came back a long way! A sharp nip-backer from Neser, on a back of a length, on off. Zak is cut in half due to the seam movement. The ball brushes the back pad and dribbles towards the slip cordon. |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Easy pickings. Too full, sliding onto the pads. Zak Crawley does not miss out as he flicks it away off the pads behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 2 | 3.1 | 3.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, At 134.1 kph, on a length, on off, Crawley takes a step across and pushes at it. Gets an outside edge that goes behind point. Cameron Green gives it a chase and pushes the ball away from the fence. Two runs taken. |
| 4 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, FOUR! Edged away! Nipping away off the deck, on a back of a length, on top of off. Root hangs back to deal with it but gets squared up as the ball leaves him. The outside edge dips in front of first slip, where Steve Smith dives to his left from second slip. Only manages to get fingertips to it and it goes past Marnus Labuschagne at first slip for a boundary. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, A play and a miss! Keeps it full and this goes away from the right-hander. Joe does not move his feet at all and goes for the drive with his hands. Gets beaten past the outside edge. |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fuller and curving back into the pads. Root brings his wrists into play and stays balanced at the crease. Wrists it through square leg for a couple of runs to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Mitchell Starc is carrying on from where he left off in Perth. A nothing shot from Ollie Pope, and he pays the price. England find themselves in early trouble. Angling across the right-hander, on a back of a length. Pope stays on the back foot and sets up to punch it away on the off side with an angled bat. He extends his hands but the ball seams back in to catch the inside edge and crashes back into the stumps. A three-baller for Ollie. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, This swings down leg, on the fuller side. Pope is a bit too far across and misses out on the tickle. A good diving take by Alex Carey to his left. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, Pushed across with the angle but moves back in the air, on a good length, Ollie Pope covers the off stump and makes the leave. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, A loose shot but Crawley gets away with it! On a back of a length, outside off, Zak has a waft at it away from his body and is lucky not to nick this one behind. Michael Neser starts with a maiden. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Tailing back into the right-hander, on a good length, around the off pole. Zak defends it right under his eyes. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Honing in on the off stump, on a length, Crawley covers the line and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, In the channel on off, on a back of a length, Zak leaves the ball alone. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, This is on a hard length, a bit of nip back into the right-hander, Zak lets it go through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Starts with a full ball, swinging away, Zak Crawley shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Mitchell Starc strikes in the first over, just as he did at Perth and as he has so often done in his career. A golden duck for Ben Duckett. Starc goes full and gets the ball to move away in the air. Duckett feels the need to play at it but he was better off covering the off stump and letting it go through. Hangs his bat out away from the body and the ball swings away to catch the outside edge. It goes low at ankle height to first slip, where Marnus Labuschagne does the rest. |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Shaping back into the right-hander, full and attacking the stumps, Crawley whips it in front of mid on for a single. |
| 4 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Zak Crawley and England are underway! Having bagged a pair in Perth, Crawley has his first runs of this Ashes. Pitched up, around off, Zak leans into the drive and creams it to the left of mid off for a boundary. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Beaten! Fuller in length, closer to the off stump, Crawley is drawn on the front foot and is beaten past the outside edge as the ball leaves him. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Moving away off the deck, on a short of a good length, Zak Crawley makes a late decision to play at it but then decides to withdraw his bat. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Pushes it across the right-hander from over the wicket, on a hard length at 140 kph, Zak lets it be. |
| 0 | 117.3 | 117.3: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Finally, a wicket for a spinner in this Test match. Will Jacks bowls from a bit wide of the crease and slants one across the batter. Brendan Doggett looks to block but the ball kept going away from him, catching an outside edge that was taken cleanly by Harry Brook at first slip. Australia are stopped at 511 with the lead reading 177! |
| 0 | 117.2 | 117.2: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Tossed up on middle and leg, Brendan Doggett keeps it out around silly mid on. |
| 0 | 117.1 | 117.1: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Fuller on middle and off, Brendan Doggett blocks it. |
| 1 | 116.7 | 116.6: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Banged short again, wide of off, Brendan Doggett pushes this through cover for a single. |
| 1 | 116.6 | 116.5: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Short and on off, Scott Boland jams this around cover and rotates. |
| 0 | 116.5 | 116.4: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Another one where Carse bends his back and bowls a short one, around leg. Scott Boland lets it go past him. |
| 0 | 116.4 | 116.3: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Brydon Carse comes around the wickets and bowls a short one, going across the batter. Scott Boland swings and misses again. |
| 0 | 116.3 | 116.2: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Short and wide of off, Scott Boland chases this and slashes hard at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 116.2 | 116.1: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Short pitched, on middle and off, Scott Boland hops up on his toes and jams this down. |
| 0 | 116.1 | 116.1: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, WIDE! Short one, way down the leg. Even in the whites of Test this is called wide by the umpire. |
| 0 | 115.6 | 115.6: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, EDGED, SHORT! Pushed through on middle and off, Brendan Doggett strides out in front and looks to dead bat it. Gets it edged off the outside and the ball lands short of Harry Brook at first slip. |
| 0 | 115.5 | 115.5: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Pushed through on off, Brendan Doggett blcoks this off his front foot. |
| 2 | 115.4 | 115.4: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Will Jacks now comes over the stumps, bowls it full and on the pads, Brendan Doggett ticksles this fine to the right of fine leg for two. |
| 1 | 115.3 | 115.3: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Even Scott is not putting a foot wrong. Short of a length on middle and leg, Scott Boland goes deep inside his crease and works this to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 115.2 | 115.2: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Quicker one, on middle and off, Scott Boland blocks this off his back foot. |
| 1 | 115.1 | 115.1: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Tossed up from around the wicket, on off. Brendan Doggett drives this through extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 114.6 | 114.6: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Short pitched, into the batter, Scott Boland sits underneath this as well. |
| 0 | 114.5 | 114.5: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Back of a length on off, Scott Boland blocks this out. |
| 2 | 114.4 | 114.4: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Australia's lead stretches to 170 now. Good length wide of off, Scott Boland opens his bat face and just guides this through the gully region for two more. |
| 0 | 114.3 | 114.3: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Short and on off, Scott Boland is in no mood to poke at it as he ducks under. |
| 0 | 114.2 | 114.2: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Good length on off, Scott Boland keeps it out off his front foot. |
| 0 | 114.1 | 114.1: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Short pitched, on middle and off, Scott Boland rides the bounce and dabs this towards silly point. |
| 0 | 113.6 | 113.6: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Fuller on off, Brendan Doggett blocks this out. |
| 4 | 113.5 | 113.5: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, FOUR! WOW! Is that really a stroke from the bat of number 11? Perfect use of the feet and in the gap as well for four from Brendan Doggett. Short and wide of off, Brendan Doggett takes a baby step in front and then comes onto his back foot to cut this behind square on off for four runs. 500 comes up for Australia. |
| 1 | 113.4 | 113.4: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Quicker one, around middle and leg, Scott Boland flicks this through backward square leg and rotates. |
| 0 | 113.3 | 113.3: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Pushed through on off, Scott Boland defends this well. |
| 1 | 113.2 | 113.2: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Fuller on the pads, Brendan Doggett milks this towards the leg side for one. |
| 0 | 113.1 | 113.1: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Tossed up, around off. Brydon Carse strides a long way out and blocks. |
| 0 | 112.6 | 112.6: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, This never got up after pitching. On a length around off, Scott Boland stands and swings at it, fails to get bat on ball as the ball keeps really low. Luckily for Scott Boland, the ball was not in the line of the stumps. |
| 0 | 112.5 | 112.5: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Short pitched, around middle and leg. Scott Boland ducks underneath it. |
| 0 | 112.4 | 112.4: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, On a length around middle and off, Scott Boland gets right behind the line of it and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 112.3 | 112.3: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Short pitched, down the leg. Brendan Doggett looks to take on the fine leg fielder and goes for the hook. Gets it tickled off his gloves towards the right of fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 112.2 | 112.2: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Good length wide of off, Brendan Doggett rocks onto his back foot and blocks this around cover. |
| 0 | 112.1 | 112.1: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Hard length, on middle and off. Brendan Doggett blocks this to the bowler's right. |
| 1 | 111.6 | 111.6: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Fuller on middle and off, Brendan Doggett gets it tickled off the inside to fine leg for a single. Doggett was a bit dodgy with his running as he turned back blindly for the second that was never there and was sent back just in time by Scott. |
| 0 | 111.5 | 111.5: Will Jacks to Brendan Doggett, Tossed up, wide of off, Brendan Doggett tries to get closer to the pitch of the ball by striding out in front but he fails to do so and is beaten on the outside. |
| 1 | 111.4 | 111.4: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Even better from Scott as he strides out in front on a fuller one and dabs this in the gap towards point for a single. |
| 0 | 111.3 | 111.3: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Pushed through around middle and off, Scott Boland strides towards the pitch of it and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 111.2 | 111.2: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Quicker one, on off, Scott Boland defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 111.1 | 111.1: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Tossed up, around middle and leg. Scott Boland goes deep inside the crease and tucks this towards square leg. |
| 0 | 110.6 | 110.6: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Back of a length wide of off, Brendan Doggett jumps up on his toes and keeps his guard down. |
| 2 | 110.5 | 110.5: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Back of a length on the pads, Brendan Doggett hops up on his toes and flicks this through the square leg region and opens his account with a couple. |
| 0 | 110.4 | 110.4: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Good length on off, Brendan Doggett blocks this off his front foot. A solid defensive stroke from Brendan. |
| 0 | 110.3 | 110.3: Brydon Carse to Brendan Doggett, Short pitched, around leg, Brendan Doggett lets it go past him. |
| 0 | 110.2 | 110.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, OUT! CAUGHT! Carse comes into the attack and removes Mitchell Starc from the middle. Short and wide of off, Mitchell Starc looks to smash this up and over Ben Duckett at deep extra cover. Starc gets it away from the bottom of his bat and couldn't hit this far enough. The ball hangs in between deepish mid off and deep extra cover. Ben Stokes, running to his right from deepish mid off holds onto it but also bumps into Ben Duckett, who was gliding to his left from deepish extra cover. Stokes makes sure that he doesn't drop it. Starc is gone for 77. |
| 0 | 110.1 | 110.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Short and wide outside off, Mitchell Starc stands and slashes hard at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 109.6 | 109.6: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Full and fast outside off, 85.1 kph, Boland stays back to defend. THAT'S 50 BALLS FACED BY BOLAND NOW! Just for the second time in his Test batting career. The most he has faced is 74 balls, against India at the MCG, in 2024. |
| 0 | 109.5 | 109.5: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Slower through the air, 78.3 kph, from over the wicket, looped up outside off, but short in length. Scott Boland nudges it to the leg side. |
| 1 | 109.4 | 109.4: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Shortish again, outside off, Mitchell punches it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 109.3 | 109.3: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Shortish in length, around 81.1 kph, Starc stays back and punches it towards the bowler. |
| 0 | 109.2 | 109.2: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Around off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 109.1 | 109.1: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Full, around off, Mitchell Starc lunges and pushes this towards cover. |
| 1 | 108.7 | 108.6: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length, outside off, MS pushes it towards point and sets off for a quick single. Brydon Carse gets to the ball and fires a throw at the bowler's end but hits Starc instead. 10 runs from the over. |
| 0 | 108.6 | 108.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Around middle and off, this is blocked out now. |
| 0 | 108.5 | 108.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, Mitchell looks to wind up, goes for the pull but misses. |
| 4 | 108.4 | 108.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! UP AND OVER! And just like that, Mitchell Starc is the highest scorer in this innings! Goes past Jake Weatherald's 72. On a length, outside off, Starc swings again but this time, does not quite middle it cleanly. Mid on is somewhere around three quarters from the rope and it lobs over him. This stand is worth 73 now. |
| 0 | 108.3 | 108.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, WIDE. A cross-seamer, a bouncer, but way too high. Starc ducks and it is wided. |
| 0 | 108.2 | 108.2: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length, outside off, punched towards sweeper cover, no single taken. |
| 4 | 108.1 | 108.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! SMASH! AUSTRALIA'S LEAD TOUCHES 150. Full, outside off, right in the arc of Mitchell Starc, who just stands still and hammers it over the bowler, comfortably wide of mid off to his left. Starc himself moves to 71, with his 12th boundary. |
| 0 | 107.6 | 107.6: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Full, outside off, Scott Boland gets a big stride to defend but the ball pitches and then rips past the outside edge, spinning in. |
| 0 | 107.5 | 107.5: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Around middle and off, defended towards short leg. |
| 0 | 107.4 | 107.4: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Flatter ball, on middle, defended back. |
| 1 | 107.3 | 107.3: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Shorter, outside off, 82 kph, Mitchell rocks back and punches it through the covers. Promotion for Boland as he gets to face strike on the fourth ball of the over. So far, he has been taking strike only on the fifth or sixth deliveries, barring of course those overs when he has been forced to play the first ball. |
| 0 | 107.2 | 107.2: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Fuller, 84.1 kph, around middle and leg, Starc lunges and looks to defend but gets a bit of an inside edge towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 107.1 | 107.1: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Landed outside off, 85 kph, fractionally short, Mitchell Starc punches it towards long off. Does not run. |
| 0 | 106.6 | 106.6: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, On a good length now, outside off, 131.5 kph, Boland looks to defend but gets an inside edge to the leg side. |
| 0 | 106.5 | 106.5: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, A good bouncer, outside off, 137 kph, kicks up after pitching, Scott Boland sways out of the way. |
| 1 | 106.4 | 106.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length again, wide outside off, 132.2 kph, Starc punches this through point and does take the single this time. |
| 0 | 106.3 | 106.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, 132.3 kph, punched towards point. |
| 0 | 106.2 | 106.2: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Shorter in length, outside off, 135.9 kph, Starc slices it behind point and does not take the single again. |
| 0 | 106.1 | 106.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, 133.7 kph, Mitchell Starc slashes hard and gets a thick outside edge towards deep point. Does not take the single. |
| 0 | 105.6 | 105.6: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Around off, a touch short, 82.8 kph, Scott Boland punches it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 105.5 | 105.5: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Around middle and off, Boland looks to flick it away but cannot get it past short leg. |
| 0 | 105.4 | 105.4: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Around off, bunted back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 105.3 | 105.3: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Fuller, outside off, this time Boland connects, driving the ball towards mid off. |
| 0 | 105.2 | 105.2: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Outside off, a play and a miss again. |
| 0 | 105.1 | 105.1: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Landed outside off, spinning in, Boland pokes and misses. |
| 4 | 104.6 | 104.6: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR MORE! Full and wide outside off, Starc punches this through covers. This time, Ben Stokes gives it a chase from cover, even gets to the ball and tries to haul it back in, but while doing so, makes contact with the ropes. It is checked by the third umpire and boundary is signalled. The stand moves to 62. |
| 4 | 104.5 | 104.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! SWEET! The field comes up and Starc decides to free his arms. Overpitched, wide outside off, Mitchell Starc leans and creams the drive wide of Archer at mid off, to his right. The lead moves to 140 and Starc moves to 61, with his 10th boundary. |
| 0 | 104.4 | 104.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Much fuller, outside off, 133.8 kph, MS drives it with a loose bottom hand. The ball pings off the bat and rockets towards Jofra Archer at mid off. |
| 0 | 104.3 | 104.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length again, around off, nipping back in, Mitchell looks to flick but is beaten all ends up, as the ball goes over the stumps. The bowler appeals for caught behind but gets no support from anyone else. |
| 0 | 104.2 | 104.2: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Similar ball, but this generates extra bounce. Starc comes half forward but the ball rears up. Accordingly, he goes back and fends it towards point. |
| 0 | 104.1 | 104.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a good length, from around the wicket, outside off, coming in, Mitchell Starc stays back to defend. |
| 0 | 103.6 | 103.6: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, A touch short, spinning, but down the leg side. Boland pads it away. |
| 4 | 103.5 | 103.5: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, FOUR! SUBLIME! My word, that is a shot which would have made any batter proud. Tossed up, wide outside off, Scott Boland leans and drives it magnificently through the covers. |
| 0 | 103.4 | 103.4: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Full, around off, Boland defends. |
| 1 | 103.3 | 103.3: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, 50-RUN STAND UP! 6th of this innings! Perhaps the slowest of the innings but very crucial nevertheless. Full and down the leg side, 83.7 kph, Mitchell lunges to flick but the ball skids through, takes the inner half of the bat and scoots through fine leg. Single taken. |
| 0 | 103.2 | 103.2: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, On middle and leg, 83.6 kph, pretty full, Starc works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 103.1 | 103.1: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Full, flighted, around middle, Mitchell Starc comes forward to defend. |
| 0 | 102.6 | 102.6: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, Very full, around middle and leg, Boland whips it through mid-wicket and starts to run, but is sent back by Starc. |
| 0 | 102.5 | 102.5: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, On a length, around middle and off, Scott Boland defends again. |
| 0 | 102.4 | 102.4: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, Fuller, around off, SB comes forward and defends solidly. |
| 0 | 102.3 | 102.3: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, Back of a length, outside off, Scott stays leg side of the ball again and punches it towards point. |
| 4 | 102.2 | 102.2: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, EDGED, FOUR! A bit fortuituous but Australia will take it. Back of a length, outside off, Boland looks to cut hard again, moving to the leg side but is cramped for room. Gets a thick inside edge which goes past the stumps to the fine leg fence! Boland moves to 11 and this lead moves to 131. |
| 0 | 102.1 | 102.1: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, Short, outside off, Scott Boland cuts hard into the ground, but cannot beat point. |
| 0 | 101.6 | 101.6: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Short, outside off, cut straight to point. A maiden for Jacks, which means Boland will be on strike from the first ball. |
| 0 | 101.5 | 101.5: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Fuller now, around middle, 84.2 kph, Mitchell Starc defends. |
| 0 | 101.4 | 101.4: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Short again, outside off, quicker in pace this time, 86.4 kph. MS cuts it straight to point. |
| 0 | 101.3 | 101.3: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, A touch shorter now, around off, 79.3 kph, Mitchell is surprised as he initially comes forward, but has to adjust to push it towards cover. |
| 0 | 101.2 | 101.2: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Floated, around middle and off, 84.4 kph, Starc comes forward again and pushes it to the right of the bowler. |
| 0 | 101.1 | 101.1: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Tossed up, around leg stump, from around the wicket, Mitchell Starc lunges to defend. |
| 0 | 100.7 | 100.6: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, On a good length, around middle and leg, extra bounce, Scott Boland manages to nudge it to the right of short leg. |
| 1 | 100.6 | 100.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, A short ball now, around off, pushed into the off side for a single. |
| 4 | 100.5 | 100.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! PRISTINE! It is a good line, but not necessarily the length. Whenever England have gone for the stumps, they have been just a touch too full. This is around middle and off but Mitchell Starc is up for it. Drives it straight back past the bowler who tries to bend to his left to stop the ball but it scoots through. No further chance for Jofra Archer at mid off who lumbers the chase but in vain. Also, the third umpire informs the on-field umpire that Atkinson has overstepped. NO BALL signalled. |
| 0 | 100.4 | 100.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length, around middle and leg, Starc stays in his crease and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 100.3 | 100.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Full, on middle and leg, Mitchell Starc pushes it towards mid on. |
| 0 | 100.2 | 100.2: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Full, outside off, angling in, let through. |
| 0 | 100.1 | 100.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, A short ball, on middle, pushed towards mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 99.6 | 99.6: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Short and wide outside off, Mitchell crunches the cut through point, to retain the strike with a single. |
| 4 | 99.5 | 99.5: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! STUPENDOUS! 12TH TEST HALF CENTURY FOR STARC, crucially, 5th against England. Full, around off, Starc has had enough of prodding. Gets down and swings it over mid-wicket. Gets it off the toe end of the bat, but has enough on it to make the ball crash into the ropes. The lead moves to 120. |
| 0 | 99.4 | 99.4: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Landed outside off, pretty full, Starc gets a full lunge and then lets it go. |
| 0 | 99.3 | 99.3: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Landed outside off, defended to the leg side. |
| 0 | 99.2 | 99.2: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, On the pads, Starc misses his flick. The ball rolls away to the leg side off the pads. |
| 0 | 99.1 | 99.1: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, TURN AND BOUNCE! There is some grass on the surface but where is the GOAT? Geez, he would have been more than a handful in the second innings. Look away now, Nathan Lyon. Full, around off, Mitchell Starc comes half forward to defend but the ball pitches and rips away past the outside edge, with some extra bounce! |
| 3 | 98.6 | 98.6: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, 450 UP FOR AUSTRALIA! An attacking shot to end the session. Full and wide outside off, Mitchell Starc throws his bat at it and gets it over cover. Does not have enough on it though and the ball stops just inside the ropes. Probably a good result for the home side as Starc has enough time to come back for the third and retain the strike for the next session. TEA ON DAY 3, AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 116! |
| 0 | 98.5 | 98.5: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Full and down the leg side, MS misses his flick and gets it off his pads behind square leg. He thinks about the single but then changes his mind. |
| 0 | 98.4 | 98.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, A short ball now, from over the wicket, outside leg stump, angling away, Mitchell looks to defend but the ball deviates away and squares him up. Takes the outside edge and drops on the off side. |
| 0 | 98.3 | 98.3: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, On a good length, from around the wicket, on middle and off, Starc plays inside the line but the ball deviates from that length and beats the outside edge and the off stump. |
| 0 | 98.2 | 98.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Fuller, slightly wider outside off, Mitchell Starc shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 98.1 | 98.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Full, around off, defended solidly. |
| 0 | 97.6 | 97.6: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, Full, around off, Scott Boland gets a big stride to defend but gets hit on the pads. Oohs and aahs from the close-in fielders for LBW but there was an inside edge involved. |
| 1 | 97.5 | 97.5: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, OVERTHROW! Pope is frustrated with his keeper. Fractionally short of full, around middle and leg, Mitchell Starc works it through the leg side. Ollie Pope is sharp to react and stops the ball with his right hand at short leg and instantaneously, flings the ball at the stumps. He misses but sadly for him, the keeper, Jamie Smith cannot gather the ball and the batters take the run off the overthrow to fine leg. Even if he had hit, Starc would have been back in, but that was some sharp reflex. |
| 0 | 97.4 | 97.4: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Quicker one, outside off, MS looks to cut but misses. |
| 0 | 97.3 | 97.3: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, NEARLY TO HAND! Full and down the leg side, Mitchell leans to flick and just about gets it wide of Pope, towards bacjward square leg. |
| 0 | 97.2 | 97.2: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Similar ball, this time Starc gets a big stride out to meet the ball. |
| 0 | 97.1 | 97.1: Will Jacks to Mitchell Starc, Full, around middle and off, from around the wicket, Mitchell Starc defends. |
| 0 | 96.6 | 96.6: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Back of a length, outside off, decent bounce. Boland rides the bounce nicely and guides it towards deep third. Does not take the single. |
| 0 | 96.5 | 96.5: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, NEARLY DRAGGED ON! Back of a length, outside off, Scott Boland looks to punch it through the off side but the ball nips back in, takes the inside edge and goes past the leg stump towards leg gully! |
| 0 | 96.4 | 96.4: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Full and just outside off, SB comes forward and exhibits a decent defensive technique, towards the off side. |
| 0 | 96.3 | 96.3: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Full and straight again, this is honing in on off stump, Scott pushes it towards gully. |
