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5th Test, 4-Jan-2026
| 0 | 97.3 | 97.3: Michael Neser to Josh Tongue, OUT! TIMBER! Michael Neser goes bang, bang and wraps up proceedings rather quickly. Neser bowls it fuller and around off, gets the ball to nip back in sharply. Josh Tongue looks to play down the lie but is beaten all ends up and the ball knocks over the stumps, going past the blade. Tongue departs for a two-ball duck and England are bowled out for 384. |
| 0 | 97.2 | 97.2: Michael Neser to Josh Tongue, Oh, that is a snorter from Neser. A short ball on the money, around off and at shoulder height, nipping away with extra bounce. Josh Tongue does well to sway away from the line of the ball. |
| 0 | 97.1 | 97.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Oh, that is a special effort from Michael Neser and that marks the end of a marathon knock from Joe Root. Neser goes a touch wider of the crease and bowls it short at the batter. Root looks to step across and get inside the line but gets cramped up and awkwardly plays at it. The top edge is found and the ball lobs up to the leg side. Neser scampers across and puts in a brilliant dive to pouch it with both hands. Root walks back to a standing ovation from the SCG crowd as he departs for 160 (242). |
| 0 | 96.6 | 96.6: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, On a good length and outside off, seams away quite a bit as well. Matthew Potts thinks about playting at it but does well to bail out of the shot. |
| 0 | 96.5 | 96.5: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Banged in short and over off, shaping away a bit. Potts sits under it and lets it through. |
| 0 | 96.4 | 96.4: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Hard length around offm Potts gets right behind the line and punches it down to mid off. |
| 0 | 96.3 | 96.3: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Back of a length and outside off, Potts rocks back and nudges it down to the right of gully where Usman Khawaja makes a good diving stop. Khawaja seems a bit hurt as he gets a blow o the already taped fingers. |
| 0 | 96.2 | 96.2: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Attempted bumper over middle, sails over the batter's head and Matthew Potts ducks under it well. |
| 1 | 96.1 | 96.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Very full on off and middle, Root gets across and nudges it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 95.6 | 95.6: Michael Neser to Matthew Potts, Nagging length around off, Potts leans on to defend. A maiden over from Michael Neser. |
| 0 | 95.5 | 95.5: Michael Neser to Matthew Potts, That's a beauty! Good-length delivery in the channel, angled in as well. This one hits the deck and seams away sharply with extra bounce. Potts leans on to block but is take aback and does well to not edge it behind. |
| 0 | 95.4 | 95.4: Michael Neser to Matthew Potts, On a hard length and outside off, seaming away, much easier leave this time for Potts. |
| 0 | 95.3 | 95.3: Michael Neser to Matthew Potts, Oh, that jagged back! On a good length and outside off, angling in, Matthew Potts shoulders arms but this one stays low and nearly shaves the top of off stump. |
| 0 | 95.2 | 95.2: Michael Neser to Matthew Potts, Fuller and straighter at the stumps, Potts covers the line well and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 95.1 | 95.1: Michael Neser to Matthew Potts, Full of a good length and in the channel outside off, Potts leans on and makes a watchful leave. |
| 1 | 94.6 | 94.6: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Full and sliding it down the leg side, Potts clips it down to long leg and picks up a single off the final delivery of the over. |
| 0 | 94.5 | 94.5: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, On a hard length and around middle, Potts stays on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 94.4 | 94.4: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Fuller and straighter on middle and leg, Potts solidly defends it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 94.3 | 94.3: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Banged in on a hard length and on off, nips away a touch with extra bounce and Potts just plays inside the line. |
| 0 | 94.2 | 94.2: Cameron Green to Matthew Potts, Back of a length and outside off, angling away with extra bounce and Potts shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 94.1 | 94.1: Cameron Green to Brydon Carse, OUT! CAUGHT! Cameron Green gets a wicket and turns back to see whether he has overstepped again or not. It is all clear and he gets his first wicket of the game. Green lands it on a good length on off and gets it to just nip away. Brydon Carse hangs back and has a little dab at it, edging it down to the right of the keeper. Alex Carey swiftly moves across and gobbles it up and England are now 8 down for 382. |
| 0 | 93.6 | 93.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Pitched up on off, angled in, Root gets inside the line and clips it straight to mid on. |
| 1 | 93.5 | 93.5: Michael Neser to Brydon Carse, Full of a good length and on off, Carse stays low and runs it off the outside edge down to deep third for one more. |
| 1 | 93.4 | 93.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full and straight, Root gets across to the off side and clips it in front of square leg for a single. |
| 2 | 93.3 | 93.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Excellent running. Pitched up around off, Joe Root punches it with soft hands towards extra cover and looks for two right away. The fielder from the deep comes in but the batters do come back for the second run. |
| 0 | 93.2 | 93.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a good length wide outside off, angles back in but dies on its way to the keeper as Root leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 93.1 | 93.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Very full and outside off, angling in, Root steps across to the off side and jams it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 92.6 | 92.6: Cameron Green to Brydon Carse, Hard length around off, a bit slower as well, Brydon Carse just tucks inside the line and lets it through. |
| 0 | 92.5 | 92.5: Cameron Green to Brydon Carse, Nicely bowled. On a hard length and around off, nipping away a bit, Carse presses back to defend but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 92.4 | 92.4: Cameron Green to Brydon Carse, Green goes for a yorker but overpitches and serves a low full toss on off. Carse watchfully pushes it down to mid on. |
| 0 | 92.3 | 92.3: Cameron Green to Brydon Carse, Fuller in length and in the channel around off, Carse leans on and strokes it to covers. |
| 1 | 92.2 | 92.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Back of a length and around off, bounces extra, Root hops up and pushes it down towards extra cover for a single. |
| 2 | 92.1 | 92.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, The call is for two and they get it with ease. Nice and full, on the pads, whipped away behind square leg for a brace by Joe Root. |
| 0 | 91.6 | 91.6: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, OUT! EDGE AND GONE! A lovely piece of bowling from Michael Neser and finally, Australia get rid of Will Jacks. Lovely seam position from Neser, bowling it on a good length and around middle. This one angles in and Jacks looks to clip it away but Neser gets the ball to seam away off the deck and squares up Jacks. The outside edge is found and the ball travels towards gully where Cameron Green takes a good low catch and Jacks has to depat after a fighting knock of 27 (62). |
| 0 | 91.5 | 91.5: Michael Neser to Will Jacks, Hard length on the fourth stump line, left alone by Jacks and this one nips back in after leaving the batter. |
| 1 | 91.4 | 91.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Fuller now and around off, Root gets a big stride across and punches it to the left of point for a quick single. |
| 0 | 91.3 | 91.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Neser goes wider on the crease and angles it at the stumps on a fullish length. Root gets inside the line and clips it in front of mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 91.2 | 91.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a good length around off, angles in with extra bounce, Root hops back to defend. |
| 0 | 91.1 | 91.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length and outside off, Root steps across to the off side and dabs it down in front of point. |
| 0 | 90.6 | 90.6: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Oh, nearly an edge but Jacks survives. On a fuller length and on a tight line around off, Will Jacks just looks to stab it out on the off side but the ball moves a bit and goes agonizingly past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 90.5 | 90.5: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, A smidge fuller and outside off, shaping away, Will Jacks shoulders arms once again. |
| 0 | 90.4 | 90.4: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Good length in the channel, going straight on, Jacks shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 90.3 | 90.3: Cameron Green to Will Jacks, Loose, too loose from Jacks. Full and wide outside off, swinging away, Will Jacks doesn't move his feet and just throws his hands at the drive but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 90.2 | 90.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Fractionally short and outside off, Root leans back and angles it away down to deep backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 90.1 | 90.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Green starts the new spell with a full-length delivery around off. Root leans on to defend. |
| 2 | 89.6 | 89.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Nicely played and up comes the 50-run stand between these two as well. On a hard length and on off, straightens a bit off the deck, Jacks hangs back and nudges it down to the left of deep third for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 89.5 | 89.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, On a fuller length now and on off, anglig in, Jacks leans on and nudges it down to mid on. |
| 0 | 89.4 | 89.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Shorter in length now and at the batter, extra bounce on offer but Jacks does well to keep it down in front of Travis Head at short leg. |
| 0 | 89.3 | 89.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, This one goes the other way now. Pitched up on the fifth stump line, angling in but Boland gets the ball to straighten off the deck. Jacks looks to defend down the line but the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 89.2 | 89.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Oh, that's nipped back in a mile. Good-length delivery outside off, Will Jacks leaves it alone but the ball keeps angling in after leaving the batter and also keeps going up. Good take from Alex Carey moving to his left. |
| 1 | 89.1 | 89.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Tap and run! Hard length in and around off, Root stays back and just dabs it down with gentle hands through cover-point and picks up a single. |
| 1 | 88.6 | 88.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, There it is, a maiden score of 150 or more for Joe Root in Australia and it is the 17th time in Tests that he has notched up this number. Back of a length and angling across off, Root rocks back and eases it wide of point for a single. This has been a masterclass from Root so far. |
| 1 | 88.5 | 88.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Just back of a length, straighter in line and shaping in, Jacks awakwardly flicks it away in front of mid-wicket and scampers through for the single. |
| 0 | 88.4 | 88.4: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, A bit shorter and at almost 145 kph, angling away, Jacks stays back and angles it down on the boune to the gully fielder. |
| 1 | 88.3 | 88.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Hard length on leg, tucked away down through backward square leg for a single and Joe Root now moves to 149. |
| 0 | 88.2 | 88.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length and around off, hits the deck hard. Root gets right behind it and drops it with gentle hands into the off side. |
| 0 | 88.1 | 88.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Starc lands it on a good length but wide outside off, Root lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 87.6 | 87.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Nagging length outside off, this one nips back in. Jacks looks to block but gets beaten and wears it high on the pads. |
| 0 | 87.5 | 87.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, That's a beauty! Boland pitches the ball on a good length and around off, gets the ball to angle in and then straighten off the deck. Will Jacks looks to get behind the line and block but gets squared up and the ball whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 87.4 | 87.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, On a hard length and outside off, just seams away a bit with extra bounce and Jacks shoulders arms at it. |
| 1 | 87.3 | 87.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a good length, slanted back into the body, tucked away just to the right of square leg for a quick single. Root moves on to 148. |
| 1 | 87.2 | 87.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, A bit fuller and in the channel outside off, inducing the false drive. Jacks gets an outside edge while looking to cover drive and gets it wide of the slip cordon towards deep third for a single. |
| 0 | 87.1 | 87.1: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Banged in a bit shorter and from wider on the crease, angling it into the batter. Jacks gets side-on and taps it down into the on side. |
| 0 | 86.6 | 86.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a good length, pushed across off stump, Joe Root plays a high-elbow drive but hits it straight to short cover. |
| 1 | 86.5 | 86.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Good length attacking the stumps, Jacks stays compat and nudges it off the outer half of the blade through gully and picks up a single. |
| 1 | 86.4 | 86.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Full and swinging into the pads, wristed away to deep square leg for a single by Root. |
| 0 | 86.3 | 86.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Nagging length in the chanel, Root hangs back to glide it away but it is too close to the body and he just jams it out into the off side. |
| 0 | 86.2 | 86.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fuller in length, shaping back into off and middle, Root leans on and smothers it with the full face of the blade. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a hard length but spilled down the leg side, Root looks to flick it off the hips but misses. |
| 0 | 85.6 | 85.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Nagging length in and around off, watchfully blocked off by Jacks. |
| 0 | 85.5 | 85.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, A prolonged appeal for LBW but it is turned down and given what we have seen in the last few overs, that's surely too high. On a good length and around off, seams back in sharply. Jacks gets across to block but is beaten past the inside edge and gets hit on the pads. Replays later confirm that it would have gone over the stumps. |
| 0 | 85.4 | 85.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Back of a length again and around off, rising up off the deck, Jacks hops back to defend. |
| 0 | 85.3 | 85.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Boland hits the hard length again and gets the big nip-backer going again. Will Jacks is beaten all ends up and gets hit tight on the box once again. |
| 1 | 85.2 | 85.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length again and outside off, patted down through the point region for a single. |
| 0 | 85.1 | 85.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Oh, this pitch has livened up a bit for sure. Back of a length and well outside off, Root walks across but gets taken aback by the sharp bounce and awkwardly gets out of the shot as the ball flies past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 84.6 | 84.6: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Excellent over from Starc. On a good length, in and around off, Jacks plays all around it and gets hit high on the pads. |
| 0 | 84.5 | 84.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, That's flown off the deck. On a hard length and on middle, it is the wobble seam again and the ball darts across sharply. Jacks is taken aback and gets squared up, nearly edging it behind. |
| 1 | 84.4 | 84.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length around off, Root gets a stride across and stabs it through the gully region for a single. |
| 0 | 84.3 | 84.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Top delivery! Naggig length from Starc, lands it on off and gets the ball to just dart away from the right-hander. Joe Root gets caught on the back foot and ends up playing inside the line of this one. |
| 0 | 84.2 | 84.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a hard length again at 143 kph and on middle, Root plays all around it and gets hit high on the pads. |
| 0 | 84.1 | 84.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Hard length, angled well across off at 144 kph, Root hangs back and half-heartedly dabs at the delivery but the ball beats the bat and that could have easily been an outside edge. |
| 0 | 83.6 | 83.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Classic Scott Boland. Hammered in on a hard length and around off, nips back in sharply and catches Jacks by surprise, hitting him high on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 83.5 | 83.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Pitches the ball up at the stumps, Jacks leans on a bit and just eases it on the up towards mid on. |
| 0 | 83.4 | 83.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, A touch fuller and wide outside off, seaming further away off the deck and Jacks leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 83.3 | 83.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Good-length delivery in the channel, seaming away a touch, Jacks shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 83.2 | 83.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Just back of a length and on off, nips back in sharply. Jacks is beaten completely as the ball goes past the inside edge and hits him in the box. |
| 4 | 83.1 | 83.1: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, FOUR! Lovely shot. Dug in a bit shorter and around off, Will Jacks gets up on his toes and pushes the ball through square covers and the quickened outfield does the rest. Runs are really starting to flow now for England. |
| 1 | 82.6 | 82.6: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Full and straight at the stumps, flicked away in front of square leg this time and for a single in the deep. |
| 4 | 82.5 | 82.5: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, FOUR! Tucked away nicely and this one goes all the way. Back of a length at the bodyline line, Will Jacks hops inside the line and nudges it away past square leg and the ball runs away to the fence. |
| 0 | 82.4 | 82.4: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Oh, nearly an outside edge. Starc goes fuller and lands it in the channel outside off, draws Jacks forward into the drive but the ball goes across and just beats the outside edge. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, Pitched up fuller and pushed well wide of the off stump line, Jacks shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 82.2 | 82.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good-length delivery on middle, Root gets inside the line and flicks it off the pads behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 82.1 | 82.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Starc hits a hard length and gets the ball to cut across the off stump, Root hangs back to cut but is beaten. This one stayed a tad low as well. |
| 0 | 81.6 | 81.6: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Bowled on a hard length and outside off, Jacks leaves it alone but the ball swings it late and ends up to the left of the keeper. Boland begins the new spell with a maiden. |
| 0 | 81.5 | 81.5: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, That in-between length now, in and around off, slides back in. Jacks leans on to defend but gets an inside edge towards square leg. |
| 0 | 81.4 | 81.4: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Fuller now and around off, darts back in late as well, Jacks makes a confident leave. |
| 0 | 81.3 | 81.3: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, On a good length and outside off, seaming away, Jacks lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 81.2 | 81.2: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Lovely delivery from Boland. Full of a good length and outside off, angling in, Jacks is drawn across to block but the ball nips away beautifully off the deck and beats the outside edge. |
| 0 | 81.1 | 81.1: Scott Boland to Will Jacks, Back of a length and on off, angling away, Jacks gets back on his toes and nudges it down into the off side. |
| 4 | 80.6 | 80.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, FOUR! Played nice and late by Root and the 350 comes up for England as well. Good-length delivery, bowled with a wobbled seam and angled across off. Root stays back and just glides it wide of the slip cordon and into the deep third fence. |
| 0 | 80.5 | 80.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Oh, that's well bowled. Starc goes full and fast at 140.4 kph, gets it to tail back in late. Joe Root nearly gets yorked but manages to dig it out. |
| 0 | 80.4 | 80.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Length ball pushed across the off stump, Root leans on and punches it without much timing towards mid off. |
| 0 | 80.3 | 80.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, A tad fuller and just shapes back into the right-hander, Root covers the line well and blocks it with soft hands. |
| 0 | 80.2 | 80.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Lands it on a good length and on off, angling it away, Root presses back a bit and tapsit into the off side. |
| 0 | 80.1 | 80.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fuller in length and outside off, looking for some inswing but this one slides on. Joe Root plays an exquisite drive but hits it straight to mid off. |
| 2 | 79.6 | 79.6: Beau Webster to Will Jacks, Dropped short and outside off, Will Jacks rocks back and slaps it towards deep point for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 79.5 | 79.5: Beau Webster to Joe Root, Full and straight, Root lunges and converts it into a full toss, sweeping it to deep square leg for one more. |
| 1 | 79.4 | 79.4: Beau Webster to Will Jacks, Flighted ball, full and at the stumps, clipped away past square leg for a single by Jacks. |
| 0 | 79.3 | 79.3: Beau Webster to Will Jacks, On a dragged length and on off, this one holds in the deck, Jacks watchfully defends it off. |
| 0 | 79.2 | 79.2: Beau Webster to Will Jacks, Tossed up again, nice and full, smacked on the full but straight to the fielder at a widish mid off. |
| 0 | 79.1 | 79.1: Beau Webster to Will Jacks, Tossed up, full and outside off, drifting in, Jacks leans on to defend. |
| 0 | 78.6 | 78.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Joe Root, Another attempted bumper from Marnus, banged in over leg stump and Root just leans across to the off side and ducks under the ball. |
| 1 | 78.5 | 78.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Dug in short and on the bodyline, pulled away firmly down to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 78.4 | 78.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, A proper bumper now, over middle and leg, sails over the batter's head. |
| 0 | 78.3 | 78.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Another short ball, banged in over the stumps and Jacks ducks under it. |
| 6 | 78.2 | 78.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, SIX! This time, Jacks puts it away. Banged in short and angled down leg, Will Jacks plays a controlled pull shot and gets it over fine leg for a six. |
| 0 | 78.1 | 78.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Gets away with one, does Marnus. A long hop angling down leg, Jacks stands tall and looks to pull but misses. |
| 0 | 77.6 | 77.6: Travis Head to Joe Root, What were you doing, Mr. Root? A reverse sweep just at the stroke of Lunch and he gets lucky that the ball comes off his glove and bounces onto the deck before Alex Carey gathers this behind the stumps. Steve Smith sends this upstairs to have a looks at it and the ball has clearly bounced after hitting the glove of Root and Joe Root survives a late scare. |
| 4 | 77.5 | 77.5: Travis Head to Joe Root, FOUR! Swept well for a boundary. Tossed up, wide of off, Joe Root steps a long way across and goes for the sweep behind square on leg for a boundary. |
| 1 | 77.4 | 77.4: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Fired onto the off-pole, Will Jacks punches this down to deep cover for one. |
| 0 | 77.3 | 77.3: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Floated around off, Will Jacks slashes hard at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 77.2 | 77.2: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Quicker one, on middle and leg. Will Jacks blocks this out. |
| 1 | 77.1 | 77.1: Travis Head to Joe Root, Tossed up, on the pads, Joe Root flicks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 1 | 76.7 | 76.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Joe Root, Short pitched, around off, Joe Root pulls this in front of square on leg to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 1 | 76.6 | 76.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, NO BALL! Hard length, into the batter, Will Jacks tucks this to mid-wicket for a single. Marnus Labuschagne has overstepped. No ball. |
| 0 | 76.5 | 76.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Good length around off, Will Jacks leaves it. |
| 0 | 76.4 | 76.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Another bumper, at 134.5 KMH this time by Marnus Labuschagne and Will Jacks ducks down. |
| 1 | 76.3 | 76.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Joe Root, Bumper, around middle and leg. Joe Root pulls this in a controlled manner to deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Joe Root, Good length on the pads, Joe Root tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 76.1 | 76.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Joe Root, Short pitched, around off, Joe Root sways away. |
| 0 | 75.6 | 75.6: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Fired outside off, Will Jacks shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 75.5 | 75.5: Travis Head to Will Jacks, A touch too full, on off, Will Jacks rolls this back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 75.4 | 75.4: Travis Head to Joe Root, Floated across the batter, Joe Root cuts this to deep point for one. |
| 0 | 75.3 | 75.3: Travis Head to Joe Root, Tossed up, around off, Joe Root guides this the leg side for no run. |
| 1 | 75.2 | 75.2: Travis Head to Will Jacks, Short of a length around middle and leg, Will Jacks rolls this to long on for one. |
| 1 | 75.1 | 75.1: Travis Head to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root cuts this to deep third for one. |
| 0 | 74.7 | 74.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Hard length, around off, Will blocks it. |
| 0 | 74.6 | 74.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Will Jacks, Short pitched, on off, Will Jacks ducks down. |
| 0 | 74.5 | 74.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Jamie Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! The golden arm of Marnus Labuschagne has done the trick for the Aussies here just before the Lunch break. Short and wide of off, Jamie Smith backs away and throws his bat at it. Doesn't get it away from the middle of his bat and hits this straight to Scott Boland at deep cover. Joe Root on the other end is livid with an absolute brainfade moment from Jamie Smith. He walks back on 46. |
| 0 | 74.4 | 74.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Jamie Smith, WIDE! Bumper, way too high. Jamie Smith leaves it. Wided. |
| 1 | 74.3 | 74.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root cuts this to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 74.2 | 74.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Joe Root, Short pitched, on leg, Joe Root pulls this on the bounce to Steve Smith at square leg. |
| 1 | 74.1 | 74.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Jamie Smith punches this to long off for one. |
| 1 | 73.6 | 73.6: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, Pushed through on off, Jamie Smith punches this off his back foot for one. |
| 1 | 73.5 | 73.5: Travis Head to Joe Root, Quicker one, on the pads, Joe Root rolls this down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 73.4 | 73.4: Travis Head to Joe Root, Tossed up, on the pads, Joe Root tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 73.3 | 73.3: Travis Head to Joe Root, FOUR! That's some stroke from Joe Root. Fuller around off, Joe Root shows the reverse at first and then decides to play the sweep towards the right of Starc at deep square leg for four runs. Root shows his class and the amount of time he has on every delivery. |
| 1 | 73.2 | 73.2: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, Floated into the batter, Jamie Smith rocks back and punches this down to long on for one. |
| 1 | 73.1 | 73.1: Travis Head to Joe Root, Tossed up, on off, Josh Tongue guides this through backward point for one. |
| 1 | 72.6 | 72.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length around the pads, Joe Root flicks this to Mitchell Starc at fine leg for one. This kept really low but Root did well to flick it away. |
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length on off, Joe Root keeps it out with a block off his back foot. |
| 1 | 72.4 | 72.4: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Back of a length on off, Jamie Smith drops this in front of mid on and steals one. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Back of a length on off, Jamie Smith dead bats it. |
| 0 | 72.2 | 72.2: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, nipping back into the batter. Jamie Smith miscues the pull and lands it well short of mid on. |
| 1 | 72.1 | 72.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, going down the leg, Joe Root flicks this to long leg for one. |
| 0 | 71.6 | 71.6: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, Floated onto the off-pole. Jamie Smith hangs onto his back foot and punches this to cover. |
| 1 | 71.5 | 71.5: Travis Head to Joe Root, Flighted around off, Joe Root drives this wide of extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 71.4 | 71.4: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, Quicker one, on the pads, Jamie Smith dances down the track and works this through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 71.3 | 71.3: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, Tossed up, around off, Jamie Smith blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 71.2 | 71.2: Travis Head to Joe Root, Pushed through around off, Joe rocks back and punches this through cover for one. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Travis Head to Joe Root, Tossed up, on the pads, Joe Root tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 70.6 | 70.6: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Full and in the line of the stumps, Jamie Smith blocks this as well. |
| 0 | 70.5 | 70.5: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Good length around middle and off, Jamie Smith blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 70.4 | 70.4: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Hard length, on off, Jamie Smith punches this rolling to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Back of a length around off, Jamie Smith keeps it out with a front foot punch. |
| 3 | 70.2 | 70.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and slanting down the leg, Joe Root steps across and flicks this through the right of Josh Inglis at mid-wicket for three runs. |
| 0 | 70.1 | 70.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root keeps it out with a front foot defensive stroke. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Beau hits the deck hard, bowls it back of a length on off. Jamie Smith blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 69.5 | 69.5: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, In the channel, around off, Jamie Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 69.4 | 69.4: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Smith blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 69.3 | 69.3: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Full and on off, Jamie Smith punches this to cover. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Jamie Smith keeps it out on off. |
| 4 | 69.1 | 69.1: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Smith is now looking to up the ante. 300 comes up for England with this boundary. Full and on the pads, Jamie Smith steps inside the line of it and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for four runs. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, On a length around off, Josh Root dabs this towards point for no run. |
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length around middle and leg, Joe Root tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 68.4 | 68.4: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Full and wide of off, Jamie Smith slices this to deep third for a single. |
| 2 | 68.3 | 68.3: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Hard length, around off, Jamie Smith takes the aerial route and smashes this towards mid-wicket region for two. |
| 0 | 68.2 | 68.2: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Full and wide of off, Jamie Smith punches this towards the right of cover and Marnus Labuschagne thors his body on the line with a full-stretched dive and fields this. Keeps it down to nothing. |
| 1 | 68.1 | 68.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length around off, Josh Inglis pushes this through point for a strike rotation. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Hard length around off, Jamie Smith keeps it out with a front foot block. |
| 0 | 67.5 | 67.5: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, On a length around off, Jamie Smith punches this to mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Good length on middle and leg, Jamie Smith pumps this towards the left of mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 67.3 | 67.3: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Back of a length on off, Jamie Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Full and wide of off, Jamie Smith chops this off the underedge towards point. |
| 1 | 67.1 | 67.1: Beau Webster to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root cuts this through point for one. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, On a length around off, Jamie Smith dead bats it. |
| 1 | 66.5 | 66.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Short pitched, around off, Joe Root pulls this to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Hard length, on off, Joe Root blocks this off his back foot. |
| 2 | 66.3 | 66.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, On a length around middle and leg, Joe Root punches this down the ground to long on and takes a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Short pitched, around off, Joe Root keeps this out. |
| 0 | 66.1 | 66.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root hops up on his toes and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 65.6 | 65.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Bumper, around middle and off, Joe Root pulls this to deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 65.5 | 65.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Hard length, on off, Joe Root blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root blocks this around off. |
| 0 | 65.3 | 65.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root keeps it out with a flick to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 65.2 | 65.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, FOUR! Slightly over-pitched, around middle and leg, Joe Root leans ahead and flicks this right through the gap between mid on and mid-wicket. Usman Khawaja gives it a chase but the ball just races on this quick outfield and crashing into the boundary cushion. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full and on odd, Joe Root drives this to mid off. |
| 4 | 64.6 | 64.6: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, FOUR! It continues to be a lucky ride for Jamie Smith out in the middle. Good length round off, Jamie Smith looks for the square cut, gets a thickish outside edge that flies over the tall strature of Beau Webster at second slip for four runs. |
| 2 | 64.5 | 64.5: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Short and wide of off, Jamie Smith thumps this towards deep cover and takes two. |
| 0 | 64.4 | 64.4: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, A touch full and on off, Jamie Smith blocks this to cover. |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, On a length around off, Jamie Smith jams this around silly point. |
| 0 | 64.2 | 64.2: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Jamie Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 64.1 | 64.1: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Back of a length around off, Jamie Smith dabs this gently to gully. |
| 0 | 63.6 | 63.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root punches this straight to point. |
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length into the batter. Joe Root blocks this out. |
| 1 | 63.4 | 63.4: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Hard length, on off, Jamie Smith dabs this to the right of the fielder at point and rotates. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, On a length around off, Jamie Smith cuts this to gully. |
| 0 | 63.2 | 63.2: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Good length around off, Jamie Smith defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 63.1 | 63.1: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Full and wide of off, Jamie Smith leaves it. |
| 0 | 62.7 | 62.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length wide of off, Joe Root leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 62.6 | 62.5: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Good length around off, Jamie Smith cuts this through point for one. |
| 0 | 62.5 | 62.4: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Hard length, on off, Jamie Smith blocks this away from his body. |
| 0 | 62.4 | 62.3: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Good length around off, Jamie Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 62.3 | 62.2: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Jamie Smith confidently blocks this to cover. |
| 4 | 62.2 | 62.1: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Living dangerously and riding his luck is Jamie Smith. Good length wide of off, Jamie Smith swings at it. Gets it edged off the outside and the ball goes straight through the gap between Carey's right and Beau Webster's left for a boundary behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, NO BALL! That's probably the worst time to overstep. Pitched up, around off, Jamie Smith goes after it and looks to drive. Gets it away from the bottom of his bat straight into the hands of Marnus Labuschagne at cover. Just when Smith was walking back, the umpire stopped him as they had a look for a no ball for overstepping and guess what, Green had overstepped. Smith survives. |
| 0 | 61.6 | 61.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root cuts this on the boucne to the right of Cameron Green at gully. |
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Hard length, on off, Joe Root strides to the pitch of it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 61.3 | 61.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root pushes at it and gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 61.2 | 61.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length around off, Josh Inglis blocks this out. |
| 0 | 61.1 | 61.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length, wide of off. Joe Root shadows the block. Carey fails to gather this cleanly for once and the ball spoons off his right glove to first slip. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.6: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Good length around off, Jamie Smith punches this to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.5: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Full and just wide of off, Jamie Smith goes after it and looks for that expansive drive. Gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 60.4 | 60.4: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Jamie Smith blocks this out. |
| 1 | 60.3 | 60.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Short and on off, Joe Root arches back and cuts this to deep third for one. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Full and wide of off, Joe Root presses in front and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 60.1 | 60.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root blocks this out. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.6: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Jamie Smith blocks this out. |
| 4 | 59.5 | 59.5: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, FOUR! That's been dismissed from the get-go. Over-pitched, on middle and off, Jamie Smith gets right behind the line of it and punches this straight past the bowler to his right for a boundary down to the long on region. |