| 0 | 96.2 | 96.2: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, Full and straight, Boland is watchful and pushes it towards mid on. |
| 0 | 96.1 | 96.1: Brydon Carse to Scott Boland, On a good length, outside off, Scott Boland pushes it to the off side. |
| 4 | 95.6 | 95.6: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! MARVELLOUS! Full and outside off, Mitchell Starc does not quite move his feet but his hand-eye co-ordination is excellent. Drives on the up, from his crease and threads the gap between cover and mid off! That's a hat-trick of boundaries for Starc. The lead moves to 112, the stand is worth 30 and Starc has moved to 42 with his 7th boundary. |
| 1 | 95.5 | 95.5: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, Rib tickler, in the air, but just wide! Excellent short ball, at the rib cage, Scott Boland gets outside the line and tickles it around the corner, but without control. Ben Duckett is stationed at leg gully and he dives to his left, but the ball lands just short and goes through. Surprisingly, the batters take the single, despite this being the penultimate ball of the over. |
| 0 | 95.4 | 95.4: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, Fuller in length, around off, SB stays in his crease and pushes it to the off side. |
| 0 | 95.3 | 95.3: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, Back of a length, outside off, Scott throws his bat at it but gets a bottom edge, which lands down. |
| 4 | 95.2 | 95.2: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, FOUR! Boland gets himself a boundary now! On a length, outside off, Boland waits for the ball to arrive and dabs it through the gap between backward point and gully. |
| 0 | 95.1 | 95.1: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, On a good length, around off, decent bounce, Scott Boland rises with the bounce and dabs it towards cover. |
| 4 | 94.6 | 94.6: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, FOUR MORE! AUSTRALIA LEAD BY 103 NOW. Overpitched, on middle and leg, Starc nails his on drive and gets it through mid on. Ben Stokes dives to his right from mid on, gets a hand to it, but the ball still races to the ropes. This stand is now worth 21. But once again, England have Boland on strike for the first ball of the next over. |
| 4 | 94.5 | 94.5: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! Up and over. Though not sure who will be happier with the result. The runs are valuable, of course, but Starc would have hoped that this would have been stopped by someone. England, on the other hand, will be happy to keep Starc on strike. On a length, outside off, Mitchell Starc throws his bat at it and gets it over cover. Jofra Archer starts to give a chase but then gives up pretty quickly. |
| 0 | 94.4 | 94.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Similar ball, this time MS gets right behind the line to block the ball towards mid off. |
| 0 | 94.3 | 94.3: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, On a good length, around leg, moving away, Mitchell looks to push it through the off side but misses. |
| 0 | 94.2 | 94.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length, around leg stump, Starc hops and keeps it down. |
| 0 | 94.1 | 94.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, A bouncer, from over the wicket, pitched around leg stump, moving away, Mitchell Starc sways away from the line. |
| 0 | 93.6 | 93.6: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, Full and outside off, Boland comes forward nicely to defend but misses it by a big margin. |
| 1 | 93.5 | 93.5: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, A short ball now, around middle and leg, Mitchell tucks it behind square leg and gets across to the other end. Moves to 30. |
| 0 | 93.4 | 93.4: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Excellent followup. On a length, around off, Starc plays inside the line and gets beaten once again, with the ball missing the stumps by a whisker. |
| 0 | 93.3 | 93.3: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, A proper full bunger, targetted at the stumps, and Mitchell Starc is clearly surprised, being late on the flick. He is hit on the pads and Stokes appeals for LBW, but it is a mild one. That was going down the leg side. |
| 0 | 93.2 | 93.2: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Around off, pushed towards point. |
| 1 | 93.1 | 93.1: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, Frustration from Stokes, trying desperately to control his anger. That was just too easy a single, after preparing the entire previous over to keep Starc off strike. On a length, outside off, Scott Boland just taps it towards mid off with soft hands and there is no one near the wicket who can stop the single. |
| 0 | 92.6 | 92.6: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Another short ball to end the over, Starc keeps it out, riding the bounce nicely. |
| 0 | 92.5 | 92.5: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Around middle and leg, dabbed in front of short leg. |
| 0 | 92.4 | 92.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Short leg comes in now. Another short ball comes up, around middle and off, Mitchell sways away from the line. |
| 0 | 92.3 | 92.3: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, One more bumper, around leg and middle, Starc ducks. |
| 0 | 92.2 | 92.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Another short ball, this is at the body. Mitchell Starc nudges it towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 92.1 | 92.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Short and outside off, left alone. |
| 0 | 91.6 | 91.6: Ben Stokes to Scott Boland, Good length around middle and off, Scott Boland blocks this to the left of the bowler. |
| 1 | 91.5 | 91.5: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Another touch of fortune for Mitchell Starc as he edges a length delivery towards first slip. This was played with soft hands by Starc and that allowed the ball to fall short of first slip. The fielder doesn't gather this cleanly, allowing the single to Starc. |
| 0 | 91.4 | 91.4: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, How has that missed the stumps? Ben Stokes continues from around the stumps and bends his back to bowl it on a back of a length, angling back into the batter. The ball beats Mitchell Starc on the inside and misses the top of middle and off barely by an inch. |
| 0 | 91.3 | 91.3: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, On a length wide outside off, Mitchell Starc gives it a mighty heave and gets it rolled to mid on. |
| 0 | 91.2 | 91.2: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Good length, going down the leg, MS flicks this to fine leg and farms the strike by denying the single. |
| 0 | 91.1 | 91.1: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length around middle and leg, Mitchell Starc tucks this mid on. |
| 1 | 90.6 | 90.6: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, In the air ... short! Short and wide outside off, Mitchell Starc looks to ride the bounce and swing at it. Gets it mistimed off the bottom of his bat and the ball hangs in the air towards mid off. Jofra Archer loses his footing as he run in to catch this one and that allows the ball to drop short of him. A single taken. |
| 0 | 90.5 | 90.5: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, And more demons from the deck. Back of a length, wide outside off, the ball lands on a crack and goes further away from the batter. It also dies in front of the keeper. |
| 0 | 90.4 | 90.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, On a length around middle and leg, Mitchell Starc tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 90.3 | 90.3: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Mitchell Starc pokes at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 90.2 | 90.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Bumper, around off, Mitchell Starc sways away from it. |
| 0 | 90.1 | 90.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Short around middle and leg, Mitchell Starc blocks it well. |
| 0 | 89.6 | 89.6: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, A muted appeal from Jofra Archer and Jamie Smith but the umpire shrugs it off. Ben Stokes looks in no mood to send this upstairs as well. Back of a length around middle and leg, pinning Scott Boland onto his back foot. Scott is beaten by pace and the ball clips the thigh pad on the back foot and goes back to the keeper. |
| 0 | 89.5 | 89.5: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Short and wide of off, Scott Boland hops up on his toes, goes back inside the crease and defends well. |
| 0 | 89.4 | 89.4: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Short again, on off, Scott Boland goes onto his back foot and blocks. He is getting deep inside the crease as he looks to block but also getting very close to the stumps. |
| 0 | 89.3 | 89.3: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Back of a length around off, Scott Boland leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 89.2 | 89.2: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Jofra is probably setting up Scott with short pitched barrage and pushing him on the back foot for a fuller one or a yorker to follow. Short pitched, on middle and off, Scott Boland hops back inside the crease and blocks this around point. Scott was keen on a single but the fielder was up to it and Starc denies. |
| 0 | 89.1 | 89.1: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Good length on middle and off, Scott Boland blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 88.6 | 88.6: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Starc would feel that he missed out on runs here. Full and wide of off, Mitchell Starc drives this well but close to the left of mid off. A diving effort from the fielder doesn't allow any runs to Starc. |
| 0 | 88.5 | 88.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Short again and on off from Gus Atkinson. Mitchell Starc ducks underneath again. Jamie Smith doesn't gather this cleanly as the ball swung right in front of him. |
| 0 | 88.4 | 88.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Bumper, around middle and off, Starc ducks down. |
| 0 | 88.3 | 88.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length, around middle and off. Mitchell Starc pushes this to a deepish mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 88.2 | 88.2: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Good length, down the leg side. Mitchell Starc comes inside the line of it and leaves it. |
| 0 | 88.1 | 88.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length, on top of off. Mitchell Starc defends this well. |
| 0 | 87.6 | 87.6: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Hard length, just wide of off. Scott Boland reads the line well and leaves it. |
| 1 | 87.5 | 87.5: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Good length on middle and leg, Mitchell Starc works this in the gap towards square leg for a strike rotation. |
| 0 | 87.4 | 87.4: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, A perfect pacer's response as Jofra Archer bowls a yorker on off. Mitchell Starc was up for it as he blocks it out. |
| 4 | 87.3 | 87.3: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! That's excellently played by Starc. Good length, wide of off, Mitchell Starc stays onto his back foot, rises with the bounce and punches this behind square on the off side. Deep third is placed a bit square but despite running a few paces to his left, he cannot stop the boundary! The Australian lead stretches to 90 now. |
| 0 | 87.2 | 87.2: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Full and wide of off, Mitchell Starc leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 87.1 | 87.1: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Argh, that's not what the visitors wanted. After having a go at the start of the over against Scott, a poor line from Jofra gets Scott Boland off strike. Short and going down the leg side, Scott Boland tucks this to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 86.6 | 86.6: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, The latter. With Starc already on the back foot, Gus bowls it full and wide outside off. Mitchell Starc tries to reach it but fails to do so. |
| 0 | 86.5 | 86.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Short pitched, around middle and leg. Mitchell Starc ducks underneath it. The field will surely be coming up to save the single, as the English side would want Scott on strike against Jofra. |
| 0 | 86.4 | 86.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Full and wide of off, Mitchell Starc smashes this towards sweeper cover but denies another opportunity of a single. |
| 0 | 86.3 | 86.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Slower one, wide outside off, going away from the batter. Lands well in front of the keeper. Mitchell Starc just watches this all along and decides not to have a go at it. Both, batter and bowler smile after that. That was bowled with a stiff wrist and hence, the ball did not come out as per intention. |
| 0 | 86.2 | 86.2: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Good length, around off, Mitchell Starc gets well behind it and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, From around the wicket to the left-hander, Gus bowls it on a length and into the batter. Mitchell Starc flicks this through fine leg but turns down the single. |
| 0 | 85.6 | 85.6: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Hard length, on top of off. Scott Boland manages to dab this towards gully off the outside of his bat. |
| 1 | 85.5 | 85.5: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, On a length around off, Mitchell Starc opens his bat face and guides this through point for a single. |
| 0 | 85.4 | 85.4: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Well left from Starc. Good length, around off, Mitchell Starc reads it well as the ball wasn't in the line of the stumps and he leaves it. |
| 0 | 85.3 | 85.3: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Oh, that's a beauty! On a length, just short of full, around middle and leg, Mitchell plays inside the line, exposing all his stumps and misses. Luckily for him, the ball goes past the outside edge but over the stumps! |
| 0 | 85.2 | 85.2: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Slightly short, outside off, Starc stands tall and punches it towards cover who is a bit deep, deliberately. There is a chance for the single but Starc does not take it. |
| 0 | 85.1 | 85.1: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Full and straight, from around the wicket, Mitchell Starc defends it from his crease. |
| 0 | 84.6 | 84.6: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, Short and wide of off, Scott Boland pokes at it but the ball swings away and Scott is beaten. |
| 0 | 84.5 | 84.5: Gus Atkinson to Scott Boland, A good short-pitched delivery, around middle and leg. Scott Boland gets up on his toes and jams this towards the right of short leg. |
| 1 | 84.4 | 84.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Gus bowls it slightly short, angling into the batter and cramping him for any sort of room to free his arms. Starc hops up on his toes and milks this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 84.3 | 84.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Full and just around off, Mitchell pushes it towards cover. |
| 0 | 84.2 | 84.2: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Heaved into the stands! But not the ball. Just thin air. A short ball, outside off, Starc throws the kitchen sink aiming for the pull but misses it by a long margin. |
| 0 | 84.1 | 84.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, EDGED, SHORT! What a beautiful nut. Full, around off, from around the wicket, coming in with the angle, Mitchell Starc looks to defend but then, the ball swings away and takes the outside edge. Because he played with soft hands, the edge does not carry to first slip. |
| 0 | 83.6 | 83.6: Jofra Archer to Scott Boland, Short and wide of off, Scott Boland is happy to not poke at it as he keeps his guard down. |
| 1 | 83.5 | 83.5: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Good length on middle and leg, Mitchell Starc rolls this down the ground through mid on for a single. Leaves Boland to face one off Jofra. |
| 0 | 83.4 | 83.4: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, In the channel, wide of off. Mitchell tentatively pokes at it but the ball straightens after pitching and beats the outside edge of Starc. |
| 0 | 83.3 | 83.3: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Full and down the leg side, Mitchell misses his clip. |
| 0 | 83.2 | 83.2: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Full and straight, Starc clips this through mid-wicket and does not take the single. Clearly, he wants to farm the strike and play his shots. |
| 0 | 83.1 | 83.1: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, from around the wicket, Mitchell Starc stays inside the line and pokes, only to miss. |
| 0 | 82.6 | 82.6: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! First Ashes wicket for Atkinson in his third inning and it is the big one of Alex Carey. Back of a length around off, Carey stands deep inside the crease with his body weight on the back foot. Carey looks for the square cut but this new pink ball climbs a bit on the batter and it fetches an outside edge of Carey's bat into the hands of the keeper. Alex Carey departs for 63(69) and the useful 33-run stand is broken. Australia are 416/8, leading by 82. |
| 1 | 82.5 | 82.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Good length on off, Mitchell Starc drives this through point for a single. |
| 0 | 82.4 | 82.4: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, That kept climbing after beating the batter and it took a good take from Jamie Smith, behind the stumps to prevent byes. Full and wide outside off, Starc doesn't move his feet and swings at it but gets beaten. The ball almost beats Smith with bounce but he does well to grab this one handed towards his right. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length, around off, pushed into the off side. |
| 3 | 82.2 | 82.2: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, A short ball now, outside off, Carey gets on top of the bounce and pulls this through mid-wicket. There is a fielder stationed in the deep but by the time he gets to the ball to his right, the batters cross each other thrice. The lead moves to 81 while this stand is worth 32 (38). |
| 0 | 82.1 | 82.1: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, Full and wide outside off, Alex Carey takes a couple of steps down the track via a walk but eventually shoulders arms. |
| 4 | 81.6 | 81.6: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! Jofra errs in line a bit and that was enough for Starc to tickle this to the fence for four. After dishing a couple wide outside off to Starc, Archer bowls this in the line of the stumps but going down leg. Mitchell Starc comes inside the line of it and tickles this fine to the left of fine leg for four. |
| 0 | 81.5 | 81.5: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, On a length but even wider from Jofra. Starc once again stays leg side to the ball and swings at it but misses. |
| 0 | 81.4 | 81.4: Jofra Archer to Mitchell Starc, Starc is flirting with danger. Back of a length, around off, climbing on the batter. Mitchell Starc slashes at it but fails to connect bat on ball. |
| 1 | 81.3 | 81.3: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Short but down the leg side, Carey nudges it towards long leg for a single. Moves to 60 (66). |
| 0 | 81.2 | 81.2: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Back of a length, outside off, pushed towards gully. |
| 0 | 81.1 | 81.1: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, NASTY, BUT SAFE! Archer finds his mark straightaway. A short ball, outside off, from around the wicket, Alex Carey tries to duck out of harm's way but the ball lands and keeps coming in towards the batter and rising. Contrary to the traditional ducking, Carey's bat is hanging in the air like a periscope and the ball hits the top portion of the willow, on the outer side. Luckily for him, it lands just beside him, behind the wickets on the off side. |
| 0 | 80.6 | 80.6: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Swing and a miss from Starc. Gus Atkinson bowls it from a bit wide of the crease, dishes this on a good length, wide of off. Mitchell Starc without much of a footwork, pushes at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 80.5 | 80.5: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, Good length on middle and off, Mitchell Starc gets right behind the line of it and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 80.4 | 80.4: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, Gus goes full again, on off, Alex Carey prods in front and gently pushes this towards cover for a strike rotation. |
| 0 | 80.3 | 80.3: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, On a length, around off, Carey bunts it down the track. |
| 0 | 80.2 | 80.2: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, UPPISH, BUT SHORT. Full and wide outside off, Alex Carey lunges to drive but the ball shapes away a touch and takes the outside edge. Zak Crawley has been stationed at gully but the ball lands just short of him. |
| 1 | 80.1 | 80.1: Gus Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, Mitchell Starc pushes it towards cover and takes a quick single. |
| 1 | 79.6 | 79.6: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Ben Stokes bends his back a bit more and bowls it back of a length and angling into the batter. Mitchell Starc hops up on his toes and milks this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 79.5 | 79.5: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Ben hits the hard length, on top of off, Starc pushes this to mid on for no run. |
| 2 | 79.4 | 79.4: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, This is nicely placed in the gap for a couple by Starc. Stokes continues on a length around off, Mitchell Starc presses towards it and guides this through the gap between point and backward point for a couple. |
| 0 | 79.3 | 79.3: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, On a length, pretty straight, Mitchell Starc defends it awkwardly on the off side, with an open face of the bat. Perhaps he is expecting the short ball and hence, playing mostly from the crease. How about go full and straight? |
| 1 | 79.2 | 79.2: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Overpitched, outside off, Carey leans and executes another free-flowing cover drive. It is stopped by Ben Duckett but the single is taken. |
| 0 | 79.1 | 79.1: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, On a length, around off, from around the wicket, coming in, Alex Carey tries to guide this behind point, but gets cramped for room. Ends up stabbing it towards point. |
| 0 | 78.7 | 78.6: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, angling away, Mitchell pokes but misses. |
| 0 | 78.6 | 78.5: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Fuller this time, outside off, driven towards mid off. |
| 0 | 78.5 | 78.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Similar ball, pushed into the off side again. |
| 0 | 78.4 | 78.3: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| 4 | 78.3 | 78.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, FOUR MORE! 400 UP FOR AUSTRALIA! Their first after 10 innings. Their previous one was in February 2025, against Sri Lanka, in Galle. Shows how difficult it has been for the batters to score runs. Short and wide outside off, Starc stands tall again and goes up and over point, for consecutive boundaries. |
| 4 | 78.2 | 78.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! SLAUGHTERED! Short and wide outside off, Mitchell Starc stands tall and creams it uppishly between cover and point for a boundary. Also the third umpire informs the on-field umpire that Carse has overstepped and it will be a NO BALL. |
| 0 | 78.1 | 78.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, let through. |
| 1 | 77.6 | 77.6: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Similar ball, this time MS leans towards the ball and pushes it towards deep point for a run. |
| 0 | 77.5 | 77.5: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, Through him. On a length, outside off, from around the wicket, angling in, Mitchell stays leg side of the ball and looks to defend but the ball keeps coming in, beats the outside edge and goes over the stumps! |
| 0 | 77.4 | 77.4: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, On a good length, outside off, Starc pushes it towards point. |
| 0 | 77.3 | 77.3: Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc, On a length, outside off, Mitchell Starc shoulders arms and there is a pretty decent carry with an old ball on Day 3, to the keeper. |
| 1 | 77.2 | 77.2: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Short and wide outside off, punched to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 77.1 | 77.1: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Full, outside off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 76.6 | 76.6: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, IN THE AIR... JUST SHORT! Boy, seems like we are in for a quick finish here. England have begun very inspiringly today. Full, outside off, Starc looks to drive but plays the shot a bit too early. The ball lobs off the face of the bat and goes towards Stokes at cover this time. He dives but the ball lands just in front! Parries it towards the bowler. |
| 1 | 76.5 | 76.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short, wide outside off, slapped to point for a run. |
| 1 | 76.4 | 76.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, DIRECT HIT WOULD HAVE HAD CAREY! On a length, outside off, Mitchell Starc pushes it towards cover and sets off for a single. Carey is caught unawares by the looks of it, as he sets off really late. Ben Stokes charges onto the ball from mid off and fires a throw at the striker's end. Carey is halfway when the throw comes. But luckily for him, it is miles past the stumps and the Aussie keeper survives. |
| 1 | 76.3 | 76.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, On a length, around off, Alex tucks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Another short ball, outside off, Carey swings back to pull but misses. The message is clear now, Back to trying and getting as many runs as quickly as possible. |
| 4 | 76.1 | 76.1: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, FOUR! Up and over! Short, outside off, angling away, Alex Carey arches back a touch and guides it over first slip, to the deep third fence. The lead now reads 53. |
| 0 | 75.6 | 75.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The pressure tactics work and England have struck in the third over of Day 3. After the tempter on the previous ball, Stokes holds the length back just a touch but keeps the line just outside off. Once again, Michael Neser is looking to score and tries to force it through the off side, trying tor rise with the bounce, but without moving his feet. This time, the outside edge is generated and the keeper, Jamie Smith, makes no mistake. The fine 54-run stand is broken and Neser's dogged resistance ends on 16. Australia are 383/7, leading by 49. Wicket number 3 for the Big Ben. |
| 0 | 75.5 | 75.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, There comes the first sign of impatience. This is just the third over of the day, but that is the impact of limited-overs cricket. Australia have scored just 5 runs so far and probably believe they need to get a move on. Full, outside off, slightly wide, Michael looks for a full-blooded drive but misses. No feet movement there. |
| 0 | 75.4 | 75.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Tighter, around off, on a length again, Neser defends. |
| 0 | 75.3 | 75.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, On a length, outside off, coming in, Michael Neser shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 75.2 | 75.2: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, 50 FOR CAREY! His 12th in Tests, in 67 innings. That means, a half century in roughly every 5-6 innings. That's awesome. Gets there with a gentle nudge through point for a single. |
| 0 | 75.1 | 75.1: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, On a length, around off, Alex Carey defends it to the off side. |
| 1 | 74.6 | 74.6: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short and wide outside off again, this time Alex punches the cut through point for one. |
| 0 | 74.5 | 74.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short and wide outside off, slapped over point for a boundary. This is what would have happened on Day 2. But as of now, Carey resists himself and lets it go past. |
| 1 | 74.4 | 74.4: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, A bit too straight, on a length, Michael works it through mid-wicket for a run, his first of the day. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Another bouncer, again leg sided. Neser ducks again. |
| 0 | 74.2 | 74.2: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, A short ball now, outside off, coming in with the angle, Michael Neser ducks. |
| 1 | 74.1 | 74.1: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, On a length, down the leg side, Alex Carey gets outside the line and nudges it behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 73.6 | 73.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Slightly fuller, outside off, Michael opens the face of his bat and guides it towards point. |
| 0 | 73.5 | 73.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Back of a length, much straighter, around off, coming in with the angle, Neser hangs back in defense. |
| 0 | 73.4 | 73.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Around off now, pushed towards cover. |
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, On a length, around off, Michael Neser pushes it back down the track towards mid off. There is a massive applause around the ground. Not for the shot, but because the Barmy Army has just finished its song. It is great to see the support for England, especially in Australia. |
| 1 | 73.2 | 73.2: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, 50-RUN STAND UP! The 5th of this innings. And this one ha come up in just 57 balls. Fractionally short, outside off, Carey leans and punches it behind point for a single and the first run of the day. |
| 0 | 73.1 | 73.1: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, A bit too loose to start but Stokes gets away with it. Half volley, around middle and leg, Alex Carey leans and flicks it away, but cannot beat short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 72.6 | 72.6: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Fuller in length, attacking the stumps, Michael Neser presses forward, gets his bat out in front and blocks it out solidly. That will be STUMPS on Day 2! |
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Back to over the wicket, angled in at the hips, on a length, Neser turns it behind square on the leg side but does not take the single. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Archer switches to around the wicket and pushes it across the right-hander, on a hard length. Michael Neser lets it be. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Keeps it on a shortish length, over off, Michael sways away and drops his wrists. |
| 0 | 72.2 | 72.2: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Another bumper but a bit too straight, around leg, Michael Neser ducks under it. |
| 1 | 72.1 | 72.1: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Banged in short, around the right shoulder. Alex Carey walks inside the line to get the pull away. Mistimes it to the right of backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 71.6 | 71.6: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, In the channel, on a back of a length, Alex gets on top of it and taps it to deep point for one. |
| 2 | 71.5 | 71.5: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, Drags the length back, on off, Alex Carey stands tall and with a high elbow, punches it to the left of deep point for another couple of runs. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, On the fuller side, on off, Alex firms the drive to mid off. |
| 2 | 71.3 | 71.3: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, Goes wide on the crease, does Gus, on a length, on off, Carey plays it on the up and angles the bat face to get it wide of point for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, Full and a bit wide on off, Carey throws his hands at it but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 4 | 71.1 | 71.1: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, FOUR! Sumptuous! Atkinson lands it full, on off, Carey leans into the drive and extends his hands. Plays it between cover and mid off for a boundary. Australia's lead is now 38. |
| 0 | 70.6 | 70.6: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Goes short once more, over off, Michael Neser sways away quickly. |
| 0 | 70.5 | 70.5: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Another short ball, over middle. Neser is equal to the task again as he drops his wrists and arches back. |
| 0 | 70.4 | 70.4: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, An absolute snorter by Archer! A well-directed bumper from Jofra, over the right shoulder and it climbs onto the batter. Michael Neser does well to drop his wrists and sway away. |
| 4 | 70.3 | 70.3: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, FOUR! Hammered! Archer looks to bang it in short but this sits up to be hit, outside off. Michael Neser gives himself room and thumps it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 70.2 | 70.2: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, This skids through, on a short of a good length. Neser tries to fend it down but misses and the ball goes off his body to leg gully. |
| 1 | 70.1 | 70.1: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Short and over the left shoulder, Carey backs away and half-heartedly pulls it to the left of deep square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 69.6 | 69.6: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, Sliding in at the hips, on a back of a length, helped down to deep fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 69.5 | 69.5: Gus Atkinson to Michael Neser, Leg bye! Too straight, on the pads, Neser misses out on the tickle. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes behind on the leg side. |
| 1 | 69.4 | 69.4: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, On off, on a good length, Carey drops it beside the strip on the off side and takes a single. |
| 4 | 69.3 | 69.3: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, FOUR! Rubbing salt to the wounds. Fractionally wide, on the shorter side, Carey slaps it through point for four more. |
| 4 | 69.2 | 69.2: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, DROPPED, FOUR! A tough chance though. Full and on off from around the wicket, Alex Carey charges down the track and swings at it. Gets an outside edge that goes right between the keeper and first slip. Joe Root is a bit late to react at first slip and sticks out his right hand belatedly. The ball clips his fingertips and races behind for a boundary. |
| 3 | 69.1 | 69.1: Gus Atkinson to Michael Neser, Nice and full, attacking the stumps, Michael Neser whips it off the front pad through mid-wicket for three more runs. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Short ball, outside off, Carey lets it be. |
| 1 | 68.5 | 68.5: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, In line of the off pole, on a length, Neser covers the line but plays inside the line. Gets an outside edge that goes through the vacant slip cordon and down to deep third for a single. |
| 1 | 68.4 | 68.4: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Short and following the batter, Carey shovels it behind square on the leg side for one. |
| 1 | 68.3 | 68.3: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, PUT DOWN! Fourth catch that has gone down in this innings, and this time, it's Brydon Carse. Archer hurls it on a hard length, over middle. Neser backs away and tries to force it through the off side with a horizontal bat. Hits it to cover, where it goes at chest height to Carse, who takes a step to his right but cannot get hold of it. |
| 0 | 68.2 | 68.2: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, On a hard length, on middle and leg. Neser hops and drops it down in front of the man at short leg. |
| 0 | 68.1 | 68.1: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, A sharp and quick bumper, at the bodyline of the batter, Michael Neser hurriedly ducks under it. |
| 1 | 67.6 | 67.6: Gus Atkinson to Michael Neser, Angled into the pads, Neser works this full ball to the left of deep fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 67.5 | 67.5: Gus Atkinson to Michael Neser, Full and outside off, Neser lets it be. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Gus Atkinson to Michael Neser, Hurls it on a length, on off, Neser pushes at it and gets it off the outer half to point. |
| 0 | 67.3 | 67.3: Gus Atkinson to Michael Neser, Around the off pole, Neser keeps it out from the crease. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Gus Atkinson to Michael Neser, In the channel, on a good length. Michael leaves it all alone. |
| 3 | 67.1 | 67.1: Gus Atkinson to Alex Carey, Pitched up, on middle, Carey eases the drive to the right of mid on. A laboured chase from Brydon Carse and that allows the batters to hustle back for the third run. |
| 3 | 66.6 | 66.6: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Yorker attempted by Archer, at the stumps. Alex Carey premeditates thinking it will be a short ball and backs away. Manages to get his bat down and takes it on the full. Drills it to the left of deep point for three runs. |
| 0 | 66.5 | 66.5: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Into the surface, over middle and leg, Alex Carey backs away and drags it to mid on. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Dug in short, over middle. Carey ducks under it. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Fuller but going down leg, Alex walks inside the line and has a big swipe across the line but misses. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, Switches to around the wicket now and bowls it on a hard length, on off, Alex Carey flat bats it to mid on. |
| 3 | 66.1 | 66.1: Jofra Archer to Michael Neser, Begins with a full ball, on middle, Michael Neser presents the full face of the bat and knocks it back past the bowler. A tired Ben Stokes gives it a chase from mid on and hauls it in. Three runs taken. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.6: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, From around the wicket, full but down leg, Carey misses out on the tickle. |
| 1 | 65.5 | 65.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Banged in on a hard length, around leg. Michael Neser stands tall to keep it out with a straight bat. Ekes out an inside edge down to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, This is on a hard length, on off, Michael blocks it out off the back foot. |
| 0 | 65.3 | 65.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Jagging back in, on a length, around off, Neser walks across his stumps and leans on for the block, but the ball cuts back to go past the inside edge. Michael wears it high on the back pad. |
| 0 | 65.2 | 65.2: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, On a good length, on middle, Neser stabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, In the channel on off, on a length. Neser shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 64.6 | 64.6: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length around off, Michael Neser looks to block it but gets an outside edge that takes the ball to the third man region and the batters take one. Australia are into the lead now. |
| 0 | 64.5 | 64.5: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Short one, on middle and off, Michael Neser ducks down. |
| 1 | 64.4 | 64.4: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, SCORES ARE LEVEL! Back of a length around off, Alex Carey edges this through the right of gully for a single. |
| 4 | 64.3 | 64.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, FOUR! On a length, following the batter, Alex Carey creates enough room to slap this past the bowler and for a boundary down to the long off region. Australia now trail by 1 run. |
| 0 | 64.2 | 64.2: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Good length around middle and off, Alex Carey leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 64.1 | 64.1: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short and wide of off, Alex Carey puts his guard down on this. |
| 0 | 63.6 | 63.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, A massive appeal from the English side for LBW but the umpire shrugs it off and Ben Stokes has sent this upstairs. Good length angling into the batter, Michael Neser presses in front and edges this onto his pads. A loud appeal from the English skipper as he fails to see the edge. This is sent upstairs for LBW. The umpire looks at the UltraEdge and confirms that there is a definite edge and Michael Neser survives. England lose a review. |
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, OUT! BOWLED'EM! What an absolute ripper from Ben Stokes to get rid of Josh Inglis. Good length, around off, nipping back sharply into the batter. Josh Inglis gets beaten to the nip backer, which was sharp enough. The ball goes past the inside edge and disturbs the timber. Josh Inglis has to walk back on 23 (25). Australia are now 6 down with a deficit of 5 runs. |
| 0 | 63.4 | 63.4: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, Back of a length around middle and leg, Josh Inglis works this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, Good length on middle and off, Josh Inglis rolls this to mid on. |
| 2 | 63.2 | 63.2: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, DODGY DUCKETT! Ben Duckett has dropped another catch. Short and just wide of off, Josh Inglis rocks onto his back foot and guides this towards the right of Ben Duckett at gully. Duckett goes a bit late towards the ball and goes at it with one hand. The ball strikes his fingers and goes beyond him for two. |
| 0 | 63.1 | 63.1: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, Back of a length on middle and off, Josh Inglis blocks. |
| 0 | 62.7 | 62.6: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Good length going down the leg, Alex Carey doesn't offer any stroke at it. The ball deflects off his thigh pad towards fine leg but the runs wouldn't count as there wasn't any stroke offered at it. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Good length on middle and leg, Alex Carey jams this out. |
| 0 | 62.5 | 62.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, WIDE! Bumper, a bit too high for the batter. Wided. |
| 0 | 62.4 | 62.4: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Full and wide down the leg, Alex Carey leaves it. |
| 0 | 62.3 | 62.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Carse comes round the stumps, bowls a short one into the batter. Alex Carey tucks this around mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 62.2 | 62.2: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Back of a length around off, Josh Inglis rides the bounce and dabs this to point for one. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Short pitched, on leg. Josh Inglis ducks down. |
| 1 | 61.6 | 61.6: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, Short-pitched, on middle and leg, Josh pulls this to deep square leg for one. |
| 4 | 61.5 | 61.5: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Top-notch by Josh Inglis. Pitched up around middle and off, Josh Inglis strides to the pitch of the delivery and drives this through the cover region for back-to-back boundaries. |
| 4 | 61.4 | 61.4: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Josh Inglis stands still on his back foot and cuts. Gets it to travel through the gap between the fielders at gully and second slip for a boundary. |
| 0 | 61.3 | 61.3: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, Good length around off, Josh Inglis leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 61.2 | 61.2: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Back of a length around off, Alex Carey plays for pace on but this was bowled a bit slower by Ben. The batter edges this off the outside through point for one. |
| 0 | 61.1 | 61.1: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, On a length around middle and off, Alex Carey defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 60.7 | 60.6: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Good length around middle and off, Josh Inglis gets behind the line and blocks. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.5: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Good length wide of off, Josh Inglis shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.4: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Good length around off, Josh Inglis steps across and tucks this to square leg. |
| 2 | 60.4 | 60.3: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Full and wide of off, Josh Inglis gets closer to the pitch of it and drives this through cover for two. Australia now trail by 19 runs. |
| 0 | 60.3 | 60.2: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Short one, around off, Josh Inglis sits under. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, WIDE! Bumper, way too high on the batter. Josh Inglis ducks down. Wided. |
| 3 | 60.1 | 60.1: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short pitched, around middle and leg, Alex Carey backs away from the stumps and pulls this over mid-wicket for three runs. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.6: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, Full and wide of off, Josh Inglis goes for the expansive drive off the front foot but gets beaten. |
| 4 | 59.5 | 59.5: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Anything short and Josh is throwing his bat at it. Short and wide of off, Josh Inglis accepts the width on offer and slashes hard at it. Gets it raced through the gap to backward point's left for four runs. |
| 0 | 59.4 | 59.4: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, On a length, angling into the batter. Josh Inglis jams this out. |
| 0 | 59.3 | 59.3: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, On a length in the line of the stumps. Josh Inglis gets right on top of it and blocks. |
| 0 | 59.2 | 59.2: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, Good length on off, Josh Inglis defends this. |
| 4 | 59.1 | 59.1: Ben Stokes to Josh Inglis, FOUR! The game is being played at a rapid pace here. A couple of wickets just a while back and now a boundary barrage again. Full and wide of off, Josh Inglis strides towards the pitch of it and throws his bat at it. Gets it edged off the outside of the bat through the gully region for four. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Good length on middle and leg, Alex Carey dead bats it. |
| 0 | 58.5 | 58.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, A sharp bumper, on middle and leg, Alex Carey sways away. |
| 1 | 58.4 | 58.4: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Carse cramps Josh for any sort of room as he hits the deck hard and bowls it around the thigh pads of Josh. The batter flicks this through square leg for one. |
| 1 | 58.3 | 58.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Good length on the pads, Alex Carey nudges this through square leg and takes a single to bring up 300 for the Aussies. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Full and on middle and off, Alex Carey flicks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Bumper, around off, Alex Carey goes away from the line of it and leaves it. |
| 3 | 57.6 | 57.6: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Back of a length around middle and off, Alex Carey stands his ground, rides the bounce and punches this through the point region for three runs. |
| 4 | 57.5 | 57.5: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, FOUR! Carey gives a charge down the track and finds the fence. Short and wide of off, Alex Carey puts on the dancing shoes and slashes hard at it. Gets it edged over the slips cordon for four runs. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Good length just wide of off, Alex Carey looks to play it away on the off side but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 57.3 | 57.3: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Good length on middle and off, Alex Carey blocks another one. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, Back of a length around off, Alex Carey gets right behind the line of it and defends this one. |
| 0 | 57.1 | 57.1: Ben Stokes to Alex Carey, On a length around middle and off, Alex Carey drives this to mid off. |
| 0 | 56.7 | 56.6: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Good length around off, Josh Inglis defends this well off his front foot. |
| 0 | 56.6 | 56.5: Brydon Carse to Josh Inglis, Bumper again, around middle and leg, Josh Inglis sits down on this. |
| 0 | 56.5 | 56.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! What a stunner from Will Jacks, running to his right and putting in a dive to send the Aussie skipper back in the dressing room. Carse continues to bowl his heart out as he bends his back yet again, angling into the batter. Steve Smith does well to get inside and pulls this, looking to run this down to the long leg region, but the ball goes uppishly off a top edge. Will Jacks at a deepish backward square leg, glides to his right, puts in a dive and takes a one-handed stunner to send Smith back on 61. Australia are now 292/5, trailing by 42 runs. |
| 1 | 56.4 | 56.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Good length around off, Alex Carey rocks back and punches this away in the gap to open his account. |
| 0 | 56.3 | 56.2: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, DROPPED! Oh, Ben Duckett, what have you done? It could have been two-in-two for Brydon Carse. Short one, around off, Alex Carey looks to sway away from it but doesn't drop his wrists in time. Gets it away off the gloves and it lobs towards Ben Duckett at gully. Ben is late in charging forward and dives forward to scoop it but the ball pops out of his grasp. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, OUT! TIMBER! Carse removes Green from the middle and what a bluff this was from Brydon Carse. With the field set for a short one, into the body, Green thinks of outfoxing the bowler by backing away, exposing his stumps to Carse. The bowler instead changes the length and bowls it very full, around middle and off. Cameron Green tries to reach it and get something behind it but fails in doing so and the ball shatters the stumps. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, WIDE! Bumper, down the leg. Green shimmies away from the stumps to smack this over cover as he did in the last over of Brydon Carse but this one goes a bit too high. Wided. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Back of a length around off, Steve Smith punches this towards mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 55.5 | 55.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith gets right behind the line of it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 55.4 | 55.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Back of a length around middle and off, Steve Smith hops back and pushes this through cover. |
| 0 | 55.3 | 55.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith pushes this towards the cover region. |
| 1 | 55.2 | 55.2: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, On a length around middle and off, Cameron Green goes for the drive again but gets it sliced to point this time and takes a single. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Low full toss, around off, Cameron Green drives this to cover for no run. |
| 0 | 54.6 | 54.6: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Good length and around off, Steve Smith stays back and pats it towards cover. |
| 1 | 54.5 | 54.5: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Short of a length and on middle, Cameron Green tucks it away towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 54.4 | 54.4: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, On a length and on middle, Cameron Green tucks it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Overpitched and on middle, Cameron Green shows the full face of the bat and drives it firmly but fails to beat Brydon Carse at mid on, who dives to his left to stop it. He dishes out a throw at the keeper's end, where Jamie Smith lets it through his legs, but Ben Duckett backs it up well. |
| 1 | 54.2 | 54.2: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Back of a length and on off, Steve Smith steers it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Fuller in length and just around off, Steve Smith does not get tempted this time and leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 53.7 | 53.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Banged into the pitch and around middle, Steve Smith shuffles across and helps it on its way towards fine leg for one more. 17 runs off the over. Australia trail by just 47 runs now. |
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, WIDE! Tries the bouncer, on middle but it is too high for the batter, Steve Smith ducks under it. Wided. |
| 1 | 53.5 | 53.5: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Short again and outside off, Cameron Green backs away and cuts it towards deep point for a run. |
| 1 | 53.4 | 53.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Hard length and around leg, Steve Smith hooks it away towards fine leg for a single. |
| 6 | 53.3 | 53.3: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, SIX! Just over! Brydon Carse bangs in a good bouncer, on off. Steve Smith steps across and tries to pull it away but gets a bit hurried. It takes the top edge and flies over the keeper's head. Ollie Pope is stationed at a straightish third man and thinks he is in the game. However, the ball just sails over his head for a biggie. Smith had his heart in his mouth for a moment, but gives a thumbs up in the end. |
| 3 | 53.2 | 53.2: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Back of a length and on middle and off, Cameron Green makes room again and slaps it over extra cover. The ball holds up in the outfield but the batter gets three runs. |
| 4 | 53.1 | 53.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, FOUR! Cameron Green does not mess around and shows intent right away. Short of a length and around off. Green backs away to access the off side and bludgeons it well over mid off for a boundary. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Bangs this into the pitch, on off, Steve Smith pulls it away but fails to beat mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 52.5 | 52.5: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Almost chopped on! Short of a length and on off, nips back in a bit. Steve Smith looks to punch it away but gets an inside edge just past the stumps towards backward square leg. Two taken. Gus Atkinson is getting closer and closer. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Back of a length and on the sixth stump line, Steve Smith lets it go and does a 360 around his crease. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, BEATEN! A scrambled seam delivery, on a good length and on off, holds its line. Steve Smith goes for the big drive on the up but the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 52.2 | 52.2: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, On a length and on middle, Cameron Green flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Starts with a bumper at 139.1 clicks, on middle, Cameron Green ducks under it. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Touch fuller and on off, Steve Smith stays deep inside his crease and gets his bat away from his body to block it out. |
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Another bouncer, on middle, angling in, Steve Smith ducks underneath it. |
| 0 | 51.4 | 51.4: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Back of a length and around off, Steve Smith looks to cut it away but ends up chopping it down to the off side. |
| 1 | 51.3 | 51.3: Jofra Archer to Cameron Green, Short of a length and on off, Cameron Green rides the bounce and steers it through point for a run. |
| 0 | 51.2 | 51.2: Jofra Archer to Cameron Green, Jofra Archer bangs in a sharp bouncer at 144.8 clicks, on middle and off, Cameron Green ducks under it. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Jofra Archer to Cameron Green, Good length and on middle, Cameron Green works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 50.6 | 50.6: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, On a length and on middle, Cameron Green clips it towards mid-wicket for one more. |
| 1 | 50.5 | 50.5: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, FIFTY FOR SMITH! A captain's knock, and he brings up his 44th half-century in Test cricket. Back of a length and on off, Steve Smith dabs it towards point for one. |
| 4 | 50.4 | 50.4: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, FOUR! Good effort, but in vain! Full again and on middle, angling in, Steve Smith gets under it and drills it away past mid on. Brydon Carse chases after it and dives to push it back inside. Looks like he has done well, but the replay shows that the ball clipped his trailing leg when he was in contact with the boundary cushions. Another boundary. |
| 0 | 50.3 | 50.3: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Pitched up and on middle, angling in sharply. Steve Smith misses his flick as the ball deflects off his pads and goes towards gully. Green wants the run but is sent back. |
| 4 | 50.2 | 50.2: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, FOUR! Excellent shot! Short of a length and outside off. Steve Smith gets the chance to free his arms and crunches it through the vacant backward point region for four more runs. Australia trail by 74 runs now. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Fuller in length and on off, Steve Smith drives it away to mid off. |
| 4 | 49.6 | 49.6: Jofra Archer to Cameron Green, FOUR! More runs! This is on a length again and just around off. Cameron Green opens the face of his bat and guides it through the same gap between gully and backward point for another boundary. Jofra Archer has been leaking runs from this end. |
| 1 | 49.5 | 49.5: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Hard length and around leg, Steve Smith flicks it through square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Good length and on middle and leg, Steve Smith tucks it to the leg side. |
| 4 | 49.3 | 49.3: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, FOUR! Deft touch! Back of a length and around off, Steve Smith lets it come to him. He opens the face of his bat and uses the pace to steer it between gully and backward point for a boundary. 250 up for Australia. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Much fuller and on middle, Steve Smith stays back in his crease and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Nice bowling! Short of a length and on off, takes off a bit after hitting the deck. Steve Smith gets a bit squared up but adjusts well to ride the bounce. However, he too cops a blow on his right thumb as the ball rolls towards backward point. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.6: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Bangs in a bouncer now, on middle, Cameron Green ducks under it. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Well managed! Good length and on off, keeps a bit low now. Cameron Green gets his bat down in time to keep it out towards point. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.4: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Oh..close! Gus Atkinson pitches it up, on middle and off, shaping it in sharply. Cameron Green looks to drive it away but just manages to get an inside edge onto the pads. That saves him there or else it would have been plumb. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, On a length and on middle, Cameron Green blocks it out. |
| 1 | 48.2 | 48.2: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Goes fuller and on middle, angling it in sharply, Steve Smith opens up his stance and tries to flick it away but gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball goes towards point and the batters cross. |
| 1 | 48.1 | 48.1: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Nasty! Back of a length and on off, jags back in sharply with some extra bounce. Cameron Green tries to play it from the crease but gets hit on the right thumb as the ball rolls towards gully. A single taken. That will sting a bit for Green. Also, the 50-RUN STAND comes up between these two batters. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Touch fuller and in that channel outside off, shapes in a touch, Steve Smith leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Jofra Archer bowls a yorker now, on off, Steve Smith opens the face of his bat and squeezes it out but straight to point. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Keeps the length on the shorter side and around off, Steve Smith dabs it down towards point. |
| 1 | 47.3 | 47.3: Jofra Archer to Cameron Green, Back of a length, angling into the body of the batter, Cameron Green rides the bounce well and tucks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Good length and on middle, jags back in a bit, Steve Smith fails to flick it away as the ball goes off his thigh pad to the leg side. A leg bye taken. |