| 3 | 59.4 | 59.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, An excellent effort from Marnus Labuschagne chasing this from point saves a run for his side. Good length around off, Joe Root punches this through the cover region and the ball was racing to the fence. Marnus Labuschagne gives it the long chase, puts in a dive, flicks this inside the playing area and keeps it down to three. |
| 0 | 59.3 | 59.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around middle and leg, Joe Root blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 59.2 | 59.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root punches this to point. |
| 2 | 59.1 | 59.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, CENTURY FOR ROOT! Pitched up, on off, Joe Root nails the off-drive and gets it past the bowler to his left. Takes a couple and jumps in joy as he bscored his 2nd Test Century on the Australian Soil. A couple taken. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Back of a length on off, Jamie Smith gets it dabbed into the deck and the ball just bounces behind the stumps. |
| 1 | 58.5 | 58.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Pitched up, wide of off, Joe Root drives this through cover for a single. Root moves to 99. |
| 1 | 58.4 | 58.4: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Short and wide of off, Jamie Smith goes after it, gets an outsid eedge that flies through gully for one. |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, On a length around middle and leg, Jamie Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Good length around off, Jamie Smith punches this to cover. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Cameron Green to Jamie Smith, Hard length, on off, Jamie Smith plays this away from his body but ends up blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 57.6 | 57.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on off, the ball doesn't bounce enough after pitching. Joe Root hops up on his toes and has to lean low at the end to keep this out. The ball takes an outside edge and rolls to the left of Steve Smith at first slip. |
| 0 | 57.5 | 57.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around the pads, Joe Root tucks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Root is being troubled by Neser. Good length around off, shaping away from the batter. Root pokes at it with soft hands and gets it bounced in front of second slip. |
| 0 | 57.3 | 57.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root cuts this on the bounce to Marnus at point. Root would feel to have missed out on atleast a couple and his century on this ball. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root blocks this to point. |
| 4 | 57.1 | 57.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, FOUR! Nervous 90s for Root. Back of a length, on off, Joe Root arches back and looks to run this down to deep third but gets it edge off the outside and the ball lobs the slips cordon for a boundary to the third man region. |
| 3 | 56.6 | 56.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root plays the short arm jab through mid on and takes three. The call was of two initially but the batters ran well and have taken three. |
| 1 | 56.5 | 56.5: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Short pitched, on off. Jamie Smith rides the bounce and dabs this through backward point for one. |
| 1 | 56.4 | 56.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short and on off, Joe Root leans back and guides this to deep third for a strike rotation. |
| 1 | 56.3 | 56.3: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, around middle and leg. Smith gets tangled up in an in-between situation as the ball doesn't bounce much. Smith gets it away with a jab towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 4 | 56.2 | 56.2: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, FOUR! 250 up for England with this boundary down the ground. On a length, around off, Jamie Smith stands his ground and smashes this with a straight bat, over the mid on fielder for a boundary down to the long on fence. |
| 1 | 56.1 | 56.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root rocks back and tucks this to Michael Neser at mid-wicket and takes a sharp single. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Beauty by Boland. IN the channel, around that corridor of uncertainty. Jamie Smith pokes at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 4 | 55.5 | 55.5: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Flicked away for a boundary. Full and going down the leg. Jamie Smith leans inside the line of it and flicks this up and over the fielder at mid-wicket for a boundary. Smith took his time early on to get his eyes set in the middle and now he is starting to motor. |
| 0 | 55.4 | 55.4: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Short pitched, around off, Jamie Smith looks to dabs this around off, gets it edged off the inside onto his pads for nothing. |
| 0 | 55.3 | 55.3: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Hard length around off, Jamie Smith blocks this solidly off his back foot. |
| 1 | 55.2 | 55.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root punches this through cover for a single. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 54.6 | 54.6: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Short pitched, around off, Jamie Smith goes for the pull but gets beaten to the pace of Starc. Ends up getting hit around the grill off his helmet. |
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Good length on off, Jamie Smith gets back to the basics and blocks it off his back foot. |
| 6 | 54.4 | 54.4: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, SIX! Smith connects well and clears the fence towards long leg with ease. Starc errs in line and bowls it down the leg, on a good length. Jamie Smith gets inside the line of it and flicks this into the crows towards the long leg region for a huge six. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Good length, down the leg. Jamie Smith goes for the flick but misses. |
| 0 | 54.2 | 54.2: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Short pitched, around off, Jamie Smith punches this towards the left of cover this time. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Back of a length around off, Jamie Smith punches this off his back foot to cover. |
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Around that nagging length, just wide of off, shaping away a hint after pitching. Joe Root plays within the line and gets beaten on the outside. |
| 4 | 53.5 | 53.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! Pitched up, around the pads, Joe Root leans aheas, gets rigth on top of the bounce and flicks this all along the ground through the gap towards the right of the fielder at mid-wicket and the ball has raced to the fence for four runs. |
| 1 | 53.4 | 53.4: Scott Boland to Jamie Smith, Hard length, wide of off, Jamie Smith pokes at it, gets a genuine outside edge tha goes past on the bounce to the left of Steve Smith at second slip for a single. |
| 1 | 53.3 | 53.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Finally, the scorecard ticks from 229 to 230 after some while. Good length wide of off, Joe Root guides this through gully for a single. |
| 0 | 53.2 | 53.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Short pitched, around off, Joe Root bails out of the block. Excellent take by Alex Carey who is standing up to the stumps for Scott Boland. |
| 0 | 53.1 | 53.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root dabs this with soft hands and that's what has saved him. The ball lands just short of Beau Webster at second slip. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Short and wide down the leg. Jamie Smith watches this closely and leaves it. |
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, No run has been scored off the last 16 balls. Good length on off, Jamie Smith blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Good length, going across the batter. Smith leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Good length around off, Jamie Smith defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 52.2 | 52.2: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Bumper, on leg. Jamie Smith goes deep inside his crease and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Short pitched, wide of off, Jamie Smith hops up on his toes and punches this to mid off. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and just wide of off, Joe Root strides towards the pitch of this delivery and blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length around the pads, Joe Root tucks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 0 | 51.4 | 51.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Relentless from both ends by Starc and Boland. Hard length, into the stumps. Joe Root blocks this underneath his eyeline. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, into the batter. Joe Root rocks onto the back foot and blocks this to mid on. |
| 0 | 51.2 | 51.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Razor-sharp from Boland. Hits the hard length again, nipping it back into the batter. Joe Root defends this well. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Boland hits the hard length, on off, Joe Root defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 50.6 | 50.6: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Good length, going across the batter. Jamie Smith dabs this with soft hands to the right of gully. |
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Around that nagging length, just wide of off, Ben Stokes doesn't commit fully and prods in front half-heartedly. The ball goes really close to his bat and is taken by Alex Carey behind the stumps. Muted appeals from Carey and the slips cordon, Starc joins in late as well. Nothing by the umpire but Steve Smith has heard something and he sends this upstairs. A spike as the ball is next to the bat on UltraEdge and the English skipper has to walk back for a duck off 11 balls. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Good length around off, Ben Duckett doesn't offer any stroke at it. A good leave outside off by Ben. |
| 0 | 50.3 | 50.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Starc bowls it back of a length around off, Ben Stokes gets right behind and blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 50.2 | 50.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Good length, wide of off, Ben shoulders his arms to it. |
| 1 | 50.1 | 50.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root leans back and cuts this behind point to his left for a single. |
| 0 | 49.6 | 49.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Boland comes around the stumps, bowls it into the batter. Ben blocks this to mid on. |
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Hard length, going away from the batter. Ben Stokes doesn't offer any stroke at it. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Good length, angling away from the skipper of England. Ben leaves it. |
| 1 | 49.3 | 49.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and on off, Josh Inglis plays this with soft hands and rotates strike with a single. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root cuts this to backward point. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, In the channel, on top of off, Joe Root blocks this out. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Good length on the pads, Ben tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes, Good length, around off, Ben Stokes rocks behind it and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 48.4 | 48.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root dabs this in front of cover and takes a quick single. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root leans back and cuts this to point for no run. |
| 0 | 48.2 | 48.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around middle and off, Joe Root blocks this out. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Full and wide of off, Ben blocks this off his front foot |
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Scott Boland to Ben Stokes, Good length on off, Ben Stokes, flashes at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, OUT! CAUGHT! Back of a length around off, Harry Brook chases this but fails to get right behind it, finds an outside edge that is taken well and sharp by Steve Smith diving to his left. Harry Brook departs after a good knock. |
| 1 | 47.3 | 47.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and on off, Joe Root pushes this around cover for one. |
| 1 | 47.2 | 47.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good lenght around off, Harry Brook punches this in the gap for one. |
| 1 | 47.1 | 47.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on the pads, Joe Root flicks this away in the gap for a single. |
| 1 | 46.6 | 46.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Full and on off, Joe Root rocks onto his bac foot and works this in the gap for a single. |
| 3 | 46.5 | 46.5: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Slightly short, into the batter, Harry Brook smashes this down the ground and takes three before Travis Head cuts it off by chasing this to long off. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, LEG BYE! On a length, going down the leg, Joe Root misses out on the nudge and gets it deflected off his pads for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root dabs this to point. |
| 0 | 46.2 | 46.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root keeps it out. |
| 1 | 46.1 | 46.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Short and into the batter, Brook gets inside the line and plays a controlled pull towards the deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 45.6 | 45.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Short and on off, Harry Brook nudges this through square leg and takes one. |
| 1 | 45.5 | 45.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length arond off, Joe Root flicks this through backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, In the channel, on off, Root pushes this down to mid on this time. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length wide of off, Joe Root blocks this to covers. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length around middle and off, Joe Root rolls this to mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 4 | 45.1 | 45.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! What a start do we have on day 2. Good length around off, Joe Root looks to play with soft hands, ends up getting a thickish outsdie edge and the ball has races to the fence towards the third man region. |
| 1 | 44.6 | 44.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length on middle and off, Joe Root rolls this through mid on for a single. |
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length and wide of off, Joe Root defends this out. |
| 1 | 44.4 | 44.4: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length on off, Harry Brook dabs this to the right of gully for one. |
| 1 | 44.3 | 44.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full and on the pads, Joe Root flicks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root blocks this out. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length around off, Joe Root flicks this to mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 43.6 | 43.6: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Short and wide of off, Harry Brook swings and misses. |
| 0 | 43.5 | 43.5: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Muted appeals of caught behind on this but the umpire turns it down. Short and on leg, Harry Brook looks to ramp this but misses. |
| 1 | 43.4 | 43.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Full and on the pads, Joe Root flicks this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 43.3 | 43.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Short-pitched, on middle and leg, Harry Brook pulls this to deep square leg for a single to bring up the 150-run stand between him and Root. |
| 4 | 43.2 | 43.2: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, FOUR! Brook doing what he loves to do and that is to find the fence. Short and on off, Harry Brook jumps down and away, creates room to free his arms and smashes this all along the ground through the cover region for four runs. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Good length on off, Harry Brook keeps it out. |
| 1 | 42.6 | 42.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Boland hits the hard length, around off. Harry Brook dabs this through short third for a single. |
| 0 | 42.5 | 42.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, On a length around off, Harry Brook pushes this to short cover. |
| 1 | 42.4 | 42.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on the pads, Joe Root tucks this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, down the leg, Joe Root misses out on the flick but Alex Carey shows great hands behind the stumps and gathers this nice and clean. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Another one in the channel, on top of off. Joe Root keeps it out as well. |
| 0 | 42.1 | 42.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root hops up on his toes and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 41.6 | 41.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, 200 comes up for England and they haven't looked this good in the series till this point. Pitched up, around middle and leg, Joe Root drills this straight back to the stumps at the other end and takes one. |
| 1 | 41.5 | 41.5: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Good length on off, Brook pushes this in the gap and takes one. |
| 2 | 41.4 | 41.4: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Back of a length around off, Harry Brook cuts this through cover for a couple more. |
| 2 | 41.3 | 41.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Full around middle and leg, Harry Brook flicks this grounded to the left of Marnus Labuschagne at deep square leg for two. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Good length around off, Harry Brook shows his patient side and blocks this as well. |
| 0 | 41.1 | 41.1: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, In the channel, on off. Harry Brook jams this out. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length around off, Joe Root pushes this to mid off. |
| 0 | 40.5 | 40.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length around middle and off, Joe Root strides to the pitch of it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 40.4 | 40.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, on off. Joe Root blocks this out. |
| 2 | 40.3 | 40.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length around middle and leg, Joe Root rolls this down the ground for two. |
| 0 | 40.2 | 40.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Pitched up, on middle and off, Joe Root pushes this to mid on for no run. |
| 1 | 40.1 | 40.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Hard length, on top of off. Harry Brook dabs this wide of gully for one. |
| 1 | 39.6 | 39.6: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Full and on leg, Harry Brook backs away, exposes the stumps and edges this off the inside towards deep square for a single. |
| 6 | 39.5 | 39.5: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, SIX! Harry takes the aerial route and successfully launches this out of the park. Back of a length around the pads, Harry Brook comes inside the line of it and flicks this deep into the crowd towards the long leg region for a biggie. |
| 1 | 39.4 | 39.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root cuts this to deep third for an easy strike rotation. |
| 1 | 39.3 | 39.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Short pitched, around leg, Harry Brook goes after it. Gets it edged short of fine leg for one. |
| 1 | 39.2 | 39.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, A bit uppish but well over Usman Khawaja at backward point. On a length around off, Joe Root cuts this over Uzzy at backward point and takes one. Brendan Doggett fields this well running to his right at deep third. |
| 0 | 39.1 | 39.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length on off, Joe Root dabs this to backward point. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Nobody knew where that had gone from Brook. Back of a length around middle and leg, Harry Brook goes for the flick but gets it lobbed towards the backward short leg. Alex Carey couldn't catch a sight of the ball before it was grounded. |
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length, on top of off, Harry Brook blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Back of a length around off, Harry Brook jams this out off his front foot. |
| 1 | 38.3 | 38.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on the pads, Joe Root flicks this to fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 38.2 | 38.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, On a length around leg, Harry Brook tucks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length on the pads, Harry Brook dances down and blocks this to the right of the bowler. |
| 4 | 37.6 | 37.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, FOUR! No stopping that. Bumper from Green around middle and leg, Joe Root hooks this wide to the long leg fielder's right and gets a boundary on this occasion. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Back of a length around middle and off, Joe Root edges this off the underedge back to the keeper. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root keeps it out. |
| 1 | 37.3 | 37.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Short pitched, into the batter, Harry Brook pulls this to deep square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 37.2 | 37.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Back of a length around middle and off, Joe Root pulls this flat towards the right of Marnus Labuschagne at deep square leg. Marnus runs to his right, puts in a dive and fields this well. Keeps it down to just 1. |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Hard length, into the stumps. Joe Root defends this off his back foot. |
| 1 | 36.6 | 36.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length on the pads, Josh Inglis flicks this through square leg for a single to close the over. |
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Short and wide of off, Joe Root gives it a good look and leaves it. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length around middle and off, Joe Root gets right behind the line and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 36.3 | 36.3: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Short pitched, around middle and leg. Harry Brook jumps down the track and guides this through point for another single. |
| 1 | 36.2 | 36.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length around off, Joe Root guides this down to third man region for a single. |
| 0 | 36.1 | 36.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Boland hits the hard length, around off, shaping it away from the right-hander. Joe Root leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Hits the length hard, on off, angling in, Harry Brook pats it towards backward point. |
| 1 | 35.5 | 35.5: Beau Webster to Joe Root, On a length and on off, Joe Root pats it towards point for one more. |
| 1 | 35.4 | 35.4: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Back of a length and outside off, Harry Brook cuts it to deep point for one. |
| 1 | 35.3 | 35.3: Beau Webster to Joe Root, Short of a length and around off, Joe Root steers it through point for another run. |
| 1 | 35.2 | 35.2: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Pitched up and on off, Harry Brook drills it to long off for a run. |
| 1 | 35.1 | 35.1: Beau Webster to Joe Root, Full and on off, Joe Root drives it to extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 34.7 | 34.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Hard length and on middle, angling in, Joe Root tucks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, A sharp and quick bouncer, on off, Joe Root sways away from it. |
| 0 | 34.5 | 34.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Good length and on off, Joe Root strides out and pushes it to short cover. |
| 1 | 34.4 | 34.4: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Low full toss, on leg, Harry Brook drills it to long on for one. The on-field call gets confirmation that Starc as overstepped here. No Ball called. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Mitchell Starc sees the batter back away, bangs this into the pitch, outside off. Harry Brook is nowhere near the ball to do anything. |
| 1 | 34.2 | 34.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fuller and around off, Joe Root drills it away to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length and on off, Joe Root guides it to point. |
| 4 | 33.6 | 33.6: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, FOUR! FIFTY FOR BROOK! A fine knock from him and he gets his 15th Test half-century. Beau Webster goes fuller and outside off. Harry Brook reaches out and smacks it away through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Goes fuller and on off, Harry Brook drives it straight to extra cover. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Hits the length hard and around off, shapes away, Harry Brook offers no shot at it. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Good-length delivery, on the sixth stump line, holds its line, Harry Brook leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 33.2 | 33.2: Beau Webster to Joe Root, FIFTY FOR ROOT! The second half-century from him in this Ashes, and the Barmy Army is singing his name loudly here. Back of a length and around off, Joe Root guides it through point for a run. Also, the 100-RUN STAND comes up between this pair. |
| 1 | 33.1 | 33.1: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Short of a length and outside off, Harry Brook cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Overpitched and on middle, Joe Root drills it down the pitch. Mitchell Starc on his followthrough gets his boot in the way as it deflects towards mid on. |
| 1 | 32.5 | 32.5: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, In the air..SAFE! Mitchell Starc bangs in a quick bouncer, on middle. Harry Brook almost falls into the trap and mistimes his pull shot as he gets hurried. It flies in the air to the leg side, where Cameron Green runs backwards from square leg, and Marnus Labuschagne comes forward from the deep, but the ball drops in between them. They cross. |
| 1 | 32.4 | 32.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length and well outside off, Joe Root reaches out and cuts it. He wasn't in control of the shot but it goes safely toward deep point for a run. |
| 0 | 32.3 | 32.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fuller and around off, Joe Root pushes it to cover. |
| 1 | 32.2 | 32.2: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Short of a length and on middle, Harry Brook tries to pull but gets hurried. It hits him high on the bat and rolls towards long on for a single. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, A bouncer but down the leg side, Harry Brook makes an easy leave. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Hits the length hard and on middle, Joe Root negotiates it well from the crease. |
| 1 | 31.5 | 31.5: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Back of a length and around off, Harry Brook cuts it to deep third for a single. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Full again and on off, Harry Brook is solid in his defense. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length and on middle, Harry Brook stays back and keeps it out on the pitch. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Touch fuller and on off, Harry Brook gets forward and blocks it out. |
| 4 | 31.1 | 31.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, FOUR! The runs are starting to flow again! Short of a length and just outside off. Harry Brook lets it come to him and executes the late cut beautifully through backward point for a boundary. 150 up for England. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fullish and on off, Joe Root knocks it towards mid off. |
| 4 | 30.5 | 30.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, FOUR! Top shot! Mitchell Starc serves a juicy half-volley, on off. Joe Root plants his front foot and caresses it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Pitched up and around off, Joe Root drives it firmly but fails to beat Marnus Labuschagne at cover. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Fuller one and on middle, angling in, Joe Root blocks it out. |
| 1 | 30.2 | 30.2: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, The short-ball plan almost worked for Australia! Mitchell Starc bangs this into the pitch and around middle. Harry Brook backs away to cut it away but gets a top edge. It flies towards a straightish third man but drops in front of him. A single taken. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Good length and on middle, Harry Brook steps across and clips it to square leg. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Much fuller and on middle, Joe Root tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Pitched up and on off, Joe Root drills it towards short cover. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length and on middle, Joe Root gets behind the line of it and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 29.3 | 29.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Full again and around off, Harry Brook drives it thorugh backward point for a single. |
| 4 | 29.2 | 29.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, FOUR! Fine shot! Fuller in length but angling into the pads. Harry Brook brings his wrists into play and flicks it away with pure timing through square leg for a boundary. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Back of a length and on off, Michael Neser slips on his followthrough as well. Harry Brook looks to pull it away but gets it from bottom edge as the ball rolls towards mid on. |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Overpitched and on off, Joe Root drills it out towards mid off. |
| 1 | 28.5 | 28.5: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Back of a length and around off, Harry Brook punches it through cover-poin for another run. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Bangs in a bouncer but down the leg side, Harry Brook leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Short of a length and on middle, Harry Brook rides the bounce and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 28.2 | 28.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, A low full toss, on off, Joe Root jams it out to extra cover for a run. |
| 1 | 28.1 | 28.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Fuller and around off, Harry Brook opens the face of his bat and drills it through cover-point for a single. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Lands this on a good length and on off, nips back in, Joe Root leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Short of a length and on off, Joe Root dabs it down to point. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Pitched up and on middle and leg, Joe Root tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 27.3 | 27.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! Put away! Short of a length and outside off. Joe Root gets the chance to free his arms and crunches it, beating Marnus Labuschagne's dive to his right at point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, A bit fuller and on off, Joe Root strides out and steers it towards point. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length and on middle, Joe Root stays in his crease and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Good length and on off, angles away, Harry Brook pats it towards point. |
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Bangs in a quick bouncer at 144.9 clicks, on middle, Harry Brook ducks under it. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Back of a length and on middle, Harry Brook stays back and keeps it out to the leg side. |
| 0 | 26.3 | 26.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, On a length and on leg, Harry Brook clips it to square leg. |
| 1 | 26.2 | 26.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Short of a length and outside off, Joe Root cuts it through backward point for a run. |
| 1 | 26.1 | 26.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Fuller and on off, Harry Brook drives it to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Touch fuller and on middle, Joe Root covers his stumps and blocks it out. |
| 2 | 25.5 | 25.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Short of a length and outside off, Joe Root cuts it away to deep point for a brace. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, An appeal caught behind, but turned down! Hits the length hard and on off, jags back in sharply. Joe Root looks to punch it away but leaves a big gap between bat and pad. It goes off the flap of the pad behind, where Alex Carey grabs it. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full again and on off, Joe Root gets forward and across to knock it down the pitch. |
| 4 | 25.2 | 25.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, FOUR! Lovely shot! Much fuller and around off, Joe Root takes a good stride out and plays a textbook cover drive for a boundary. |
| 1 | 25.1 | 25.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Risky single! Scott Boland lands this back of a length and on off, Harry Brook pats it in front of point and sets off for the run. Marnus Labuschagne runs forward, collects it and dives to put in an underarm throw but misses the stumps at the batter's end. A direct hit and Root was a goner. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Hard length and on off, Joe Root rides the bounce and dabs it to point. |
| 1 | 24.5 | 24.5: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Short of a length and on off, Harry Brook guides it to deep point for another run. |
| 1 | 24.4 | 24.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, On a length and on off, Joe Root pats it in front of cover for a quick run. |
| 1 | 24.3 | 24.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Back of a length and on off, Harry Brook steers it through point for a single. |
| 4 | 24.2 | 24.2: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Good effort but doesn't get the reward! Fuller one and angling into the pads, Harry Brook flicks it away through square leg with good timing. Usman Khawaja chases after it the whole way and dives to push it back inside, but the batters take four anyway. |
| 0 | 24.1 | 24.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Mitchell Starc starts with a fuller delivery, on middle and off, Harry Brook blocks it out down the pitch. |
| 3 | 23.6 | 23.6: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Fuller one and on middle, angling in, Harry Brook clips it away with nice timing to the right of mid on and gets three runs. THAT WILL BE LUNCH ON DAY 1! |
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Loose shot! Cameron Green bangs this into the pitch and outside off. Harry Brook sway and looks to upper cut it but fails to connect. Not a great shot to play a couple of balls before Lunch. |
| 4 | 23.4 | 23.4: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, FOUR! Great shot! Cameron Green bowls a half-volley, around off. Harry Brook just gets his hands through the shot and drives it crisply through covers for a boundary. Nelson on the board. |
| 1 | 23.3 | 23.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, On a length and on off, Joe Root pats it towards cover for a run. That brings up the 50-RUN STAND between these two batters. |
| 4 | 23.2 | 23.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, FOUR! Deft touch! Short of a length and on off, angles in a bit. Joe Root waits for it and almost plays it behind the stumps. He times his cut to perfection between gully and backward point for a boundary. |
| 1 | 23.1 | 23.1: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Back of a length and around off, Harry Brook steers it towards deep point for a single. |
| 2 | 22.6 | 22.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Edgy! Touch fuller and around off, straightens a bit. Joe Root gets squared up trying to play at it but he does so wit soft hands. It takes the outside edge and goes along the ground wide of gully. Marnus Labuschagne chases after it to stop it. Two taken. 100 UP FOR ENGLAND! |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length and on middle, nips back in. Joe Root steps across to clip it away but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 2 | 22.4 | 22.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length and on middle, straying onto the pads, Joe Root flicks it away wide of deep square leg for a brace. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length and on middle, Joe Root blocks it out. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Fuller one but angling down the leg side, Harry Brook fails to glance it away. Alex Carey is standing up to the stumps, and only manages to parry it behind towards fine leg. A bye taken. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Hits the length hard, on middle, nips back in, Harry Brook stays back to defend but gets a bottom edge onto his pads. |
| 2 | 21.7 | 21.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Overpitched and around off, Joe Root strides out to drill it, but his bat turns a bit in his hands. He ends up slicing it between cover-point and cover for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Goes fuller and on off, Joe Root drives it to mid off. A bit of a fumble from the fielder but does not cost anything. |
| 1 | 21.5 | 21.4: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, On a length and on off, Harry Brook steers it to deep point for a run. |
| 0 | 21.4 | 21.4: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, WIDE! Bangs in a bouncer, on middle, but this is too high, Harry Brook lets it go. Wided. |
| 1 | 21.3 | 21.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Hard length and on middle, Joe Root rolls his wrists and pulls it along the ground to deep square leg for a single. |
| 4 | 21.2 | 21.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, FOUR! Gets it through this time! Short of a length and on off. Joe Root lets it come to him, opens the face of his bat and uses the pace to guide it away through backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Back of a length and around off, Joe Root steers it wide of gully, where Beau Webster dives to his right to make the stop. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Touch fuller and on middle, Harry Brook is solid in his defense. |
| 1 | 20.5 | 20.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Short of a length and on off, Joe Root dabs it to the right of backward point for a run. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Michael Neser serves a good yorker, on middle, Joe Root stretches out a bit and jams it out to the leg side. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full again and on middle, angling in, Joe Root clips it to short mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 20.2 | 20.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Pitched up and around off, Harry Brook drives it to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Fuller and on middle, Harry Brook prods forward and blocks it out. |
| 4 | 19.6 | 19.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, FOUR! Excellent shot! Cameron Green bangs this into the pitch, outside off. Joe Root accepts the width on offer, sways away a bit and cuts it away through point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Pitched up and on off, Joe Root drills it to mid off. |
| 1 | 19.4 | 19.4: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Back of a length and on off, Harry Brook steers it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Short of a length and around off, shapes in, Harry Brook takes his bat away from the ball and lets it go. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Bangs in a sharp bouncer at 141 clicks, on middle, Harry Brook sways away from it. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Fuller in length and on off, Harry Brook drives it on the bounce to short cover. |
| 2 | 18.6 | 18.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Pitched up and on off, Joe Root strides out and drills it through covers for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 18.5 | 18.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, On a length and on middle, Harry Brook tucks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length and around off, nips back in sharply, Harry Brook lets it go to the keeper. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Short of a length and on off, shapes in a bit, Harry Brook watches it through and leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Overpitched and on off, Harry Brook steps across and bunts it out to mid on. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Fuller and on off, shaping in, Harry Brook looks to drive on the up but gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.6: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Touch fuller and on middle, Joe Root drills it to mid on. |
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.5: Cameron Green to Joe Root, On a length and around off, Joe Root steers it towards point. |