| 0 | 47.1 | 47.1: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Short of a length but way down the leg side, Steve Smith lets it go to the keeper. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Touch fuller and on the fifth stump line, holds its line. Cameron Green prods forward to defend but gets an outside edge along the ground towards gully. Maiden over! |
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Short of a length but angling down the leg side, Cameron Green misses his flick. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, A bouncer now, just outside off, Cameron Green sways away from it. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Hits the length hard and on off, Cameron Green stays back and keeps it out on the pitch. The ball bounces up and Green kicks it to stop it from going anywhere near the stumps. |
| 0 | 46.2 | 46.2: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Back of a length and on middle, skids through a bit. Cameron Green moves back to pull but gets hurried and miscues it off the bottom of the bat to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 46.1 | 46.1: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Fuller and on middle, angling in, Cameron Green blocks it out solidly. |
| 0 | 45.6 | 45.6: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Jofra Archer responds with a quick bouncer, on middle and leg, Steve Smith ducks under it. 10 runs off the over. |
| 6 | 45.5 | 45.5: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, SIX! Oh..wow! What a shot. This is more like the Steve Smith we know. Jofra Archer bangs this into the pitch, on middle, but not enough to trouble the batter. Smith bends his back to sway away and nails the upper cut over the keeper's head for a biggie. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Touch fuller but going down the leg side, Steve Smith fails to glance it away. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Hard length and on middle, angling in a bit, Steve Smith keeps it out on the pitch. |
| 4 | 45.2 | 45.2: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, EDGED AND FOUR! Very unlike Steve Smith! Jofra Archer lands this back of a length and around off, gets some kick off the surface. Smith stays back and tries to pull it away but gets a top edge that flies over the slip cordon for a boundary. Australia trail by under a 100 runs now. |
| 0 | 45.1 | 45.1: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Short of a length but way down the leg side, Steve Smith makes a comfortable leave. A real loosener from Jofra Archer. |
| 4 | 44.6 | 44.6: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, FOUR! Put away! Gus Atkinson bangs this into the pitch, on middle. Cameron Green picks up the length early, swivels and pulls it over square leg as the ball trickles to the fence for a boundary. Australia trail by 101 runs now. |
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Much fuller, on middle, shaping it in, Cameron Green steps across and knocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Length again and on off, Cameron Green stays back and pats it down to short cover. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Gus Atkinson to Cameron Green, Good length and around middle, Cameron Green gets behind the line of it and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 44.2 | 44.2: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Full again and on middle, Steve Smith drills it firmly wide of mid on. Brydon Carse moves to his left and dives to make a half-stop. A single taken. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Gus Atkinson starts with a full delivery, on middle, angling it in. Steve Smith drives it off the toe-end of the bat towards mid on. |
| 4 | 43.6 | 43.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, FOUR! A loose delivery and it gets the treatment. Stokes goes searching for the yorker but ends up dishing out a low full toss, on off. Green opens the bat face and slices it to the left of backward point for a boundary. Time for a Dinner break on Day 2 with Australia trailing by 106 runs. |
| 3 | 43.5 | 43.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Stokes serves it full, on off, Smith gets his hands through the ball and firms the drive through covers. The ball does not have enough legs to reach the fence and Steve picks up three runs. |
| 0 | 43.4 | 43.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Lands it on a short of a length, on top of off, Smith hangs back and drops his bat down on the ball. |
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, A bit of nip back, on the fuller side, in the channel, Smith leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 43.2 | 43.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, This is on a hard length, on off, Smith stands tall and taps it to cover. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Attacking the stumps, on a length, Steve gets behind it to defend. |
| 1 | 42.6 | 42.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On the pads, on a length, Smith walks across and clips it through square leg for a single. |
| 2 | 42.5 | 42.5: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, A bit too full, on off, Smith angles the bat face and drives it to the right of backward point for a brace. |
| 3 | 42.4 | 42.4: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Full and on off, Green presses forward and drives it all along the ground through the 8-metre gap between the two catching cover fielders. Ben Stokes gives it a chase from mid off and saves a run for his side. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Pushes the length up, seaming back in, around the sixth stump, Cameron Green shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, On a hard length, over off. Green rises with the bounce and dabs it back on the deck. |
| 0 | 42.1 | 42.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Carse goes short and gets it high enough, around the left shoulder. Green shapes up for the pull initially but then bails out. |
| 1 | 41.6 | 41.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Banged in short, over middle, pulled down to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 41.5 | 41.5: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Stokes goes wide on the crease and this is fuller, on the off pole. Cameron Green watchfully defends. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Around off, on a short of a length, tapped to backward point. |
| 4 | 41.3 | 41.3: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, FOUR! Off the edge! This is angled in, on a good length, on off. Cameron Green looks to block it out with a straight bat but the ball straightens to catch the outside edge. The ball goes down off the bat and through the gap between second slip and gully for a boundary. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Slightly fuller in the corridor, Cameron Green makes the leave. |
| 1 | 41.1 | 41.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Not all that short, on middle, Smith swivels and pulls it down to deep fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Bowled from a bit wide of the crease, on top of off. Green covers the line and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 40.5 | 40.5: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, In the channel, on a good length, left alone by CG. |
| 0 | 40.4 | 40.4: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Goes very full, outside off, Green firms the drive but can't beat one of the two catching cover fielders in Ben Duckett. Duckett moves to his right and sticks out his right hand to make the stop. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, On a back of a length, on off, Cameron keeps it out off the back foot. |
| 0 | 40.2 | 40.2: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Drifts in at the hips, on a back of a length, Green plays it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 40.1 | 40.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, A flash and a miss! This is on a short of a length, outside off, Green looks to hit this one on the rise but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, In the channel, on a good length, left alone by Steve. The ball dies down on its way to the keeper and Jamie Smith collects it on the bounce. |
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, On top of off, Smith walks across and turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Into the surface, over off, Smith stands tall and drops it beside the strip on the off side. |
| 1 | 39.3 | 39.3: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Pulls the length back, outside off, Green chops it down wide of point for a single. |
| 4 | 39.2 | 39.2: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, FOUR! Fine shot! Stokes lands it full, on off, Green transfers the weight on the front foot and leans on. Drives it all along the ground past the catching cover fielder to his left for a four. |
| 0 | 39.1 | 39.1: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, On a good length, on off, Cameron blocks it out close to his body. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Carse bangs it in short, on off, Smith swivels for the pull but ends up with an inside edge onto the pads. Carse falls over on his follow-through but gets back up quickly. |
| 1 | 38.5 | 38.5: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Full and attacking the stumps, Green pushes it in front of mid off for a quick single. |
| 3 | 38.4 | 38.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Fractionally short, on off, Smith leans back and angles the bat face to get the placement right. Punches it with a high elbow to the right of backward point. Will Jacks goes after it and hauls it in. Smith collects three runs. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.3: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Banged in short, over off, Steve Smith ducks under it. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Ouch, that has hurt! Slanting in and then straightening off the deck with a bit of lift off the surface. Steve Smith looks to get behind the line of the ball and brings his bat out in front. Gets squared up due to the seam movement and the Aussie skipper cops a blow on the right elbow. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Delivers it on a back of a length, on off, Smith defends it off the back foot. |
| 4 | 37.6 | 37.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, FOUR! Easy pickings! A loose ball from Stokes, drifting down leg, on a back of a length. Green just helps it off the hips down to deep fine leg for a boundary. 200 comes up for Australia and the deficit is now 134. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Pitched up, on off, Cameron Green leans ahead and drives it between cover and mid off. Jofra Archer moves to his left at mid off and tumbles away to prevent the ball from going past him. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Lands it on a good length, angled in around the off stump. Green shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 37.3 | 37.3: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Gets the yorker in, outside off, Green digs it out beside the strip on the off side. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Honing in on the off pole, on a length, Green blocks it out watchfully. |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Ben Stokes breaks through for England, like he always does. In the corridor on off, on a back of a length. Labuschagne waits back and looks to cut it behind square but the ball is a bit too close to his body. Gets an outside edge that just about carries behind. The keeper, Jamie Smith gets low in front and snaffles it. Marnus falls for 65 (78). Australia are now 196/3, trailing by 138 runs. |
| 0 | 36.6 | 36.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On the fuller side, outside off, Smith drives well but picks out Pope at cover. |
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.5: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On a hard length, on off, Steve hangs back for the block. |
| 3 | 36.4 | 36.4: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Too short and there is width for Marnus to work with. Labuschagne arches back and cuts it between cover and point. Ollie Pope gives it a chase and cuts it off. Three runs taken and the 50-run stand comes up between this pair. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller in the channel, Labuschagne lets it be. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Nipping back in, around the off pole, Marnus shoulders arms. |
| 4 | 36.1 | 36.1: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Not in complete control but Labuschagne will take it! Carse digs it in short, around the helmet of the batter. Marnus swivels for the hook but gets more of a top edge that sails down to the deep fine leg fence for a four. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Tailing back in, attacking the front pad, on a length. Smith pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Drags the length back, on off, Smith shuffles and taps it back on the deck. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Hurls it full, around off, Steve walks across and defends it out. |
| 1 | 35.3 | 35.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, At 136.6 kph, on a nagging length, on middle and leg. Marnus tucks it down to deep fine leg for one. |
| 2 | 35.2 | 35.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller now, on off, this is caressed wide of cover for a brace by Marnus. |
| 4 | 35.1 | 35.1: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Stokes is welcomed with a boundary! A hit-me ball, over middle, at waist height. Labuschagne swivels and rolls his wrists over the ball to pull it. Gets it wide enough of the sliding deep fine leg fielder to his left for a boundary. |
| 2 | 34.6 | 34.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On a back of a length, outside off, Smith hops closer to the line of the ball and punches it through covers for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 34.5 | 34.5: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Banged in short but the line is down leg, around the hips, Labuschagne swivels and helps the pull down to deep fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, On a good length, outside off, left alone by Marnus. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Around the off pole, on a length, stabbed down. |
| 4 | 34.2 | 34.2: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! A streaky boundary but that takes Marnus Labuschagne to his FIFTY. Labuschagne has carried on from where he left off in Perth and will be eyeing a big score in front of his home crowd. Fractionally short, on off. Labuschagne swivels for the pull but the ball jumps on him. Catches the top edge and flies over the keeper for a boundary. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Not close enough to make the batter play, on a good length. Labuschagne offers no shot. |
| 1 | 33.6 | 33.6: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and wide outside off, Marnus Labuschagne drives this towards the right of backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne blocks this out. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne shoulders his arms at it. |
| 4 | 33.3 | 33.3: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Marnus Labuschagne is growing in confidence with each stroke. Back of a length, down the leg, Marnus Labuschagne gets inside the line of it and just dabs this through the fine leg region for four runs. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne dabs this to second slip. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Marnus Labuschagne gets squared up and is beaten on the outside. Marnus is hit high on his thigh pads. |
| 4 | 32.7 | 32.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, FOUR! That's classic from Steve Smith. Pitched up on the pads, Steve Smith gets inside the line of it and flicks this through the gap between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary. Smith moves to 12 off 21. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.5: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good length wide of off, Steve Smith leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On a length around off, Steve Smith blocks this off his back foot. |
| 2 | 32.4 | 32.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, NO BALL! Good length on the pads, Steve Smith flicks this through square leg and he takes two. Brydon Carse has overstepped and the umpire calls it a no ball. |
| 0 | 32.3 | 32.3: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Back of a length on middle and off, Steve Smith blocks this. |
| 0 | 32.2 | 32.2: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good length wide of off, Steve Smith pushes this to mid on for no run this time. |
| 2 | 32.1 | 32.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Full and on middle and leg, Steve Smith pushes this down the ground to mid on. A slight misfield by Gus Atkinson and the batters take two as the ball gets parried wide of mid off. |
| 6 | 31.6 | 31.6: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, SIX! Marnus Labuschagne was looking for some runs and he got six of those with this top-edge. Short and around middle and leg, Marnus Labuschagne looks to slap this to fine leg but gets a top-edge that goes over the fence towards the fine leg region for a biggie. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Jofra hits hard length, on off, Marnus Labuschagne defends this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne steps deep inside the crease and shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Jofra hits the deck hard, on off, Marnus Labuschagne blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length down the leg, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, On a length around middle and leg, Steve Smith pushes this to mid on for completion of a maiden from Gus Atkinson. |
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, On a length around middle and leg, Steve Smith pushes this to mid on for another dot. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, On a length around middle and leg, Steve Smith steps across and blocks. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, On a length around off, Steve Smith pushes this to cover for no run. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Full and wide outside off. Steve Smith jams it out. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and on off, Marnus Labuschagne guides this to gully. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and around leg, doesn't bounce as much as Marnus expected it to. ML sits down on this. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Another one left alone wide of off. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it. |
| 1 | 29.2 | 29.2: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Short pitched, around leg. Steve Smith pulls this to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Good length, down the leg. Steve Smith comes inside the line of it and leaves. |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, That's a good leave from Marnus Labuschagne. Good length, around off, nipping back in on the batter. Marnus Labuschagne shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.5: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne drives this a bit uppish but short of point for no run. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on off, Marnus Labuschagne gets right behind the line of it and blocks. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on off, Marnus Labuschagne leans low and blocks. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around off, another steep bounce on the batter. Marnus Labuschagne gets up on his toes and dabs this to gully. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, WOAH! Some demons are waking up off the deck. Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne goes for the drive on the front foot but the ball shoots off the deck and beats Marnus. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, On a length wide of off, Steve Smith leaves it. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Good length around the pads, Steve Smith milks this to backward square leg. |
| 3 | 27.4 | 27.4: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne drives this through the cover region for three runs. |
| 1 | 27.3 | 27.3: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Steep bounce on this occasion for Archer. Short pitched around leg, Steve Smith rides the bounce and looks to flick this but gets it gloved towards fine leg for a single. |
| 2 | 27.2 | 27.2: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Jofra drags his length back, on middle and leg, Steve Smith flicks this through the square leg region and takes two. |
| 1 | 27.1 | 27.1: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around the pads, Marnus Labuschagne nudges this through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Good length, around off, Steve Smith flicks this to square leg. |
| 1 | 26.5 | 26.5: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on middle and off, Marnus Labuschagne edges this off the inside to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, angling back into the batter. Marnus Labuschagne blocks this out. |
| 0 | 26.3 | 26.3: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on middle and off, Marnus Labuschagne works this towards the leg side but fails to beat mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on middle and leg, Marnus Labuschagne gets up on his toes and blocks. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Raw pace from Jofra Archer. Bumper, on middle and off, at 146 kmph. Steve Smith leaves it. |
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, OUT! LBW! A sensational knock of 72 from Jake Weatherald comes to an end as Jofra Archer traps him in front of the stumps. Toe-crusher, on middle and leg, Jake Weatherald goes for the flick but misses out completely on any sort of connection with the ball. The ball hits Jake on the right boot, right in front of the stumps and an appeal was all the umpire needed to raise his finger. Jake Weatherald was walking off straightaway but Marnus Labuschagne stopped him and discussed sending this upstairs, but Weatherald decided against it. Australia are 146/2, trailing by 188 runs. |
| 4 | 25.4 | 25.4: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! England are not learning their lessons as Jake Weatherald continues to pepper the offside. Short and wide of off, Jake Weatherald stays put on the back foot and just rolls his wrists over the ball to cut it all along the ground. Gets it to race past the diving gully fielder for four more. Jake Weatherald moves to 72. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Good length around off, Jake Weatherald thumps this to cover. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Good length, into the batter. Cramping Jake for any sort of room to play with. Jake Weatherald blocks it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 25.1 | 25.1: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, angling down the leg. Marnus Labuschagne hops back inside the crease and tucks this to fine leg for one. Marnus was looking for two initially but a good bit of effort in the deep keeps it down to one. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Full and wide of off, Jake Weatherald gives it a good look and leaves. |
| 4 | 24.5 | 24.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Gets a slight bit of width to play with and he threads the gap behind square on off with precision for four. Short and a shade wide of off, Jake Weatherald cuts this late and gets it to race between gully and point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 24.4 | 24.4: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length around off, Jake Weatherald shows no intention of poking at it. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length around middle and leg, Jake Weatherald rocks onto the back foot and goes for the pull but mistimes it. Jake gets late on the pull and gets it off the inside of his bat towards Jofra Archer at mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 24.2 | 24.2: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Good length on off, Jake Weatherald presses in front and punches this to cover. |
| 0 | 24.1 | 24.1: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Gus hits the hard length, wide of off, Jake Weatherald lets it sail back into the gloves of Jamie Smith behind the stumps. |
| 1 | 23.6 | 23.6: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Pitched up, going down leg. Jake Weatherald gets inside the line and glances this towards fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Short and wide of off, Jake Weatherald looks to play his favored cut shot but gets beaten as the ball keeps rising on him. |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Good length on top of off, Jake Weatherald defends it out. |
| 2 | 23.3 | 23.3: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Short pitched, wide of off, Jake Weatherald pulls this in front of square towards mid-wicket and takes two. |
| 1 | 23.2 | 23.2: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and on off, Marnus Labuschagne pulls this through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, That almost got the better of Marnus. On a length, pitching on off and then straightening onto the batter. Marnus Labuschagne plays for the one angling in and just manages to edge this grounded to gully. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length wide of off, Jake Weatherald leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Good length on off, Jake Weatherald drives this to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Almost induces an edge, does Gus. Pitched up, wide of off, Jake Weatherald goes for the expansive drive but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Full and wide of off, Jake Weatherald strides towards the pitch of the delivery and shoulders his arms at it. |
| 1 | 22.2 | 22.2: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length wide of off. Marnus Labuschagne goes for the drive but gets an inside edge that rolls towards the square leg region for a strike rotation. |
| 1 | 22.1 | 22.1: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Gus comes from around the wicket and bowls a fuller one, in the sticks. Jake Weatherald milks this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.6: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne gives it a good look and decides against poking at it. |
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length, around off, Marnus Labuschagne gets right behind the line of the delivery and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 21.4 | 21.4: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 21.3 | 21.3: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, On a length around the pads, Jake Weatherald tickles this to fine leg for a single. First runs of the session. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, On a length around off, Jake Weatherald pokes at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length around off from Jofra Archer. Jake Weatherald gets up on his toes and defends it out. |
| 2 | 20.6 | 20.6: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length on the pads, Marnus Labuschagne hops back inside the crease and milks this through backward square leg for a couple to close the session. |
| 1 | 20.5 | 20.5: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length on off, Jake Weatherald hops up on his toes and nudges this through square leg for one more. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, LEG BYE! Back of a length on the pads, Marnus Labuschagne looks to nudge this around square leg but misses out. The ball deflects off his pads and rolls through square leg for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around middle and leg, slanting into the batter. Marnus Labuschagne tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 20.1 | 20.1: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length on middle and off, Jake Weatherald flicks this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Pushed through on off, Marnus Labuschagne flicks this to mid on. |
| 4 | 19.5 | 19.5: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Now that's a sign of confidence from Marnus Labuschagne. Tossed up, around off, Marnus Labuschagne jumps down the track and smashes this along the ground back past the bowler. Jacks sticks out his right hand low to his right. The ball clips his fingertips and goes behind, beating the diving mid on fielder to his left for a boundary. |
| 1 | 19.4 | 19.4: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, Short and wide of off, Jake Weatherald cuts this to deep point for a single. |
| 4 | 19.3 | 19.3: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Just a fine tickle and the ball races to the fence once again. Fuller around the pads, Jake Weatherald leans low and flicks this fine to the left of the fielder at fine leg for four more. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, Tossed up on off, Jake Weatherald blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, FOUR BYES! Runs are leaking at the Gabba and Australia are enjoying this start. Tossed up, wide down the leg. Jake Weatherald misses out on the flick first and then Jamie Smith misses out on gathering this behind the stumps. The ball has raced to the fence for four. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, On a length around off, Jake Weatherald pushes this towards the mid off region and takes one. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Short and wide of off, Jake Weatherald, in no mood to let it go, slashes hard at it but misses out. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Good length, around off, Jake Weatherald goes for the cut but this was a bit too close to him. Jake gets beaten for good here. |
| 1 | 18.3 | 18.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne works this through square leg for one. |
| 1 | 18.2 | 18.2: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Short and wide of off, Jake Weatherald leans back and cuts this just over the fielder at gully for a single. Jake loves hitting anything outside off behind square on the offside. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Good length around off, Jake Weatherald pumps this on the bounce to cover. |
| 4 | 17.6 | 17.6: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! GORGEOUS FROM MARNUS! Pitched up, around off, Marnus Labuschagne steps right next to the pitch of the delivery, shifts his entire body weight on the front foot and drives this through the tiny gap between extra cover and mid off for four more. |
| 4 | 17.5 | 17.5: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Marnus Labuschagne just eases this to the fence as well. Back of a length on middle and leg, Marnus Labuschagne steps across and pulls this flat through the square leg region for a boundary more. |
| 1 | 17.4 | 17.4: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FIFTY FOR JAKE! Milestone for Jake Weatherald as he smashes his first-ever half-century in Aussie whites. Back of a length on off, Jake Weatherald pulls this through mid-wicket for a single to bring up his half-century. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, On a length around off, Jake Weatherald blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 17.2 | 17.2: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! How good has Jake been with this upper-cut in his innings of 49 so far? Short and wide of off, Jake Weatherald leans onto the back foot and plays the upper-cut for a boundary towards the right of the fielder in the third man region. |
| 4 | 17.1 | 17.1: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Jake continues to keep his foot on the accelerator. Good length, angling down the leg. Jake Weatherald gets inside the line of it and just tickles this fine towards the space at fine leg for four. |
| 2 | 16.7 | 16.6: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Low full toss, wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne drives this towards the left of the diving mid off fielder and hustles back for two. |
| 4 | 16.6 | 16.5: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! WOW! That's class personified from Marnus Labuschagne. Pitched up around off, Marnus Labuschagne leans on and presents a full face of his bat. Nails the drive for a boundary towards the long on region. |
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.4: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around off, Marnus Labuschagne keeps it out. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, NO BALL! Ben Stokes oversteps again. Good length, around off, angling back into the batter. Marnus Labuschagne looks to block it with soft hands, gets an outside edge that falls short of second slip. |
| 1 | 16.2 | 16.2: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Ben hits the deck hard, on off. Jake Weatherald tucks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Good length, wide of off, Jake Weatherald leaves it all alone. |
| 4 | 15.6 | 15.6: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! A beautifully crafted boundary for Marnus Labuschagne. Short and wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne leans back and cuts this precisely in the gap between gully and backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around off, Marnus Labuschagne keeps it out. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on off, Marnus Labuschagne blocks it out. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Consider this a good leave if you are rooting for the Aussies and just missed if you are all in for England. Good length, angling into the batter just wide of off. Marnus Labuschagne doesn't offer any stroke at it and the ball almost nips back enough to bring the stumps into the action but it just misses the top of off. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and on off, Marnus Labuschagne pushes this to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne lets it sail back to the keeper. |
| 0 | 14.7 | 14.6: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Now this is much better from Ben. Good length, around off, straightening after pitching. Jake Weatherald looks to get bat on ball but is beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.5: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Good length around off, Jake Weatherald gets right on top of the bounce, keeps himself crouched low and blocks it. |
| 1 | 14.5 | 14.4: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length around middle and leg, Marnus Labuschagne pulls this flat to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on middle and off, Marnus Labuschagne remains rock solid and blocks again. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, OUCH! That's got to hurt Marnus Labuschagne. Ben Stokes hits the hard length, around off, the ball lands and shoots up at the batter. Marnus Labuschagne was in the mood to shoulder his arms at it but the ball keeps rising and it hits ML around his right elbow and bumps behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, NO BALL! Good length on the pads, Marnus Labuschagne tucks this to mid-wicket. Ben Stokes has overstepped and it is called a no ball. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Bumper, around off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length on off, Jake Weatherald gets right behind the line of it and dead bats it. |
| 1 | 13.5 | 13.5: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne pushes this to the right of the fielder at point and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, on top of off, Marnus Labuschagne defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Carse hits the hard length, around middle and leg. Marnus Labuschagne finds mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on the pads, Marnus Labuschagne tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, OUT! CAUGHT! Brydon Carse provides the much-needed breakthrough for the visitors. On a length, on the pads, from round the wicket. Travis Head looks to flick this towards the space around deep mid-wicket but he just closes the bat face early. Ends up spooning it over Gus Atkinson at a deepish mid on. Gus Atkinson backpedals and grabs it around his face. Travis Head is gone for 33 off 43. Australia are 77/1, trailing by 257 runs. |
| 1 | 12.6 | 12.6: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, On a length around middle and off, Travis Head nudges this towards the left of mid-wicket and takes one. 11 off this over from Ben Stokes. |
| 2 | 12.5 | 12.5: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, On a length wide of off, Travis Head strides to the pitch of it and drives this through cover for a couple. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length on middle and leg, Travis Head pushes this to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 12.3 | 12.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, FOUR! Floodgates have been opened from both ends now and England are left with no answer on how to cope with it. On a length around the pads, Travis Head leans over and flicks this up and over the fielder at mid-wicket for a boundary. Head always wanted to flick this aerially and over the fielder and he did that with perfection. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Back of a length around off, Travis Head pulls this on the bounce to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 12.1 | 12.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, FOUR! TRAVBALL TIME! Pitched up, around middle and leg, Travis Head moves a shade towards his leg and pumps this down the ground, all along the ground as well and the ball races to the long on fence for four more. |
| 1 | 11.6 | 11.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, On a length, wide outside off, Travis Head cuts this to Will Jacks at a deepish backward point for another single. |
| 1 | 11.5 | 11.5: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Short and just wide of off, Jake Weatherald peppers the backward point region again for a single. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Good length around off, Jake Weatherald gets right on top of the bounce and defends it. |
| 6 | 11.3 | 11.3: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, SIX! Jake Weatherald is in proper T20 mode right now and he is just bossing the game. Short and wide of off, Jake Weatherald stays onto his back foot and just helps this, using the pace, up and over the keeper and even the fence towards the third man region for a biggie. |
| 1 | 11.2 | 11.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head leans low and cuts this to a deepish backward point for one. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short pitched, around off, Travis Head rides the bounce and jams this out. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, On a length, outside off, Jake attempts the cut but the ball is not that wide for the shot. Ends up chopping it down towards the slip cordon. |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Stokes goes wide on the crease and angles it in, on a good length, on middle. Jake turns it off the back foot to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Very full, outside off, Jake looks to drive it away but ends up squeezing it out off the outer half to gully. |
| 4 | 10.3 | 10.3: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Thrashed! Short and wide on off, Weatherald needs no second invitation. He hangs back and cuts it to the right of backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, In the channel on off, on a length, Weatherald lets it be. |
| 3 | 10.1 | 10.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Stokes starts with a loosener. Low full toss, on the pads, Head just flicks it to the left of mid-wicket and picks up three runs more. |
| 3 | 9.6 | 9.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, 50 comes up for Australia! Runs are flowing nicely for the home side. Carse goes into the wicket again, over off. Head hops and slices it over point. The ball does not have enough legs to reach the fence and it is mopped up. Three runs taken. |
| 6 | 9.5 | 9.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, SIX! All the way! On a hard length, closer to the off stump. Travis gets on his toes and flays at it. Gets more of a thickish outside edge and with the pace with which Carse is bowling, the ball sails over the vacant deep third fence for a flat six. |
| 4 | 9.4 | 9.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! Carved away! Going across the left-hander, on a good length, Head stays low to get under the ball and pumps it over point for a four. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, And again! Into the surface, too wide on off. Travis throws his hands at the ball but ends up bunting it on the off side. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short and wide on off, there to be put away, Head reaches out to slap it away but toe-ends it to cover. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Nails the yorker, on middle, Weatherald digs it out wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 8.6 | 8.6: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, On a back of a length, on middle, Weatherald works it square on the leg side for a single. |
| 4 | 8.5 | 8.5: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Flayed away! Into the surface, outside off, Weatherald gets the width to free his arms and he slashes it behind square on the off side for a boundary. |
| 1 | 8.4 | 8.4: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, On a shortish length, at the ribs, Travis fends it down behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, On middle and leg, on a nagging length. Travis drops it beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, DROPPED! That should have been taken. A massive moment in the game. How costly is that going to be? On a hard length, angling in and then it straightens to square Head up as he tries to keep it out off the back foot. The ball grazes the outside edge and flies through towards the keeper, Jamie Smith. Smith moves to his left and gets both hands high at shoulder height. Gets beaten for pace as the ball bursts through his gloves. It gets parried behind Harry Brook at second slip and drops on the ground before he or anyone close to him can react. Archer had started to celebrate, but disappointment followed. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Quick work from Pope! Full and attacking the sticks, Head whips it off the front foot to the right of mid-wicket. He sets off for the run before waiting to see if the ball is going past Ollie. Pope dives and makes a clean stop. He is quick to fire in a throw at the batting end but misses. Travis gets home with a dive. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Drags the length back, outside the off stump. Weatherald shoulders arms. |
| 4 | 7.5 | 7.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Third boundary of the over, but this is the best of the lot. In the corridor of off, full in length, Weatherald extends his hands and plays a punchy drive through covers for another boundary. |
| 4 | 7.4 | 7.4: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Good wristwork! Atkinson angles it into the pads, on the fuller side. Weatherald stays balanced at the crease and wrists it to the left of mid-wicket for four more. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, On a back of a length, on off, Weatherald arches back and guides it to gully. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Honing in on the off pole, on a good length, Jake lets the ball come to him and plays it late towards gully. |
| 4 | 7.1 | 7.1: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Lovely stroke! A bit too full from Atkinson, on off, Weatherald does not miss out as he leans on and drives it to the right of mid off for a boundary. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, A sharp nip-backer from Jofra, on a back of a length, on middle. Travis Head hops to deal with it but the ball cuts back to go past the inside edge and catches him on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Banged in short at 145.8 kph, under the left armpit. Head gets into an uncomfortable position on the pull and is tucked up for room. Ends up fending it awkardly in front of mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, In the corridor on off, on a short of a length, Travis stands tall and knocks it to point. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Play and a miss! Archer goes a bit wide on the crease and hits the hard length, over off. Head stays leg side of the ball and pokes at the delivery. Gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 6.2 | 6.2: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Bashes the hard length, on off, Weatherald hops and shovels it behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Serves it full, on off, Weatherald defends it on the off side. |
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, On a back of a length, on middle and leg, Weatherald tucks it in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Fuller and on off, blocked out by Jake. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Oh, did that hit a crack? On a length, on middle. Jake Weatherald looks to get forward but the ball jumps on him and raps him on the glove. Well, it looks like the ball hit the edge of the crack and disturbed the surface. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Going away from the left-hander, Weatherald offers no shot. |
| 1 | 5.2 | 5.2: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, At the hips, on a back of a length, Head gets on his toes and drops it beside the strip on the leg side for a single. |
| 1 | 5.1 | 5.1: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Short of a length, on off, tapped in front of mid on for a single. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, On a shortish length, on middle. Head rises with the bounce and fends it down. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, That's more like it from Archer! Angled in from around the wicket, on a good length, around the off pole. Head hops back and brings his bat out in front for the block but the ball straightens to whistle past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, FOUR LEG BYES! Wayward from Archer. Sprays it down leg, on a length. Head fails to lay any bat on the glance. The ball clips his thigh and goes down to the deep fine leg fence. |
| 2 | 4.3 | 4.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, On middle and leg, on a good length, Head brings his wrists into play and works it off the pads to the left of mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, In the channel, into the surface, Travis stabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, On a hard length, coming back in and tucking the batter up for room. Head hops to fend it down but is beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the body. |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.6: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Streaky! Atkinson bends his back and bangs it in short, outside off. Weatherald stays low in his stance and then gets up as he swivels to unleash the pull. The ball gets big on him and a top edge is found. It sails over the keeper's head and even though Jamie Smith gives it a chase, he fails to get there as the ball trickles into the fence. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Goes fuller, outside off, Weatherald lets it pass. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Angling away, on a back of a length, Weatherald makes the leave. |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Jake Weatherald and Australia are finally underway! On the shorter side, outside off, not that wide but enough for Weatherald to cash in. He hangs back and rides the bounce. Plays it late to the right of backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Going across, on a good length, Weatherald offers no shot. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Over the top of off, on a back of a length. Jake lets it go. The ball keeps rising on its way to the keeper and Jamie Smith collects it around his right shoulder. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Into the surface, outside off, Head hops and extends his hands to push it to cover. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Better from Archer. Full, on off, drawing the batter on the front foot. Head does not quite commit on the front foot and punches it to point. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, A bit too straight, on a back of a length, around the pads. Travis gets on his toes and drops it in front of mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, On a good length, on middle and leg. Head stays deep in the crease and gets slightly squared up but manages to block it off. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, At 142.4 kph, angled in at the hips, Head brings his bat out in front and nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Archer goes full, outside off, and gets the ball to curve away from the batter. Travis shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Lands it on a short of a length, outside off, Weatherald is tempted by the width and initially thought about the cut before bailing out. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, One that leaves the left-hander, on a good length. Weatherald lets it be. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Bashes the hard length, over middle. Jake tucks it off the back foot to square leg. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Slightly fuller, angling away, Weatherald leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Around the top of off, on a back of a length, Jake Weatherald makes a watchful leave. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Rapped on the pads but looks high! Gus serves it full, in line of the off stump. Jake Weatherald leans low for the block but the ball seams back a bit to go past the inside edge. Jake wears it high on the back thigh. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Fuller and sliding onto the pads. Head flicks it well but straight to Ollie Pope at mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Switches to around the wicket and makes Head play. Angled in, on a short of a length, on middle. Travis hops and taps it beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Short pitched, on off, Travis Head rides the bounce and jams this out. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, This is on a hard length, pushed across the left-hander but not close enough to make him play. Travis Head is happy to let it pass. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, And again. On the shorter side, down leg. Travis offers no shot. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, A wayward start from Archer! Sprayed down leg, on a length, Head lets it go through. |
| 0 | 75.2 | 75.2: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, OUT! TAKEN! FIFER FOR NESER AT THE GABBA. He lands this back of a length and just on off, gets some extra bounce. Brydon Carse stays back and tries to guide it away, but gets a thin outside edge towards first slip, where it is Steve Smith once again, who takes his third catch of this innings. England have been bowled out for 241, and set up a target of 65 for Australia. |
| 0 | 75.1 | 75.1: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, Fuller and on off, Brydon Carse blocks it out well. |
| 0 | 74.6 | 74.6: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Hard length and on leg, Jofra Archer pats it down to the leg side. |
| 4 | 74.5 | 74.5: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Gets it away! Brendan Doggett bowls this short again, on middle. Jofra Archer gets on top of that and swats it away wide of deep mid-wicket. Jake Weatherald runs to his right and dives but fails to stop the boundary. England lead by 64 runs. |
| 0 | 74.4 | 74.4: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Short and on middle, Jofra Archer pulls it away but straight to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Brendan Doggett to Brydon Carse, Bangs this into the pitch, on middle, Brydon Carse opens up his stance to heave it across the line but misses. Takes a blow at the back of the grill of his helmet as the ball goes towards deep third. A leg bye taken. |
| 1 | 74.2 | 74.2: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Back of a length and around off, Jofra Archer pulls it off the toe-end of the bat to the left of Cameron Green at mid-wicket for a run. |
| 1 | 74.1 | 74.1: Brendan Doggett to Brydon Carse, Short of a length and down the leg side, follows the batter. Brydon Carse backs away and steers it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 73.6 | 73.6: Michael Neser to Jofra Archer, BEAUTY! Goes fuller and on off, angles in but then straightens after hitting the deck. Jofra Archer looks to play it from the crease, but the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 73.5 | 73.5: Michael Neser to Jofra Archer, On a length and on off, Jofra Archer pushes it towards short cover. |
| 3 | 73.4 | 73.4: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, Good intent! Pitched up and around middle, Brydon Carse knows there is no protection in the deep on the leg side and looks to slog it away. He does not get it from the middle but gets enough to send it towards the vacant deep mid-wicket region for three runs. England lead by 57 runs now. |
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, Touch fuller and on off, Brydon Carse looks to drive but gets an inside egde towards mid on. |
| 0 | 73.2 | 73.2: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, Close! Good length and just around off, shapes away, Brydon Carse has a poke at it but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 73.1 | 73.1: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, Full and on middle, shaping in, Brydon Carse blocks it out. |
| 0 | 72.6 | 72.6: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Another bouncer, on middle, Jofra Archer ducks under it again. |
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, Uppish but safe! Bangs this into the pitch, on middle, angling in a bit. Jofra Archer gets cramped up and tries to clip it away. It takes the gloves and pops up but falls safely to the off side. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Brendan Doggett to Jofra Archer, A bouncer to welcome Jofra Archer, on middle, Archer ducks under it. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Brendan Doggett to Gus Atkinson, OUT! TAKEN! Brendan Doggett gets his man this time. He sticks to the short length and on middle. Gus Atkinson tries to roll his writs and keep his pull shot down, but fails to do so. He hits it flatly and straight to mid-wicket, where Steve Smith takes an easy catch. England have slipped from 224/6 to 231/9, with a lead of just 54 runs. |
| 1 | 72.2 | 72.2: Brendan Doggett to Brydon Carse, Bangs this into the pitch, on leg, Brydon Carse hooks it towards deep backward square leg for a run. |
| 1 | 72.1 | 72.1: Brendan Doggett to Gus Atkinson, JUST OVER! Short of a length and around middle, Gus Atkinson looks to pull but takes his eyes off the ball. It goes off the toe-end of the bat and flies just over the leaping Cameron Green at square leg. He extends his arms over his head but the ball just evades him. A single taken. |
| 2 | 71.6 | 71.6: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, Hard length and on middle, jags back in sharply, Brydon Carse looks to play at it but gets an inside edge towards fine leg and comes back for the second run. The throw needed to be better there. |
| 0 | 71.5 | 71.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Michael Neser gets the big fish here, and that is probably the game for Australia now. Neser lands this short of a length and just on off, gets it to hold its line. Ben Stokes stays back in his crease but tries to push at it away from his body. Gets a slight nick behind, where Alex Carey is standing up to the stumps and takes a sharp catch near his chest. Stokes is absolutely distraught with himself, but has to go back after a fighting half-century. 50 (152) for the English captain as he walks back. England are 227/8, leading by 50 runs. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Pitched up from around the wicket, on off, angling in, Ben Stokes keeps it out solidly. |
| 1 | 71.3 | 71.3: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, Back of a length but down the leg side, Gus Atkinson glances it towards fine leg for a single. Gus wants the second but is sent back. ENGLAND LEAD BY 50 NOW! |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, Touch fuller and on off, shapes in a bit, Gus Atkinson knocks it towards mid off. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, Good length and on off, Gus Atkinson gets forward and pats it towards short cover. |
| 0 | 70.6 | 70.6: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Full and on middle, attacks the stumps, Ben Stokes fends it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 70.5 | 70.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Right in the blockhole, on off, Ben Stokes jams it out to short cover. |
| 1 | 70.4 | 70.4: Brendan Doggett to Gus Atkinson, Back of a length and around leg, Gus Atkinson pulls it to deep square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Brendan Doggett to Gus Atkinson, Much fuller and on off, Gus Atkinson drills it away towards mid on. |
| 0 | 70.2 | 70.2: Brendan Doggett to Gus Atkinson, Full and on off, shaping in, Gus Atkinson takes his front foot out and blocks it down the pitch. |
| 1 | 70.1 | 70.1: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, FIFTY FOR STOKES! A gritty knock from the English skipper and this is his 36th half-century in Tests. Short of a length and outside off, Ben Stokes cuts it to deep point for a single. Not much of a celebration, as he knows the job here is far from done. He has kept the flame ignited for his team. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, On a length and on off, Gus Atkinson keeps it out to the off side. A WICKET-MAIDEN over from Michael Neser! |
| 0 | 69.5 | 69.5: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, Pitched up and on middle, Gus Atkinson knocks it towards mid on. |
| 0 | 69.4 | 69.4: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, A big shout for LBW, but turned down! However, Michael Neser looks very interested here. Steve Smith also has a chat with his keeper, Alex Carey and takes the review. This is on a good length and on off, nips back in sharply. Gus Atkinson gets half forward to defend but misses and gets hit on the pads. The question is whether the impact is outside off or not. Scratch that, Snicko shows a big spike which suggests there is an inside edge and it has not been caught by anyone as well. Australia lose all their reviews now. |
| 0 | 69.3 | 69.3: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, Full again and on middle, angling in, Gus Atkinson tucks it away to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Michael Neser to Gus Atkinson, Fuller and on off, shaping in a bit, Gus Atkinson gets a good stride forward and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 69.1 | 69.1: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Insane reflexes from the Aussie skipper. And there's a reason why he is the best in the business in the slip cordon. It indeed required such an effort from someone to put a halt to this frustrating partnership. Neser bashes the length hard, keeping it around off. It lands and nips away late. Jacks is drawn half forward to block, but plays inside the line. The ball catches the outside edge and shoots low to the left of the first slip fielder. Steve Smith is alert there, and despite having very little room to react, he dives low and snaffles the catch before the grass with his left hand. Steve Smith is off celebrating, and so are the Aussies. However, the third umpire is brought in to check the legality of the catch. After checking a couple of angles, it is deemed a clean catch. Finally, Australia break through on the fourth day as Neser ends this 96-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Will Jacks departs on a fighting 41 (92) and England are 224/7, leading by 47 runs. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Around off, full, blocked into the off side. |
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Keeps low on the bounce, on the stumps, on a length. Stokes shows good solidity on the back foot defence. |
| 2 | 68.4 | 68.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, This time, Stokes manages to drive the full ball to the right of the diving Marnus Labuschagne and picks up a couple of runs as there is a lot of acreage to cover for the deep point fielder. |
| 0 | 68.3 | 68.3: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, Ben Stokes leans on and crisply drives the half volley, but finds Marnus Labuschagne at short cover. |
| 1 | 68.2 | 68.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Short of a good length, on middle. Will Jacks swivels and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 68.1 | 68.1: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Too short, on top of middle. Jacks evades by swaying away from the line to make the leave. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Around off, on a good length. Ben Stokes bunts it out to point. |
| 0 | 67.5 | 67.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Full, into the batter, blocked from the crease by the English captain. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Nasty! Stokes is flat on the ground and is agonising in pain. From around the wickets, Neser bashes the length hard, on middle. It stays low and nips in a bit. Stokes gets on the back foot to block it straight, but gets an inside edge straight onto the box. |
| 0 | 67.3 | 67.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Nagging length, on middle, Ben Stokes stays rooted inside the crease and blocks it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Fired in full, outside off. Stokes gets on the back foot and dabs it to gully with soft hands. |