| 1 | 17.4 | 17.4: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Back of a length and on off, Harry Brook dabs it towards point for a run. |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.3: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Pitched up but angling into the pads, Joe Root flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Short of a length and outside off, sticks to the surface a bit. Joe Root looks to pull but toe-ends it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Cameron Green to Joe Root, Fuller delivery, on off, angling in, Joe Root takes his front foot out and blocks it. |
| 2 | 16.6 | 16.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length and around off, Harry Brook opens the face of his bat and guides it towards deep point for a brace. |
| 4 | 16.5 | 16.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, EDGED AND FOUR! Harry Brook is living dangerously here. Scott Boland bangs in a well-directed bouncer, on off. Brook tries to pull it away but gets a top edge that flies over the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Short of a length and outside off, tempting the batter, but Harry Brook lets it go to the keeper. |
| 1 | 16.3 | 16.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length and on off, Joe Root pushes it towards cover for a run. |
| 1 | 16.2 | 16.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Back of a length and on off, nips back in. Harry Brook gets on his toes to pat it down but gets an inside edge towards short fine. A leg bye taken. That could have easily gone back onto the stumps. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Fuller and on middle and off, angling in, Harry Brook blocks it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Short of a length and on off, takes off a bit, Joe Root leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Hard length and on off, Joe Root stays back and dabs it towards point. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length and on the sixth stump line, holds its line, Joe Root offers no shot at it. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Full again and around off, Harry Brook drives it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Touch fuller and on off, Harry Brook pushes it towards short cover. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good-length delivery, on middle and off, Harry Brook blocks it out. |
| 1 | 14.6 | 14.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, On a length and on off, Harry Brook steers it towards point for one. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, A big shout for LBW, but turned down! Scott Boland goes a bit fuller and on middle, angling in sharply. Joe Root gets stuck in his crease as he tries to work it across the line but misses and gets hit on the pads. It rolls away towards point as the batters get a leg bye. Steve Smith thinks that it is going over and does not take the review. Ball Tracking shoes that the Aussie skipper is right as the ball is going over the leg stump. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Short of a length and just outside off, Joe Root offers no shot at it. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Pitched up and on off, shaping in. Joe Root is already standing on the off stump, steps across further to drive but misses and gets hit on the pads. It cannot be an LBW as the impact is well outside off. |
| 1 | 14.2 | 14.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Almost dragged on! Scott Boland hits the length hard and on the sixth stump line, gets it to jag back in. Harry Brook looks to push it away without any footwork and gets an inside edge just past the stumps towards fine leg. A single taken and Brook gets off the mark in streaky fashion. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length and around off, nips back in a bit, Harry Brook takes a big stride across but leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Fullish and on middle, Joe Root steps across and tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 13.5 | 13.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, FOUR! Glorious shot! Michael Neser goes a bit too full and around off. Joe Root leans into his drive nicely and creams it through covers for his first boundary. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Michael Neser to Joe Root, On a length and on off, Joe Root guides it off the outer half of the bat along the ground towards gully. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Pitched up and on middle and leg, Joe Root drills it to mid on. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Back of a length and around off, holds its line, Joe Root leaves it alone. |
| 2 | 13.1 | 13.1: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Gets off the mark! Fuller and on middle, angling in, Joe Root clips it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! The change of angle works and Scott Boland gets his first wicket now. He comes over the wicket, serves this on a hard length and on the fifth stump line, gets it to angle away. Jacob Bethell gets half forward but then realises this is not that full and just has a poke at it with his head falling over. Gets a thin outside edge behind, where Alex Carey makes no mistake. Bethell walks back for 10 off 23, and England are 57/3. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Hits the length hard, on middle and leg, angles in a bit. Jacob Bethell keeps it out on the pitch. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good-length delivery, on middle, Jacob Bethell stays back and blocks it out. |
| 4 | 12.3 | 12.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Fine shot! Pitched up and on middle and off. Jacob Bethell steps across, plays it right under his eyes and flicks it away to the left of mid on for a boundary. |
| 2 | 12.2 | 12.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full again and around off, Jacob Bethell opens the face of his bat and drives it through cover-point. Jake Weatherald chases after it and makes a sliding stop. Two taken. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Fuller one and on middle, angling in, Jacob Bethell covers his stumps and knocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Good length, on off, Joe Root blocks it out. |
| 0 | 11.5 | 11.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Full and wide outside off, Joe Root chases this and goes for the drive first up but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, OUT! LBW! Michael Neser has trapped Zak Crawley plumb in front of the stumps. After bowling a short one, Neser bowls it on a good length and shapes it back into the batter. Zak Crawley fails to get bat on ball and gets hit on the front pad. A loud appeal by the Aussies and the umpire raises his finger. Zak Crawley sends this upstairs after having some consultation with Jacob Bethell. Two reds and an Umpire's call on the ball clipping the top of leg, on the Ball Trackers seals the fate of Zak's first outing in this Fifth Test of the Ashes. |
| 4 | 11.3 | 11.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, FOUR! 50 comes up for England with just one down. Short pitched, around middle and off at a gentle pace. Zak Crawley hops up on his toes and pulls this flat through the mid-wicket's right for a boundary. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a length wide of off, Zak Crawley leaves it. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley dabs this to the right of gully and a good effort by Beau Webster saves some runs for Australia. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length on off, Jacob Bethell pushes this straight back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide of off, Jake Weatherald goes for the drive but doesn't connect well. Gets it off the inside half of his bat and the red-cherry rolls to the bowler. |
| 4 | 10.4 | 10.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Bethell is off the mark with a boundary. A bit too short and a touch too wide on off. Jacob Bethell goes deep inside the crease and cuts this off his back foot through the left of the fielder at point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Starc goes full and in the line of the stumps, Jacob Bethell pushes this to mid on. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Starc goes top-deck at 143.1 KMPH, bowls a sharp bumper, on off. Jacob Bethell sways away from it. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell gets right behind the line of it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, shaping back into the batter. Zak Crawley covers his off-pole and leaves it. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, LEG BYE! Hard length around the pads, Jacob Bethell steps across and flicks this off his pads for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell pokes at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Pitched up, on the pads, Jacob Bethell flicks this to mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length around off, Jacob Bethell punches this to point for no run. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, On a length around middle and off, Zak Crawley gets it edged off the inside to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide down the leg, Jacob Bethell goes for the flick and misses. |
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length around middle and off, Jacob Bethell tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good patience on show from the young English batter. Full and wide of off, trying to lure the batter into a drive. Jacob Bethell gives it a good look and leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Hard length from Starch, around off, Jacob blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, On a length around middle and leg, Jacob Bethell gets right behind the line and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length around off, Jacob Bethell guides this to point for no run. |
| 2 | 7.6 | 7.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Full and on the pads, Zak Crawley flicks this to the right of fine leg for two. |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length on middle and off, Zak Crawley blocks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley blocks this to point. |
| 4 | 7.3 | 7.3: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, FOUR! A bit too full, on off, Zak Crawley shuffles across the stumps and flicks this through the right of the bowler for a boundary down to the long on fence. Zak Crawley has looked solid so far. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Full and wide of off, Zak Crawley nails the drive but fails to beat the fielder at extra cover. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length wide of off, Zak Crawley leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good pace and carry by Starc. Good length around off, at 145.7 KMPH, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! That's how quickly Starc can change an expensive start into a worthy one. Good length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Ben Duckett gets lured onto the front foot and has a go at it with hard hands. Gets an outside edge to the left of Alex Carey and he does well to dive to his left and grab hold of it. |
| 4 | 6.4 | 6.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! It has been a costly outing for Mitchell Starc so far but this one at least had cries of catch-it by the bowler. Full and on the pads, Ben Duckett takes on the two fielders out in the deep behind square on leg and flicks this in-between them for four. |
| 4 | 6.3 | 6.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! That's been smashed hard and in the gap for four. Short and wide of off, Ben Duckett hangs onto his back foot and smashes this through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, On a length, down the leg. Ben Duckett leaves it. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length, arond off, Ben Duckett presses in front and pokes at it but gets beaten. The ball kept climbing on the batter. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley blocks this out. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Scott Boland to Zak Crawley, Good length around off, Zak Crawley steps across and doesn't offer any stroke at it. The ball hits Zak high on the back foot. An appeal from the bowling side but the umpire shrugs it off. Zak is a tall lad and the ball hitting him on the thigh pad indicates that this would have missed the stumps on height. |
| 1 | 5.4 | 5.4: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Good length on the pads, Ben Duckett tucks this through mid-wicket and takes one. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, That's an absolute beauty by Scott Boland. Good length angling into the batter and shaping away late on the left-hander. Ben Duckett presses in front and looks to block but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Boland hits the hard length, on off. Ben Duckett blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Back of a length around off, Ben Duckett pushes this to cover for no run. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Hard length, going across the batter. Zak Crawley leaves it. |
| 1 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length on off, Ben Duckett tucks this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, 141.5 KMPH, full and wide of off. Ben Duckett punts this back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Ben Duckett is off the hook in this contest and he is now starting to motor. Good length on off, Ben Duckett strides in front and smashes this to the long off fence for the second boundary of the over. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Short pitched, wide of off, Ben Duckett looks to cut this over a deepish back point but misses. |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Easy pickings for Ben Duckett. A bit too full, on the pads, Ben Duckett gets right on top of it and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. Starc is constantly searching for the full and swinging one to Ben but this has not worked so far. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a length around off, Zak Crawley leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 3.5 | 3.5: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, On a length around middle and off, Ben Duckett tucks this towards mid-wicket and runs one. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, LEG BYE! Good length onto the pads, Zak Crawley goes for the flick, misses and deflects this off his pads to short fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Good length wide of off, Zak Crawley doesn't offer any stroke at it. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, On a length around off, Zak Crawley draws onto the front foot and punches this towards mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Neser hits the hard length, angling into the batter. Zak looks for the flick but the ball comes back in a long way and hits the batter high on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length wide of off, Ben Duckett leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, LEG BYE! On a length, pitching outside leg and cramping the batter's leg. Zak gets it away off his pads for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Back of a length around off, Zak Crawley dabs this to point. |
| 1 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, On a length around the pads, Ben Duckett flicks this to the left of fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, On a length around off, shaping away from the batter. Ben Duckett looks for the quare cut but gets it away off the under-edge towards point. |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Full and on off, Ben Duckett gets right behind it and punches this away to the right of Scott Boland at a widish mid on for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 1.6 | 1.6: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Back of the hand, slower one, around the pads, Ben Duckett works this to fine leg and takes a single. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, LEG BYE! Good length, going down the leg. Zak Crawley goes for a flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. The ball deflects toward square leg for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Good length on the pads, Zak Crawley tucks this straight to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Back of a length on off, Zak Crawley blocks this out. |
| 4 | 1.2 | 1.2: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, FOUR! Soft hands save the day for Zak Crawley. Good length on off, Zak Crawley pushes at it with soft hands and gets it edged between gully and second slip for a boundary off the outside edge. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Michael Neser to Zak Crawley, Good length on off, Zak Crawley defends this off his front foot. |
| 4 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! First runs for Ben and it comes in the form of a boundary. Starc goes in search of swing again, looks to bowl one similar to what he did to Rory Burns years back and got him bowled on the first ball of the Ashes. Bowls it full and tries for the away swing down the leg, which would have ended in the stumps. The ball doesn't swing and Ben Duckett flicks this away to the deep square leg fence for four runs. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length wide of off, shaping away from the batter. Ben Duckett leaves it. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length on off, Ben Stokes guides this off the outside of his bat to gully for no run. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, STARC SPECIAL! Away-swinging fuller one, around off, Ben Duckett looks to block it but the ball swings late on the batter and just beats the outside edge. |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Zak is off the mark with a single. Back of a length around off, Zak Crawley steps inside the line of it and dabs this towards silly point and sneaks a quick single. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, It is a dot to start the Pink Test. Starc comes over the stumps, bowls it wide of off and going further away with the angle. Zak Crawley leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 133.5 | 133.5: Will Jacks to Scott Boland, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT! A wicket for Jacks and a golden duck for Boland. Pushed through, flat and around off, spinning in with some bounce. Scott Boland is neither fully committed on the front foot, nor his weight has transferred on the back foot, just somewhere in between and he pokes at it. Gets a thick outside edge that goes flat to Harry Brook at first slip. He gathers it safely. AUSTRALIA ARE BOWLED OUT FOR 567, LEADING BY 183 RUNS! |
| 1 | 133.4 | 133.4: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Full and around off, Webster draws his front foot out and works it away to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 133.3 | 133.3: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, He taps this length ball that spins into him, towards short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 133.2 | 133.2: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Spins in a touch, on a length, nudged across to square leg. |
| 2 | 133.1 | 133.1: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Floated full, on the leg stump line, Webster sweeps it fine off the edge, and the ball loses its steam in the outfield. Deep square leg runs to his right and cuts it off. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 132.6 | 132.6: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Wonder how this bloke didn't play all the Tests Down Under. Number 3 for Tongue off an absolute ripper of a delivery. Too good for a tailender to deal with to be very honest. He slants the ball into the southpaw, pitching it on a fractionally fuller length. It lands right on the seam and on one of those indentations around the middle stump line, and nips in prodigiously. Starc drags the bat in front to block, but plays over the line and the ball beats his inside edge to crash into the leg stump. Mitchell Starc departs on 5 (14) and Australia are 564/9, with a lead of 180 runs. |
| 2 | 132.5 | 132.5: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length around off, Mitchell Starc punches this down the ground for a couple. |
| 1 | 132.4 | 132.4: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Short pitched, on middle and leg. Beau pulls this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 1 | 132.3 | 132.3: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, Short and wide of off, Mitchell Starc guides this through point for a single. |
| 0 | 132.2 | 132.2: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, Good length around off, Mitchell Starc pushes at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 132.1 | 132.1: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, PEACH! Good length, angling into the batter and shaping away around the pads of Starc. The batter moves down to his leg and looks to flick but gets beaten. This wasn't far from his stumps as well. |
| 0 | 131.6 | 131.6: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Slower one, around off, on a length. Beau Webster blocks this one. |
| 0 | 131.5 | 131.5: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Good length around off, Beau Webster keeps it out. |
| 0 | 131.4 | 131.4: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, 4 LEG BYES! Good length, slanting down the leg, Beau Webster comes inside the line and goes for the flick. Gets it tickled off his pads to the left of the keeper for a boundary to the fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 131.3 | 131.3: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Hard length, on top of off, Ben Duckett blocks this off his back foot. |
| 2 | 131.2 | 131.2: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Full and wide outside off, Beau Webster leans onto the pitch of it, opens the bat face and slices this through the gap at point for a couple. |
| 1 | 131.1 | 131.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Number three for Tongue. Mitchell Starc departs on 5 (14) and Australia are 564/9, leading by 180 runs. |
| 0 | 130.6 | 130.6: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length, angling into the batter, Starc misses to block off the back foot and the ball thumps his thigh pad before deflecting towards widish point. They cross for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 130.5 | 130.5: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, Short and angling down leg, Starc tries to nudge it to the leg side, but plays all over it and the ball lobs off his thigh pad, dropping to the left of forward short leg. |
| 1 | 130.4 | 130.4: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Short of a good length on middle, Webster tucks it across to the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 0 | 130.3 | 130.3: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Full and on middle, Webster presses forward and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 130.2 | 130.2: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, A bit of yes and no between the batters, but no harm done! Climbs onto the batter from a shorter length, on top of off, Starc rides the bounce and dabs it to the backward point region and after hesitating initially, they rush through for a single. The backward point fielder throws it flat to the bowling end, but misses his shy, allowing Starc to slide his bat in safely. |
| 0 | 130.1 | 130.1: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, Short and angling into the batter, Starc ducks. |
| 4 | 129.6 | 129.6: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, FOUR! Just for a moment, Bethell thought he was in the game! Short and on middle and leg, Beau Webster stands tall and pulls it off the top edge. It flies over Bethell at backward square leg and races away to the boundary. 550 UP FOR AUSTRALIA! The lead for the hosts reads 166 runs. |
| 0 | 129.5 | 129.5: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, A tempter! Just outside off, zipping and skidding through the deck, on a hard length. Webster hangs his bat away from the body, feeling for it, but gets beaten on the outside edge by a kitten-whisker. |
| 0 | 129.4 | 129.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Another one pitched outside the leg stump, on a length, Starc tries to nudge it around the corner, but misses and the ball deflects off his thigh pad to deep fine leg. They get a leg bye. |
| 0 | 129.3 | 129.3: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length, down leg, kicking up but Starc is not interested. |
| 0 | 129.2 | 129.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, Short, down leg, Starc lets it through. |
| 1 | 129.1 | 129.1: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, He presses forward on this full ball and steers it through backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 128.6 | 128.6: Josh Tongue to Mitchell Starc, Sharp short ball, on top of the stumps, Starc sways away to leave. |
| 0 | 128.5 | 128.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Finally, finally, England get rid of Australia's batting maestro. This is the fourth time that Tongue has dismissed Smith. Root taps on Smith's shoulder, appreciating his knock. Back of a length, nipping away from the off pole, in the channel, Steve Smith tries to defend it by covering the line, but gets a thin outside edge back to Jamie Smith, who takes a straightforward catch behind the stumps. Steve Smith is received by a huge applause as he walks back to the dugout. The hometown boy soaks up the applause as he strides off the SCG to salute the end of Test ton number 37. 138 off 220 from Steve Smith. His marathon knock comes to an end. Australia are 544/8, leading by 160 runs. |
| 0 | 128.4 | 128.4: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Another full, on off, Smith tries to smother the pace off the back foot, but gets a fat inside edge to the square leg region. |
| 0 | 128.3 | 128.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Full and straight, at 132.3 kph, on off, Smith presses forward and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 128.2 | 128.2: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Around off, on a length, Webster waits back and steers it to the right of backward point. Jacob Bethell dives to his right to cut it off, but fails to do so. He parries the ball to the deep for a single. |
| 1 | 128.1 | 128.1: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Short of a length by Tongue, outside off, Smith punches it to the left of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 127.6 | 127.6: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Hard length, outside off, Beau Webster plays it late off the back foot and bunts it on the bounce to the gully fielder. |
| 2 | 127.5 | 127.5: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Touch full, on the middle and leg stump corridor, flicked off the pads through wide mid-wicket for a couple more. |
| 0 | 127.4 | 127.4: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Way down leg and short, Webster is not interested in that. Leaves. |
| 4 | 127.3 | 127.3: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, FOUR! Helped away! A bit too straight by Carse, on a length, at the pads, Beau gets inside the line and just tickles it using his wrists to collect a boundary at deep fine leg. This brings up the 100-run partnership between Webster and Smith! |
| 0 | 127.2 | 127.2: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, On a nagging length, on middle, Webster rides the bounce and taps it across to short mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 127.1 | 127.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Short, outside off, Steve gets on the back foot and cuts it to the point region for a single. |
| 2 | 126.6 | 126.6: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, On a length, around off, Beau rocks back and punches it along the ground to deep cover for a couple of more runs. |
| 0 | 126.5 | 126.5: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Dropped fuller and on the leg stump, Webster leans forward and tickles it behind to short fine leg. |
| 1 | 126.4 | 126.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Short of a good length, angling on the pads, Smith gets across and steers it through backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 126.3 | 126.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Outside off, nipping away from a length. Smith ignores. |
| 0 | 126.2 | 126.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Around off, on a length, blocked off the back foot. |
| 1 | 126.1 | 126.1: Ben Stokes to Beau Webster, FIFTY FOR BEAU WEBSTER! His 5th Test half century in just his 8th appearance in the whites for the Aussies. He has made his opportunity count beautifully so far. Gets a good round of applause from the SCG crowd and acknowledges it by raising his bat. On a good length, on the stumps, Webster tucks it across to the mid-wicket region for a single and gets to his milestone. A rather mature inning from the tall man. He came in a nice position when there was not too much pressure on his team. |
| 0 | 125.6 | 125.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Very full, on off, at 136 kph. Steve Smith covers the stumps by shuffling and blocks it straight to the bowler. |
| 1 | 125.5 | 125.5: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Makes the batter play at it by landing it around off and full, shaping away. Beau Webster draws the front foot to block forward, but gets a thick outside edge wide of point for a quick single. Webster is on 49! |
| 0 | 125.4 | 125.4: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Length ball, on top of off, bunted off the back foot to the off side. |
| 4 | 125.3 | 125.3: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, FOUR! Poor delivery and gets the treatment! Miles outside off, on a hard length, moving away a shy bit. Beau Webster frees his arms and using his long levers, he cuts it to the left of the diving backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 125.2 | 125.2: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Wide outside off, on a length, Webster leaves. |
| 2 | 125.1 | 125.1: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Back of a length, outside off, Beau hangs back and punches it through backward point. The deep cover fielder runs across to his deep and cuts it off. Two runs taken. Webster moves to 44. |
| 4 | 124.6 | 124.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, FOUR! Laced away! First boundary of Day 4. Overpitched by Stokes, outside off, bread and butter for someone who has faced over 200 balls. Smith leans onto it, finds the middle of the blade, and crisply drives it through the cover gap for a boundary. Australia lead by 140 runs. |
| 0 | 124.5 | 124.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Tight leave! Bangs it on a length, angling into the batter, on top of off. Steve Smith covers the line and shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 124.4 | 124.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Another full ball, around off, Smith waits for it to arrive before tapping it away to cover-point. |
| 2 | 124.3 | 124.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Full and straight on middle, Smith plays with a straight bat and drives it down the ground, beating mid on to his right. Matthew Potts from mid off hunts it down before the ropes. Two taken. |
| 0 | 124.2 | 124.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Short of a good length, outside off, Smith hangs back and steers it to the short third region. |
| 0 | 124.1 | 124.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Pitched outside, on a good length, at 129.1 kph. Smith lets it pass. |
| 2 | 123.6 | 123.6: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, An educated edge from Beau Webster to end proceedings on Day 3. This is floated full and wide outside off, Webster reaches out and opens the bat face, gliding it off the edge and through the third man region. It is chased down but the batters pick up two runs and that will be STUMPS ON DAY 3! |
| 0 | 123.5 | 123.5: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Shorter in length, angled into middle, Webster rocks back and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 123.4 | 123.4: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, A bit fuller, on off and middle, Webster leans on to defend. |
| 0 | 123.3 | 123.3: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Good length, turning into the pads, nudged away wide of short leg by Webster. |
| 0 | 123.2 | 123.2: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, On a shorter length around off, Webster rocks back to defend. |
| 2 | 123.1 | 123.1: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Dragged length outside off, angling it in, Webster goes back and makes room, angling it through backward point for a couple of runs. Oh, and Webster is charging for the third run and is halfway down the pitch when he has to turn back. A better throw might have gotten him and actually, Smith slipped while turning for the third run, which is why he had to deny it. |
| 0 | 122.6 | 122.6: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Fuller this time ad attacking the stumps, Smith leans on the block. |
| 0 | 122.5 | 122.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Back of a length and around off, Tongue gets some extra lift off the deck and Smith is taken by surprise. Smith looks to ride the bounce but catches a blow on the gloves. |
| 3 | 122.4 | 122.4: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Not perfectly timed and that's a good hustle from Matthew Potts to save a run for his side. A low full toss around off, Beau Webster leans on and drives it back past the bowler but off the toe end of the blade. Potts from mid off hares after it and keeps it down to three runs. |
| 0 | 122.3 | 122.3: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Short of a length and on off, angles in with a bit more bounce. Webster rises with the bounce and tucks it behind square leg. |
| 0 | 122.2 | 122.2: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, A bit fuller and bowled from wider on the crease, attacking the off stump. Webster leans on and gets it off the outer half of the blade towards cover. |
| 0 | 122.1 | 122.1: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Back of a length and outside off, Webster stays upright and pushes it down wide of point. He looks for the single but Smith quickly sends him back. |
| 1 | 121.6 | 121.6: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, On a dragged length and at the stumps, Webster comes forward and flicks it away in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 121.5 | 121.5: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Oh, a bit of turn on offer and that could have easily gone to hand. Tossed up, on a nagging length and around off, Webster looks to defend but the ball catches the inside egde and goes well to the right of the short leg fielder. |
| 0 | 121.4 | 121.4: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Tossed up outside off, Webster advances down the pitch and has to adjust as he doesn't quite get to the pitch of the ball and keeps it out. |
| 4 | 121.3 | 121.3: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, FOUR! Beau Webster is really starting to fire now and England seem helpless at the moment. Bowled well short and over middle and leg, Webster rocks back and pulls it hard and just beind deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 1 | 121.2 | 121.2: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Nicely flighted, full and outside off, Smith leans across and caresses it to deep cover for one more. |
| 1 | 121.1 | 121.1: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Full and wide outside off, Beau Webster lunges across to sweep and ends up flicking the lap sweep through backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 120.6 | 120.6: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, A well-directed bumper, in and around off stump, Smith lets it through to the keeper. |
| 4 | 120.5 | 120.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, FOUR! Lovely shot from Smudge. Full and wide outside off, Steve Smith leans across and extends the arms, stroking it through the gap at covers for another boundary. The lead now moves on to 120 runs. |
| 1 | 120.4 | 120.4: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Banged in shorter and over middle, Webster leans across and pulls it through square leg for a single. Up comes the 500 for Australia, the second time 500 has been breached in this series. |
| 4 | 120.3 | 120.3: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, FOUR! That's nicely played by Webster. Back of a length and around off, Beau Webster gets up on his toes and punches it sweetly through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 120.2 | 120.2: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, A bit shorter and on the pads, Smith fails to flick it away. The ball goes off the hips and through backward square leg for a leg bye. |
| 1 | 120.1 | 120.1: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Back of a length and over middle, angling in, Webster gets inside the line and nudges it in front of square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 119.6 | 119.6: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Tossed up, full and outside off, Beau Webster lunges across and nails the sweep to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 119.5 | 119.5: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Tossed up outside off, watchfully blocked off by Webster. |
| 0 | 119.4 | 119.4: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, A big appeal for LBW but the umpire turns it down and England have no review remaining either. This is nicely tossed up outside off, inviting the sweep from Webster but he misses and the ball turns in to beat the inside edge and strikes Webster on the pads. That seemed really close. |
| 0 | 119.3 | 119.3: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Tossed up around off, turning back in, Webster defends it down the line. |
| 0 | 119.2 | 119.2: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, A full toss, wide outside off, just hit away to covers. |
| 0 | 119.1 | 119.1: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, 'Catch it,' is the call but it falls safely and probably there wasn't even an inside edge on it. Tossed up on a shorter length wide outside off and this one turns in. Webster steps out and pads it away. The ball lobs up around the vacant short leg region and the keeper can't reach it. |
| 1 | 118.6 | 118.6: Josh Tongue to Beau Webster, Fuller in length and outside off, jabbed away through cover-point for a single by Webster. |
| 0 | 118.5 | 118.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Hard length again, angled into the pads, Smith walks across to the off side and fails to flick it away. The ball hits the thigh pad and rolls into the leg side as the batters pick up a leg bye. There is an appeal for LBW but nothing from the bowler or the umpire. |
| 0 | 118.4 | 118.4: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, On a hard length, angled in from wider on the crease. Smith gets inside the line and tucks it down to the right of mid on. |
| 0 | 118.3 | 118.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Good-length delivery in the channel, straightens off the deck, Smith hangs back and edges it down with soft hands towards gully. |
| 0 | 118.2 | 118.2: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Fuller in length and outside off, Smith leans on and plays a lovely drive but finds the fielder at covers. |
| 4 | 118.1 | 118.1: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, FOUR! Josh Tongue returns to the attack and gets put away on the very first ball by Steve Smith. Short of a length, wide outside off, sitting up for the batter. Smith stands tall and crunches it wide of point for a boundary. |
| 1 | 117.6 | 117.6: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Tossed up again, around off, Smudge goes for the expansive cover drive but gets it off the inner half of the blade through mid on for a single. |
| 0 | 117.5 | 117.5: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Tossed up, full and outside off, Smith looks to hit into-out but can't quite find the gap at extra cover. |
| 1 | 117.4 | 117.4: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Flighted ball outside off, Websterhas to reach for it a bit and eases it wide of covers for another single. |
| 1 | 117.3 | 117.3: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, One more to the Aussie total and the lead has now gone up to 100 runs. Floated up, full and on middle, driven down to long on for a single by SS. |
| 1 | 117.2 | 117.2: Will Jacks to Beau Webster, Bowled into the pitch and on a rough patch well outside off. This one turns in a mile but Webster hangs back and pushes it down to long on for one more. |
| 1 | 117.1 | 117.1: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, On a shorter length, turning into the pads, Smith flicks it off the back foot and behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 116.7 | 116.6: Matthew Potts to Beau Webster, Bowled shorter again and around leg stump, Webster backs away to pull but is beaten by the extra bounce this time around. |
| 0 | 116.6 | 116.5: Matthew Potts to Beau Webster, Short of a length and around the hips, Webster gets inside the line and leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 116.5 | 116.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Back of a length and at the bodyline, Smith backs away and jams the pull down to the right of the bowler. Matthew Potts fails to stop it in the followthrough and it goes down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 116.4 | 116.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Wide! Smith's highlights on Day 3 will be something to watch out for. This is banged in well short and around leg stump, Smith leaves it alone and stretches out his arms, calling it a wide himself. The umpire might not be too pleased with those antics. |
| 4 | 116.3 | 116.3: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, FOUR! Smith says I'll have a piece of that as well and puts it away with disdain. Banged in short over leg stump, sits up nicely for the batter, Steve Smith leans back and pulls it flat and just behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 1 | 116.2 | 116.2: Matthew Potts to Beau Webster, Short of a length and on the pads, nudged away towards mid-wicket for an easy single. |
| 4 | 116.1 | 116.1: Matthew Potts to Beau Webster, FOUR! That's been belted away. Banged in short and down leg, Beau Webster backs away early and gets on top of the bounce by hopping up and then he just swats it down to the right of long on for a boundary. Australia's lead is into the 90s now. |
| 0 | 115.6 | 115.6: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Dragged short and bowled outside off, this is tapped away in front of point. |
| 3 | 115.5 | 115.5: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Oh, that's a bit lucky for Webster. Jacob Bethell throws the ball up wide outside off and induces the false shot. Beau Webster stays leg side of the ball and reaches out to loft it over covers but gets an outside edge. The bal gets sliced down to deep third and the short third fielder chases it down, saving a run for hi side. |
| 0 | 115.4 | 115.4: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, On a length and angled into the legs, Webster rocks back and defends down the line. |
| 0 | 115.3 | 115.3: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Bethell goes wider on the crease and uses a bit of round-arm to dart the ball into middle and leg. Webster blocks it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 115.2 | 115.2: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Drags the length back by a couple of inches, bowling it on off, Webster hops back to defend. |
| 0 | 115.1 | 115.1: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Tossed up, a bit full and on off, Webster prods to defend. |
| 0 | 114.6 | 114.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, A bit more zip on that short ball, down the leg side and this one flies away. Smith stays inside the line and lets it go over his left shoulder. |
| 0 | 114.5 | 114.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Dug in short and around leg stump, Smith crouches down and smacks it down like a tennis smash but straight to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 114.4 | 114.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Another short ball well down leg and attacking the bodyline. Smith opts to keep moving past the leg stump rather than get inside the line and gets all cramped up. Smith does well to just sway away and get his hands down in time. |
| 0 | 114.3 | 114.3: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Potts switches to around the wicket and bowls another short ball around leg, pushing it across the right-hander. Smith tries to make some room and guide it away but almost edges it through to the keeper. |
| 1 | 114.2 | 114.2: Matthew Potts to Beau Webster, Banged in halfway down the pitch and angled well into the batter. Webster rocks back and pulls this one wide of Joe Root at short square leg for a single. That didn't bounce much as expected. |
| 1 | 114.1 | 114.1: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Banged in well short and over the stumps, Smith moves well past the leg stump and just angles it down through backward point for a single. |
| 1 | 113.6 | 113.6: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Nicely tossed up, around off, Smith advances and drives it away wide to the left of long off for a single. |
| 0 | 113.5 | 113.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Nagging length on off, Smith looks to lean on and block but gets taken aback by the extrabounce and has to just jam it out. |
| 0 | 113.4 | 113.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, on a nagging length and around off, Smith leans on halfway to block. |
| 0 | 113.3 | 113.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Flighted delivery, drifted into middle and grips a bit as well. Steve Smith leans on to defend. |
| 1 | 113.2 | 113.2: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Fractionally shorter over middle, Webster rocks back and pushes it down to the right of mid on for a quick single. |
| 0 | 113.1 | 113.1: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, On a good length, quicker as well and slides on, Webster stands tall and pushes it out in front of point. |
| 0 | 112.6 | 112.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, This is banged in short over middle, angling in and the height is good as well from Potts, Smith ducks under it well. |
| 2 | 112.5 | 112.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Short of a length and at the batter, Smith hangs back and croches down, flat-batting it through mid on for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 112.4 | 112.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Oh, that's a wild delivery from Potts but he gets away with it. Steve Smith pre-empts a bit and moves past the leg stump, Potts tries to follow him but digs it into the pitch and a mile down the leg side. Jamie Smith has to scamper to his left and make the stop but no wide is called. Also. Smith playfully shoulders arms at it. |
| 1 | 112.3 | 112.3: Matthew Potts to Beau Webster, Short of a length and at the batter, Webster hops inside the line of the delivery and nudges it into the on side for a single. |
| 0 | 112.2 | 112.2: Matthew Potts to Beau Webster, On a hard length and on off, Potts gets it to straightenoff the deck. Webster hangs back and gets squaured up, getting beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 112.1 | 112.1: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Oh, that seemed to be heading straight to the fielder but Steve Smith survives. Banged in short and over off, Smith backs away and gets surprised by the extra bounce, and leaves the bat dangling for the uppercut. The ball takes the top edge and flies down to deep third but lands well short of Zak Crawley. The batters get a single. |
| 0 | 111.6 | 111.6: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Tossed up on off and middle, gets it to drift a bit, Webster leans on and pusshes it to the left of the bowler but it is well-stopped. |
| 1 | 111.5 | 111.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, full and around off, Steve Smith stays back and drills it down to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 111.4 | 111.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, No run. |
| 0 | 111.3 | 111.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, A bit shorter and angled quickly into the pads, Smith stays back and nudges it towards square leg for another dot. |
| 0 | 111.2 | 111.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Flatter delivery around off, angled in with the arm, Smith rocks back and defends it with the full face of the blade. |
| 1 | 111.1 | 111.1: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, A bit more round-arm, on a nagging length and around off, Webster leans on and smothers it to the right of point for an easy single. |
| 1 | 110.6 | 110.6: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Shorter in length and around off, Webster presses back and nudges it down through cover-point for a single. Webster thinks about the second but Smith says 'No.' |
| 0 | 110.5 | 110.5: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, On a good length and wide outside off, angling in a touch, Webster makes a well-watched leave. |
| 0 | 110.4 | 110.4: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Fuller in length, angled back in a long way from outside off. Beau Webster blocks it down the pitch with a straight bat. |
| 1 | 110.3 | 110.3: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Carse follows the batter with a shortish delivery, and Smith just nudges it down in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4 | 110.2 | 110.2: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, FOUR! A much more controlled shot this time and Steve Smith helps himself to a boundary. Good length in the channel, Smith stays leg side and gets his hands through the ball this time, stroking it on the up and through covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 110.1 | 110.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Oh, that's a bit of a loose shot from Smith. Length ball around off, angling in, Steve Smith stays well leg side of the ball and looks to hammer it over covers but misses and almost gets knocked over. |
| 0 | 109.6 | 109.6: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Fuller and pushed through a bit outside off, Webster leans across and jams it out. |
| 1 | 109.5 | 109.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, On a dragged length and wide outside off, punched away off the back foot and past covers for a single. |
| 1 | 109.4 | 109.4: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Tossed up outside off, eased away through the gap at covers for a single. |
| 0 | 109.3 | 109.3: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, On a length and on off, this one turns away a bit. Webster jams it out into the off side. |
| 3 | 109.2 | 109.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, The batters hustle back for the third and Steve Smith does get a HUNDRED in this Ashes series. A fine knock from the Aussie skipper and it is his 5th ton at his home ground, his 37th overall in Test cricket and Smith still continues to electrify the crowd. Coming to the delivery, this is shorter and around leg, Smith shuffles across and helps it down to long leg where the deep square leg fielder has to run a long way around to his right to cut it off. Smith raises his bat to the buoyant SCG crowd and soaks in all of the applause. Also, this is his 13th Ashes hundred, the only one who has more than him is the great Sir Don Bradman, with 19 to his name. |
| 0 | 109.1 | 109.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, On a shorter length and outside off, turning away. Smith rocks back and taps it to the left of point where the fielder scampers across and keeps it down to a dot. |
| 4 | 108.6 | 108.6: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, FOUR! That's nicely driven. A bit too full and outside off, Beau Webster lunges across and extends the arms, caressing it square through the off side for his first boundary. |
| 0 | 108.5 | 108.5: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, A bumper now from Carse, around off and angling in. This one flies through and Beau Webster ducks under it. |
| 0 | 108.4 | 108.4: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, And now, this one stays low. Similar length to the previous one, darted in from outside off but doesn't rise up at all. Beau Webster does well to jam the bat down in time and gets the toe end on the ball to keep it out. Otherwise, he would have been caught plumb in front. |
| 0 | 108.3 | 108.3: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, On a good length, slightly wide outside off, and left alone by Webster. That one carried through to the keeper at almost chest height. |
| 1 | 108.2 | 108.2: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Just back of a length and in the channel, Smith hangs back and dabs it down through the short third region for a single. |
| 0 | 108.1 | 108.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Hammered in on a good length and angled back into middle stump, Smith stays leg side of the ball and blocks it with a dead bat. |
| 0 | 107.7 | 107.6: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Flighted ball, a touch fuller and outside off, Webster leans on to defend. |
| 0 | 107.6 | 107.5: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Dragged length around off, nudgedaway in front of covers and Webster looks for a single but is sent back by Steve Smith. |
| 0 | 107.5 | 107.4: Jacob Bethell to Beau Webster, Flighted ball, wide outside off and not all that full. Beau Webster leans across and throws his hands at it but doesn't quite get to the pitch of the ball and plays it off the outer half of the blade towards point. |
| 1 | 107.4 | 107.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Nice and full, wide outside off, Steve Smith leans across and strokes it through covers for a single. |
| 0 | 107.3 | 107.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, A bit fuller, thrown out wide again by Bethell and Smith leaves this one alone. |
| 0 | 107.2 | 107.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Short and wide again, Smith hangs back to cut but is beaten by the extra bounce on the ball. |
| 0 | 107.1 | 107.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Wide! This is bowled into the pitch and well wide outside off, Smith moves past the off stump but lets it through for a wide. |
| 1 | 106.6 | 106.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Shorter in length, flicked away off the hips and down to long leg for a single by Smith. He moves on to 95 with that. |
| 1 | 106.5 | 106.5: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Back of a length and around off, pushed away off the back foot and into the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 106.4 | 106.4: Brydon Carse to Beau Webster, Good bouncer! Banged in short and outside off, Beau Webster ducks under it well and this one carries through nicely to the keeper. |
| 0 | 106.3 | 106.3: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, OUT! CAUGHT! The short-ball ploy finally works out for England but Cameron Green will be so disappointed with that shot. Brydon Carse bangs it in short and angles it at the batter, Green leans across to get inside the line but doesn't followthrough on the pull and ends up spooning it high over the mid-wicket region. Ben Duckett in the deep doesn't initially pick it up but then rushes in and settles himself to take a simple catch. Green walks out after making 37 (64) and he will feel he's left a fair few runs out there. Carse gets his third wicket and stamps his authority as the second-highest wicket taker in this series behind Mitchell Starc. |
| 0 | 106.2 | 106.2: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Pitched up fuller and attacking the stumps, Green leans ahead and pushes it out to mid off. |
| 2 | 106.1 | 106.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Short of a length and wide outside off, Green stays upright and leans across, smacking it on the up and through covers for a couple of runs. |
| 2 | 105.6 | 105.6: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Fired onto the pads, Steve Smith tucks this to the right of long leg and takes two. Australia's lead has now gone past 50 runs. |
| 0 | 105.5 | 105.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Short and on off, Steve Smith cuts this but finds point again. |
| 0 | 105.4 | 105.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, around off, Steve Smith drives this to point for no run. |
| 0 | 105.3 | 105.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Short and wide of off, Steve Smith slaps this to cover for no run. |
| 0 | 105.2 | 105.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Arm-delivery, into the batter. Steve Smith defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 105.1 | 105.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, around off, Steve Smith blocks this out. |
| 0 | 104.6 | 104.6: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green blocks this around point. |
| 1 | 104.5 | 104.5: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On a length around the pads, Steve Smith flicks this to deep square leg and calls for two initially. Smith, as he turns for the second slip at the non-striker's end and the batters settle for one. |
| 0 | 104.4 | 104.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 104.3 | 104.3: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good length on middle and off, Steve Smith rocks back and mistimes the pull to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 104.2 | 104.2: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good length, on middle and off, keeps really low. Steve Smith does well to lean low and block it out. |
| 0 | 104.1 | 104.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Short and wide of off, Steve Smith slashes hard at it and but misses out. |
| 0 | 103.6 | 103.6: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Floated into the batter, Cameron Green rocks back and blocks this out. |
| 0 | 103.5 | 103.5: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Quicker one, on off, Cameron Green keeps it out with a front foot block. |
| 0 | 103.4 | 103.4: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Tossed up, on off, Cameron Green drives this to the left of the bowler. Jacob does well to dive towards his left and field this. |
| 0 | 103.3 | 103.3: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Full and on off, Cameron Green presses in front and blocks. |
| 2 | 103.2 | 103.2: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Short and wide of off, Cameron Green smashes this to sweeper cover's left and runs two. |
| 1 | 103.1 | 103.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Quicker one, around off, Steve Smith smashes this to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 0 | 102.6 | 102.6: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Good length around off, Cameron Green keeps it out. |
| 0 | 102.5 | 102.5: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Good length, around middle and off, Cameron Green blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 102.4 | 102.4: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Short pitched, around leg. Cameron Green ducks down. |
| 0 | 102.3 | 102.3: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Hard length around middle and off, Cameron Green pushes this to mid on again for another dot. |
| 0 | 102.2 | 102.2: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Touch fuller on middle and off, Cameron Green pushes this to mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 102.1 | 102.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Good length around off, Cameron Green blocks this out. |
| 0 | 101.6 | 101.6: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Floated around off, Steve Smith pushes this to cover for no run. |
| 4 | 101.5 | 101.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, FOUR! Into the nervous 90s enters the Aussie skipper. Short of a length around middle and leg, Steve Smith swivels and pulls this flat through the square leg region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 101.4 | 101.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Quicker and flatter on middle and off, Steve Smith keeps it out. |
| 1 | 101.3 | 101.3: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Tossed up, around off, Cameron Green drives this to sweeper cover for one. |
| 0 | 101.2 | 101.2: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Full and on off, Cameron Green defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 101.1 | 101.1: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Floated into the batter, Cameron Green keeps it out. |
| 1 | 100.6 | 100.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Good length around the pads, Cameron Green tucks this through square leg and takes one. |
| 0 | 100.5 | 100.5: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Good length, wide of off, Cameron Green leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 100.4 | 100.4: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green blocks this off his back foot. |
| 6 | 100.3 | 100.3: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, SIX! HIGH AND HANDSOME! Short-pitched, around middle and off, Cameron Green gets into a good position to pull and smashes this out of the park towards the second row over the deep square leg region. |
| 2 | 100.2 | 100.2: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Good length around the pads, Cameron Green flicks this through square leg and takes two runs. |
| 1 | 100.1 | 100.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Pitched up, around off, Scott Boland strides out in front and punches this to the right of Root at extra cover. Root fields this well and keeps it down to just one. |
| 1 | 99.6 | 99.6: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Quicker and flatter on the pads, Steve Smith tucks this through mid-wicket for a single. Pope and Brook got into a tangle but no harm done. |
| 0 | 99.5 | 99.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Fired into the batter, around his pads. Steve Smith goes for the flick but misses. |
| 0 | 99.4 | 99.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Short of a length on off, Steve Smith punches this to the left of the bowler for no run. |
| 1 | 99.3 | 99.3: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Floated into the batter, Cameron Green tucks this off the inside of his bat to square leg for one. |
| 1 | 99.2 | 99.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, on off, Steve Smith pushes this to the right of the fielder at cover-point and takes a quick one. |
| 0 | 99.1 | 99.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Fired around off, Steve Smith punches this to point. |
| 0 | 98.7 | 98.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Good length around off, Cameron Green dabs this to gully for no run. |
| 0 | 98.6 | 98.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, NO BALL! Short pitched, around leg, Cameron Green ducks down. All seemed set for the change of ends but the umpire signals NO BALL FOR OVERSTEPPING. |
| 0 | 98.5 | 98.5: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green rises with the bounce and keeps it down. |
| 0 | 98.4 | 98.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, LEG BYE! Good length, going down the leg. Steve Smith gets it clipped off his thigh pad towards square leg for a leg bye. |
| 1 | 98.3 | 98.3: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green punches this through cover for an immediate strike rotation. |
| 1 | 98.2 | 98.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Short pitched, around off, Steve Smith stands tall and pulls this flat to deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 98.1 | 98.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length, into the batter, Steve Smith pushes this to mid on. |
| 2 | 97.6 | 97.6: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Clever from the young spinner. Jacob saw the shimmy of Cameron Green and fired it around off, Cameron Green adjusts well and cuts this rather than slogging and gets it away to deep point for a couple. |
| 0 | 97.5 | 97.5: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Flaoted onto the pads, Cameron Green looks to flick this around square leg off his back foot but misses out and gets hit on the pds. |
| 1 | 97.4 | 97.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Fired around off, Steve Smith rocks back and punches this to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 1 | 97.3 | 97.3: Jacob Bethell to Cameron Green, Full and outside off, Cameron Green chips this to deep cover for a single. |
| 1 | 97.2 | 97.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Short of a length around off, Steve Smith rocks back and punches this through the right of short cover for one. |
| 6 | 97.1 | 97.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, SIX! Smudge is not in the mood to let Jacob settle. Tossed up, around off, Steve Smith dances down the track and smashes this out of the park towards the long on fence for a huge six. Steve Smith moves into the 80s. |
| 0 | 96.6 | 96.6: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Short pitched, on middle and leg. Cameron Green leaves it by ducking down. |
| 0 | 96.5 | 96.5: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 96.4 | 96.4: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Bumper, around off, Cameron Green ducks underneath it. |
| 1 | 96.3 | 96.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Short and wide of off, Steve Smith moves away from the stumps and slaps this to deep third for one. |
| 0 | 96.2 | 96.2: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Short-pitched, around leg, following Steve Smith to his leg. The Aussie skipper backs away, falls down and rolls on his back, albeit a bit in an exaggerated way and he even smiles while getting up. |
| 0 | 96.1 | 96.1: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Good length, down the leg. Steve Smith leaves it. Good take down his left by Jamie Smith. |
| 0 | 95.6 | 95.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Good length around off, Cameron Green defends this out. |
| 0 | 95.5 | 95.5: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Good length around off, Cameron Green blocks this right underneath his eyeline. |
| 1 | 95.4 | 95.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Hard length on off, Steve Smith rocks onto his back foot and punches this through point for one. |
| 0 | 95.3 | 95.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Short pitched, around off, Steve Smith shadows the forehand flat and leaves it. |
| 0 | 95.2 | 95.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Smith takes LBW out of play by shuffling across the stumps. Looks to flick but misses and gets rapped on the front pad. |
| 0 | 95.1 | 95.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith defends this with a trigger movement back and across the stumps. |
| 4 | 94.6 | 94.6: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, FOUR! Tongue hits the hard length, wide of off, Cameron Green uses the depth of the crease, goes deep inside and punches this off his back foot. Opens up the face of his bat a shade and gets this through the gap at backward point for four runs. |
| 0 | 94.5 | 94.5: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, On a length, wide outside off, Cameron Green gives it a good look and leaves it. |
| 0 | 94.4 | 94.4: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Good length angling into the batter, Cameron Green blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 94.3 | 94.3: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green jams this around cover. Green has looked solid so far. |
| 0 | 94.2 | 94.2: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Full and on off, Cameron Green nails the off-drive towards the right of the mid off fielder but fails to beat him. |
| 1 | 94.1 | 94.1: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Back of a length around off, Steve Smith stays leg side to it, rides the bounce and pushes this through cover for one. |
| 0 | 93.6 | 93.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Slower one, on a length wide outside off. Cameron Green plays for pace on and gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 93.5 | 93.5: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Hard length around off, Cameron Green gets solidly behind the line and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 93.4 | 93.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith guides this through the right of the fielder at point for a single. |
| 4 | 93.3 | 93.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, FOUR! STAMPING HIS AUTHORITY! A bit too full and a little too wide outside off, Steve Smith strides towards the pitch of the delivery and smashes this up and over the extra cover fielder for four runs. A bit of chin-music had rattled Smith in the previous over but Stokes is yet to make him smell the leather and the Aussies are now in the lead. |
| 0 | 93.2 | 93.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length, going down the leg side, Steve Smith looks to flick at first but the ball keeps going down and he bails out of the flick. |
| 1 | 93.1 | 93.1: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, SCORES ARE LEVEL! Back of a length around off, Cameron Green dabs this gently in front of cover and takes one. Stokes isn't happy with the fielding effort. |
| 0 | 92.6 | 92.6: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Another effort ball from Josh Tongue as he darts another short one, around off, Steve Smith hops up on his toes, away from the line of it and lets it go past him. |
| 0 | 92.5 | 92.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Short again, on off, Steve Smith comfortably sucks down on this one. |
| 0 | 92.4 | 92.4: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, WOAH! A really sharp bumper, following Smith to his leg. Smudge backs away for a bit and manages to somehow sway away from it. Not convincing at all. |
| 1 | 92.3 | 92.3: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Good length, wide of off, Cameron Green rises with the bounce and smashes this towards the right of Zak Crawley at extra cover. Zak puts in a good dive to his right and takes the sting out of it. Saves three for the side. |
| 1 | 92.2 | 92.2: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Good length on off, Steve Smith punches this to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 92.1 | 92.1: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Bumper, around off, Steve Smith ducks down. |
| 4 | 91.6 | 91.6: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, FOUR! That's been nicely placed in the gap for four. Short and just wide of off, Cameron Green waits for it to come close to him, plays this really late, opens the face of his blade and guides this in the gap between gully and second slip for four runs. |
| 0 | 91.5 | 91.5: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green rocks onto his back foot and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 91.4 | 91.4: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Another one in the channel, wide of off, Cameron Green strides to the pitch of it and lets it go. |
| 0 | 91.3 | 91.3: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Good length on off, Cameron Green leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 91.2 | 91.2: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, Hard length just wide of off, Cameron Green guides this to backward point for no run. |
| 0 | 91.1 | 91.1: Ben Stokes to Cameron Green, A positive start from Cameron Green. Full and wide of off, Cameron Green leans ahead and drives this to extra cover. |
| 0 | 90.6 | 90.6: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Fuller in length, angled in from outside off. Steve Smith leans on and strokes it towards mid off. A dot to end and that will b TEA ON DAY 3! |
| 1 | 90.5 | 90.5: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Back of a length and around off, atpped away from inside the crease and with soft hands in front of covers for a quick single. Good running again. |
| 0 | 90.4 | 90.4: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Good-length delivery, in the channel outside off, left alone by Green. |
| 1 | 90.3 | 90.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Oh, that's well negotiated by Smith. Back of a length and around off, bounces extra and Smith hangs back to get on top of the bounce and nudge it down towards point for one more. |
| 1 | 90.2 | 90.2: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Shorter this time and right at the batter, Green gets inside the line and nudges it to the right of mid-wicket for a quick single. The fielder scores a direct hit at the keeper's end but Smith is well in. |
| 0 | 90.1 | 90.1: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Pitches the ball very full and on the fifth stump line, Green shoulders arms at it. |
| 1 | 89.6 | 89.6: Matthew Potts to Cameron Green, Good running. Back of a length and around off, Green hops back and pushes it down to the left of short extra cover, scampering through for a single. |
| 4 | 89.5 | 89.5: Matthew Potts to Cameron Green, FOUR! That's nicely struck by Green. A bit fuller and outside of, Cameron Green leans across, keeps a still head and crunches the drive through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 0 | 89.4 | 89.4: Matthew Potts to Cameron Green, On a hard length and around the fifth stump line, going straight on at 127 kph, left alone by Green. |
| 0 | 89.3 | 89.3: Matthew Potts to Cameron Green, Nagging length, just outside off, Green gets caught on the back foot and edges it down towards the gully region. |
| 0 | 89.2 | 89.2: Matthew Potts to Cameron Green, Good-length delivery, attacking the top of off, solidly blocked off by Green. |
| 1 | 89.1 | 89.1: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Short of a length and over middle and leg, Smith shuffles across and nudges it down towards leg gully for a single. |
| 0 | 88.6 | 88.6: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Oh, another stifled appeal and that seemed very close to the bat as well. Dug in a bit shorter and angled down leg, Cameron Green awkwardly looks to fend it away but the ball goes past the gloves and through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 88.5 | 88.5: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Full again, slanted in towards the off stump, Cameron Green gets across and leans ahead, driving it firmly to mid off. |
| 0 | 88.4 | 88.4: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Pitched up fuller and wide of the off stump, inviting the drive but Green leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 88.3 | 88.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Back of a length, angling in from wide outside off, Smith rocks back and punches it square through covers for one more. |
| 1 | 88.2 | 88.2: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Short of a length and at the batter, Green presses back on his toes and nurdles it down 'round the corner on the leg side and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 88.1 | 88.1: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, the plan works again for Alex Carey and for a second Test running, Carey gets out in a similar fashion. Josh Tongue stays around the wicket and bowls it full on the pads, angling it down leg. Carey just gets inside the line a bit more and flicks it straight to the man at a deepish leg slip. Jacob Bethell takes a sharp catch right around his face and the dangerous Carey has to walk back for 16 (13) and Australia are now 6 down for 366. |
| 4 | 87.6 | 87.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, FOUR! That's begging to be hit. Short and wide outside off, at a gentle pace as well. Steve Smith reaches out and slaps it away past point for a second boundary in the over. Australia now trail by just 18 runs. |
| 0 | 87.5 | 87.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Oh, that stayed low. Matthew Potts goes wider on the crease and bowls it slightly into the deck. The ball angles back in from outside off and just doesn't rise up. Smith does well to jam the bat down in time. |
| 0 | 87.4 | 87.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Pitched up fuller and in the channel, jags back in sharply, Smith make an assured leave. |
| 0 | 87.3 | 87.3: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Back of a length and outside off, Smith hops across and blocks it down the pitch. |
| 4 | 87.2 | 87.2: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, FOUR! Gets it through, does Steve Smith. Nagging length outside off, Smith extends the arms and strokes it away square through the off side and there's a biug gap between cover and point, and Smith picks up four runs. |
| 0 | 87.1 | 87.1: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Potts switches ends and the keeper also comes up to the stumps. This is bowled from wider on the crease and darted back in at the stumps. Smith nudges it away into the leg side. |
| 0 | 86.6 | 86.6: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Oh, that cut back in sharply. There's a half-hearted appeal for caught behind as well but it is turned down. Josh Tongue serves it back of a length and around off, gets a bit more zip off the deck. Alex Carey is taken aback and gets caught on the crease as the ball goes past the inside edge. Replays indicate that the ball might have just flicked the back pocket. |
| 0 | 86.5 | 86.5: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Good length again, angling in from outside off, Carey gets inside the line and taps it down to mid on. |
| 0 | 86.4 | 86.4: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, On a good length, in and around off, Carey stabs it out into the off side. |
| 1 | 86.3 | 86.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Full again and outside off, driven without much timing and towards extra cover where Ben Stokes fumbles and allows the batters to pick up a single. |
| 1 | 86.2 | 86.2: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, A bit fuller and sliding into the pads, Carey gets an inside edge and the ball then rolls off the pads just into the leg side. The batters scamper through for a single and a clean pick-up from Zak Crawley who attacked the ball, could have made things interesting for Smith running towards the keeper's end. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Tongue comes on to replace Potts and he begins with a shortish ball, into the wicket and angling it in from around off. Carey nudges it down onto the deck. |
| 3 | 85.6 | 85.6: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Carey is timing everything so well. Pitched fuller on off and middle, Carey leans right on and pushes it down to long off. Ben Stokes from mid off runs after it and saves the boundary, keeping it down to three runs but that's a real 'hammy-killer' that chase from Stokes. |
| 0 | 85.5 | 85.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Hard length on leg, drifting down, Carey lets it through to the keeper. |
| 4 | 85.4 | 85.4: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, FOUR! Carey is in just such a confident place and he brings up the 350 for Australia in a jiffy. On a good length but wide of the off stump, Alex Carey extends his arms and swats it square through the off side this time for another boundary and that also brings up 300 runs for him in this Ashes series. |
| 4 | 85.3 | 85.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, FOUR! Hammered away. Full and angled well across the off stump, Alex Carey leans on and just checks the punched-drive, nailing it through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 1 | 85.2 | 85.2: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good-length delivery around off, Smith covers the angle well and works it in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 85.1 | 85.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, There's that extra bounce again. On a hard length and around off, angling away, Smith looks to defend off the front foot but gets surprised by the extra bounce and the ball hits the handle of the bat. |
| 0 | 84.6 | 84.6: Matthew Potts to Alex Carey, On a good length around off, hitting the deck hard, Carey gets inside the line and nudges it down towards mid on. |
| 1 | 84.5 | 84.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Fuller in length and just outside off, Smith strokes the drive away and gets it through the hands of the cover fielder and picks up a single. That should have been stopped. |
| 0 | 84.4 | 84.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Wider on the crease, bowled on a good length and this one darts back in. Smith gets his front leg across and block it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 84.3 | 84.3: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length around off, angling in, Smith stays back in his crease and defends it off. |
| 0 | 84.2 | 84.2: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Nice and full, in and around off, Smith leans on to defend. Also, before this ball was bowled, Smith asked Brydon Carse to put on his sunglasses some other way as he was distracted by them being in his eye line. Very strange concern but Carse lets Smith have this one. |
| 0 | 84.1 | 84.1: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Oh, that's a beauty. A cross-seamer from Potts, fuller and angled in towards the off stump. Smith looks to block it down the line but the ball seams away after pitching and goes agonizingly past the outside edge. |
| 4 | 83.6 | 83.6: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, FOUR! Carey is off the mark in style. Short of a length and wide outside off, Alex Carey backs away a bit and slaps it wide of the point region and picks up a boundary. |
| 0 | 83.5 | 83.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Another appeal for LBW but this one seems to be angling down leg. The appeal is turned down and England don't have any reviews left. Carse gets this one on the money as he bowls it quick and full, getting it to swing back in late. Alex Carey is beaten all ends up and gets pinged on the toes. |
| 0 | 83.4 | 83.4: Brydon Carse to Usman Khawaja, OUT! LBW! An appeal and given! Brydon Carse gets Usman Khawaja with a full toss but the latter has reviewed it immediately. Carse looks to go full and straight and swing it back into the left-hander but ends up bowling a full toss that dips on the batter. Khawaja looks to clip it away but is a bit taken aback and plays all around it, getting hit on the pads. The third umpire is called in and there's no bat involved as confirmed by RTS and Ball Tracking comes up with three reds. Khawaja has to walk back for 17 (49) and he gets a standing ovation from the SCG crowd as this might well be his last Test innings for Australia. |
| 0 | 83.3 | 83.3: Brydon Carse to Usman Khawaja, Full and straight, swings back into the left-hander. Khawaja tucks it off the inside edge of the bat and towards mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 83.2 | 83.2: Brydon Carse to Usman Khawaja, Fuller in length, angled across off, Khawaja drives it on the up, not perfectly timed but it goes through the gap at covers and the batters pick up a couple of runs. This partnership now moves on to 51 runs as well. |
| 0 | 83.1 | 83.1: Brydon Carse to Usman Khawaja, Carse bangs it in a bit short over middle and leg, Khawaja looks to get inside the line and pull but gets hurried and takes a blow to the mid riff. |
| 0 | 82.6 | 82.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, A bit fuller and around off, Smith gets across to the off side and defends it out once again. Australia now trail by 47 more runs. |