| 1 | 67.1 | 67.1: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Nip-backer on a good length, on middle and leg. Will Jacks is flummoxed with the uneven bounce as he drags the bat in front to block. The ball, however, goes off the inside edge towards deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, A bumper that keeps rising up, outside off, Stokes arches back and leaves it alone. |
| 2 | 66.5 | 66.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Short of a length, outside off. Ben Stokes creates room and slashes it hard into the massive deep cover pocket. Jake Weatherald covers a lot of ground from deep backward point to his left and intercepts the ball. Two taken. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, This one doesn't rise much. Short ball, around off. Stokes sees it closely and sways away from the line to leave by crouching low. |
| 1 | 66.3 | 66.3: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Halfway into the pitch, on the leg stump. Jacks uses the pace of the ball and pulls it to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 2 | 66.2 | 66.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Another one banged short, outside off. Will Jacks climbs on it and square cuts it to deep backward point. A fatigued Starc runs across to his right to cut it off. Two taken. |
| 1 | 66.1 | 66.1: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Short and angling into the body. Stokes pulls it to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 65.6 | 65.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Good length, outside off, Stokes finds the gap between cover and point for a single. |
| 1 | 65.5 | 65.5: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Back of a length, around off, Will Jacks taps it in front of cover-point and they hustle quickly for a single. |
| 1 | 65.4 | 65.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Just outside off, on a good length, Ben Stokes slices it through backward point for an easy single. |
| 0 | 65.3 | 65.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Fuller one, on middle, Stokes presses forward and defends it with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 65.2 | 65.2: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Short on off, punched into the off side off the back foot. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Outside off, on a length, skids through. Left alone by Stokes. |
| 0 | 64.6 | 64.6: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, CHANCE? Yes, but a very tough one. Short in length on the ribs, on the leg stump line, bounces a bit from the pitch. Will Jacks shuffles inside the line to tuck it to the leg side. Head has no chance at short leg. It smashes into his right wrist before he can react. Almost impossible to catch. His wrist is hurting. |
| 0 | 64.5 | 64.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Zips through the deck, short and on the body. Stokes tries to nudge it around the corner, but the ball gets big on him and goes off the thigh pad. It rolls through backward square leg and they cross for a leg bye. |
| 1 | 64.4 | 64.4: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Bowls from around the wickets, short and on the leg stump. Will Jacks pulls it comfortably to deep backward square leg for a single. England lead by 33 runs! |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Too straight down leg, short in length. Jacks leaves. Carey gathers it to his left. |
| 0 | 64.2 | 64.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Another bouncer down leg. Will Jacks gets inside the line and attempts to hook it over the leg side, but misses to get bat on ball. |
| 0 | 64.1 | 64.1: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Starts with the short stuff, on the leg stump. Jacks sits under it and lets it fly behind. |
| 0 | 63.6 | 63.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Oh, almost! Starc fires in a full delivery, on middle and leg. Ben Stokes tries to flick, but closes the bat face early. The ball lobs off the leading edge, but lands safely on the strip in front of the bowler. |
| 1 | 63.5 | 63.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, On a hard length, outside off with some bounce. Will Jacks adjusts well to guide it off the back foot. Gets a single as the ball rolls behind to deep third. |
| 1 | 63.4 | 63.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Full ball, on the leg stump. Ben Stokes flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, On off, full in length with a scrambled seam. Stokes carves it straight back to the bowler. Starc stops it on his follow-through as he kicks the ball off his left boot and it rolls into the leg side. |
| 1 | 63.2 | 63.2: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Full and into the batter, on middle and leg. Will Jacks flicks it to the right of mid on for a single. |
| 0 | 63.1 | 63.1: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Fuller one, wide outside off. Will Jacks slaps it off the front foot, but finds the fielder at short cover, where Inglis makes a fantastic diving stop on the bounce. |
| 0 | 62.7 | 62.6: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Slants into the batter, on a good length, Ben Stokes does well to knock it off the back foot as the ball skids through and arrives quicker and lower than he expected. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.6: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, WIDE! A steep bumper over the head height. Stokes ducks under it by dropping down his wrists. Wide called for height. |
| 0 | 62.5 | 62.5: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Hard length, on off, Stokes punches it off the back foot to extra cover. |
| 0 | 62.4 | 62.4: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Speared on off, full in length, Stokes digs it back to the bowler. |
| 2 | 62.3 | 62.3: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Lands it full and outside off, does Green. Ben Stokes takes a big stride across and drives it crisply through point. Jake Weatherald from deep third runs to his left and cuts it off in the deep. Two taken. |
| 0 | 62.2 | 62.2: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Bowls from a wider angle and bangs it short, on off. Ben Stokes sways away from the line and ducks under it. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Back of a length, outside off, nipping away. Stokes shows no interest in poking at that one. |
| 0 | 61.6 | 61.6: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Slightly fuller and outside off, Will Jacks lunges across and blocks it solidly. |
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Short of a good length, around off. Jacks hangs back to punch it to cover, but hits off the inner half of the bat to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Skids through the deck, on a good length, on top of off. Will Jacks tries to bunt it down the strip, but ends up chopping it off on his boots as the ball rolls into the off side. |
| 1 | 61.3 | 61.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Full and on the fifth stump line. Ben Stokes drives off the front foot to the right of Marnus Labuschagne at cover for a single. |
| 0 | 61.2 | 61.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Bangs it short and outside off, Stokes is happy to see that off. |
| 1 | 61.1 | 61.1: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Angling on the leg stump, on a hard length. Jacks nudges it through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.6: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Full and straight, outside off, left alone alertly. |
| 1 | 60.5 | 60.5: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, On a good length, outside off, Jacks plays from the crease and dabs it wide of backward point for a quick single. |
| 0 | 60.4 | 60.4: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Fuller and on off, Jacks drives it straight back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 60.3 | 60.3: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, FOUR! All class! Too full from Cameron, on the leg stump line. Will Jacks gets a bit across and flicks it neatly between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary. 200 UP FOR ENGLAND! The lead for them reads 23 runs. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Straight onto the stumps, at 131 kph, on a tad fuller length. Will Jacks presses forward and bunts it down the strip. |
| 1 | 60.1 | 60.1: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, On a shortish length, outside off. Ben Stokes rises on the toes and punches it through extra cover for an easy single. |
| 1 | 59.6 | 59.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Zips through the deck from a good length, onto the pads. Ben Stokes whips it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Short of a good length, keeps rising up with the bounce, outside off. Stokes lifts his bat in the air to leave. |
| 0 | 59.4 | 59.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Speared in full and on middle and leg, Stokes drills it straight to mid on. |
| 1 | 59.3 | 59.3: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, On a back of a length, outside off. Will Jacks punches off the back foot to extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 59.2 | 59.2: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Pitched full and just outside off, Jacks leans across and drives it straight to extra cover. |
| 0 | 59.1 | 59.1: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, From around the stumps, Starc hurls it full and around off. Jacks strides forward to drive to cover, but hits it off the inside half of the bat. The ball rolls to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Ben Stokes, Safely negotiated. Full and angling on the pads. Ben Stokes leans forward and flicks it straight to short mid-wicket. And that will be TEA on Day 4! |
| 0 | 58.5 | 58.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Ben Stokes, Fuller one, on off, Stokes presses ahead and blocks it right under his bat. |
| 0 | 58.4 | 58.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Ben Stokes, Pushed into the batter on a good length, from around the stumps. Ben Stokes presses forward and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 58.3 | 58.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Just outside off, slightly short in length. Jacks stands tall and cuts it into the vacant backward point region for a single. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, On a length, at the stumps. Blocked off the back foot. |
| 2 | 58.1 | 58.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Skids through from a good length, on the leg stump line. Will Jacks gets inside the line and tries to glance off the pads, but gets a thick inside edge. The ball rolls behind towards the deep fine leg region. They cross for two runs. |
| 0 | 57.6 | 57.6: Travis Head to Ben Stokes, Drags the length back, around off. Stokes goes back and across and steers it into the point region. A very quick over from Head. |
| 0 | 57.5 | 57.5: Travis Head to Ben Stokes, Nice flight on a fuller length, on off. Ben Stokes defends it right under his eyes. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Travis Head to Ben Stokes, Pitched full and on off. Ben Stokes leans on and smothers the spin. |
| 1 | 57.3 | 57.3: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Tossed up full and on off, Will Jacks strides across and drives it to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Flat and in front of the sticks, skidding through. Jacks does well to block that off the back foot. |
| 0 | 57.1 | 57.1: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Starts with a short ball, on off. Will Jacks goes back and punches it to mid on. |
| 1 | 56.7 | 56.6: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Much full, around off and middle, Will Jacks flicks it all along the ground to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 56.6 | 56.6: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, WIDE! Short and over the batter's head. Jacks first lines up to play the pull shot but aborts. Wide called for height. |
| 1 | 56.5 | 56.5: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, On the fuller length, just outside off. Ben Stokes carves it between mid off and cover for a single. |
| 0 | 56.4 | 56.4: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Full and straight, wide outside off. Stokes it happy to let that go. |
| 0 | 56.3 | 56.3: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, In-between length, just outside off. Ben Stokes shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.2: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, An attempted yorker, on off, Stokes shovels it out and hits it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 56.1 | 56.1: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Short and outside off, Jacks executes the back foot square cut for a single as the ball rolls to deep backward point. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Back of a length, outside off, Ben Stokes dabs it to the point region. |
| 1 | 55.5 | 55.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Lifts up from the pitch, on the pads. Will Jacks glances it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 55.4 | 55.4: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Fuller one, on off, Ben Stokes opens the face of his bat on the front foot and eases it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 55.3 | 55.3: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, On a hard length, on off, blocked off the back foot. |
| 4 | 55.2 | 55.2: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, EDGED, FOUR! Lucky, very lucky! A ripper of a delivery from Boland as this kicks off the crack on a good length, just around off. Ben Stokes walks into the shot and tries to work it across, but he is totally undone by the extra bounce as he gets squared up. The ball goes off the outside edge but flies over the leaping Cameron Green at gully. Green extends his right hand over his head, but still, the ball remains out of his grasp and races behind to the deep third fence. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Outside off on a length, Stokes leaves it on the front foot. |
| 1 | 54.6 | 54.6: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Short and wide, Stokes easily dabs it through backward point for a single. England lead by 2 runs! |
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Slanted into the batter, full in length. Ben Stokes drags his bat in front of the pads to block it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 54.4 | 54.4: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Around off, on a good length. Stokes lets it pass. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, BEATEN! Just outside off, on a fuller length. Ben Stokes chases it on the front foot and looks to drive it through the of side, but the ball nips away and zips past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 54.2 | 54.2: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Short of a good length, on middle. Will Jacks waits back and pulls it wide of mid-wicket for a single. This brings up the 50-run partnership between Jacks and Stokes. ENGLAND ARE INTO THE LEAD NOW. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Speared full and on off, Jacks gets on the front foot and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, On a length, lasering on the pads. Ben Stokes closes the bat's face early as he looks to flick, but gets a leading edge toward extra cover. |
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Nagging length, on top of off. Ben Stokes is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 53.4 | 53.4: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Uneven bounce as this one kicks off a length, on top of off. Ben Stokes gets on the back foot to defend. But the ball deflects off his willow's handle and rolls to the leg side. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Outside off and short, watchfully left alone by Stokes. |
| 1 | 53.2 | 53.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, SCORES LEVEL! On a back of a length, outside off, Jacks dabs it off the back foot towards cover-point for a quick single. |
| 0 | 53.1 | 53.1: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Full and on off. Will Jacks drives it straight down the ground. Boland sticks out his right hand and deflects the ball towards Stokes. It rolls off the non-striker's boot and goes past the stumps. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Stokes arches back to leave this harmlessly short delivery, which is bowled outside off. |
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Short of a length, on off, Ben Stokes gets a bit squared up and dabs it on the bounce to gully with soft hands. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Around off, short, Stokes taps it off the back foot to cover. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Extra bounce from a hard length, angling into the batter. Ben Stokes defends it off the toe end of the bat and the ball deflects off his right shot to the off side. |
| 0 | 52.2 | 52.2: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, BEATEN! Lands it on a good length, and gets the ball straighten up from around off. Ben Stokes plays a loose shot off the back foot, trying to cut it square on the off side, but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Cameron Green to Ben Stokes, Kicks up a bit from a good length, just outside off. Ben Stokes does well to fend it off the back foot to point. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Fractionally full, on off, Jacks leans forward and works it to short extra cover. MAIDEN from Boland. |
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Around off on a length. Jacks stands tall to block that down the strip. |
| 0 | 51.4 | 51.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Straighter, fuller, on off. Will Jacks presses forward and drives it to mid on. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Full, on the fifth stump line, Will Jacks strides across and taps it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 51.2 | 51.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Short of a length, on top of off. Will Jacks gets on the toes and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, BEATEN! Touch full and around the off pole. It lands and then straightens off the pitch. Jacks is sucked into the defensive push on the front foot, but gets beaten on the outside edge by a whisker. |
| 1 | 50.6 | 50.6: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Another one banged short, on middle. Easy pull for Jacks towards deep backward square leg. A single taken. |
| 1 | 50.5 | 50.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Almost halfway into the pitch, outside off. Ben Stokes rides the bounce and cuts it through cover-point for an easy single. England trail by only 2 runs now. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Short and on the leg stump, Stokes ducks underneath it. |
| 1 | 50.3 | 50.3: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Digs in a short ball, on middle and leg. Will Jacks with a measured pull shot towards long on. Gets a single. |
| 0 | 50.2 | 50.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Short but miles down leg, Will Jacks misses to pull it away. A good grab from Carey behind the stumps as he dives low to his left to gather it. |
| 1 | 50.1 | 50.1: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Shorter delivery, angling into the batter. Ben Stokes controls the pull shot towards deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 49.6 | 49.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Fractionally fuller and on off, Will Jacks forces it out to short cover. |
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Just outside off at 132.8 kph, on a hard length. Jacks lets this harmless delivery go. |
| 1 | 49.4 | 49.4: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, On a back of a length, around off, tapped off the back foot to cover-point for a single. |
| 4 | 49.3 | 49.3: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Poor ball and it gets the treatment! Angled onto the pads, on a hard length. Ben Stokes uses his wrists and the pace of the bowler to flick it off the inner half of the bat. The ball races away to the deep fine leg fence for a boundary. England now trail by just 6 runs. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, A skiddy delivery, on a length, on off. Ben Stokes solidly defends it off the back foot to cover. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Nips in a touch from a good length, on middle and leg. Ben Stokes stands tall and bunts it down the pitch. |
| 3 | 48.7 | 48.6: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Good running! Short and outside off. Ben Stokes shuffles leg side of the ball and flat bats it through the vacant mid off region. With no one stationed there, Brendan Doggett sprints after it and cuts it off before the ropes. The batters cross each other thrice in the meantime. England's deficit now reads 10 runs. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Kicks up from a shorter length, on middle. Ben Stokes rides the bounce and dabs it down the pitch from the splice of the bat. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, BEAUTY! From around the stumps, Brendan bashes the surface hard, and angles the ball into the batter. Ben Stokes withdraws his bat across the line as the ball keeps following him. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.3: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Similar length, angling across the batter. Stokes arches back and leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.2: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Goes into the pitch, short and on top of middle. Ben Stokes leans back and drops his wrists to make the leave. |
| 1 | 48.2 | 48.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Short again, on the bodyline of the batter. Will Jacks shapes up for a pull once again, but the ball keeps climbing on the battter and deflects off the top edge and pins him on the helmet. It then ricochets behind to deep fine leg. They cross. It is a No Ball as well, as Doggett has overstepped. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Short and going down leg, Jacks lines up for a pull shot, but misses to connect. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Michael Neser is asking a few tough questions here! This is on a hard length and on off, nips back in again. Ben Stokes tries to play it from the crease but gets an inside edge onto his thigh pad. The ball pops up and falls to the off side. A bit more airtime and Alex Carey would have had the chance to gobble it up. |
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Short of a length and on off, Ben Stokes dabs it down towards point. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Hits the length hard and around off, jags it back in firmly but not enough. Ben Stokes makes a well-judged leave. |
| 0 | 47.3 | 47.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Pitched up and on off, Ben Stokes drives it away towards mid off. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Good length and on middle and off, Ben Stokes gets behind the line of it and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 47.1 | 47.1: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Fuller and on middle, Ben Stokes steps forward and taps it to short cover. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Short and down the leg side again. However, Will Jacks, this time, leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, A slight shout for caught behind, but turned down! Brendan Doggett bowls a good bouncer around leg. Will Jacks looks to pull it away but misses as the ball just goes over his bat to the keeper. |
| 1 | 46.4 | 46.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Goes fuller and on middle, angling it in, Ben Stokes looks to drive but gets an inside edge through square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Back of a length and on the sixth stump line, Ben Stokes leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 46.2 | 46.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Short of a length and on middle, Will Jacks rolls his wrists and pulls it along the ground towards deep square leg for a single. England trail by 16 runs now. |
| 0 | 46.1 | 46.1: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Loose shot! Brendan Doggett bangs this into the pitch but way down the leg side. Will Jacks has a go at it and looks to hook it away but misses. |
| 0 | 45.6 | 45.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Pitched up and on middle and leg, Ben Stokes drills it towards mid on. |
| 0 | 45.5 | 45.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Goes full and on off, angling in, Ben Stokes blocks it out. |
| 1 | 45.4 | 45.4: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Nearly! Hard length and on middle, angling in sharply. Will Jacks looks to clip it away, but gets cramped up a bit. It goes off the inside edge and flies past short leg towards fine leg. A single taken. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Hits the length hard on off, jags back in with extra bounce. Will Jacks manages to ride it well and keeps it out to the off side despite losing his bottom hand. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Short of a length and just around off, takes off a bit, Will Jacks leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 45.1 | 45.1: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Good length and on off, nips back in a bit. Will Jacks stays back to play at it but gets an inside edge on the bounce to Travis Head at short leg. |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.6: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Pitched up and on off, angling away, Ben Stokes gets forward but only to let it go to the keeper. |
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Bangs in a good bouncer at around 137 clicks, on middle, Ben Stokes sways away from it. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Full again and on off, Ben Stokes drives it firmly but once again straight to mid off. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Goes fuller and around off, Ben Stokes drills it away but fails to beat mid off. |
| 1 | 44.2 | 44.2: Brendan Doggett to Will Jacks, Short of a length and angling into the leg side, takes off sharply. Will Jacks gets a bit surprised by it. He loses his bottom hand but nudges it towards fine leg for a run. |
| 1 | 44.1 | 44.1: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Back of a length and on leg, Ben Stokes flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 43.6 | 43.6: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, BEATEN! Lands this on a good length and around off, shapes away a bit. Will Jacks has a poke at it but gets beaten by the extra bounce. |
| 1 | 43.5 | 43.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Short of a length and around off, Ben Stokes steers it through backward point for a run. |
| 0 | 43.4 | 43.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Ouch! Good length and on off, once again hits the crack and jags back in sharply. Ben Stokes stays back to play at it but gets an inside edge around his box. Looks in a bit of pain. |
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Back of a length and just around off, Ben Stokes leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 43.2 | 43.2: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Full again and on middle, angling in, Will Jacks glances it off the inner half of the bat towards fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Fuller and on off, Will Jacks strides out and knocks it towards mid off. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Another full delivery, outside off, angling further away, Ben Stokes offers no shot at it. |
| 0 | 42.5 | 42.5: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Full again and on off, Ben Stokes keeps it out to the off side. |
| 4 | 42.4 | 42.4: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Fine shot! Overpitched delivery and around off, Ben Stokes leans onto his drive nicely and creams it through extra cover for a boundary. England trail by 22 runs now. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Close! Pitched up and on the fourth stump line, Ben Stokes lets it go and gets lucky that the ball does not move inwards and goes past the stumps. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Back of a length and on middle, Ben Stokes stays back and pats it down to the leg side. |
| 0 | 42.1 | 42.1: Brendan Doggett to Ben Stokes, Fuller in length and on off, angling away, Ben Stokes gets behind the line of it and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 41.6 | 41.6: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Short and just outside off, Ben Stokes cuts it away to deep point for a run. England trail by 26 runs now. |
| 0 | 41.5 | 41.5: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Back of a length and on off, Ben Stokes dabs it down towards point. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Much fuller and on off, Ben Stokes drives it away to mid off. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Oh..superb bowling! This is on a hard length and on off, hits one of the cracks and nips away a bit. Ben Stokes prods forward to block but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Michael Neser to Ben Stokes, Play and a miss! Short of a length and outside off, gets some extra bounce. Ben Stokes sees this as a scoring opportunity and goes for the cut but fails to connect. Alex Carey does well to collect it standing up to the stumps. |
| 1 | 41.1 | 41.1: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Good length and on off, Will Jacks stays back and steers it to the right of gully for a single. 150 up for England! |
| 1 | 40.6 | 40.6: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Overpitched and around leg, Will Jacks flicks it through mid-wicket for another run. Jacks wants the second, but Stokes turns it down. |
| 1 | 40.5 | 40.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Full again but angling into the pads, Ben Stokes clips it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 40.4 | 40.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Excellent bowling! Fuller this time, on off, shaping in sharply, Ben Stokes stays back in his crease and just about manages to keep it out. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Absolute beauty! Mitchell Starc lands this on a good length and in that channel outside off, threatens to angle in but hits the deck and shapes away. Ben Stokes gets squared up trying to defend as the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 40.2 | 40.2: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Pitched up and around off, Will Jacks this time goes after it and drives it through cover-point for a single. England trail by 30 runs now. |