| 0 | 82.5 | 82.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length, around off, and angled back into the off pole. Smith lunges across and blocks it with the full face of the blade. |
| 1 | 82.4 | 82.4: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Fuller in length and on the pads, Khawaja walks across to the off side and taps it down through backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Full and wide outside off, Usman Khawaja leans across and digs it out to the right of cover where the fielder makes a good stop. Another dot ball for Khawaja. |
| 0 | 82.2 | 82.2: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Just back of a length and in the channel, a much easier leave for Khawaja to make this time around. |
| 0 | 82.1 | 82.1: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Full of a length and just outside off, angling in, Khawaja leaves it alone on line. |
| 4 | 81.6 | 81.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, FOUR! FIFTY UP FOR STEVE SMITH! Smith's love affair with the SCG continues as, for the 12th time in his Test career, he goes past the 50-run mark at his home ground. This is overpitched and on middle, Smith gets inside the line and pummels the on drive to the right of the bowler and picks up a boundary. A 45th Test half-century for Smith and he will be eyeing up a big one now. |
| 0 | 81.5 | 81.5: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Fuller this time and outside off, nibbling away a touch, Smith shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 81.4 | 81.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On a hard length and outside off, Smith punches it down into the off side. |
| 0 | 81.3 | 81.3: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, On a good length and wide outside off, Smith gets a stride across and just watches the ball go past him and through to the keeper. |
| 4 | 81.2 | 81.2: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, FOUR! Very full and outside off, Steve Smith extends his arms and squeezes it away firmly behind point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 81.1 | 81.1: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Carse to share the new ball with Potts and he starts off with a poor delivery. A high full toss, bowled wid eof the off stump and Smith is taken aback by it, and fails to get it away through covers. |
| 4 | 80.6 | 80.6: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! That's perfectly timed. Too full and around off, Khawaja gets inside the line and drills it straight back past the bowler and the ball races away into the fence. |
| 0 | 80.5 | 80.5: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, On a good length and outside off, confidently defended off the front foot by Khawaja this time. |
| 0 | 80.4 | 80.4: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Oh, that seamed back in for sure. The in-between length from Potts, landing it just outside off and this one nips back in. Khawaja gets across to block but is beaten on the inside edge and gets hit on the pads. There's s stifled appeal for LBW and nothing more. |
| 0 | 80.3 | 80.3: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Good length again, in the channel around off and strightens a bit as well, Khawaja gets a stride across and leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 80.2 | 80.2: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Better length from Potts. Just a tad fuller and around off, slanted back in, Khawaja leans on to defend but the ball bounces extra and catches the top half of the blade. |
| 0 | 80.1 | 80.1: Matthew Potts to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length to begin with, around off, Usman Khawaja presses back to defend. |
| 0 | 79.6 | 79.6: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Pushed through a bit fuller and flatter at the stumps, Smith works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 79.5 | 79.5: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, A bit shorter and on middle, turns in as well, Smith hops back and nudges it gently towards square leg. |
| 1 | 79.4 | 79.4: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, On the shorter side, sliding onto the pads, this is worked away wide of square leg for a single by Khawaja. |
| 0 | 79.3 | 79.3: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Floated up around middle, Usman Khawaja clips it across to mid-wicket looking for one but is sent back. |
| 1 | 79.2 | 79.2: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Fuller in length, landing on off stump, Smith leans on and shovels it away in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 79.1 | 79.1: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Flatter delivery, fired in towards middle stump, Smith rocks back to defend. |
| 0 | 78.6 | 78.6: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, Length ball in the channel, Usman Khawaja makes a watchful leave. |
| 0 | 78.5 | 78.5: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, This is pitched up fuller on off stump, Khawaja covers the line and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 78.4 | 78.4: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, Full and straight at the stumps, Khawaja works it across to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 78.3 | 78.3: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, On a good length and outside off, eased away towards cover. |
| 0 | 78.2 | 78.2: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, Length ball, drifted down the leg side, Khawaja looks to flick it off the pads but misses. |
| 4 | 78.1 | 78.1: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Edged and through it goes! Short of a good length and in the channel, Usman Khawaja wanders out of his crease and has a poke at it but gets an outside edge down through the second slip region and it is Harry Brook who lets it through for a boundary. |
| 0 | 77.6 | 77.6: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Floated into the batter, Steve Smith defends this out. |
| 0 | 77.5 | 77.5: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Pushed through on the pads, Steve Smith blocks this out. |
| 1 | 77.4 | 77.4: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Quicker one, in the line of the stumps, Usman Khawaja punches this away for one. |
| 0 | 77.3 | 77.3: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Short of a length on off, Usman Khawaja punches this towards short cover for no run. |
| 0 | 77.2 | 77.2: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Nicely tossed up, at the stumps, Khawaja leans on and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 77.1 | 77.1: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, full and on the pads, clipped away to the right of mid on. |
| 0 | 76.6 | 76.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Back of a length and around off, punched down into the off side. A maiden over for Stokes. |
| 0 | 76.5 | 76.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good-length delivery around off, Smith stays on the front foot and plays it straight to mid off. |
| 0 | 76.4 | 76.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, This is bowled on a fuller length and around off, Smith leans on to defend. |
| 0 | 76.3 | 76.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Full of a good length and in the channel, angling in, Smith puts a stride across and jams it out. |
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Stokes changes the length and bowls a bumper, and gets it in at a difficult height as well. Smith ducks under it. |
| 0 | 76.1 | 76.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Full and fast, darted in towards the stumps, Smith clips it into the leg side. |
| 0 | 75.6 | 75.6: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up on the off stump line, Khawaja solidly blocks it off. |
| 0 | 75.5 | 75.5: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, A bit more flighted, fuller and around off, Usman Khawaja leans on to block. |
| 0 | 75.4 | 75.4: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, on a length and on off, Khawaja watchfully defends. |
| 1 | 75.3 | 75.3: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Flighted ball again, on the pads, Smith nurdles it down through the fine leg region and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 75.2 | 75.2: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Nicely flighted, on a length and around off, Smith hangs back to defend. |
| 1 | 75.1 | 75.1: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up outside off, Khawaja leans on and strokes it on the full, past cover for a single. |
| 0 | 74.6 | 74.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length at the stumps, Smith nudges it across to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 74.5 | 74.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, FOUR BYES! No chance for Jamie Smith this time. Length ball, angling down leg, swings after going past the bat and beats the keeper to roll away into the fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 74.4 | 74.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good take from the keeper. This is bowled fuller and on the pads, angling down leg, Steve Smith looks to flick and this one keeps angling down leg, beating the bat and the keeper ha sto dive down to his left to make the stop. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Pitched up at the stumps, Smith leans on to flick but the ball straightens a bit and takes the leading edge, heading towards the cover region. |
| 0 | 74.2 | 74.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, On a hard length and just outside off, Smith hops back and nudges it down towards gully. |
| 0 | 74.1 | 74.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Back of a length and around off, Smith stays back and rises with the bounce to keep it out. |
| 1 | 73.6 | 73.6: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Bowled flatter and outside off, slapped away to deep point for one more. |
| 1 | 73.5 | 73.5: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Dragged length around middle, Usman Khawaja rocks back and hoicks it across the line to deep mid-wicket for just a single. |
| 0 | 73.4 | 73.4: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Quick and flat at the stumps, Khawaja tucks it across to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 73.3 | 73.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, This is bowled very short and just outside off, Steve Smith rocks back and hits it square past the point region and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 73.2 | 73.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Flatter delivery on the stumps, blocked off. |
| 0 | 73.1 | 73.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Nice and full, outside off, Steve Smith makes a bit of room and plays a flowy cover drive but straight to the fielder. |
| 0 | 72.6 | 72.6: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, A bit fuller and on the pads, Usman Khawaja clips it away to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, Good-length delivery on off, Khawaja plays it late and with gentle hands towards backward point. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, On a good length and outside off, Usman Khawaja lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length and around off, Khawaja hangs back and angles it down behind point. |
| 0 | 72.2 | 72.2: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, This is pitched fuller and around off, Khawaja leans on and pushes it out to covers. |
| 1 | 72.1 | 72.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Hard length on the pads, this is nudged down 'round the corner on the leg side for a single. |
| 0 | 71.6 | 71.6: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Fired into the batter, Usman blocks it out. |
| 1 | 71.5 | 71.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, on middle and off, Steve Smith drives this to the left of the bowler for one. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up again and on off, Smith defends it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 71.3 | 71.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, This is flighted up, around off, Smith leans on to defend. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Pushed through again, at the stumps, Smith blocks it off again. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Bowled flatter and at the stumps, Smith blocks it off. |
| 0 | 70.6 | 70.6: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length and angling down the leg side. |
| 1 | 70.5 | 70.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length again, in and around off, eased away through the cover region for a single. |
| 0 | 70.4 | 70.4: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Good length attacking the stumps, Smith blocks it off. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Full again and around off, jammed into the turf and on the bounce to covers. |
| 4 | 70.2 | 70.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, FOUR! This is banged on short and attacking the body, Smith gets inside the line and pulls well behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 0 | 70.1 | 70.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Fuller in length and around off, Steve Smith pushes it out to covers. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Too full, on the pads, Usman Khawaja tucks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 0 | 69.5 | 69.5: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Fired wide of off, Usman Khawaja jams this out. |
| 1 | 69.4 | 69.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Floated onto the off-pole, Steve Smith flicks this in the gap for one. |
| 0 | 69.3 | 69.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Quicker one flatter on off, Steve Smith blocks this out. |
| 1 | 69.2 | 69.2: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Pushed through on middle and off, Usman Khawaja drives this through cover for a single. |
| 0 | 69.1 | 69.1: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Floated onto the pads, Usman Khawaja keeps it out off his front foot. |
| 0 | 68.7 | 68.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Back of a length on middle and off, Steve Smith rocks back and leaves it after covering his off-pole. |
| 4 | 68.6 | 68.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, FOUR! Smith takes on Stokes and finds the fence. Short and on off, Steve Smith gets right on top of the bounce and pulls this behind square on leg for a boundary towards the right of the long leg fielder. |
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Full and around off, Smith blocks. NO BALL signalled by the umpire after consultation with the third umpire, for overstepping. |
| 1 | 68.4 | 68.4: Ben Stokes to Usman Khawaja, Off the mark, is Uzzie. With a gentle nudge towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 68.3 | 68.3: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, On middle and leg, nudged towards short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 68.2 | 68.2: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, Around off, dabbed in the crease. |
| 4 | 68.1 | 68.1: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, EDGED! FOUR! On a length, outside off, Steve Smith looked to defend but got squared up. The ball reared up, took the outside edge, but flew past second slip, to his right, into the deep third fence. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Floated onto the pads, Usman Khawaja rocks back and blocks. A wicket maiden from Jacob Bethell. |
| 0 | 67.5 | 67.5: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Full and wide of off, Usman Khawaja pokes at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Tossed up, on middle and off, Usman Khawaja gets right on top of it and keps it out. |
| 0 | 67.3 | 67.3: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Fired wide of the off-stump, Usman Khawaja blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Jacob Bethell to Usman Khawaja, Quicker one, wide of off, Usman Khawaja pushes this to cover. |
| 0 | 67.1 | 67.1: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, OUT! LBW! Bethell provides the breakthrough! At long last, after surviving eons of chances, Head finds a way to get out. He was itching to go after the left-arm spinner and Bethell did well to keep it full and straight. Head went for the sweep and for once, he missed a straight ball. Was hit right in front of the sticks and the umpire raised his finger after a thought. Head probably knew he was a goner but took the review for the sake of it. Hitting the middle of leg and middle, says Ball Tracking. The SCG stands up as one to applaud for Head. England will believe they have got an opening now. Head departs for a magnaminous 163 (166), Australia are 288/4 and still trail by 96 runs. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, On middle and off, well defended. |
| 1 | 66.5 | 66.5: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, 600 RUNS FOR HEAD IN ASHES 2025-26! Gets there with a gentle nudge through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Yorker, around middle, pushed to the leg side. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, On middle and leg, dabbed towards the leg side. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Full, around off, pushed towards cover. |
| 0 | 66.1 | 66.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, On middle and leg, Travis Head looks to pull but misses. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.6: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, around off, Steve Smith gets behind the line and blocks it out. |
| 2 | 65.5 | 65.5: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, on middle and off, Steve Smith takes the aerial route, lofts this behind mid off and takes two. Smith did not get it away from the middle of his bat. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Full and on the pads, Smith tucks this to square leg. |
| 0 | 65.3 | 65.3: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Quicker one, on middle and off, Steve Smith presses in front and blocks this to cover. |
| 4 | 65.2 | 65.2: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, FOUR! First runs in the post-Lunch session and it comes as a boundary. Tossed up, around middle and off, Steve Smith drives this through the cover region for four. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Jacob Bethell to Steve Smith, Tossed up, wide of off, Steve Smith leans ahead and works this to point. |
| 1 | 64.6 | 64.6: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Smith rolls this down to long on for a single. |
| 1 | 64.5 | 64.5: Will Jacks to Travis Head, Full and on off, Head drills this down the ground to long off for one. |
| 4 | 64.4 | 64.4: Will Jacks to Travis Head, FOUR! Pushed through around off, Travis Head flashes with hard hands at it, gets it in the gap towards the backward point region and the ball has raced to the fence. |
| 1 | 64.3 | 64.3: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Steve Smith rolls this down to long on for one. |
| 1 | 64.2 | 64.2: Will Jacks to Travis Head, Flighted on middle and off, Travis Head jumps down the track and has a go at it. Hits this with venom and to the left of the bowler. Will Jacks gets a bit of hand to it and the ball deflects towards mid on for one. It almost took out the umpire as well. |
| 1 | 64.1 | 64.1: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Steve Smith pushes this down the ground for one. |
| 1 | 63.6 | 63.6: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, DROPPED! Steve Smith has been given a life on 12 by Zak Crawley, a difficult chance though. Good length, on middle and leg, Steve Smith gets it edged off the inside towards the left of Zak Crawley at short leg gully. Zak dives low to his left and could only get a bit of a fingertip to it. |
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Hard length, around off, Steve Smith chips this uppish but wide of the bowler to his left for no run. Smith gestures that the ball might have gripped a bit. |
| 2 | 63.4 | 63.4: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Back of a length on the pads, Steve tucks this to the left of long leg for two. |
| 1 | 63.3 | 63.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Hard length on off, Travis Head pushes this towards the right of cover and takes one. |
| 0 | 63.2 | 63.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head pushes this to cover. |
| 0 | 63.1 | 63.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length on off, Travis Head blocks it out. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Hard length, around off, Steve Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 62.5 | 62.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length, wide of off, Steve Smith leaves it. |
| 1 | 62.4 | 62.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head flashes at it, gets it edged off the inside and the ball bounces behind for a single towards short fine leg. |
| 1 | 62.3 | 62.3: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, That's poor running from Travis Head. Good length on the pads, Steve Smith tucks this to the right of Ben Duckett at mid-wicket and takes a single. Travis Head casually jogged and was in trouble as the throw came to his end at the striker's end. Duckett missed the stumps but had he hit them, Head would have been in trouble. |
| 0 | 62.2 | 62.2: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Excellent delivery from Potts. On a length, angling in and shaping away from the batter after pitching around his off-stumps. Steve Smith looks for a lofted drive down the ground but misses. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Back of a length on off, Steve Smith goes deep inside his crease and blocks this out. |
| 1 | 61.6 | 61.6: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Yorker, around off, Steve Smith defends this out. |
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Full and on off, Steve Smith rolls this to point. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Good length, on middle and off, Steve Smith rocks back and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 61.3 | 61.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Good length, on off, Steve Smith defends this off his back foot. |
| 1 | 61.2 | 61.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head punches this to sweeper cover for one. |
| 4 | 61.1 | 61.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, FOUR! 150 comes up for Head with this boundary. Short and wide of off, Travis Head moves down his leg and slashes hard at it. Gets it eged off the outside and the ball lobs over second slip for a boundary behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, On a length around middle and off, Steve Smith defends this right underneath his eyeline. |
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith shuffles across and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 60.4 | 60.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Back of a length around off, Steve Smith blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 60.3 | 60.3: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Hard length, around off, Steve Smith blocks this off his back foot. |
| 1 | 60.2 | 60.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length, on the pads, Travis Head tucks this to fine leg for one. |
| 6 | 60.1 | 60.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, SIX! GO FETCH THAT! Short and on leg, Travis Head moves away to his leg and pulls this right out of the middle of his bat for a huge six over the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region. Despite the fence being patrolled, Head takes it on and clears the fence at will. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.6: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, On a length, slanting down the leg. Steve Smith gets it tickled off the pads to short fine leg for no run. |
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Back of a length, around off, Steve Smith pokes at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 4 | 59.4 | 59.4: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, FOUR! Too short and wide for Smith to smash this away for four. Short and wide outside off, Steve Smith hops onto his back foot and punches this in the gap to the right of cover for four runs. |
| 0 | 59.3 | 59.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, On a length, going down the leg, Steve Smith goes for the flick but misses. |
| 1 | 59.2 | 59.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head punches this to deep point for one. |
| 0 | 59.1 | 59.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Short and wide down the leg, Travis Head comes inside the line and has a go at it but misses. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, A maiden for Potts. Good length around off, shaping back into the batter. Steve Smith shuffles across, gets outsid the line of off and is hit on the front pad as the ball beats the bat. |
| 0 | 58.5 | 58.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, On a length around off, Steve Smith blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 58.4 | 58.4: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Hard length, on middle and leg, Steve Smith keeps it out with a block. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length, around off and nipping back into the batter. Steve Smith shuffles across and looks to block but gets beaten and is hit on the front pad. A loud appeal for LBW but the umpire turns it down. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length, on middle and off, Steve Smith keeps it out. |
| 0 | 57.6 | 57.6: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Bumper, on leg, Travis Head hops up on his toes and blocks this out. |
| 0 | 57.5 | 57.5: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Short pitched, down the leg, Travis Head doesn't offer any stroke at it. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length, down the leg, Travis Head leaves it. |
| 1 | 57.3 | 57.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Good length around off, Steve Smith blocks this around cover and steals a quick one. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Full and on off, Steve Smith pushes this to point for no run. |
| 0 | 57.1 | 57.1: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, On a length around off, shaping away from the batter. Steve Smith leaves it. |
| 4 | 56.6 | 56.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! Even with the field set in the deep on leg, Travis Head heaves at it and finds the gap for four. Good length on middle and leg, Travis Head stays leg side, clears his front foot and slogs this in the gap better cow corner and deep mid-wicket for four runs. |
| 1 | 56.5 | 56.5: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good length on middle and off, Steve Smith comes inside the line and tucks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 2 | 56.4 | 56.4: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Smith is off the mark. Pitched up, wide of off, Steve Smith strides to the pitch of it and drives this through cover for two. |
| 0 | 56.3 | 56.3: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Back of a length around off, keeps a tad low. Smith does well to get right behind it and keep it out. |
| 1 | 56.2 | 56.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short pitched, around off, Travis Head moves away to his leg and punts this towards the right of extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, On a length around off, Travis Head blocks this out. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Good length on off, Steve Smith dabs this to gully for no run. |
| 0 | 55.5 | 55.5: Matthew Potts to Steve Smith, Short pitched, down the leg, Steve Smith leaves it. |
| 1 | 55.4 | 55.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length on leg, Travis Head smashes this to fine leg for one. |
| 4 | 55.3 | 55.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! Short pitched, yet again, on middle and leg, Travis Head hooks this towards the left of Harry Brook at long leg for four runs. This landed behind the diving Brook and bounced over the fence for four. A tough chance to say the least. |
| 0 | 55.2 | 55.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Bumper, on leg, following Head down his leg. Travis Head manages to leave it but not in a convincing manner. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Short pitched, wide down the leg. Travis Head comes inside the line of it and swings but misses. |
| 0 | 54.6 | 54.6: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Short pitched, on off, Steve Smith leaves it. End of a successful over from Carse. |
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Brydon Carse to Steve Smith, Good length, down the leg, Steve Smith leaves it. |
| 0 | 54.4 | 54.4: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Success for Brydon Carse as he sends the nightwatchman back to the dressing room. Good length, around off, shaping it a hint away from the right-hander. Michael Neser stays leg side to it and pokes at it away from his body. Gets it edged off the outside and Jamie Smith behind the stumps makes no mistake and holds onto it. Michael Neser departs for 24 off 90. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Bumper, around leg, Michael Neser moves to his leg, looking to smash this down the ground but leaves it at the end. |
| 0 | 54.2 | 54.2: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Short and wide down the leg, Michael Neser leaves it by ducking down. |
| 1 | 54.1 | 54.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short pitched, on middle and leg, Travis Head guides this through point for one. |
| 1 | 53.7 | 53.6: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On a length around the pads, Travis Head flicks this to long leg and takes one. |
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Short pitched, on leg, Travis Head comes inside the line and goes for the pull but misses. |
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, WIDE! Good length, way too wide down the leg. Wided. |
| 2 | 53.4 | 53.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Short and on off, Travis Head stays leg side and ramps this to a very fine third for two. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, LEG BYE! Back of a length, on middle and off, Michael Neser clears his front foot and aims to clear the fence towards deep mid-wicket region but the ball sneaks under his bat and hits him on the same spot around his right elbow and rolls to point. The batters take a leg bye but Michael Neser is in a lot of pain. |
| 1 | 53.2 | 53.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Short and on leg again, Travis Head moves a lot down his leg and slaps this to deep point. |
| 0 | 53.1 | 53.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Short pitched, wide down the leg. Travis Head leaves it. |
| 0 | 52.7 | 52.6: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length, on the pads, Michael Neser tucks this to short fine leg. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.5: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Another one, bowled short and into the batter. Michael Neser ducks down. |
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, WIDE! Bumper, a bit too high for the batter. Neser ducks down, Wided. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Yorker, on off, Michael Neser appears to have jammed it off the bat first and then onto the pads. Brydon Carse appeals for LBW as he believes that the batter has hit his foot first and then the bat. Ben Stokes sends this upstairs and takes the last available review. The ball is really close to the foot of the batter and the UltraEdge shows that it has clipped the foot first. As the action shifts to Ball Tracker, it shows that the impact was outside off and England loses all of their reviews now. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length on the pads, Michael Neser tucks this to short leg. |
| 0 | 52.2 | 52.2: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Back of a length around off, Michael Neser blocks this to point. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length, wide of off. Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Hard length, on the pads, Travis Head dabs this around short leg. |
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length on the pads, Travis Head flicks this to square leg. |
| 0 | 51.4 | 51.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Short pitched, down his leg, Travis Head ducks down. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length, down the leg, Todd Murphy moves away from the stumps and attempts a wild slog but misses. Interesting... |
| 1 | 51.2 | 51.2: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Hard length, around off, Michael Neser looks to block but gets it edged off the outside towards point. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Good length around off, Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 1 | 50.6 | 50.6: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length on middle and leg, Michael Neser flicks this to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.5: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Back of a length around off, Michael Neser punches this off his back foot this time for no run. |
| 4 | 50.4 | 50.4: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, FOUR! Neser is coming into his own. Pitched up, a bit too wide of off, Michael Neser strides towards the pitch of it and plays a beautiful looking square drive for a boundary through cover-point. |
| 0 | 50.3 | 50.3: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Back of a length, on the pads, Michael Neser mistimes the pull to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 50.2 | 50.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Back of a length on the pads, Travis Head tucks this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short pitched, around middle and off, Travis Head moves away to his leg and leaves it. |
| 4 | 49.6 | 49.6: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, FOUR! That's been crunched in the gap through cover for the first time this morning by Neser. Good length on off, Michael Neser strides to the pitch of it and pumps this through the gap at the right of Jacks at cover for four runs. |
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Good length, wide of off, Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Back of a length on middle and leg, Michael Neser blocks this out. |
| 0 | 49.3 | 49.3: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, On a length around off, Michael Neser edges this off the outside to gully on the bounce. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, Michael Neser drives this crisply towards extra cover for no run. |
| 1 | 49.1 | 49.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, We would see a lot more short-pitched stuff at Head, it feels. Short and on leg, following the batter. Travis Head cuts this to the left of Brydon Carse at deep third. Carse almost takes a stunner, diving to his left but the ball gets grounded in front of him. |
| 4 | 48.6 | 48.6: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, FOUR! Back of a length, around off, Michael Neser leans back a shade and just opens his bat face to guide this through the gap between gully and backward point for four runs. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Full and on off, Michael Neser punches this to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.4: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, A good leave by Neser. On a length, just wide of off, Michael Neser covers his off-pole and leaves it. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Full and on off, Michael Neser punches this on the bounce to Will Jacks at cover. |
| 1 | 48.2 | 48.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Back of a length on the pads, Travis Head drops this around backward square leg and takes one. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, On a length, wide of off, Travis Head leaves it. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Good length around off, Michael Neser punches this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, Michael Neser doesn't offer anything on it. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Good length wide of off, Michael Neser leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 47.3 | 47.3: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Good length wide of off, Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 4 | 47.2 | 47.2: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, FOUR! Neser loosens up a bit. Short pitched, on middle and leg, Michael Neser goes deep inside his crease and pulls this over the fielder at mid-wicket for a boundary. Neser moves into double digits. |
| 1 | 47.1 | 47.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Back of a length on the pads, Travis Head dabs this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length, wide of off, Michael Neser leaves this as well. |
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, shaping away from the batter. Michael Neser swings and misses. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length around off, Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 1 | 46.3 | 46.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, DROPPED! Massive moment in the contest as Travis Head has been dropped on 121 by Will Jacks. The plan was set by Carse and the batter was trapped as well but Jacks has dropped a sitter in the deep on the leg. Short pitched, around off, not giving enough room to Head for opening his arms. Head goes for the pull, hits this straight towards Will Jacks at the deep mid-wicket fence. Jacks takes his eyes off it just when the ball was about to be caught by him and the chance goes away. |
| 1 | 46.2 | 46.2: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, On a length around the pads, Michael Neser flicks this to deep square leg and rotates with one. |
| 0 | 46.1 | 46.1: Brydon Carse to Michael Neser, Good length, way too wide outside off, Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 0 | 45.6 | 45.6: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On a length wide of off, Travis Head leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 45.5 | 45.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length, wide of off, Travis Head shuffles a long way across and looks to flick this to deep mid-wicket but gets it edged off the inside, onto his pads. |
| 1 | 45.4 | 45.4: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Good length, going down the leg, Michael Neser tucks this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, Michael Neser leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Matthew Potts to Michael Neser, On a length in the line of the stumps, Michael Neser blocks this to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 45.1 | 45.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Short and wide of off, Travis Head smashes this to deep cover for one. |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Full and on off, Michael Neser blocks this towards cover. A maiden from Ben Stokes. |
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Good length on middle and leg, Michael Neser defends this off his front foot to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Back of a length on off, Michael Neser keeps it out around silly point. Neser has now played 50 deliveries for his 4 runs. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, Michael Neser strides towards the pitch of it and leaves it. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Hard length, into the batter, on the pads. Michael Neser tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Good length wide of off, Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 0 | 43.6 | 43.6: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Full and wide of off, Todd Murphy leans back a bit, thinks to chase this but bails out at the end. |
| 2 | 43.5 | 43.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, 200 comes up for the Aussies with this double. On a length around the pads, Travis Head tucks this towards the right of deep square leg for two. |
| 0 | 43.4 | 43.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length, around off, Travis Head leaves it. |
| 4 | 43.3 | 43.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! THE FLOOD GATES HAVE OPENED! All the pressure that Tongue and Stokes created with their tidy spell has been let go in the first three balls of this Potts over. Good length around off, Travis Head plays the field well, steps inside and flicks this through mid-wicket for four runs. |
| 4 | 43.2 | 43.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! AND MORE... Short and wide of off, Travis Head stays leg side and slashes at it, gets a thickish outside edge that goes over the slips cordon for four towards the third man region. |
| 4 | 43.1 | 43.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! Just too easy from Matthew Potts to Travis Head. Full and wide outside off, Head strides towards the pitch of it and latches onto it. Smashes this over the cover region for four runs. |
| 0 | 42.7 | 42.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Hard length on off, Michael Neser gets right behind the line of it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, The frustration continues for England. Good length, around off, Michael Neser goes after it with a drive but gets beaten once again. |
| 0 | 42.5 | 42.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, On a length, drifting down the leg. Michael Neser comes inside the line and looks for the leg glance but misses out. |
| 0 | 42.4 | 42.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Full and wide outside off, Michael Neser doesn't offer any stroke at it. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, NO BALL! Ben Stokes has overstepped again. Good length wide of off, Michael Neser leaves it. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Straight one, full and wide of off, Michael Neser goes down on a knee and looks for the drive through cover but gets beaten. |
| 1 | 42.1 | 42.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length on top of off, Travis Head guides this through point for a single. |
| 0 | 41.6 | 41.6: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, for once Neser connects with the drive but he fails to beat the fielder at extra cover. |
| 2 | 41.5 | 41.5: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, On a length, angling into the batter, Michael Neser flicks this grounded through mid-wicket and takes two. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Short pitched, around off, Michael Neser ducks down. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, On a length around middle and off. Michael Neser punches this to the left of mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Good length, wide of off, Michael Neser covers his off-stump and leaves it. |
| 0 | 41.1 | 41.1: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Back of a length around off, Michael Neser leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length, down the leg. Travis Head goes for the glance but misses. |
| 1 | 40.5 | 40.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Good length on the pads, Michael Neser steps inside the line and flicks this to fine leg for his first run on Day 3. |
| 0 | 40.4 | 40.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Good length on middle and off, Michael Neser blocks this out. Neser has looked rock solid when he has wanted to block anything but once he goes after it, he is getting beaten. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Neser is trying really hard to get one away but he keeps getting beaten. Full and wide of off, Michael Neser goes for an expansive drive but is beaten on the outside, yet again. |
| 1 | 40.2 | 40.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Short and wide of off, Travis Head plays the square cut for a single to deep point. |
| 0 | 40.1 | 40.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length, on top of off. Travis Head dead bats it. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, On a length around middle and off, Michael Neser punts this powerfully on the bounce back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, Michael Neser strides towards the pitch of the delivery, gets lured into a drive but fails to get bat on ball. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Utterly frustrating for the travelling side. Good length around off, Michael Neser goes after it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 1 | 39.3 | 39.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Full and on off, Travis Head guides this with the bat face open, through point for a single. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, On a length, down the leg, Travis Head goes for the flick but misses as the ball keeps going further down the leg. |
| 4 | 39.1 | 39.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, FOUR! CENTURY FOR HEAD! Travis Head at the top of the innings is a different beast and Australia have unlocked him just in time in the Ashes. Yet another century as an opener. Good length around off, Travis Head strides in front and drives this through the cover region for a boundary to bring up his ton. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Good length, down the leg. Michael Neser doesn't offer anything on this and leaves it. |
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Short again, into the batter. Michael Neser ducks down on this as well. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, A sharp bumper, on middle and leg. Michael Neser sits under it. |
| 1 | 38.3 | 38.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Back of a length on off, Travis Head punches this off his back foot to point and takes a single. Head moves to 99 with this single. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Stokes bowls it nice and tidy, keeping the sticks in play. Travis Head tucks this to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Short pitched, around off, Travis Head hops up on his toes and blocks this around silly point. |
| 0 | 37.6 | 37.6: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Full and wide of off, Michael Neser goes for the big booming drive through cover but gets late onto it and the ball goes back to the keeper, beating the batter on the inside. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, In the channel again, just wide of off. Michael Neser presses in front and looks to block this off his front foot but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Hard length on top of off, Michael Neser solidly blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 37.3 | 37.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Full and on middle and leg, Travis Head comes inside the line and flicks this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length on the pads, Travis Head tucks this to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Head is flirting with danger. Back of a length around off, Travis Head chases this and flays his hands at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 36.7 | 36.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, On a length, wide of off. Michael Neser leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 36.6 | 36.5: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Short and wide of off, Travis Head slashes hard at it, gets it raced through point for a single. |
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length on top of off, Travis Head blocks this out. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length, in the channel, wide of off, Travis Head gets lured onto the front foot but is beaten to the away swing on offer. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, NO BALL! PEACH! Travis Head had no answer to this beauty from Ben. Back of a length, angling in from around the stumps and after pitching, it leaves the batter on the outside with away movement. Travis Head was beaten all ends up. Even if Head had edged, this wouldn't have counted as Ben Stokes had overstepped. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Hard length on off, Travis Head pushes this back to the bowler, to his right. |
| 4 | 36.1 | 36.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, FOUR! Business as usual for Travis. Good length, down the leg, going further down. Travis Head steps just a bti inside the line and flicks this in the gap towards the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. Head moves to 96. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, A lot fuller and wide of off, Michael Neser gets a bit late in bringing his bat down from that high backflift of his. Gets beaten on the outside. Jamie Smith gathers this behind the stumps and appeals alongside the slips cordon. Ben Stokes has sent this upstairs for a caught behind claim. No spike as the ball passes the bat but a murmur as Neser hits the deck with his bat and the TV umpire decided to give it not-out. England loses a review. |
| 1 | 35.5 | 35.5: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Here comes the first runs of Day 3. Good length on the pads, Travis Head flicks to the right of the fielder at deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, A touch fuller on this occasion, on middle and leg. Head flicks this to mid on for another dot. |
| 0 | 35.3 | 35.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Tongue bends his back, bowls it short and into the batter. Travis Head defends this out. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Hard length on top of off, Travis Head hops up on his toes ad keeps it out. |
| 0 | 35.1 | 35.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Tongue comes around the stumps, bowls it on a good length, down the leg. Travis Head looks to flick it away but misses out. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Short pitched, down the leg. Michael Neser ducks under this. |
| 0 | 34.5 | 34.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, This almost had the number of Michael Neser. Good length, on off, angling back into the batter. Michael Neser goes for a front foot punch but gets an inside edge back onto his pads. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Stokes bowls it around that nagging length, angling into the batter. Michael Neser gets right behind th eline of it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Hard length on off, Michael Neser pushes this towards mid on for another dot. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Back of a length, on top of off, Michael Neser tucks this to square leg for no run. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Oh, deary me! That's really hurt Michael Neser and he is wincing in pain here. On a good length around off, lifts off the deck, Neser looks to defend with a straight bat but the ball goes past the outside edge and brushes the gloves, going on to hit Neser just under the elbow. |
| 1 | 33.6 | 33.6: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Hard length on middle, slanting back in, Neser manages to dab it across to the leg side and gets it wide of square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, That in-between length from Tongue, looking to slide back past bat and pad. Neser leans on and punches it to mid off. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Much fuller and around off, angling in, Neser looks to cover drive but gets it off the inner half of the blade and back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Hard length again, in and around off, the ball gets extra lift off the deck and nips away late. Neser shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Tongue goes wider on the crease and angles it into the stumps. Neser gets inside the line and nudges it just behind square leg. |
| 1 | 33.1 | 33.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, On a hard length over off, Head rocks back and slaps it down through cover-point for a single. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Shortens the length and gets the ball to nip away with extra bounce but the line is slightly wider of the off stump. Neser lets it through and Stokes is not happy with himself. |
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Nicely bowled. A bit fuller and bowled from wider on the crease, getting it to straighten off the deck as well. Michael Neser hangs bacl and has a poke at it but plays inside the line of the ball. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, Shortish length outside off, seaming away, easy leave for Neser to make. Ben Stokes knows it was too wide and he shakes his head as he walks back to the top of his mark. |
| 0 | 32.3 | 32.3: Ben Stokes to Michael Neser, On a hard length and just around the top of off, Michael Neser manages to block it off. |
| 1 | 32.2 | 32.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Fuller and angled into the legs, Head lifts up one leg and hoicks it through the square leg region for a single. Head moves on to 90 with that single. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Back of a length and around off, sliding right on, Head rocks back and punches it to covers. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Back of a length, hitting the deck hard and angling it in. Neser presses back nicely to defend. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Good length around off, Neser strides across and pushes it towards cover. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Full of a good length and attacking the off stump, Neser leans halfway and tentatively blocks it off. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Short of a length and outside off, seams back in at 146.6 kph, Neser leans back and brings the hands down, letting the ball through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Josh Tongue to Michael Neser, Tongue starts with a bumper to the new batter and bangs it in short over middle and leg. Michael Neser ducks under it well. |
| 1 | 31.1 | 31.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Just back of a length and around off, pushed away into the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CAUGHT! Ben Stokes gets the better of Marnus Labuschagne and he has to walk back just 2 runs shy of his half century. Stokes bowls a fullish length delivery in the channel, but a touch wider and gets the ball to seam away. Labuschagne is drawn into the drive and plays away from the body, getting it off the outer half of the blade and straight to gully. Jacob Bethell over there, crouches a bit and takes a sharp catch around his head and England finally manage to break this big stand. Labuschagne is disappointed but Stokes does not say a word. NOT. A. WORD. He just gives Marnus a stare, who looks disconsolate. If looks could kill... |
| 1 | 30.5 | 30.5: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length on middle, angling in, Head backs away and tucks it down behind square leg for a single. |
| 4 | 30.4 | 30.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, FOUR! Edged away! Just back of a length and on a tight line around off, Travis Head stays leg side of the ball and throws his hands at it. The ball goes off the outside edge and flies over the slip cordon for a boundary down to third man. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, A yorker now from Stokes, lands it right at the base of the middle stump. Travis Head hangs back in the crease and manages to dig it out. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, On a good length around middle, jams back in, Head stays back and just smothers it down into the leg side. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Pitched-up delivery on the fourth stump line, Head hangs back and pushes it out to covers. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Tongue goes wider on the crease and angles in a full ball towards the off stump. Labuschagne watchfully blocks it off. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, On a good length and in the channel outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Play and a miss! Full and wide outside off, shaping away, Marnus Labuschagne extends his arms for the booming cover drive but gets beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 29.3 | 29.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length around off, jabbed away wide of mid off for a single and the 100-run stand is up between these two. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Banged in well short and outside off, Head reaches out to uppercut but fails to get a bat on it. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Shortish length angled into the batter, Labuschagne gets into an awkward position and the ball goes off the hips behind square leg. They pick up a leg bye. |
| 4 | 28.6 | 28.6: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, FOUR! Oh, that's gone to the fence as well. Fullish length on middle, skidding into the pads, Head manages to tuck it 'round the corner on the leg side and it runs away into the fine leg fence. |
| 4 | 28.5 | 28.5: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, FOUR! Too full and nicely played. Full and wide outside off, swinging away, Travis Head stays low and gets the hands through the ball, sweetly punching it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Nice and full, angling the ball in towards middle stump, Head leans on and defends it to short extra cover. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Oh, that's well bowled. On a good length and outside off, Stokes gets it to seam away off the deck. Head stays leg side of the ball and throws his hands at it but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 28.2 | 28.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Shorter this time and over middle, Labuschagne gets across a bit and nudges down through backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 28.1 | 28.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Stokes starts the new spell with a fullish delivery, angling it into the pads. Head looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball rolls into the leg side. They pick up a single. |
| 2 | 27.6 | 27.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Short of a length and over middle, Labuschagne gets on top of the bounce and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length again, bowled outside off, gets it to just seam away a touch with extra bounce. Labuschagne makes a wtachful leave. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Marnus really wanted that single but Travis Head was having none of it. Hard length on off, Labuschagne jabs it down just into the off side and looks for the single but Head firmly sends him back. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, On a good length and outside off, lifting nicely off the deck. Labuschagne leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 27.2 | 27.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Back of a length and outside off, tapped away in front of point for a single. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Oh, that's well bowled. Short of a length on middle, Head sets up to sway out of the way but the ball doesn't rise up much and just jags back in, catching Travis on the arm guard. Actually, Head got some bat on it and he shakes his head, trying to signal to the umpire that the light is fading. |
| 4 | 26.6 | 26.6: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Lovely timing and Marnus moves on to 45. Full of a good length and outside off, Labuschagne leans on a bit but waits before just tapping it through cover-point and the ball rolls away into the fence. |
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length again, slightly outside off, left alone by Labuschagne. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, On a hard length, around the fifth stump line, Labuschagne watchfully defends. |
| 3 | 26.3 | 26.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good length around off, Head rocks back and short-arm jabs it to the right of mid off and gets it through. The fielder over there chases it down and saves the boundary but the batters pick up three runs. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Fuller in length and on off, angling in, Head smacks the drive to short cover. |
| 4 | 26.1 | 26.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! Spanked away by Travis Head. Marginally short and just around off, Head stays leg side and hangs back before hammering it with an angled bat and to the right of deep point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length around off, Labuschagne leans halfway and jabs it down into the off side. |
| 1 | 25.5 | 25.5: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Fuller in length, angled in on middle and leg, Head tucks it neatly towards mid-wicket and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Back of a length on middle and off, nibbling away, Head hops back to defend. |
| 1 | 25.3 | 25.3: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Fuller than a good length and on off, slanting in, Labuschagne gets inside the line and taps it through the square leg region for a quick single. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, A touch fuller and closer to the off stump, going on with the arms, Labuschagne shoulders arms again. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Delivered on a hard length and wide of the off stump, this one angles back in and Marnus makes an easy leave. |
| 1 | 24.6 | 24.6: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Good hustle from the batters. Back of a length and around off, Labuschagne stays back and nudges it down in front of point for a quick single. Th batters scamper through and there's a direct hit at the keeper's end but Head is well in. |
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball outside off, angled back in, Labuschagne gets a big stride across and just lets it through. |
| 4 | 24.4 | 24.4: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Overpitched and punished. A full ball, wide outside off, Marnus Labuschagne throws his hands at it and hammers it through covers for another boundary. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Just back of a length and outside off, going straight on, Marnus shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 24.2 | 24.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Good-length delivery, just outside off, driven off the outside half of the blade and behind point for a single. |
| 0 | 24.1 | 24.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Full of a good legth and angled into the off pole, Head stays leg side and looks to smack it on the off side but miscues it back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 23.6 | 23.6: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Poor follow-up delivery from Carse and Labuschagne racks up the runs. Too full and wide, Marnus Labuschagne creams the drive slightly squarer through covers and helps himself to a boundary. |
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, That's a pearler from Carse. Banged in on a hard length around off, this one angles in before pitching and then just leaves the right-hander perfectly. Labuschagne gets caught on the crease and looks to defend with hard hands but the ball zips just past the outside edge. |
| 2 | 23.4 | 23.4: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Very full and wide outside off, Labuschagne leans on and punches it through the gap at covers for a couple of easy runs. |
| 0 | 23.3 | 23.3: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length and wide outside off, angling away, Labuschagne has a think about playing at it but leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 23.2 | 23.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Uppish but in the gap! Back of a length and outside off, angling in, Travis Head leans back and stabs it uppishly behind point for a single. That also brings up 500 runs for Head in this Ashes series, easily the most of anyone so far. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Back of a length, on a tight line around off. Head presses back on his toes and nudges it down in front of point. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length and a bit wide outside off, Labuschagne leans back and leaves it alone. |
| 4 | 22.5 | 22.5: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Too short and punished. Potts bangs it in over middle and leg, Labuschagne gets inside the line and angles the pull 'round the corner to pick up four runs. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, On a good length and in the channel, angles back in, Labuschagne leaves it alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Very full and outside off, cutting back in, Labuschagne gets across to drive and pushes it to the right of short extra cover where Will Jacks dives and makes a sharp stop. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Oh, a bit of extra bounce and Marnus gets a stinging blow on the gloves. Good-length delivery on middle, nips way with sharp bounce and Labuschagne is caught on the right thumb. That's a nasty blow as shown on the replay but Marnus shrugs it off and is good to go again. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Pitched up fuller around off, angling in, Labuschagne leans right on and plays it with a straight bat back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Good length around middle and leg, Head stays back and blocks it off. |
| 4 | 21.5 | 21.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! Up and away, easily done. Banged in halfway down the pitch and bowled across off, Travis Head gets up on his toes and ramps it down to the vacant deep third region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 21.4 | 21.4: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Close but not close enough! Brydon Carse comes wider on the crease and darts the ball in a bit fuller and into the pads. Labuschagne walks across to the off side to flick but misses and gets a thud on the pads. The ball rolls down to short fine leg and the batters pick up a leg bye but there's a big appeal for LBW. The umpire says 'No' but Stokes reviews. No spike on UltraEdge but wickets are missing on Ball Tracking. Not Out! |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, On a hard length and just outside off, nips away with a good carry as well. Labuschagne shoulders arms at it. |
| 2 | 21.2 | 21.2: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, That's well controlled from Marnus. Short of a length and around off, angling in, Labuschagne leans across and just angles the pull down to the left of deep backward square leg and picks up a couple of runs. The 50-run stand is also up between these two. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Edged but short! Nagging length in the channel, just nibbling away. Labuschagne leans on to drive but gets an outside edge that goes down and on the bounce to the gully fielder. |
| 1 | 20.6 | 20.6: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Potts keeps the length full and bowls it around off, Labuschagne forces the dirve to the left of mid off and gets across for the single. |
| 4 | 20.5 | 20.5: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Oh, that is glorious from Marnus. Full and outside off, just too full again, Labuschagne leans on and punches it into the turf, nailing it just to the right of extra cover for a boundary. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Matthew Potts to Marnus Labuschagne, Good-length delivery, in and around off, angling in, Marnus Labuschagne leans on and blocks it under the eyes. |
| 1 | 20.3 | 20.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Back of a length and around off, Head rocks back and punches it wide of point for a single. The 100 is now up for Australia. |
| 2 | 20.2 | 20.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On a good length around off, Head leans across and drives the ball away square through the off side for a couple of runs. |
| 4 | 20.1 | 20.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! That's too easy for Travis Head. Potts erred on the short side in his first spell and he now begins by erring on the fuller side. Full and straight, Head leans on and rolls the wrists, punching the ball straight back down the ground and to the right of long on for a boundary. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around off, Marnus Labuschagne punches this to cover for no run. A maiden from Brydon Carse. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length on the pads, Marnus Labuschagne tucks this to square leg. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length, wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne defends this out. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, BAck of a length on off, Marnus Labuschagne looks to punchs this off his front foot but ends up chipping this uppish but just short of the bowler to his left. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length, wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and on leg, Marnus Labuschagne dabs this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length, going down the leg. Marnus Labuschagne shoulders his arms at it and gets it clipped off the thigh pad to the keeper. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and wide outside off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, into the batter, around off, Marnus Labuschagne defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length, around the pads, Marnus Labuschagne steps inside and leaves it. This kept climbing on the batter and wasn't far from getting an edge off Marnus. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne shoulders his arms at it. |
| 4 | 17.6 | 17.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! That's authoritative from Head as he reaches another half-century. Good length around middle and off, Travis Head takes a baby step out in the front and then hops onto his back foot as he punches this through the cover-point region for four more runs to bring up his half-century. |
| 4 | 17.5 | 17.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! FLIRTING WITH DANGER AS HE ALWAYS DOES IS TRAVIS! Good length around off, Travis Head leans back and throws his bat at it. Gets it edged off the outside through the left of Jacob Bethell at gully and the ball has raced to the fence at the third man region for four runs. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, On a length around off, Travis Head flicks this crisply on the bounce to mid off. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head defends this off his front foot to mid off. |
| 3 | 17.2 | 17.2: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, Another low full toss, this time on off of Marnus Labuschagne. The batter presses in front and drives this through the mid off region for three runs. |
| 1 | 17.1 | 17.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Low full toss, on the pads, Travis Head flicks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 16.7 | 16.6: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length, around off, Marnus Labuschagne keeps it out. |
| 3 | 16.6 | 16.5: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head leans over it and punches this from the outer half of the bat through the right of Brydon Carse at mid off for three this time around. |
| 4 | 16.5 | 16.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, FOUR! Travis Head keeps finding the fence. Pitched up, around off, Travis Head strides to the pitch of the delivery and drives this all along the carpet through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 1 | 16.4 | 16.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, down the leg, Marnus Labuschagne flicks this to fine leg for one. |
| 2 | 16.3 | 16.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, on off, Marnus Labuschagne edges this from the face of his bat through extra cover for two runs. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, NO BALL! Ben Stokes has overstepped and it is a no-ball. This was full and wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne drives this to point. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head hops up on his toes and blocks this out. |
| 1 | 15.5 | 15.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length, wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne rocks back inside the crease and pushes this to short cover and takes a quick single. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length, shaping back into the batter. Marnus Labuschagne edges this off his inside onto the pads. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne gets right behind it and blocks it out. |
| 4 | 15.2 | 15.2: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Josh Inglis errs in line and gets punished. Back of a length around the pads, Marnus Labuschagne flicks this through the backward square leg region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, around off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Short pitched, around leg, Travis Head looks to help this over short fine leg but swings early and gets it dabbed into the deck off his gloves. A maiden by Ben Stokes. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, On a length around off, Travis Head rolls this to mid on for no run. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Ben hits the hard length, landing around off and shaping back into the batter. Travis Head goes for the flick and misses. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Around that nagging length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Travis Head pushes this to point for no run. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Short pitched, around off. Travis Head bails out. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Yorker, on off, Travis Head defends this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard length, on middle and off. Marnus Labuschagne jams this down. |
| 2 | 13.5 | 13.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne slices this towards the right of gully. The fielder just gets fingertips onto it and the ball goes through for two. |
| 4 | 13.4 | 13.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Marnus Labuschagne is away with a boundary. On a length, slanting down the leg, Marnus Labuschagne comes inside the line of it and flicks this groundd through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length down the leg, Travis Head tucks this to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Back of a length around off, Travis Head cuts this on the bounce to point. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, On a length around off, shaping away from the batter. Travis Head defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length, wide of off, Marnus Labuschagne strides to the pitch of it, covers his off-stump and lets it go. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length around off, Marnus Labuschagne gets right behind the line of it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and on the pads, Marnus Labuschagne tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Ben Stokes to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length around off, Marnus Labuschagne leaves it. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, OUT! PLUMB! This has been the undoing of Jake Weatherald repeatedly in the series so far. Inswinging yorker, on middle and leg, Jake Weatherald fails to get his bat down in time and gets rapped on the front foot. A loud appeal from Stokes and Co. and the umpire acknowledges it with a raised finger. Jake Weatherald sends this upstairs. Ball Tracker shows two reds and an orange with the ball just clipping the side of leg but this is all England needed once this was given out. Australia saves the review but loses Jake. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Good length, down the leg, Jake Weatherald clips this off his thigh pad towards the right of the keeper. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Full and on the pads, Travis Head tucks this to mid on. |
| 4 | 11.5 | 11.5: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, FOUR! A nothing delivery from Josh Tongue, short and wide of off, Travis Head pounces onto it as he flashes at it and smashes this over cover for a boundary. This is too easy for Head. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head pushes this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Hard length, down the leg. Travis Head leaves it. The ball keeps climbing even after it goes past the batter and Jamie Smith does well again to put in a dive to his right and keep this. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length on the pads, Travis Head dabs this to cover. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Back of a length, around off, Travis Head pokes at it, away from his body but the ball keeps moving away and Head is beaten. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Full and wide down the leg, Jake goes for the flashy flick but misses. Good take down to his right by Jamie Smith behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Full and on off, Jake Weatherald pushes this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, LEG BYE! Appeared to be a slower one, on a length, going down the leg. Travis Head goes for the flick but gets beaten and is hit around the unprotected area near the right knee. Takes a single as leg bye but is moving gingerly for the moment. |
| 1 | 10.3 | 10.3: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, Good length on the pads, Travis Head flicks this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Ben Stokes to Jake Weatherald, A touch full, on off, shaping away from the batter. Jake presses in front and pokes at it but gets beaten. |
| 1 | 10.1 | 10.1: Ben Stokes to Travis Head, Back of a length on the pads, Travis Head gets it away to deep square leg for one. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length on off, Jake Weatherald blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length, around off, Jake Weatherald jams it out. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Such a sight to a pacer. Tongue bowls around the stumps, angles it into the batter and shapes it away after pitching. Jake Weatherald prods in front to block but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length around off, Jake Weatherald dabs this to the right of backward point for no run. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Good length around off, Travis Head punchs at it, gets an inside edge that goes through short fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length, on the pads, Jake Weatherald flicks this to fine leg for one. |
| 4 | 8.6 | 8.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! UP AND OVER FOR FOUR! Short pitched, around off, Travis Head jumps up on his toes and with both feet up in the air, Head cuts this over backward point for a boundary. Travis Head has raced to 28 off 29. |
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Good length, wide of off, keeps really low. Travis Head swings at it but the ball dies after pitching and beats him on the underedge. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Way too full, on middle and leg, Travis Head pumps this straight back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Good length on off, Travis Head defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short and wide of off, Travis Head flashes hard at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Hard length, into the batter. Travis Head punches this right back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length, wide of off, Jake Weatherald leaves it all alone. |
| 4 | 7.5 | 7.5: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Good length, just around off again, Jake Weatherald presses in front and goes with hard hands at it. The ball catches an outside edge and goes through the right of the gully region. Will Jacks gives it a chase and flicks this inside the playing area. The TV umpire has a look at it and the replay shows that the trailing leg of Will was in contact with the boundary cushion with the ball in his hands so the decision is four runs. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Around that nagging length now, just wide of off, Jake Weatherald shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Josh hits the hard length, around off, shaping away from the batter. Jake Weatherald prods in front and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length, around off, Jake Weatherald tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, LEG BYE! Tongue starts on a perfect length but the line was going down the leg and that's what has saved Travis Head here. On a length, going down the leg, Head gets rapped on the front pad. A loud appeal for LBW but the umpire turns it down. Leg bye taken. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length, going across the batter. Jake Weatherald leaves it. |
| 3 | 6.5 | 6.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Juicy half-volley, around off, Travis Head leans ahead and punches this with a straight bat, down to long off region. Takes three here. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short and wide of off, Travis Head punches this to cover this time. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Short and wide of off, Travis Head cuts this to point. Head has been nailing everything from the middle of his bat. |
| 1 | 6.2 | 6.2: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, On a length around middle and off, Jake Weatherald pushes this in the gap for a single. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, DROPPED! Jake Weatherald has been given a life on 14 as Ben Duckett drops a sitter. Back of a length around middle and leg. Jake Weatherald hangs onto his back foot and swings for the pull. Mistimes it and the ball goes to the right of Ben Duckett at mid-wicket. Ben dives to his right but drops it. |
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6: Matthew Potts to Jake Weatherald, Fuller one on the pads, flicked away behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 4 | 5.5 | 5.5: Matthew Potts to Jake Weatherald, DROPPED AND FOUR! Not the easiest of chances and Jake Weatherald gets away with one here. Matthew Potts serves it back of a length on middle and gets the ball to go away from the left-hander. Weatherald goes from down to up, looking to cut but gets a thick outside edge. Joe Root at a deepish first slip leaps up to his left and gets both hands on it but the ball bursts through and goes into the fence behind. |
| 4 | 5.4 | 5.4: Matthew Potts to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! That'll help settle the nerves for Weatherald. Fractionally short but pushed wide of the off stump, Weatherald stays back and gets into a side-on stance, smacking it past point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Matthew Potts to Jake Weatherald, A bit fuller on leg, angling across, Weatherald looks to flick but gets a faint inside edge onto the back pad. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Matthew Potts to Jake Weatherald, That's more like it from Potts. On a hard length again, on middle and angled across. Weatherald'e feet stay stuck to the crease and he has a poke at it but gets beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Matthew Potts to Jake Weatherald, Potts switches to over the wicket and hits a hard length bowling it around middle and leg. Weatherald stays coruched and nudges it across to square leg. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Back of a length and on leg, slanted across, Head hops up and taps it down the deck. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Pitched up on off stump, angling away, Head walks inside the line and plays it on the up to mid off. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Fractionally short again and outside off, Head hangs back and things out going after the ball again, but opts to leave it alone in the end. |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! The English pacers are just feeding Travis Head with his favorite food right now. Short and well wide outside off, Head stays leg side of the ball, stretches to get to the ball and smacks it down through point for a boundary. |