| 0 | 40.1 | 40.1: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Fuller in length but way outside off, angling further away, Will Jacks leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, FOUR BYES! England won't mind that. Scott Boland goes back to around the wicket, but lands this back of a length, down the leg side. Ben Stokes fails to glance it away. Alex Carey just came up to the stumps before this delivery, only manages to get a glove on that but it deflects to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Good length and on middle, shapes in a bit, Ben Stokes fends it off the inner half of the bat to the leg side. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Scott Boland comes over the wicket, bowls this full and on off, angling it away. Ben Stokes offers no shot at it. |
| 0 | 39.3 | 39.3: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Short of a length and on middle and leg, jags back in sharply. Ben Stokes gets a bit cramped up, loses his bottom hand but manages to tuck it away towards square leg. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Fuller in length and on middle, straightens a bit, Ben Stokes blocks it out solidly. |
| 0 | 39.1 | 39.1: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Scott Boland hits the length hard, on middle, angles it in sharply. Ben Stokes looks to flick it away but misses and gets hit high on the pads. |
| 1 | 38.6 | 38.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, A bit fuller and on off, Ben Stokes steers it away towards point for a run. England trail by 35 runs now. |
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, That one keeps low! Good length and just outside off, does not bounce at all. Ben Stokes lets it go as it goes on almost three bounces to the keeper. |
| 1 | 38.4 | 38.4: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Short of a length and around middle, takes off a bit. Will Jacks rides the bounce well and tucks it away towards square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.3: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Goes fuller again and on off, Will Jacks drives it to the left of mid off but cannot beat the fielder. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Back of a length and on leg, targets the body of the batter, Will Jacks clips it away towards square leg. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Fuller in length and on off, Will Jacks leans on a bit and drills it towards mid off. |
| 1 | 37.6 | 37.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, On a length and around leg, Will Jacks nudges it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Scott Boland bangs this into the pitch, on middle, angles it into the body of the batter. Will Jacks tries to pull it away but gets a bit cramped up and ends up toe-ending onto the pitch. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Hits the length hard and on the sixth stump line, gets it to jag back in, Will Jacks lets it go. |
| 0 | 37.3 | 37.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Touch fuller and on off, Will Jacks taps it out towards short cover. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Good length and just outside off, no movement this time around, Will Jacks offers no shot at it. This time, Alex Carey collects it near the kneeroll of his pads. Uneven bounce already? |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Back of a length and on off, nips back in a bit. Will Jacks leaves it alone. Alex Carey is standing up to the stump and collects it well near his chest. |
| 0 | 36.6 | 36.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Overpitched and on off, Ben Stokes drives it firmly but straight to mid off. |
| 4 | 36.5 | 36.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Lovely shot! A bit too straight from Mitchell Starc. He serves this full and angling it into the pads. Ben Stokes steps across and flicks it away with fine timing between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary. England trail by 38 runs now. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Bangs this into the pitch and around off, Ben Stokes stays back and dabs it down towards point. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Lands this back of a length and on middle, nips it away a bit. Ben Stokes looks to work it across the line but gets squared up. The ball takes a leading edge and rolls towards short cover. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Short of a length but way outside off, moves further away, Ben Stokes leaves it alone. Starc has a look at his landing area and does not look too happy about it. |
| 0 | 36.1 | 36.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc begins with a hard-length delivery, outside off, shapes it away a bit, Ben Stokes lifts his bat and lets it go to the keeper. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Pulls his length back a bit, serves this in that channel outside off, gets it to hold its line. Will Jacks leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Pitched up and on the sixth stump line, Will Jacks strides out and fends it away. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Goes a bit fuller, on middle, angles in, Will Jacks clips it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 35.3 | 35.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Back of a length and on middle and on off, Will Jacks gets behind the line of it and keeps it out on the pitch. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Touch fuller and on off, Will Jacks gets half forward and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 35.1 | 35.1: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Scott Boland starts with a good-length delivery, on middle, angles in a bit and kicks up a bit off the surface. Ben Stokes adjusts well and tucks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, No drama. On a length, outside off, angling away, Will Jacks shoulders arms. That will be STUMPS ON DAY 3. ENGLAND ARE 134/6, TRAIL BY 43! |
| 0 | 34.5 | 34.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, On a length, around off, coming back in, Will defends it down the track. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Good bluff from Starc but it does not work in his favour. He keeps two men on the hook on the leg side but bowls it full and wide outside off. Jacks is prepared for it though as he lunges and pushes the ball towards point. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Good length on middle and off, going across the batter. Will Jacks defends it off his front foot. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Full and wide of off, Will Jacks pushes this to point for no run. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Good length wide of off, Will Jacks leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Full and just outside off, the skipper defends it towards cover. |
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, On a length, outside off, Ben shoulders arms and that is a decent take by Alex Carey standing upto the stumps. |
| 2 | 33.4 | 33.4: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Full, around off, Stokes pushes this through the covers. There is no one in that position and the bowler himself goes after the ball, before Travis Head comes up from somewhere. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Hard length on middle and off, Ben Stokes dead bats it towards cover. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Good length on middle and off, Ben Stokes once again blocks. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Back of a length on middle and off, Ben defends this off the back foot. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, AUSTRALIA LOSE ANOTHER REVIEW. One suspects that the situation of the game is probably getting the better of their emotions. Excellent decision from Adrian Holdstock nevertheless. This was on a shortish length, around leg stump and Jacks looked to tuck it fine. The ball hit something, lobbed in the air and the keeper, Alex Carey, dived brilliantly to his left to pouch that. He immediately went up but the umpire was as calm as a cucumber. Smith went in for the review and the first replay seemed to indicate that the bat came down after the ball passed it. UltraEdge shows the spike when the ball is near the hip and the onfield decision stays as it is. 5 runs and a wicket from the over, Mitchell Starc's bowling figures read 11-1-48-2, but his current spell records 5-1-12-2. |
| 4 | 32.5 | 32.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, FOUR! BEAUTY! That is some way to get rid of the pressure. Overpitched, outside off, Jacks leans and drives this gloriously through the covers to get off the mark in style. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, On a length, around off, angling away, Will Jacks stays in his crease and plays it with an open bat face towards cover. |
| 0 | 32.3 | 32.3: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Starc-attack once again and it is Jamie Smith who falls prey to the legend. Starc steams in from over the wicket and bowls it full and wide of off, shaping it away from the right-hander. Jamie Smith threw his bat at it and was looking to go for the expansive drive through cover. Gets late to drive it and ends up with an outside edge that's taken cleanly by Alex Carey behind the stumps. Jamie Smith, to everyone's surprise, sends this upstairs. UltraEdge confirms the on-field decision with a spike as the ball is next to the bat of Smith. Jamie Smith departs on 4(11). England still trail by 49. |
| 0 | 32.2 | 32.2: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Full and wide outside off, Jamie Smith leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 32.1 | 32.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Back of a length around middle and off, Ben Stokes flicks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Full and outside off, jammed towards cover. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, On a length, outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Around off, patted into the off side. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, PEACH! Scott Boland is bowling like a bowling machine right now. Hitting the nagging length on most occasions and getting the ball to nip back in on the batter. Jamie Smith prods in front and looks to block but the ball beats him on the inside and whiskers over middle and leg. |
| 4 | 31.2 | 31.2: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, FOUR! A sensational stroke against the run of play from Jamie Smith. Pitched up, around middle and off, Jamie Smith gets right on top of the bounce on this occassion and drives this past the bowler. Boland tries to stop it with his left boot but the ball zooms past him to the long off fence. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Good length wide of off, Jamie Smith jams this around silly point. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Full, outside off, the skipper comes forward and gently opens the face of the bat at the last moment. The ball rolls past gully but Cameron Green puts in a full-length dive to his left to stop the ball. Back-to-back maidens from Australia. |
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Full and just outside off, Stokes offers a stoic defense. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Full and outside off, the tempter, Ben Stokes shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Even quicker this time, at 144.7 kph. Starc bowls it short and wide of off, Ben Stokes leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Starc steams in and bowls at 143,5 kph, on a length wide of off, Ben Stokes doesn't offer any stroke on this. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, On a length, wide of off, Ben Stokes leaves it. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Around off, pushed towards cover. Phew. How long an over was that? Scott Boland's bowling figures read 8-2-27-2, with his current spell showing 3-2-6-1. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, On a length, outside off, nipping back in, Smith shoulders arms and the ball goes over the stumps. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Massive pressure on the umpire again! Huge appeal for LBW, lots of extended shouts but umpire Sharfuddoula remains calm. Shakes his head. This was on a length, which nipped back in and Smith decided to counter the movement by walking down the track. He missed and was hit on the pads. Smith had a chat with a few people regarding the review but then, the bowler himself said that it was too high. Ball Tracking shows it to be missing leg stump. Excellent decision from the umpire amidst all the drama and a good call from Australia not to review. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another noise and this time there is bat on ball! Full and just outside off, almost a carbon copy of the previous ball. Once again, Brook forces himself to play at that one and misses, generating another noise. This time, the umpire does not raise his finger and Steve Smith immediately signals for the review. Sure enough, this time the bat is away from the pad while the ball which is close to the outside edge and it is picked by UltraEdge with a spike! The umpire's decision is reversed for the second time in a row and Boland has his second. Brook departs for 15 and from 90/1, England are 123/5! The deficit reads 54 runs. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, HARRY BROOK REVERSES CAUGHT BEHIND DECISION! Superb nut from Boland though. On a length, outside off, Brook came half forward to defend and there was a noise as the ball went past the bat. There was half an appeal from the Aussies and the umpire raised his finger. But Brook reviewed straightaway and the first replay showed that the bat was miles from the ball, with the noise coming because of the willow hitting the pad. The decision gets reversed and Brook survives. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length on off, Harry Brook rolls this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Back of a length around off, Ben Stokes punts this back to the bowler. Ben looks determined to go long. |
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, On a length around off, Ben Stokes blocks this well off his front foot. |
| 1 | 28.4 | 28.4: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Full and on off, Harry Brook drives this to extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Good length around off, Harry Brook gives it a good look and leaves it. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Now that makes a lot of sense. Good length, going across the batter, Harry Brook leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Full and wide outside off, Harry Brook chases this wide outside off and swings at it. Gets beaten on the outside. This was too wide outside off and Brook would've been better off leaving this. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, A maiden from Scott Boland as he bowls a length ball on off and Ben Stokes dead bats it. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Back of a length around off, Ben prods in front to block but bails out as the ball shoots on him. Dabs this gently towards point. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, On a length around middle and off, Ben Stokes stays deep inside the crease and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Good length wide of off, Ben Stokes initially looks to leave it but ends up blocking this around cover. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Hard length on off, Ben Stokes dead bats it. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, On a length around off, Ben gets right behind the line of it and blocks it under his eyeline. |
| 1 | 26.6 | 26.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, On a length around the pads, Ben Stokes nudges this through square leg for one. Just a run and a wicket from the over, Starc's bowling figures read 8-0-42-1 but his current spell reads 2-0-6-1. |
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Good length wide of off, Ben Stokes leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Here comes that full and swinging delivery from Starc. This lands on a good length and shapes away from Ben Stokes who gets squared up as he looks to flick but ends with an outside edge back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 26.3 | 26.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Excellent review from Australia this time and it is number 17 for Starc in this series. Very full, outside off, from around the wicket, Joe Root looks to drive but seems to have missed it. The ball goes through to the keeper and the slip cordon goes up immediately in an appeal for the catch, while Starc joins belatedly. The reason for that might have been because Root's bat hit the ground at the same time as well. But this time, Smith did not ask anyone regarding the review. Even before Starc could ask him regarding the review, the 'T' sign was up in a flash and if that was not enough, he started to celebrate with Alex Carey too! Starc looked a bit confused but joined in the celebrations anyway. And here came UltraEdge - the spike comes when the ball is near the outside edge of the bat and then, the bat hits the ground. The decision is overturned and Starc has Root for the 11th time in Tests - joint most for Root along with Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah! Root departs for 15 and from 90/1, England are now 121/4! The deficit reads 56 runs. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short pitched, around off, Joe Root hops up on his toes and gides this to backward point's left. Root was keen on the single but Brook sent him back. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length on middle and off, Joe Root goes deep inside the crease and dabs this to gully. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, LBW appeal and Australia waste a review. With Brook primarily batting around the off stump, it is pretty difficult to get him adjudged LBW unless the ball is pretty straight. On a length this ball was, outside off and Boland made it to come back in. Brook missed his defense and was hit on the pads but even then, it always seemed like he was hit outside off. Boland though, was pretty confident and Smith gave in. When technology loaded, Ball Tracking showed the impact to be outside off. |
| 4 | 25.5 | 25.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, FOUR! Fine shot. On a length, outside off, a bit of width, Harry Brook reaches out and steers it behind point. The ball races away. The deficit is now 56. |
| 2 | 25.4 | 25.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length on the pads, Harry Brook nudges this through the mid-wicket region for two here. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Scott hits the hard length, on off, Harry Brook defends this on off. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, On a length wide of off, Harry Brook leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length wide of off, Harry Brook gets low to block but the ball keeps low and beats him. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root leaves it all alone. |
| 2 | 24.5 | 24.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length, on the pads. Joe Root gets inside the line of it and flicks this through square leg for two more. |
| 2 | 24.4 | 24.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root prods in front and punches this through the cover region for a couple. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root guides this to gully for no run. |
| 0 | 24.2 | 24.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length on middle and off, Joe Root blocks this to mid on. |
| 1 | 24.1 | 24.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Short pitched, on off, Harry Brook hops up on his toes and tucks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length, outside off, Joe thinks of leaving it but at the last moment, opens the face of his bat and runs it down to gully. |
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full and straight, Root gets right inside the line and defends. |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full, outside off, Joe Root gets a big stride in to defend the ball towards mid off. |
| 1 | 23.3 | 23.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Uppish, but into space. Full, outside off, slanting in, Harry looks to drive again but skews it off the outer half of the bat through point. A single taken. |
| 2 | 23.2 | 23.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Full and wide outside off, Brook leans and drives it through the covers for a couple. The deficit is now 68. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, This one nips back in from a length, outside off, Harry Brook looks to play it through the off side but the sudden bounce takes him by surprise. Ends up fending it off the gloves on the off side. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Around off, pushed towards cover. Root wants the single but gets sent back. |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Around off, pushed towards mid on. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Ooohhh... this one hits a crack. On a good length, just outside off, JR stays back to defend but the ball hits something and jags back, staying low as well. Beats the bat and luckily for Root, misses the off stump. |
| 2 | 22.3 | 22.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Back of a length, outside off, Joe punches it to the right of backward point this time and gets a couple. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Around middle and off, Root works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 22.1 | 22.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, FOUR! And that's a Joe Root special. Absolutely calm under pressure. Back of a length, outside off, Root stays back, waits for the ball to arrive and dabs it to the left of gully for a boundary. |
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.6: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, On middle and off, another block. 6 runs and a wicket from the over. Michael Neser's bowling figures read 6-0-24-2 but his current spell reads 3-0-10-2. |
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Full and just around off, Harry gets down nicely to defend. |
| 4 | 21.4 | 21.4: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, FOUR! A boundary to get off the mark. Down the leg side, Brook tickles it to the fine leg fence. 100 IS UP FOR ENGLAND and the deficit is now 76 runs. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Nearly gone first ball! On a length, outside off, Harry Brook comes half forward to defend but the ball jags back in, hits something and goes over the stumps. Well taken by Alex Carey who appeals for the catch, joined in by Neser too, but then the bowler himself indicates that the ball did not hit the bat. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! The pressure of dot balls tells and Neser gets his second wicket in the span of 14 balls. Before this delivery, Australia strung a set of 11 dot balls. While that may not sound a lot in a Test match, it does affect those who are in rhythm. Factor this - before Pope's dismissal, Crawley was batting on 42 (53). After his dismissal, he faced just 5 balls and scored just 2 runs of the 21 balls bowled prior to this one. Full and outside off, Crawley looks to punch this down the ground, but just like Pope, cannot quite keep it down. In fact, because it is not hit hard, the ball goes low towards the bowler. But Neser shows excellent reflexes to take the catch low to his right. That's two set batters dismissed in fairly quick succession. Crawley departs for a fine 44 and from 90/1, England are 97/3! The deficit reads 80 runs. |
| 2 | 21.1 | 21.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a length, around off, coming in with the angle, Zak Crawley works it behind square leg and gets a couple. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Full and straight, once again Joe Root falls over in his attempt to flick. Mistimes it to mid on. A maiden for Doggett - his second and he is the only bowler in this innings to string 6 consecutive dot balls in an over in this innings. |
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a good length, outside off, JR comes forward to play at that but takes his bat away from the line. Good carry on that one. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Full and straight, Joe falls over a touch and flicks, but finds mid on. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Short and just outside off, Root stays back and pushes it towards cover. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a length, outside off, Joe Root thinks about playing at that one before bailing out in the end. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Full and outside off, left alone. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a length, outside off, 135 kph, ZC gets across and lets it pass. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Full and just outside off, Zak defends solidly. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Landed just outside off, Crawley pushes it towards cover. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Full, outside off, 132.8 kph, Zak Crawley pushes it towards mid on. |
| 1 | 19.2 | 19.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length again, a bit too straight, 130.5 kph, Root clips this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, The keeper is upto the stumps now. On a length, outside off, Joe Root hangs back and pushes it towards point. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, A short ball, outside off, Joe swivels and pulls it all along the ground towards deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Back of a length, around off, Root rises with the bounce and dabs it towards point. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, A short ball, outside off, Joe Root arches away from the line. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, On a length, around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, Full, outside off, driven towards cover. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Brendan Doggett to Joe Root, A short ball, around off, kept out. |
| 1 | 17.6 | 17.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on the pads, Joe Root milks this through square leg for a single to close a successful over for the Aussies. 3 runs and a wicket for Michael Neser. |
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length, wide outside off, Joe Root watches it all along and leaves it. |
| 2 | 17.4 | 17.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length, going down the leg, Joe Root flicks this through backward square leg and takes two. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length on middle and off, nipping back into the batter. Joe Root blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Michael Neser to Ollie Pope, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Michael Vaughan predicted this just an over ago. He felt that given the way Pope was batting, he won't be surprised if there is a wicket around the corner. And the wicket does come. Reckless cricket from Pope. Full, outside off, Ollie Pope looks to hammer this straight back down the ground. However, neither can he keep the ball along the ground, nor can he get enough elevation to clear the bowler. It goes straight back to Neser who does not make a mistake this time, having dropped Duckett earlier. The 42-run stand is broken and Pope departs for a frenetic 26, which mostly came through risky shots. England are 90/2 and trail by 87 runs. |
| 3 | 16.6 | 16.6: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, Excellent effort from Scott Boland at deep square leg. Overpitched, around middle and leg, Ollie whips this through square leg. The ball races away and so does Boland. Gets to the ball, puts in a dive and pushes the ball away. But at the same time, he also touches the ropes. Hence, the third umpire is called into question. After a couple of looks, it does appear that Boland first pushed the ball away and then touched the ropes. The effort is recognized and three runs are added to the total. 12 from the over! |
| 4 | 16.5 | 16.5: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, EDGED, FOUR! Australia getting some taste of their own luck. The ball was evading the fielders when they were batting and now, the same luck is going towards England. Full and wide outside off, Pope throws his bat hard at it and gets a thick outside edge. Flies over a leaping second slip to the deep third fence. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, A miscalculated leave from Pope but he survives. On a length around leg, Ollie Pope shuffles inside the line of it and offers no stroke as this appeared to be going down leg. The ball tickles the outside of Pope's front pad and goes back to the keeper. |
| 4 | 16.3 | 16.3: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, FOUR, JUST OVER! And it might be problems for Josh Inglis too. Full and wide outside off, Ollie Pope goes hard on the drive and hits it aerially over cover. Is not in total control and hence, the ball kind of skews away. Inglis leaps full stretch at cover but the ball goes over him. Inglis then lands awkwardly on his right shoulder and gets up very gingerly, holding his right shoulder. He is definitely feeling some pain but is continuing for now. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Good length, going down leg. Zak Crawley misses out on the flick and gets it brushed off the pads toward short fine leg for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Hard length around off, Zak Crawley rides the bounce and pushes this to mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Good length on middle and off, Ollie Pope blocks this well. |
| 1 | 15.5 | 15.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, On a length around middle and off, Zak Crawley flicks this towards the right of Michael Neser at mid on. Neser puts in a dive, gets a bit of hand to it and takes the sting out of it. Just a single taken. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length, wide of off, Zak Crawley strides out in front and leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Full and wide outside off, Zak Crawley drives this on the up to cover. There were runs for the taking had Zak beaten the fielder on either side. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley looks to pounch this off his front foot but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Back of a length around off, Zak Crawley blocks this around silly point. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, On a length, wide outside off, Ollie Pope leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, On a length around middle and off, Ollie Pope pushes this straight to cover. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, Full and wide of off, Ollie Pope goes for the big booming drive through cover but gets beaten by pace. He was significantly late on getting the bat down. |