| 1 | 4.2 | 4.2: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length again, straighter this time, Weatherald rocks back to pull but gets an inside edge onto the body and the ball rolls down into the off side. Thistime, Head calls him through for the single and they make it with ease. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length, angled across off, Weatherald gets up on his toes, reaches out and taps it down to backward point. Jake looks for the single but he won't get it. |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.6: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! That's ordinary bowling and stylishly done once again by Travis Head, 14 off that over. Short of a length and outside off, Head stays put and fetches the ball before lifting one leg and hoicking the pull through backward square leg for another boundary. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Potts needs to pitch it further up. This is on a hard length on middle, Head nudges it across to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 3.4 | 3.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! That's a great shot. Just back of a length and in the channel, Head presses back and punches it away square past the point region and picks up another boundary. |
| 2 | 3.3 | 3.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Head doesn't quite get all of it. Another short ball from Potts, outside off and gets this one in at almost shoulder height. Travis pulls it off the back foot but clubs it over the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! Nicely played. Short of a length and around off, just around chest height. Travis Head stays on the back foot and angles the pull away past square leg and picks up a boundary. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Shorter and dug in over middle, Head hops back and defends it down the pitch, just to the leg side. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Carse dishes out a full and wide ball, Weatherald reaches out to squeeze it away but the ball sneaks under the blade. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Nice and full on middle, stylishly clipped away but straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length and on off, shaping back in, Weatherald gets cramped for room and awkwardly fends it away. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Oh, that's well bowled and Weatherald is getting into some very awkward positions. Dug in a bit short at over 140 clicks and this one angles back in with extra bounce. Weatherald sets to hit it either through point or mid-wicket and gets taken aback, almost getting a blow to the helmet. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, On a hard length, lands it on middle and gets it to nip back in with extra bounce. Weatherald is in no position to play at it and just wears it above the thigh pad. |
| 4 | 2.1 | 2.1: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Finally, Jake Weatherald gets that cut shot away. Back of a length and just angled across off, Weatherald hangs back and forces the shot well behind point and gets going with a boundary. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On a good length over off and middle stump, Head blocks it down the line. |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.5: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Oh, a mishit from Head but he gets away with it. Shortish length over middle, Travis Head gets into a tangle and half pulls it off the top edge over the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Back of a length and around off, Travis gets up on his toes and nudges it down towards cover-point. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On a fuller length and angled into middle, Head clips it across to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, On a good length and around off, Head leans across a bit and stabs it down to point. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, Begins with a shorter length ball and bangs it in down leg, Travis Head sways away rom the line of the ball. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Another play and a miss to end the first over. Full of a good length and just around off, Weatherald hangs back to cut but gets beaten as the ball shapes back in a bit. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Half an appeal for LBW but it is turned down. Pitched up fuller around leg stump, Jake Weatherald looks to flick but misses and gets struck on the pads. The ball rolls just behind square leg and Jake looks for the single with Travis Head ball watching. Jake turns back and lukily for him, the throw at the keeper's end is wide. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Oh, that's a loose shot from Jake. Hard-length delivery, very close to the off stump, Jake Weatherald stays put and looks to cut close to the body but is beaten. |
| 1 | 0.3 | 0.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Hard length again, this time on the pads, shovelled down to long leg for a single by Travis Head and Australia are underway. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, On a hard length and on middle, angling across the left-hander. Head watchfully defends. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Carse begind back of a length and angles it across off, Travis Head hangs back and punches it down to point. |
| 0 | 88.2 | 88.2: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, OUT! CHIPPED AND TAKEN! Wicket number 31 for Mitchell Starc in this Ashes as he finishes off with a 3-for. Lands it around off, on a good length, and it seemingly kicks up a bit. Josh Tongue tries to crack the drive through the off side, but does not account for the bounce. Chips it straight to short cover where Marnus Labuschagne takes a straightforward catch. Josh Tongue is gone on 6 off 14. ENGLAND ARE BOWLED OUT ON 342, WITH THE LEAD OF 159 RUNS! |
| 0 | 88.1 | 88.1: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Swings back in on a length, on middle and leg, Josh Tongue hangs back and bunts it to the off side. |
| 0 | 87.6 | 87.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Good length around off, Matthew Potts dabs this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 87.5 | 87.5: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Hard length, around off, Matthew Potts pokes at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 0 | 87.4 | 87.4: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Good length around off, Potts leaves it. |
| 0 | 87.3 | 87.3: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Back of a length around off, Matthew Potts punches this towards sweeper cover and doesn't take the single. Number 10 protecting number 11. |
| 0 | 87.2 | 87.2: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, On a length around off, Matthew Potts keeps it out. |
| 0 | 87.1 | 87.1: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Back of a length, around the pads. Matthew Potts looks for the flick but misses. |
| 0 | 86.6 | 86.6: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Short and on off. Josh Tongue plays within the line of it and leaves it. |
| 0 | 86.5 | 86.5: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Full and wide outside off, Josh leaves it. |
| 4 | 86.4 | 86.4: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, FOUR! CRACKED! Pitched up, around middle and off, Josh Tongue gets on the front foot and presents a straight bat at it. Punches this down the ground towards the long off fence for four runs. |
| 0 | 86.3 | 86.3: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, On a length, wide of off, Josh Tongue pokes at it away from his body but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 86.2 | 86.2: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Short pitched, down the leg. Tongue leaves it. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Good length, around off. Josh Tongue pokes at it but gets beaten on the outside. |
| 4 | 85.6 | 85.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, FOUR! WOW! Back of a length around off, Matthew Potts arches back, gets on his toes and punches this through the gap between cover and mid off for a boundary. |
| 4 | 85.5 | 85.5: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, FOUR! That's a nice stroke for a number 10. Full and on the pads, Matthew Potts leans over, gets right on top of it, and flicks this all along the ground through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. ENGLAND LEAD BY 151 RUNS! |
| 0 | 85.4 | 85.4: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Good length, on middle and leg, Matthew Potts defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 85.3 | 85.3: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, A curious, curious review by the hosts! Good length, wide of off, Matthew Potts presses in front and looks to block it but misses by some distance. There's an appeal for caught behind, but the umpire is unmoved. Smith from the slips and Jake Weatherald, under the lid at short leg, have heard something, and Smith sends this upstairs. Daylight gap between ball and bat on the Snicko and the batter survives. Australia have lost all their reviews now. Smith surely wants this to end quickly. |
| 1 | 85.2 | 85.2: Scott Boland to Josh Tongue, On a length, around the pads, Josh Tongue flicks this in front of mid-wicket and rotates. |
| 0 | 85.1 | 85.1: Scott Boland to Josh Tongue, On a length wide of off, Josh Tongue flashes at it but gets beaten. |
| 1 | 84.6 | 84.6: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Good length on middle and off, Josh tucks this to the right of mid on and takes a single to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 84.5 | 84.5: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Good length, around off. Josh Tongue defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 84.4 | 84.4: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Inswinging fuller one, wide of off. Josh Tongue looks to block it but geta beats by the pace of Starc. |
| 0 | 84.3 | 84.3: Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue, Full and wide outside off, Josh Tongue leaves it. |
| 0 | 84.2 | 84.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Just when things started to frustrate the Aussies, Mitchell Starc stood tall and got the breakthrough. Back of a length around off, shaping it away from the left-hander. Jacob Bethell looks to cut this off his back foot but the ball keeps climbing on the batter and it catches an outside edge of his bat. Alex Carey moves a bit to his left and takes a regulation catch to end the marathon knock of Jacob Bethell. Probably a bit too close to the body for a square cut, but nonetheless, it was an immaculate knock of 154 off 265 balls by the 22-year-old. He gets a huge round of applause from the crowd as he trudges back to the dressing room. England are 328/9, leading by 145 runs. |
| 0 | 84.1 | 84.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, On a length around the pads, Jacob Bethell gets it brushed off his pads to square leg and denies the single. |
| 0 | 83.6 | 83.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, On a length, down the leg. Matthew Potts comes inside the line and goes for the flick but misses. |
| 1 | 83.5 | 83.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Boland comes around the stumps now, bowls it on a good length, wide of off. Jacob Bethell rocks deep inside the crease and dabs this to short third for a single. |
| 0 | 83.4 | 83.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Boland comes over the stumps, bowls it full and wide of off. Jacob Bethell chases this and goes for a drive but misses. |
| 0 | 83.3 | 83.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Pitched up, around middle and off, Jacob Bethell strides to the pitch of the delivery and punches this down to long off for another dot. |
| 0 | 83.2 | 83.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, into the batter. Jacob Bethell blocks this out. |
| 0 | 83.1 | 83.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short and wide of off, Jacob Bethell cuts this grounded towards deep point but denies the option to rotate the strike. |
| 1 | 82.6 | 82.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Yorker on off, Jacob Bethell gets it sliced to deep third for one. |
| 0 | 82.5 | 82.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide down the leg, Jacob Bethell goes for the flick but misses out. |
| 0 | 82.4 | 82.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Full and around off, shaping away from the batter. Jacob Bethell presses in front and looks to block it, but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell strides to the pitch of it but leaves it. |
| 0 | 82.2 | 82.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell blocks it out. |
| 0 | 82.1 | 82.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR LEG BYES! Short pitched around the pads, Jacob Bethell looks to get away from it but the ball cramps him and the southpaw gets hit on the left bicep as it deflects away. Alex Carey dives full-length to his right, but it is far from his reach and races towards the deep fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 81.6 | 81.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, On a length around the pads, Matthew Potts keeps it out. |
| 1 | 81.5 | 81.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a length around middle and leg, Jacob rolls this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 81.4 | 81.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 81.3 | 81.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Excellent review by Bethell! He can do no wrong, but that was a strange decision by Chris Gaffaney. He is given LBW, but he reviews straight away as he was airborne when the ball struck his pads, and it appeared to the naked eye that this must have missed the stumps. Good length, around off, nipping back into the batter. Jacob Bethell hops up on his toes and gets beaten to the inward movement of the ball. Gets hit around the knee roll on the front pad. A loud appeal by the Aussies and the umpire raises his finger. Bethell sends this upstairs. Ball Tracker shows two reds and a green with the ball missing the stumps on height saves Jacob Bethell. |
| 0 | 81.2 | 81.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length wide of off, Jacob Bethell shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 81.1 | 81.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, In the channel, wide outside off. Jacob Bethell leaves it all alone. |
| 2 | 80.6 | 80.6: Mitchell Starc to Matthew Potts, Full and wide outside off. Matthew Potts chases this and drives this towards deep third to pick up a couple. |
| 1 | 80.5 | 80.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length, on off, shaping away from the batter. Jacob Bethell gets it edged off the outside of his bat towards deep third for a single. |
| 0 | 80.4 | 80.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, On a length wide of off, Jacob Bethell thinks to poke at it but leaves at the end. |
| 0 | 80.3 | 80.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Short pitched, wide of off, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 80.2 | 80.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, around off, Jacob Bethell hops up on his toes and takes his guard down. The ball goes really close to JB's gloves before Carey collects it behind the stumps. The keeper looks really convinced but Mitchell Starc, not so much. After some discussions, the Aussies decide not to send this upstairs. Snicko later on shows a flat line when the ball is next to the bat. |
| 2 | 80.1 | 80.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, 150 FOR JACOB BETHELL! A gem of a knock from the young Barbados-born as he keeps piling on the runs. Full and on the pads, Jacob Bethell flicks this through the mid-wicket region, calls for two and takes two with ease. Applause from all around the SCG for the 22-year-old lad, who has been the most fluent of all the English batters this innings. His family beams with pride in the stands. |
| 0 | 79.6 | 79.6: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Quicker and flatter, on middle and off, Matthew Potts blocks this off his back foot. |
| 1 | 79.5 | 79.5: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, wide of off, Jacob Bethell chips this to deep cover for a single. |
| 0 | 79.4 | 79.4: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Pushed through around the pads, Jacob Bethell goes for the flick but misses and gets it rapped on the front pad. |
| 1 | 79.3 | 79.3: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Full and on off, Matthew Potts rolls this down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 79.2 | 79.2: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Quicker one, on off, Matthew Potts blocks it. |
| 1 | 79.1 | 79.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, down the leg. Jacob Bethell goes for a sweep, gets it underedged through the keeper's leg for one. |
| 0 | 78.6 | 78.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Hits the hard length on off, Matthew Potts keeps it out. |
| 0 | 78.5 | 78.5: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Good length just wide of off, shaping into the batter. Matthew Potts covers his off-pole and leaves it. A good leave from Potts. |
| 1 | 78.4 | 78.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short and wide of off, Jacob Bethell cuts this through the point region for a single. |
| 0 | 78.3 | 78.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a length around off, Jacob Bethell defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 78.2 | 78.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length on off, Jacob Bethell jams this out. |
| 0 | 78.1 | 78.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 77.6 | 77.6: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, wide of off, Jacob Bethell reverse sweeps this to deep third for a single. |
| 1 | 77.5 | 77.5: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Matthew Potts jumps down the track and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 0 | 77.4 | 77.4: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Quicker one, around off. Matthew Potts punches this to cover. |
| 1 | 77.3 | 77.3: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Flighted, wide of off, Jacob Bethell drives this through cover for one. |
| 1 | 77.2 | 77.2: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, wide of off, Matthew Potts rolls this down to long on for one. |
| 1 | 77.1 | 77.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell rocks deep inside his crease and punches this down to long off for one. |
| 0 | 76.6 | 76.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Good length, wide outside off. Matthew Potts leaves it. |
| 0 | 76.5 | 76.5: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, On a length, sliding down the leg. Matthew Potts misses out on the flick and is hit on his front pad. |
| 0 | 76.4 | 76.4: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Back of a length around middle and off, Matthew Potts blocks this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 76.3 | 76.3: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Full and on off, Matthew punches this down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Hard length around middle and off, Matthew Potts blocks it. |
| 0 | 76.1 | 76.1: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, A strange review from the hosts! That was missing by a fair margin. Boland bowls it on a good length, sliding and nipping down the leg stump line. Potts looks to flick this but misses and is hit on the front pad. A loud appeal for LBW but the umpire turns it down. Steve Smith asks twice, 'You like it?' to his bowler and with a few seconds remaining on the timer, he does send this upstairs for DRS and two reds and a green where the ball misses the stumps down the leg stump, and the on-field decision is upheld. Australia burn a review! |
| 1 | 75.6 | 75.6: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, wide of off. Potts drives this to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 0 | 75.5 | 75.5: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Full and wide of off, Matthew Potts blocks. |
| 0 | 75.4 | 75.4: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, turning down the leg. Matthew Potts goes for the flick, but the ball climbs on him and hits him on the pads. |
| 0 | 75.3 | 75.3: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, on middle and off, Matthew Potts defends this away. |
| 0 | 75.2 | 75.2: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Short of a length around off, Matthew Potts blocks this out. |
| 4 | 75.1 | 75.1: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, FOUR! A boundary to get the day underway. Short and wide of off, Matthew Potts rocks onto his back foot and cuts this through the point region for four runs. |
| 0 | 74.6 | 74.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, BEATEN! A corker of a delivery by Boland to wrap up the day. Good length around off, Jacob Bethell tentatively prods in front and pokes at it but the ball goes straight past his bat. A dot to end the day's play as the umpire signals STUMPS on Day 4. England lead by 119 runs. |
| 0 | 74.5 | 74.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell steps across and goes for the flick but misses on the inside. The ball beats the batter and goes really close but away from the stumps. |
| 0 | 74.4 | 74.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell defends this around mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell drives this to sweeper cover for no run. |
| 0 | 74.2 | 74.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a length around off, Jacob Bethell pushes tihs to cover for no run. |
| 0 | 74.1 | 74.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length, wide of off, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 73.6 | 73.6: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Full and on off, Matthew Potts blocks. |
| 0 | 73.5 | 73.5: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Good length, spinning sharply from the footmarks. He looks to force it through the off side but gets a thick inside edge that squirts past short leg. |
| 0 | 73.4 | 73.4: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, on off, Matthew Potts keeps it out. |
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Full and around off, Matthew Potts smashes this straight back at the stumps on the other end for no run. |
| 0 | 73.2 | 73.2: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Quicker one, on off, Matthew Potts pushes this back tot he bowler. |
| 1 | 73.1 | 73.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, around off, Jacob Bethell smashes this uppishly to sweeper cover and takes a single on the first ball of the over. |
| 0 | 72.6 | 72.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Yorker on off, Matthew Potts blocks this one. |
| 1 | 72.5 | 72.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length on middle and off, Jacob Bethell pulls this flat to deep mid-wicket's left and takes the single on the 5th ball of the over. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length on off, Jacob Bethell punches this to sweeper cover for no run. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a length around the pads, Jacob Bethell tucks this to square leg. |
| 2 | 72.2 | 72.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length around off, Jacob Bethell punches this off his back foot and hustles back for the second. 300 COMES UP FOR ENGLAND! They lead by 117 runs. |
| 0 | 72.1 | 72.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide of off, Jacob Bethell drives this to deep point for no run. |
| 0 | 71.6 | 71.6: Beau Webster to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, on off, Matthew Potts drives this to sweeper cover and stays on strike. |
| 1 | 71.5 | 71.5: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Short and wide of off, Jacob Bethell cuts this to deep point for a single. Exposes Potts to face one off Beau Webster. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, on off, Jacob Bethell rolls this to deep cover for no run. |
| 0 | 71.3 | 71.3: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell drives this to sweeper cover for no run. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Floated around middle and off, Jacob Bethell jumps down the track and smashes this grounded to long on. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, around middle and leg, Jacob Bethell rolls this to long on for no run. |
| 0 | 70.6 | 70.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Tossed up, on off, Matthew Potts drives this through cover and denies the single. Jacob will be farming the strike for the majority of the over. |
| 0 | 70.5 | 70.5: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, Back of a length on middle and leg, Matthew Potts leaves it. |
| 0 | 70.4 | 70.4: Scott Boland to Matthew Potts, On a length around off, Potts defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Scott Boland to Brydon Carse, OUT! CAUGHT! Scott Boland comes into the attack and breaks this 30-run stand. Good length, on off, Brydon Carse strides in front to block but the ball holds its line and catches an outside edge of his bat. The ball goes sharply towards the right of Steve Smith at first slip, and the Aussie skipper, as alert as he has been in the cordons over the years, makes no mistake and pouches it. Brydon Carse perishes after a breezy cameo. 16 (20) for him. England are 297/8. |
| 1 | 70.2 | 70.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length wide of off, Jacob Bethell rolls this through cover and takes a single on the second ball of the over. |
| 0 | 70.1 | 70.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide of off, Jacob Bethell chases this and gets beaten as the ball bounces a bit more than it has in the last few overs. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Quicker one, on off. Brydon Carse strides out in front and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 69.5 | 69.5: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Short of a length, on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell tucks this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 69.4 | 69.4: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Full and on middle and off, Brydon Carse rolls this to long on for a single. |
| 4 | 69.3 | 69.3: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, FOUR! That's poor from the big guy. Tossed up, on off, Brydon Carse smashes this straight back to the bowler but Beau Webster is a bit casual in bending down and stopping it. The ball nutmegs him and goes to the fence down the ground. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Full and on middle and off, Brydon Carse blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 69.1 | 69.1: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Full and wide of off, Carse leaves it. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Pushed through on off, Jacob Bethell keeps it out. |
| 4 | 68.5 | 68.5: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Easy pickings for Jacob Bethell. Short of a length on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell backs away and pulls this strongly through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 1 | 68.4 | 68.4: Travis Head to Brydon Carse, Short of a length on middle and leg, Carse rocks back and pulls this to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4 | 68.3 | 68.3: Travis Head to Brydon Carse, FOUR! Carse takes on Head. Tossed up, around off, Brydon Carse jumps down the track and smashes this away to the left of Travis Head and the ball has raced to the long off fence for four. The lead for England breaches three digits and reads 102 runs. |
| 0 | 68.2 | 68.2: Travis Head to Brydon Carse, Full and on the pads, Brydon Carse blocks this around mid on. |
| 0 | 68.1 | 68.1: Travis Head to Brydon Carse, Tossed up, around off, Brydon Carse punches this to cover. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Short and on off, Jacob Bethell punts this to short cover for no run. |
| 1 | 67.5 | 67.5: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Full and on off, Brydon Carse drives this down to long off for one. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Full and on middle and off, Brydon Carse keeps it out. The ball did get an inside edge and ballooned off the front pad but short to the left of short leg. |
| 1 | 67.3 | 67.3: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Too full, on middle and off, Jake Weatherald drills this down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Quicker one, around off, Jacob Bethell rolls this to cover. |
| 4 | 67.1 | 67.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Bethell is having a sight of this red cherry as big as a beach ball. Tossed up, on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell sweeps this behind square on leg for a boundary to the right of the fielder at fine leg. |
| 0 | 66.7 | 66.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Brydon Carse, Short and around leg. Brydon Carse lets it go. |
| 1 | 66.6 | 66.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, Short and on off, Jake Weatherald guides this through backward point for a single. |
| 1 | 66.5 | 66.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Brydon Carse, Good length around off, Brydon Carse dabs this to point for a single. |
| 4 | 66.4 | 66.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Brydon Carse, FOUR! PULLED AWAY FOR FOUR! Crucial runs for England. Short and on off, Brendan Doggett goes onto his back foot and pulls this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary towards the left of Michael Neser at deep mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Brydon Carse, WIDE! A sharp bumper, way too high for the umpire's liking. Wided. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Brydon Carse, Short pitched, around off, Brydon Carse ducks down. |
| 1 | 66.1 | 66.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, Short and wide of off, Jacob Bethell pulls this to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.6: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Quicker one, around off, Brydon Carse blocks this one as well. |
| 0 | 65.5 | 65.5: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Pushed through on off, Brydon Carse dabs this on the bounce to first slip. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Full and wide of off, Brydon Carse leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 65.3 | 65.3: Beau Webster to Brydon Carse, Floated on middle and off, Brydon Carse blocks. |
| 0 | 65.2 | 65.2: Beau Webster to Ben Stokes, OUT! CAUGHT! No Lyon or Todd Murphy, no problem, says the offie, Beau Webster. Wicket number 3 for the giant man. Short and on off, turning away from the batter. Ben Stokes hangs onto his back foot and throws his bat at it. Gets an outside edge towards the left of the Aussie skipper at first slip. Smith moves to his left and takes a good reflex catch at first slip to send Ben Stokes back on 1. Probably for one last time on Australian soil. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Beau Webster to Ben Stokes, Tossed up, around off, Ben Stokes blocks this to cover. |
| 0 | 64.7 | 64.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, Short one, on leg, Jacob Bethell tucks this to backward square leg and was looking for a single but Ben Stokes denies as he is nursing a groin injury. |
| 0 | 64.6 | 64.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, WIDE! Bumper, a bit too high. Jacob Bethell leaves it. Wided. |
| 1 | 64.5 | 64.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Ben Stokes, Good length on the pads, Ben Stokes tucks this to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 64.4 | 64.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Ben Stokes, Another short short one, on leg. Ben sits under it. |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Ben Stokes, Marnus Labuschagne comes around the stumps, bowls a short one into the batter. Ben Stokes, ducks down. |
| 1 | 64.2 | 64.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, Short and on leg, Jacob Bethell pulls this to deep square leg and takes one. |
| 0 | 64.1 | 64.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, OUT! JAMIE SMITH IS RUN OUT! Another ordinary decision-making by Jamie Smith. He got out playing an uninspired shot in the first innings, against Labuschagne and this time, he has thrown it away through a needless run out. Short pitched, around leg, Jacob Bethell fends this towards Jake Weatherald at square leg and just takes a couple of steps forward but screams 'HANG ON' to his partner. Smith, however, is already halfway down the track to pinch in a single. The throw from Jake Weatherald is sharp and towards the bowler. He actually took an extra split second to pick the right end with Smith struggling big time to retreat back. Marnus Labuschagne gathers this near the stumps and removes the bails in a flash with Jamie Smith way out of the crease. Jamie Smith departs on 26 off 41 and England are 264/6, leading by 83 runs! |
| 0 | 63.6 | 63.6: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Nice and full, tossed up on off, Smith lunges forward and smothers the spin. |
| 4 | 63.5 | 63.5: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, FOUR! HAMMERED! Webster errs in length, goes short and wide outside off, Jamie Smith is quick to pick the length and punches it hard to deep extra cover for a boundary. |
| 0 | 63.4 | 63.4: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Full and outside off, spinning in a touch. Jamie Smith leans on and blocks. |
| 1 | 63.3 | 63.3: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Looped full toss, on off, Bethell shimmies down the track and drills it to the right of long off for a single. |
| 0 | 63.2 | 63.2: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Shortish length, on middle, tucked off the back foot to the left of the bowler. |
| 2 | 63.1 | 63.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Pushed down leg, short in length, Jacob Bethell advances down the track and tickles it fine behind to the fine leg region for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 62.6 | 62.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, Dug in short, on the bodyline, Jacob controls the pull shot off the back foot and gets a single past square leg. |
| 0 | 62.5 | 62.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, From around the stumps, short and on off, Jacob Bethell watches it closely and ducks underneath it. |
| 1 | 62.4 | 62.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Jamie Smith, On top of middle, on a length, Jamie hangs back and bunts it to the right of the bowler. Marnus Labuschagne dives to his right on the follow-through and tries to stop one-handed but the ball evades him. A single taken. |
| 1 | 62.3 | 62.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Jacob Bethell, Short on off, Jacob stands tall and drags it across with a pull shot. They cross as the ball travels to deep mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 62.2 | 62.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Jamie Smith, Back of a length, outside off, shooting up from the pitch. Jamie Smith gets on his toes, and chips it a bit uppishly, but through the vacant point region for a single. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Jamie Smith, Starts off with a bumper, on middle, Jamie ducks underneath it. |
| 0 | 61.7 | 61.6: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Serves it full and around off, driven off the front foot to cover. |
| 0 | 61.6 | 61.5: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, And again! Wide outside off, on a length, Bethell is happy to let that go. |
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, WIDE! Miles outside off, beyond the guideline, left alone. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Short and outside off, no shot offered by Bethell. |
| 1 | 61.3 | 61.3: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, On a fuller length, around off and middle, Jamie Smith plays with the spin and clips it to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 61.2 | 61.2: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, Turns in from off, on a fractionally short length. Jamie Smith alertly blocks it off the back foot. |
| 1 | 61.1 | 61.1: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Loopy delivery, outside off and full, Jacob Bethell spreads on the crease with a huge lunge and drives it to mid off for a single. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.6: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Full and nipping in from middle, Jamie Smith drags the bat in front of the pads and eases it to mid on. |
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.5: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Full and around off, Smith leans forward and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 60.4 | 60.4: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Wide on off, on a length, punched on the up to extra cover. |
| 4 | 60.3 | 60.3: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, FOUR! In control! Short of a good length, just outside off, kicking up a bit. Jamie Smith rides the bounce and opens the bat face to get it over gully for a boundary. 250 UP FOR ENGLAND! England's lead is now 67 runs. |
| 1 | 60.2 | 60.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, A bit of cat and mouse there! Neser sees Bethell charging across the stumps and slants it on the leg stump line. Jacob Bethell is alert enough as he takes it on the full and flicks it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 60.1 | 60.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Pitched full and outside off, Jacob Bethell hops forward and slaps it to the point fielder. |
| 1 | 59.6 | 59.6: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Much fuller, outside off, laced away to deep extra cover for an easy single. |
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.5: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length on middle and leg. Bethell rocks back to work it into the leg side but gets an inside edge onto his back pad. |
| 2 | 59.4 | 59.4: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Another full ball, on the leg stump, Jacob sweeps it to deep backward square leg. Boland cuts it off to his right from deep fine leg. Two taken. |
| 1 | 59.3 | 59.3: Travis Head to Jamie Smith, Full and on middle, gently pushed away to long on for one more. |
| 1 | 59.2 | 59.2: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Full and around off, driven along the ground to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 59.1 | 59.1: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, A muted appeal for LBW, but not given. Going down leg highly likely. Drifts it on the leg stump, full in length, Jacob misses his sweep and wears it on the pad. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, A length ball, outside off, Smith gets on the back foot and punches towards cover. |
| 0 | 58.5 | 58.5: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Rises from the pitch, nipping in from off, Jamie Smith rides the bounce and drops it down the pitch. |
| 1 | 58.4 | 58.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, A bunny-hop from Jacob as he walks to the pitch of the ball and drives this full ball to cover, where the fielder parries it to the deep for a single. |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, BEATEN! A rare false shot by Bethell! Neser hurls it full and outside off, Jacob Bethell goes chasing the wide line to drive through cover and the ball beats the outside edge. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On the sixth stump, full in length, Bethell charges forward and carves it to cover. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Full and straight outside off, Bethell ignores. |
| 1 | 57.6 | 57.6: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Shortish delivery on middle, sliding in, Bethell controls the pull shot off the back foot towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 57.5 | 57.5: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Fuller one, on off, Smith gets forward and drills it to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, On that awkward length, neither full nor short, outside off. Jamie Smith goes on the back foot and blocks it down. |
| 0 | 57.3 | 57.3: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Outside off, on a shorter length, Smith reaches for it and cuts it to point. |
| 2 | 57.2 | 57.2: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Another couple of runs as Smith rocks back on this length delivery and slices it to the left of deep backward point. |
| 2 | 57.1 | 57.1: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Spotting Smith stepping down the track, Beau pushes it wide outside off, on a fuller length. Jamie Smith goes through his shot and drives it to the left of cover for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 56.6 | 56.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Outside off, on a fractionally fuller length, Bethell shows no interest. |
| 0 | 56.5 | 56.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, A crowd catch! Very full, around off, Jacob Bethell leans forward and caresses it straight to short cover. |
| 1 | 56.4 | 56.4: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Fullish ball, on middle and leg, Smith flicks it to mid on where Boland fumbles to his left and allows a single. ENGLAND LEAD BY 50 RUNS! |
| 0 | 56.3 | 56.3: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, On a length, on off, defended out to cover. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.2: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, A half-hearted appeal for LBW, but there were clearly two noises and the umpire says no as well! Brings the angle back into the batter, full and on the stumps, nipping in. Jamie Smith looks to drive it straight, but gets a thick inside edge onto the front pad. The ball then lobs towards gully and lands short of the fielder there. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Michael Neser to Jamie Smith, Short on off, bunted off the back foot to the off side. |