| 1 | 14.3 | 14.3: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full and wide outside off, Zak Crawley accepts the width on offer and drives this towards Jake Weatherald's left at deep point for one. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Good length on off, Zak Crawley leans low and keeps it out. Zak is looking good. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full and on off, Zak Crawley blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Good length around off, Ollie Pope looks rock solid in striding out in front and blocking it. |
| 4 | 13.5 | 13.5: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, FOUR! AWESOME! Overpitched by Boland and punished. Outside off, Ollie Pope comes forward and drives it right back to where it came from. Down the ground, to the right of mid off. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, The cracks are opening up a bit more with each passing moment. Good length wide of off, Ollie Pope leaves it but even this keeps rising from a good length. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Good length around off, Ollie Pope solidly blocks this one. |
| 1 | 13.2 | 13.2: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley pushes this gently in front of Michael Neser at mid on and sets off for a quick single. Neser charges on the ball and throws it underarm on the dive but misses at the non-striker's end. Zak makes his ground by then. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length on middle and off, Zak Crawley defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, Starc is searching for the toes, goes for a yorker and almost outfoxes Pope here. Ollie Pope was equally up for it as he blocks this around mid-wicket. Good cricket all around. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, That must have hit a crack or something. Good length around off, shoots a lot at the batter. Ollie Pope had already decided to leave it and that turns out to be a really good decision with what the ball did after landing. |
| 1 | 12.4 | 12.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On a length around the pads, Zak Crawley flicks this towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Good length around middle and off, Zak Crawley pumps this straight back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 12.2 | 12.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, EDGED, FOUR! The runs have started to flow again as Zak Crawley decides to counterpunch. A short ball, outside off, Crawley throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge. The ball goes towards gully where Cameron Green is stationed and he leaps too - but the ball just goes over his leap to the deep third fence. The deficit is now 107. |
| 3 | 12.1 | 12.1: Mitchell Starc to Ollie Pope, That's well struck by Pope. On a length around off, Ollie Pope strides closer to the pitch of the delivery and he drives this through the extra cover region for three. Travis Head does well to chase this from mid off and flick this back inside the playing area inches from the fence. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Full and wide of off, Zak Crawley swings and misses. |
| 4 | 11.5 | 11.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Zak seems to be batting on a different deck altogether from his partner on the other end. Good length around middle and off, Zak Crawley gets right on top of the bounce and drives this past a diving mid on fielder to his left for four runs. |
| 1 | 11.4 | 11.4: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Good length around off, Ollie Pope looks to block this around mid-wicket but the ball shoots a wee bit on him and he gets it edged towards cover for one. |
| 4 | 11.3 | 11.3: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, FOUR! This will make him breathe easy. A bit more confidence is reflected in this stroke. On a length around middle and off, Ollie Pope shuffles across and glances this towards the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 2 | 11.2 | 11.2: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Pitched up, wide of off, Ollie Pope offers a drive but mistimes this off the cue end of the bat. Gets is through extra cover though for a couple. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, It continues to be scratchy from Pope. Back of a length around off, Ollie Pope goes for the flick but misses out again and is hit around his abdomen. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full and wide outside off, Zak Crawley leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley defends this not convincingly but he does enough to keep it out. |
| 2 | 10.4 | 10.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Cross-seam this time, around off again, a bit fuller. Zak Crawley flashes at it, gets an inside edge that rolls to fine leg for two. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Wobbled-seam from Starc, on a good length, around off. Zak Crawley gets onto his back foot and blocks it around cover. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Starc hits the deck hard, angling across the batter. Zak Crawley strides closer to the pitch of the delivery and blocks. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Good length wide of off, Zak Crawley does well by not chasing it and leaving it all alone. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Another one, banged short, wide of off. Ollie Pope shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, On a length around middle and off, Ollie Pope rolls this down to mid on. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Short and wide of off, Ollie Pope leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, The Aussies are right on top at the moment. Beating the bat and finding edges but the final product is around the corner, one feels. On a length around off, Ollie Pope strides across the stumps and goes for a front foot defensive punch. Gets beaten and the ball deflects off his pads to the keeper. Loud appeal of LBW but the umpire once again turns it down. Boland looks at his captain again and this time, he really seems interested. But Smith straightaway indicates that the impact was outside off and that is it as far as a review is concerned. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length on the pads, Zak Crawley tucks this through square leg and hustles for a single. 50 UP FOR ENGLAND. Trail by 127. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Another situation where the Aussies appeal for a caught behind but the umpire doesn't entertain it. Good length around off, Zak Crawley presses in front, gets outside the line of off and looks to punch this to mid off. The ball shapes back in and it misses the inside edge of Zak's bat. The ball then deflects off his pads and back to the keeper. Boland has a look at his captain but Smith and Labuschagne straightaway shake their heads, denying any inside edge. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, On a length around off, Ollie Pope pushes this back towards the bowler's right for no run. |
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, Pope is not feeling very confident out in the middle. Back of a length around off, Ollie Pope looks to nudge this around mid-wicket but gets late on closing his bat face this time. The ball catches the outside edge and lands short of cover. Pope is not reading the length as well, it seems, because this hit him high around the sticker of his bat, which means he was not in a position to flick it either. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, Brendan Doggett comes in the line of the stumps and bowls it on a hard length around off. Ollie Pope gets right behind the line of it and blocks. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, Good length around off, Ollie Pope lets it go back to the keper. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, On a length around middle and leg, Ollie Pope flicks this towards Mitchell Starc at mid on. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Brendan Doggett to Ollie Pope, On a length just wide of off, Ollie Pope shoulders his arms at it. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Good length on middle and leg, Ollie Pope works this to long leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Scott Boland to Ollie Pope, Almost the second for Big Scott. On a length around middle and off, Ollie Pope steps across and goes for a flick. Closes the bat face early and gets it edged in front of the bowler. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, OUT! PLAYED ON! That's just so unlucky for Ben Duckett and he has a hard look at the pitch and then at Crawley, before trudging off. Scott Boland strikes in his first over. Comes around the stumps and bowls it on that nagging length around middle and off, angling it back into the batter. Duckett doesn't lean low and just looks to punch this standing upright. However, unfortunately for him, the ball doesn't bounce much and it strikes the toe end of his bat. It then bounces right back past him and hits the stumps! Boland and Australia will not mind. Duckett departs for 15 and the quickfire opening stand of 48 is broken. ENGLAND TRAIL BY 129. |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, On a length around middle and off, Zak Crawley gets it away off the inside of his bat to deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length, down the leg. Zak Crawley goes for the flick but misses out. Alex Carey glides to his left and gathers this behind the stumps. |
| 1 | 7.1 | 7.1: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Good length around off, Ben Duckett flicks this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Loud appeal for LBW from the Aussies but the umpire shrugs it away. Good length around middle and leg, shaping back into the batter. Zak Crawley gets beaten on the inside and the ball hits Zak high on the front pad. Doggett has a look at Steve Smith who straightaway indicates that it was a bit too high. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, Beauty from Brendan Doggett. In the channel around the fourth stump line. Zak Crawley prods in front to block but the ball shapes away and Zak Crawley is beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Brendan Doggett to Zak Crawley, On a length around off, Zak Crawley strides out in front and leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Brendan Doggett to Ben Duckett, Good length around off, Ben Duckett guides this through backward point for the first run of the session. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Brendan Doggett to Ben Duckett, Good length, going across the batter. The ball seems to have landed on the seam and nip away from the batter. Ben Duckett leaves it. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Brendan Doggett to Ben Duckett, Brendan Doggett starts the final session of the day with a short one, on off. Ben Duckett dabs this around silly point. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Outside off, pushed towards cover. DINNER ON DAY 3, ENGLAND 45/0, TRAIL BY 132! |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Full, around off, defended solidly. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a good length now, outside off, nipping back in, Crawley gets across to flick but misses and is hit high on the thighs. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a length, outside off, pushed towards cover. |
| 3 | 5.2 | 5.2: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Uppish, but safe! Full, outside off, Ben Duckett goes hard on the drive, coming forward. The ball hits the face of the bat and lobs in the air. Travis Head dives to his left from mid off, but the ball lands just in front of him and bursts through his hands. By the time he can get up and recover the ball, another triplet is taken. Jeez, that's the third triple in 32 balls in this inning! |
| 3 | 5.1 | 5.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, That's interesting. Are Australia rattled already? We are just into the 6th over of the innings and there is already a deep square leg in place. Full and on middle, Zak Crawley flicks it through mid-wicket and by the time the deep square leg fielder can get to his left to stop the ball, three runs are taken. The stand moves to 42 (31)! |
| 1 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full, around off, Zak Crawley pushes it to deep point for a single. Just one dot ball in that over, going for 13! |
| 2 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full, outside off, ZC punches it through point for another couple. The deficit is now 139. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Scrambled seam, on a length, outside off, slanting away, Zak looks to drive this on the up without moving his feet and misses. |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Excellent batting. On a length, outside off, Zak Crawley gets on top of the bounce and punches it on the up through the covers, for the second boundary of the over. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full on middle and leg, swinging down, Crawley looks to flick, but misses. The ball goes off his pads towards fine leg and the batters take a couple. Leg byes signalled. |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, FOUR! AMAZING! Full, outside off, Zak Crawley comes forward and exhibits a lovely straight drive. The ball pings off the middle of the bat and races through mid off, to find the boundary. The deficit is now 147. This stand is now worth 30 (25)! |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.6: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, FOUR RUNNING RUNS! Full and straight, 132.4 kph, BD clips it through mid-wicket. Scott Boland gives it a good chase from mid on and gets to the ball with a slide and pushes it back in. But by the time the backup fielder arrives, the batters have enough time to return for the fourth. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, On a length, outside off, Ben shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, FOUR BYES! Misdirection of the radar. This would have been a nice outswinger for Crawley but for Duckett, this is pitched well outside leg and then swinging further down. He lets it go and Alex Carey has no chance behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, DROPPED! Is that the luck which Ben Duckett needs? Full on middle, Duckett looks to hammer this down the ground but plays the shot a bit too early. Ends up getting it off the toe end of the bat but still, the ball rockets back to the bowler. Michael Neser tries to hold on with both hands but the ball pings his palms and pops out. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Fuller and wider outside off, Duckett lets it go. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, On a length, outside off, slanting away, Ben Duckett punches it to Jake Weatherald at point. |
| 4 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, FOUR! England are going at run-a-ball in this second innings. Overpitched, swinging down leg, Zak Crawley whips it through square leg. The deficit is now 159. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Full and straight, hint of inward shape, Crawley works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On a length, around off, 140.2 kph, Zak Crawley waits for the ball to arrive and dabs it past gully, to his right. By the time Cameron Green can get to the ball with a slide, two more runs are taken. |
| 3 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Full and down the leg side, Ben clips it over mid-wicket. The timing is not that great and hence, the ball clugs in the outfield. Enough time to return for three. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, On a length, outside off, Duckett lets it go. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Full, outside off, 138.9 kph, nipping back in, Ben Duckett stays in his crease and works it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Full and wide outside off, going straight on, Zak Crawley makes a hattrick of leaves. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Outside off, on a length, moving away, ZC lets it go again. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Better bowling, excellent leave. On a length, just outside off, nipping back in, but Zak knows where his off stump is and shoulders arms. That bounces a shade but is away from the off stump. |
| 4 | 1.3 | 1.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, FOUR! The first boundary for England. That will give Crawley a lot of confidence. Neser goes for the glory ball, the big booming inswinger, but ends up landing the ball on middle and leg, on too full a length. Zak Crawley whips it without fuss through square leg. The deficit is now 168. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Better line, starting outside off and slanting inward, then moving away, Crawley lets it go again. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Full and wide outside off to start. There is some outswing available, but the line was just too wide. Zak Crawley gets across and lets it go. |
| 1 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On middle and leg, on a length, 141.5 kph, Zak nudges it through square leg for a run. |
| 3 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Off the king pair and then the pair, in grand style! Starc goes for the big booming inswinger but dishes a half volley on the pads. Ben clips it through mid-wicket and gets three runs. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Fuller, outside off, swinging away, Duckett walks down the track and pushes it towards backward point. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Landed outside off, Ben Duckett comes forward and pushes it towards mid off. |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, On a length, outside off, Crawley taps it towards mid off and takes a quick single. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Good length to start. Full, outside off, swinging in, Zak Crawley watchfully pushes it towards cover. |
| 6 | 9.6 | 9.6: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, SIX! Steve Smith finishes things off in style! Gus Atkinson bangs this into the pitch, on middle. Smith picks the length early, swivels and whacks it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. Smith is absolutely pumped here as he fist bumps and gives a big hug to his partner, Jake Weatherald, at the other end. A very rare sight when you see Smudge show such raw emotions. AUSTRALIA WIN BY 8 WICKETS AND GO 2-0 UP IN THE SERIES. |
| 1 | 9.5 | 9.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Pulls his length back a bit and around off, Jake Weatherald looks to drive it away but gets an outside edge past the slip cordon towards third man for a run. Australia just 2 runs away from making it 2-0 in the Ashes. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Touch fuller and on off, Jake Weatherald blocks it out. |
| 4 | 9.3 | 9.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Lovely shot! Much fuller and on middle, angling in. Jake Weatherald presents the full face of the and drives it gloriously towards the long on fence for a boundary. Australia one hit away from the win now. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, On a length and on middle, Steve Smith pats it in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, Good length and on off, Steve Smith stays back and keeps it out to the off side. Says no run in his own theatrical way. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Right in the blockhole, on middle, Jake Weatherald jams it out to the left of the bowler. |
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Hard length and around middle, Steve Smith backs away and carves it towards deep thrid for one. |
| 6 | 8.4 | 8.4: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, SIX! HOOKED AWAY! Steve Smith has got into Jofra Archer's mind here. This is another bouncer over 150 clicks, angling on the leg stump line. Smith takes it on, gets inside the line of it and helps it on its way over the deep fine leg fence for a biggie. Australia need just 9 runs to win now. |
| 4 | 8.3 | 8.3: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, FOUR! Jofra Archer bangs this into the pitch again, on middle, quick again. Steve Smith looks to pull it away but gets a top edge that flies just over the keeper's head for a boundary. Archer and Smith go at it again and are right at each other's faces. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, Jofra Archer responds with a quick bouncer, on middle. Steve Smith bends his back to sway away and tries to upper cut it but fails to connect. A few words are exchanged between Archer and Smith. Things are heating up here. |
| 4 | 8.1 | 8.1: Jofra Archer to Steve Smith, FOUR! A shot of authority! Banged halfway into the pitch by Archer, on middle, Steve Smith picks the length early, gets into a good position and pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Australia need 19 runs to win! |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, A SNORTER! Fuller in length, just outside off, rocketing away from the batter after pitching. Jake Weatherald is sucked into the defensive shot on the front foot and gets beaten on the outside edge by a kitten-whisker. |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Outside off, on a length, left alone watchfully by Jake Weatherald. |
| 1 | 7.4 | 7.4: Gus Atkinson to Steve Smith, On a good length, outside off. Steve Smith punches on the rise through extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Gus Atkinson gets his second wicket. He slams it hard into the pitch, keeping it just outside off. It rises up from one of the cracks on the pitch, and Marnus Labuschagne just tamely pokes at it, totally getting deceived by the extra bounce. He tries to lean back and sway out of the line, but gets too late. It goes off the gloves and Jamie Smith does the rest behind the stumps. Marnus Labuschagne departs on 3 (6) and Australia are 41/2, with the hosts needing 24 runs to win. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, A surprise bumper! Short and bouncing off the track, outside off. Marnus Labuschagne is taken aback and just manages to lean back and keep his bat down to leave. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length, outside off, Marnus Labuschagne rises with the bounce, plays it late, and steers it to backward point. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, On a good length, nipping into the batter. Jake Weatherald is hurried on the back foot, looks to work across the line, but misses and the ball thuds on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, A desperate review from England. This is fired full and slanted on the leg stump line. Jake Weatherald tries to flick it into the leg side, but plays all over it and wears it on the front pad. A massive appeal for LBW, but not given. Ben Stokes straightaway takes the review to challenge the on-field decision. Snicko shows a clear gap between bat and the ball. Ball Tracking saves Weatherald as the ball is projected to miss the stump and go down leg. |
| 1 | 6.4 | 6.4: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, A tad short again, on middle, Marnus Labuschagne rises on the toes and dabs it to deep backward point for a single. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Full and outside off, Jake leans forward and works it wide of deep third for a single. That came more off the outside edge. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Slams the deck really hard, does Archer. Brings the angle into the batter on a hard length. Jake Weatherald is rushed onto the back foot and tries to nudge it around the corner, but misses. The ball thuds on the back thigh pad and rolls beside the pitch. |
| 1 | 6.1 | 6.1: Jofra Archer to Marnus Labuschagne, Good-length delivery, outside off. Marnus Labuschagne gets on top of the bounce and taps it into the point region for a quick single. |
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6: Gus Atkinson to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length, on the leg stump line. Marnus Labuschagne rides the bounce and nudges it towards the square leg region for a single to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, OUT! CHOPPED ON! England have their first breakthrough. Gus Atkinson spears in a length ball, and the line of attack is closer to the off pole. Travis Head shapes up to play the square cut, but the line is a bit too close and tight to execute that. He goes through his shot and gets a thick inside edge onto the stumps. Travis Head departs on 22 (22) and Australia are 37/1, needing 28 runs to win. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Kicks off the deck, short and on top of off. Travis Head gets on his toes to ride the bounce and tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 5.3 | 5.3: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Full and outside off, Jake Weatherald pushes at it on the front foot, but gets an outside edge. The ball rolls behind to deep third for a single. |
| 1 | 5.2 | 5.2: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Around off, on a fractionally fuller length. Travis Head waits back and tries to defend, but gets a thick outside edge to deep third for a single. |
| 2 | 5.1 | 5.1: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, From around the stumps, Gus Atkinson bowls it full and slants it onto the pads. Travis Head flicks it through backward square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 4.6 | 4.6: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Bangs this into the pitch, on middle, Travis Head hops up and clips it to the leg side for a quick run. THAT WILL BE DINNER ON DAY 4! |
| 1 | 4.5 | 4.5: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Pitched up and on middle, Jake Weatherald tucks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Jofra Archer bowls a wide yorker, outside off, Jake Weatherald goes chasing after it but fails to connect. |
| 1 | 4.3 | 4.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, On a length and around off, Travis Head runs it down to third man for a run. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Fuller and on off, angling in, Travis Head blocks it out. |
| 1 | 4.1 | 4.1: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Good length and on off, Jake Weatherald taps it in front of cover for a quick single. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Swing and a miss! Hard length and outside off. Travis Head gets tempted and wafts at it hard, but loses his bottom hand and misses it. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, A bit fuller and on off, Travis Head stays back in his crease and guides it towards point. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Back of a length and on off, Travis Head dabs it down towards point. |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.3: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, FOUR! Put away! Short of a length but outside off. Travis Head gets the chance to free his arms and crunches it through covers for a boundary now. Australia need 36 runs to win now. |
| 6 | 3.2 | 3.2: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, SIX! Sweetly timed! Gus Atkinson errs in line and serves this full, down the leg side. Travis Head picks it off his pads and whips it nonchalantly over the deep backward square leg fence for a biggie. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Fuller one and on off, Travis Head knocks it towards mid off. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Short and into the body of the batter. Jake Weatherald winds up for the pull but then decides against it and pats it towards square leg. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Fuller and on middle, Jake Weatherald clips it to square leg. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Good length and around off, Jake Weatherald looks to push it away but gets an outside egde on the bounce to gully. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, BEAUTY! Hard length and on middle, angles in but then straightens and keeps rising. Jake Weatherald gets squared up as the ball zips past the outside edge. Jamie Smith, behind the stumps, has to leap up to collect that one above his head. |
| 4 | 2.2 | 2.2: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Streaky! Jofra Archer is absolutely steaming in here. He lands this back of a length and on middle, jags back in at over 150 clicks. Jake Weatherald gets late to put his bat in line. It takes the inside edge and races to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Bangs in a quick and sharp bouncer at 147.5 clicks, angling into the leg side, Jake Weatherald leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Swing and a miss! Short of a length and outside off, takes off a bit. Travis Head slahses hard at it but fails to connect. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Hard length and on off, Travis Head keeps it out to the off side. |
| 4 | 1.4 | 1.4: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, FOUR! Excellent timing! Touch fuller and just on off. Travis Head gets on top of the bounce and plays it right under his eyes. Just dabs it away as the ball teases the cover fielder to the fence but wins the race for a boundary. |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1.3: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Good length and on off, Travis Head opens the face of his bat and guides it through point for a couple of runs. Australia need 54 runs to win now. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Gus Atkinson to Travis Head, Back of a length and around off, Travis Head steers it away towards point. |
| 3 | 1.1 | 1.1: Gus Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, Nice shot! Gus Atkinson begins with a full delivery, on middle, angling in. Jake Weatherald steps across and clips it away with excellent timing to the left of mid on. Jofra Archer chases after it to collect it. Three runs taken. |
| 1 | 0.6 | 0.6: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Pitched up and on off, Jake Weatherald strides out and taps it towards cover for a run. 6 runs off the first over. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Jofra Archer to Jake Weatherald, Jofra Archer lands this short of a length, on off at 145.4 clicks, gets sharp bounce as well. Jake Weatherald leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 0.4 | 0.4: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Good length and on off, Travis Head crouches low and stabs it out towards extra cover for a quick single. First runs off the bat. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Hard length but down the leg side again, Travis Head misses his flick. This is loose from Archer. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, FOUR BYES! Free runs for the Aussies. Short of a length but angling down the leg side, keeps moving in even behind the stumps. Travis Head fails to glance it away, and Jamie Smith, the keeper has no chance of stopping that as it races to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Jofra Archer to Travis Head, Jofra Archer starts with a hard-length delivery at 145.1 clicks, on off. Travis Head hops up and guides it off the outer half of the bat on the bounce to gully. |