| 1 | 55.6 | 55.6: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Full and on off, Jamie Smith plays with the spin and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for an easy single. |
| 0 | 55.5 | 55.5: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Floated fuller, on off, Jamie lunges ahead and smothers the spin. |
| 1 | 55.4 | 55.4: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Length ball, sliding in and around middle, tucked to the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 1 | 55.3 | 55.3: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Almost dragged on! This one stays low on the bounce on a length, turning in off the rough patch. Jamie Smith goes back and throws his bat at it, trying to cut it square on the off side, but inside edges it past the leg stump. The ball trickles away to the short fine leg region for a single. |
| 0 | 55.2 | 55.2: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Spins in from off, on a length, Jamie Smith negotiates it nicely as he punches it off the back foot. |
| 1 | 55.1 | 55.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Flat and touch short, outside off, Jacob hangs deep inside the crease and slaps it to the left of deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 54.6 | 54.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Length ball, drifting down leg, Jacob Bethell misses to pull off the back foot and Carey fumbles to gather it cleanly to his right, parrying the ball away to the backward square leg region. They cross for a bye. England lead by 45 runs! |
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Around off, on a length, Jacob Bethell knocks it to extra cover. |
| 0 | 54.4 | 54.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Short of a good length, slanting in, Bethell stands tall and tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 54.3 | 54.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, The call is for two and they will get it! Bethell rides the bounce and punches it through the cover region for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 54.2 | 54.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, on middle, angling in, punched off the back foot to mid on. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Carey is up to the wickets. Around off, on a fuller length, straightening off the pitch. Bethell presses forward to defend, but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.6: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, This one spits and turns back in on a fractionally fuller length, Jamie Smith comits on the front foot to push it straight, but plays over it and the ball beats the inside edge to catch him on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.5: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, BEATEN! This lands on the seam and doesn't turn, full and outside off, Jamie Smith leans on and expects it to turn into him and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 4 | 53.4 | 53.4: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Blazed through the in-field! Bouncing off the track, and spinning in a touch, around off. Jamie Smith rocks back and punches it in front of square on the off side for a cracking boundary. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Flat and around off, on a length, stabbed off the back foot to the off side. |
| 0 | 53.2 | 53.2: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Similar line and length, Jamie backs away and eases it to extra cover. |
| 0 | 53.1 | 53.1: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Grips in with bounce on off, Jamie Smith is rushed back and dabs it to the off side. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Full and shaping in on off, Bethell meets it on the front foot and eases it to mid off. |
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Express pace at 145.3 kph, short and outside off, Jacob lets it be. |
| 1 | 52.4 | 52.4: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Shortens the length, around off, Smith rises up and taps it to the cover-point region for a single. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Speared into the batter at 143.7 kph, full and from around the stumps. Jamie Smith presses forward and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 52.2 | 52.2: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Hard length, on top of off, Smith hangs back and taps it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Full and on middle, Smith blocks it solidly off the crease. |
| 1 | 51.6 | 51.6: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, The length is dragged back, just outside off, Jamie Smith hangs back and punches it wide of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 51.5 | 51.5: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Nice and full, on middle, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 51.4 | 51.4: Beau Webster to Jamie Smith, Tossed up, full and around off, Smith blocks off the front foot. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Beau Webster to Will Jacks, OUT! HIGH UP AND TAKEN! Beau Webster with an inspired bowling spell. A needless throw of a wicket from Jacks and the Aussies roar back in the game. Lands it fuller, on off, turning in from the rough. Will Jacks gets low and across to slog it over deep mid-wicket, but he loses his shape and his head falls over. Hence, the ball travels off the inside half of the bat to the deep. Cameron Green runs in off the ropes and dives a bit to his left and gathers the dipping ball in his big buckets safely while taking a tumble. The Aussies are ecstatic and rightly so. Webster celebrates again with both arms aloft as his teammates swamp him. Will Jacks departs on a silver duck and from 219/3, England are 219/5. |
| 0 | 51.2 | 51.2: Beau Webster to Will Jacks, Spins across on a length, Jacks backs away and knocks it to the off side. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, OUT! LBW! What a brilliant review for Australia. Beau Webster with a huge breakthrough. Pitched fractionally fuller, spinning in from the rough patch with bounce. Harry Brook is pinned in the crease as he tries to block it straight but gets outfoxed by the prodigious turn into him. Plays over the line and the ball clips the front pad. A huge appeal for LBW, but not given. Beau Webster thinks it is a bit too high, but Carey seems certain and convinces his skipper to take the review. Snicko shows a flat line when the ball is next to the bat and the Ball Tracking comes up with three reds, with the ball projected to smash into the middle and leg stumps. Harry Brook walks back after yet another start and will remain century-less this Ashes. 42 (48) for Brook, and the 102-run partnership is broken. England are 219/4, leading by 36 runs. |
| 0 | 50.6 | 50.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Too full, on the stumps, carved straight back. |
| 1 | 50.5 | 50.5: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Overpitched on middle, flicked off the pads to mid on. Neser moves to his left and slides to cut it off, but parries it to the deep for a single. |
| 4 | 50.4 | 50.4: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, EDGED, FOUR! Frustrations keep rising for Australia! Very full, outside off, Brook advances down the track and throws his bat at it, to smash through the off side, but gets a thick outside edge and the ball shoots between the second slip and gully for a boundary. |
| 0 | 50.3 | 50.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Risky from Brook! He makes room by shuffling to the leg stump, shaping for the ramp up and over deep third on this short ball, but fails to connect. |
| 1 | 50.2 | 50.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Oh, nearly dragged on! Full and wide on off, Jacob Bethell leans on to crack the cover drive, but he inside edges it past the leg stump and the ball rolls behind to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, On top of middle, on a length, Bethell taps it across to short mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 49.6 | 49.6: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Full and drifting on the pads, Jacob flicks it to the right of mid on for a single. |
| 1 | 49.5 | 49.5: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Tossed-up delivery, around off, pushed to the left of mid off for a single. |
| 1 | 49.4 | 49.4: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Shortish delivery, bouncing and turning from off, Jacob hangs deep and cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 4 | 49.3 | 49.3: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! HUNDRED FOR JACOB BETHELL! His first-ever Test century. His maiden Ashes century, and his first First Class ton as well. A star has risen from the cauldron of the SCG. His family in the stands cheers for him with pride and the Barmy Army is up and about as well. Webster drops it full and on the stumps, Jacob Bethell shimmies down the track and launches it over mid on for a boundary. A very fluent and mature knock from the youngster against a quality bowling attack. He has batted beyond his years, and this first is worth remembering for a long, long time. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, full and on middle, Jacob Bethell drives it inside out to wide mid off. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Pushed through, full and on off, Jacob Bethell leans on and flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.6: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Wayward! Slanted far down leg, on a hard length. Brook ignores. Carey dives full-length to his left and gathers it nicely behind the stumps. |
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Effort ball from Starc. Pushes it across the batter, going down leg, on a length. Brook misses to glance it across and misses. |
| 0 | 48.4 | 48.4: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Short at 141 kph, and it keeps flying off the pitch, around off. Harry Brook stands tall to execute the ramp shot over the slip cordon, but fails to get his bat on ball. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Hard length, on top of off, Brook is rock-solid in defence off the back foot. |
| 0 | 48.2 | 48.2: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Bashed hard on a length, on middle, Brook taps it back to the bowler using soft hands. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Bowls from a wider angle, does Starc. Short and on top of middle. Brook backs away and tries to play the uppercut, but misses. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Bethell remains parked on 99! Good length, lasered on the pads, Jacob hangs back and tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Fractionally short, slanting in and around middle. Bethell blocks it off the back foot to the leg side. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a back of a length, cutting back in with some bounce. Bethell stands tall and bunts it back to Boland. His heart would surely be beating very fast right now. |
| 1 | 47.3 | 47.3: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Fullish and around off, Brook tries to push it straight, but the ball nips in to take the inside edge before the ball rolls to the right of mid-wicket. It is stopped by Neser with a dive. A single taken. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Length ball, outside off, Brook climbs on it and taps it to point with soft hands. |
| 0 | 47.1 | 47.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Wide outside off, good length, left alone by Brook. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Another one banged short, on middle, Jacob gets inside the line and ducks under it. Bethell remains on 99 for now. |
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Starc slams hard into the pitch, short and just outside off, Jacob Bethell leans back and drops his wrists to leave. |
| 1 | 46.4 | 46.4: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Easy singles! He camps back and casually steers this length ball to deep backward point for a single. |
| 1 | 46.3 | 46.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Angling into the batter, on a good length. Jacob Bethell waits back and nudges it through backward square leg for a single. He is on 99 and every run is being cheered off his bat! |
| 1 | 46.2 | 46.2: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, On a length, outside off, Brook punches it to deep backward point for a single. England's lead is now 20 runs! |
| 1 | 46.1 | 46.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Short of a good length, just outside off, Jacob Bethell gets on the back foot and knocks it to the cover region for a quick single. Moves to 98, does Bethell! |
| 1 | 45.6 | 45.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and around off, Jacob Bethell presses forward and dabs it through cover-point for a single. |
| 0 | 45.5 | 45.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, BEAUTY! Probes in and around the channel of off, on a back of a length, nipping away. Jacob Bethell gets squared up as he tries to block and is beaten all ends up. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Nice and full, angled in and around middle. Jacob gets on the front foot and drills it back to the bowler's left. Neser sticks out his left hand and plucks the ball on the bounce. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, At 133.8 kph, this is bashed on a length, outside off, nibbling away. Jacob Bethell prods forward and watchfully lets it pass. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, A tempter, full and outside off, Jacob does not fall prey to it. Leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 45.1 | 45.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, He rises up on his toes and taps this length delivery through backward point for a single. 200 UP FOR ENGLAND! |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, A very hopeful appeal for LBW from Neser, but he gets no support from the men behind the batter. Smith has a word with his bowler, but they decide against it. Slanting back in from middle, on a hard length, with some bounce. Jacob Bethell plays all over it while trying to tuck it across to the leg side, and wears it on the thigh pad. Ball Tracking shows that it would have missed the leg stump. |
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Nagging length, around off, bumped off the back foot to the bowler. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Touch full, on the stumps, flicked off the pads to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 44.3 | 44.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! PUNISHED! Bethell's Test best is 96 and he is on that exact score now. Shortish length, on off, Jacob Bethell weighs on the back foot and pulls it wide of mid-wicket for a boundary, beating deep backward square leg to his right in the deep. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Another full delivery, around off, Jacob Bethell strides across and smothers the pace nicely. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Full, angling in on off, Jacob Bethell presents a solid front foot defence. |
| 4 | 43.6 | 43.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, FOUR! That's a brave shot from Brook as he moves into his 30s! He steps down the track and uses his wrists to flick this full ball aerially from outside off. Beats mid on to his right for a boundary. ENGLAND LEAD BY 12 RUNS! |
| 0 | 43.5 | 43.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Full and nipping in from outside off, Brook lines up to drive it down the ground, but gets a healthy inside edge on the front pad. A stifled appeal for LBW, but nothing doing. |
| 1 | 43.4 | 43.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short angling at the ribs, Jacob stands tall and works it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a length, on off, defended watchfully. |
| 0 | 43.2 | 43.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a hard length, outside off, skidding through. Jacob Bethell attempts the square cut on the back foot, only to miss. |
| 4 | 43.1 | 43.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, FOUR OVERTHROWS! That will not help Australia at all. On a hard length, around off, Jacob punches it on the up to extra cover. Seeing Brook charge for a single from the other end, Marnus Labuschagne gets rid of the ball and scores a direct hit at the bowling end. Brook, however, ploughs his bat inside the crease before the stumps are hit. The ball deflects off the sticks and with no proper backup in the deep mid-wicket region, it races away to the fence gifting runs to the Englishmen. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Back of a length, on the stumps, Harry Brook with a solid forward block. |
| 2 | 42.5 | 42.5: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Off the edge! Nips away from off, on a good length. Harry Brook is squared up while trying to block and gets a massive outside edge to the right of gully for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 42.4 | 42.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Feeds it full and just outside off, Jacob leans on and drives it to deep point for a single. ENGLAND LEAD BY 1 RUN! |
| 1 | 42.3 | 42.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, SCORES ARE LEVEL! Around off, on a length, Harry Brook deliberately plays it late to the widish short third region for a single. |
| 1 | 42.2 | 42.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, on the stumps, Jacob nudges it to the leg side for a single. England trail by only 1 run! |
| 4 | 42.1 | 42.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Wow, that's laced away! A half volley from Neser, outside off, Jacob Bethell gets a big stride out and hits through the line. With his head over the ball, he creams this through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 1 | 41.6 | 41.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short in length, nibbling away, on off, Jacob Bethell waits for it to arrive and plays with soft hands, dabbing it through backward point for a single. The partnership is now worth run-a-ball 60 between Brook and Bethell. England's deficit is down to 6 runs now. |
| 1 | 41.5 | 41.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, The line is outside off, on a length, Harry Brook hangs back and steers it behind square on the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, This one tails in a touch, slightly fuller, Harry Brook prods forward to defend, but gets a thick inside edge onto the front pad before the ball rolls in front. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Nips in from off, on a good length, Brook presses forward and blocks it straight back at the bowler. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Beats the edge right away! On a length, outside off, nipping away. Harry Brook pokes loosely as he chases the wide line and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 41.1 | 41.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short and outside off, Bethell rides the bounce and taps it through backward point for a single. |
| 4 | 40.7 | 40.6: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, FOUR! Harry Brook ends the session with a boundary. Short and wide of off, Harry Brook cuts this with fast hands and gets it away to the right of the deep point fielder for four runs. And that will be TEA on Day 4! England now trail by just 9 runs. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.5: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, On a length around off, Harry Brook defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 40.5 | 40.4: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Back of a length around off, Harry Brook looks to cut this towards point but misses. Excellent take by Carey, standing up. |
| 0 | 40.4 | 40.4: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Full and wide of off, Harry Brook goes for an expansive drive but mishits it off the inside half and bumps it back to the bowler. The umpire signals NO BALL as Beau Webster has overstepped. |
| 1 | 40.3 | 40.3: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Good length on the pads, Jacob Bethell flicks this away for one. |
| 0 | 40.2 | 40.2: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, into the batter. Jacob Bethell blocks this out. |
| 0 | 40.1 | 40.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell punches this to cover for no run. |
| 1 | 39.6 | 39.6: Travis Head to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, around off, Jake Weatherald drives this to deep cover for a single. |
| 1 | 39.5 | 39.5: Travis Head to Harry Brook, Full and on off, Harry Brook drives this to sweeper cover for one. 50-RUN PARTNERSHIP COMES UP BETWEEN BROOK AND BETHELL! |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Travis Head to Harry Brook, Top-spin on off, Harry Brook looks to cut it away but ends up chopping this around the stumps. This was bouncing on the stumps, but some handy footwork from Brook saves the day for him. |
| 2 | 39.3 | 39.3: Travis Head to Harry Brook, Short and wide of off, Harry Brook cuts this to deep point for a couple. |
| 4 | 39.2 | 39.2: Travis Head to Harry Brook, FOUR! Perfectly into the gap. Flighted around off, Harry Brook dances down the track and smashes this past the extra cover fielder to his left and beats the sweeper cover running to his right for four runs. |
| 0 | 39.1 | 39.1: Travis Head to Harry Brook, Tossed up, around off, Harry Brook strides a long way out and blocks. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.5: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, on top of off. Jacob Bethell punches this to mid off for no run. |
| 1 | 38.4 | 38.4: Beau Webster to Harry Brook, Good length around off, Harry Brook cuts this to point and takes one. |
| 1 | 38.3 | 38.3: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, On a length around middle and off, Jacob Bethell flicks this through mid on for one. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, On a length around off, Jacob Bethell defends this off his front foot towards the bowler. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Beau Webster to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 37.6 | 37.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Full and on the pads, Jacob Bethell flicks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, on top of off, Jacob Bethell rocks onto his back foot and blocks. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On a length around off, Jacob Bethell thumps this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 37.3 | 37.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell blocks this to the right of Usman Khawaja at mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On a length around the pads, Jacob tucks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, on top of off, Jacob Bethell blocks this out. |
| 4 | 36.6 | 36.6: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, FOUR! Brook created room for himself and found the fence. Short, around middle and leg, rearing up. Harry Brook moves away and exposes the stumps and looks to slash square on the off side, but gets an outside edge that lobs over the keeper and races to the fence behind for four. 14 runs off the over. |
| 1 | 36.5 | 36.5: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell works this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, FIVE RUNS! Short pitched, angling away from the batter with extra bounce. Jacob Bethell leaves it. Carey tries to gather the ball with the fingers pointing upward, but the ball dips on him and he gets a stinging blow on his left fingers. The ball then deflects behind him and rolls onto the helmet. Five penalty runs added to the English tally. Carey looks in some pain and shakes it off for now. He has hardly missed anything behind the stumps this entire Ashes. Teams are permitted to keep spare helmets on the field for the wicketkeeper and close-in fielders, with the proviso that if the ball strikes a helmet, the batting side is awarded five penalty runs. |
| 1 | 36.3 | 36.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Short again, on off, Harry Brook pulls this flat and into the surface. Gets it past mid-wicket, diving to his right for one. |
| 1 | 36.2 | 36.2: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Short pitched, on leg, Jacob Bethell pulls this to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 2 | 36.1 | 36.1: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide of off, Jacob Bethell leans low and cuts this to the right of Usman Khawaja at deep third for two. |
| 1 | 35.6 | 35.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Short and wide of off, Jacob Bethell jams this around point for a single. |
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length, around off, Jacob Bethell defends this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 35.4 | 35.4: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length, onto the pads, Harry Brook flicks this through square leg and takes one. |
| 2 | 35.3 | 35.3: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length on the pads, Harry Brook tucks this through mid-wicket for a couple more. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length on off, Harry Brook tucks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 2 | 35.1 | 35.1: Michael Neser to Harry Brook, Good length around off, Harry Brook punches this to the right of the fielder at sweeper cover for two more runs. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Hard length on off, Jacob Bethell defends this well off his front foot. |
| 4 | 34.5 | 34.5: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! This time off the back foot punch. Geez, this lad is showing some class in chaos around him. Good length on off, Jacob Bethell gets right behind the line of it and smashes this through the right of mid-off for a boundary more. |
| 4 | 34.4 | 34.4: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! That's been smashed away in the gap for four. Short pitched, on middle and off, Jacob Bethell gets quickly onto his back foot and pulls this in front of square on leg, towards the deep mid-wicket region for four runs. |
| 1 | 34.3 | 34.3: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Good length on middle and off, Harry Brook punches this through cover for one. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Cameron Green to Harry Brook, Short pitched, on middle and leg. Harry Brook looks to leave it but the ball hits him on his hands and rolls back to the keeper. |
| 1 | 34.1 | 34.1: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Short and wide of off, Jacob Bethell cuts this to deep third for one. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length, on off, Harry Brook defends this underneath his eyeline. |
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length on off, Harry Brook punches this crisply to Marnus Labuschagne at extra cover. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Good length around off, Harry Brook gets right behind it and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 33.3 | 33.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a length, around the pads, Jacob Bethell flicks this to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short and on off, Jacob Bethell dabs this out. |
| 1 | 33.1 | 33.1: Scott Boland to Harry Brook, Back of a length on off, Harry Brook dabs this past the right of the fielder at gully for one. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Good length on off, Jacob Bethell blocks this out. |
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, FOUR BYES! Short pitched, on off, swings away from the keeper after leaving the batter. Alex Carey, already dives across to his right, but the ball shapes away late on him and beats him to race away to the fence for four extras. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Good length, around off, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 4 | 32.3 | 32.3: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! As solid as it could be. Back of a length around off, Jacob Bethell rocks onto his back foot and punches this right through the gap at cover to his right for a boundary. |
| 0 | 32.2 | 32.2: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide of off, Jacob Bethell leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, around off, Jacob Bethell gets into two thoughts, one to punch or second to leave it and decides the right one and leaves it. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, OUT! LBW! Joe Root has been trapped right in front of the stumps. Boland bowls it from wide of the crease, angling it into the batter. Joe Root covers the line, and looks to work it straight but fails to get anything on the ball as he plays all over it. The ball nips back in sharply and goes on to hit Root on his front pad. A loud appeal by the Australians as one and the umpire, Chris Gaffaney, raises his finger. Joe Root, reluctantly, sends this upstairs for a review. But it looks really adjacent. And indeed. Two reds followed by an umpire's call with the ball projected to clip the top of the leg stump. England do not lose a review, but they lose Joe Root on 6 (37). The tourists are 117/3, trailing by 66 runs. |
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Hard length, once again, on leg. Joe Root blocks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, wide of off, Joe Root gets it chopped off the under-edge towards gully. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length around middle and off, Joe Root defends this out. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, on off. Joe Root pushes this to mid off for no run. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Hard length, on top of off. Joe Root keeps it out. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, That's a maiden by Starc. Short pitched, on off, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, On a length around middle and off. Jacob Bethell gets right behind it and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length arond the pads, Jacob Bethell misses out on the flick. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, angling across the batter. Jacob Bethell hops up on his toes and looks to flick this one but misses out. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Bumper, around middle and off. Jacob Bethell looks to fend this through mid-wicket but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Short pitched, from around the stumps, on leg. Jacob Bethell ducks down. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length, wide of off, Josh Inglis steps across and looks to block but gets it edged off the inside onto his midriff for no run. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, On a length, angling into the batter. Joe Root rocks back and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 29.4 | 29.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length around middle and off, Jacob Bethell tucks this to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short and wide of off, Jacob Bethell leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Hard length on off, Jacob Bethell blocks this around cover. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and just wide of off, angling away from the left-hander. Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 1 | 28.6 | 28.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Dug in short and on off, Jacob Bethell rises on the toes and dabs it with soft hands in the cover-point region for a single. |
| 1 | 28.5 | 28.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, That's 400 runs for Root in this Ashes! He is the second-best batter and still 200 behind Travis Head. Length ball, outside off, Root square cuts it to deep backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Length ball, around off, Joe Root knocks it to short extra cover. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Straight on middle, on a length, Joe Root blocks it off the back foot solidly. |
| 1 | 28.2 | 28.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, on the leg stump, tucked behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 4 | 28.1 | 28.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! FIFTY FOR JACOB BETHELL! A fluent knock from the youngster. His 4th Test half century in just his sixth match. He has batted beyond his years in this innings. Bashed hard on a length, outside off, Jacob Bethell transfers his weight on the back foot and slaps it through the cover region for a cracking boundary. Surely, he will be in possession of the number three berth when the series against New Zealand comes around in June. |
| 1 | 27.6 | 27.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, A yard behind fuller length, on the pads, Jacob Bethell hops off and steers it to deep backward square leg for a single. Jacob Bethell is on 49! England trail by 74. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a hard length, on middle, Jacob Bethell watchfully blocks it off the back foot. |
| 2 | 27.4 | 27.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short, angling into the bodyline, Jacob Bethell swivels and pulls it to the vacant deep mid-wicket region. Since it is hit off the toe end, it slows in the outfield and is cut off by the deep square leg fielder to his right. Two taken. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell drives it away to the mid off fielder. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Just outside off, on a hard length, Jacob Bethell feels for it, but drags his bat inside the line in time. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short of a length, slanting in, Jacob Bethell stands tall and bunts it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Full and around off at 142.5 kph, Root gets a good stride forward and drives it straight to cover-point. |
| 1 | 26.5 | 26.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Banged in short, on the leg stump line, Jacob Bethell rides the bounce and steers it to long leg for a single. |
| 2 | 26.4 | 26.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Length-delivery, outside off, Jacob Bethell gets on the back foot and cuts it to the left of backward point. Michael Neser slides to his left and cuts it off, saving a certain boundary. Restricts the batters down to a couple only. |
| 0 | 26.3 | 26.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Tight leave! Jags back in from a length, on top of off, Jacob Bethell trusts the bounce and offers no shot. That's not too high from the off pole though. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, A typical fast bowler response! Way too short, on top of off, and it keeps rising up. Bethell arches back and drops his wrists to let it fly back to Carey. |
| 4 | 26.1 | 26.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Now that's a shot of a confident batter! Back of a length, outside off, Jacob Bethell hangs deep inside the crease and cuts it behind square for a boundary through backward point and short third. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Good length outside off and it nips back sharply off the surface. Root is squared up as he plays from the crease. The ball brushes his thigh pad on its way through to Alex Carey. |
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Length ball, on off, fended off the back foot to point. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, BEATEN! This one nips the other way, leaves the batter from a length, outside off, Root goes chasing the wide delivery and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Australia burn a review! Nips in a long way from a good length, in and around the off stump line. Root strides across to defend, but plays well over the line and the ball passes close to the inside edge before lobbing off the flap of his front pad to the second slip fielder to grabs it. There's an appeal for caught behind, but the umpire says no. Australia take a review, only for it to get extinguished as the Snicko shows a clear gap between the bat and the ball. Root stays for now. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Length-delivery, outside off, Root sees that off. |
| 1 | 25.1 | 25.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, on the stumps, angling in. Jacob tucks it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Back of a length, rising up, outside off. Joe Root tries to steer it to the off side, plays it late on the bounce toward the right of the gully fielder. |
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Hard length, on top of middle. Root rises with the bounce and bunts it back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 24.4 | 24.4: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, OUTSIDE EDGE, FOUR! A slice of luck for Root! Full and just outside off, nipping away slightly off the pitch. Root is forced to play with the angle and tries to drive it down the ground, only managing an outside edge that flies between the second slip and the gully fielders for a boundary. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Speared in full and around off, cranking it up at 142.3 kph. Joe Root strides forward and blocks it to point. |
| 0 | 24.2 | 24.2: Mitchell Starc to Joe Root, Nips back in sharply on a good length. Root drags his bat in front to block, but gets a thick inside edge to the leg side. |
| 1 | 24.1 | 24.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length, on middle, climbing on the batter, Jacob hangs back and wrists it to the left of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Nagging length, into the batter, tucked across to the mid-wicket region. |
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Hard length, at 131.8 kph, Root plays close to his body and late cuts it to point. |
| 1 | 23.4 | 23.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, wide outside off, Bethell leans back and square cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 23.3 | 23.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Probing line outside off, on a length, left alone. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, The odd one outside off, short in length, Jacob leaves. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On a fuller length, on middle, Jacob Bethell leans on and keeps it out to the off side. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Full and on the stumps, angling in, Root clips it to mid on. |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Oh, this one stays low on the bounce. Touch full, jagging in and around off. Joe Root watchfully defends it off the back foot to point. There was a visible puff of dust when the ball pitched. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Nips in from off, on a fuller length, Joe Root covers the line and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Fuller in length, around off, good solid defence from Root. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Folds back into the batter from a fullish length, just outside off. Joe Root strides across, tries to block, but gets a thick inside edge onto the front pad and the ball rolls to point. A half hearted appeal for LBW from the men behind the batter, but the appeal dies down instantly. |
| 1 | 22.1 | 22.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, and this is tucked in front of square on the leg side for a single. |
| 1 | 21.6 | 21.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, EDGED AND SAFE! Did it carry towards Green at gully though? Fuller ball, just outside off, nipping away and forcing Bethell to chase the wide line. He gets a thick outside edge as he pushes at it with hard hands. The ball goes flat and low to the left of the gully fielder, where Cameron Green spreads his wingspan with a dive, but parries the ball with his left hand to the deep for a single. |
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, on off, Bethell hangs back and punches it to the off side. |
| 0 | 21.4 | 21.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Much fuller, on off, Bethell is solid on his front foot defence this time around. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Fuller than a length, around off, angling in. Jacob Bethell presses ahead to defend, but the ball bounces and spins back towards the stumps. Bethell is alert enough to realise that and kick it away. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Nagging length, nipping away outside off, Jacob Bethell feels for it and tries to block off the back foot, but manages to drag his bat inside the line. |
| 4 | 21.1 | 21.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Seesh, that's a shot and a half! A bit too straight and overpitched on middle, Jacob Bethell plays with a straight bat and middles it down the ground for a cracking boundary. A pure delight to watch. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Cuts back in on a fuller length, Joe Root gets across and flicks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Hard length, outside off, Root hops and taps it with soft hands to widish gully. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Scott Boland to Joe Root, A RIPPER! Angles in and then seams away from off, on a hard length. Root presses forward to defend, but plays inside the line and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Length ball, on the stumps, blocked off the outer half. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Back of a length, around off, Root forces the drive to mid off. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Scott Boland to Joe Root, Nips in from a length, on middle, Root blocks it from the pitch. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Nagging length, in front of the sticks, Jacob Bethell hops on the toes and blocks it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, A bit loose from Bethell! A good length delivery around the sixth stump. The youngster walks down the track and throws his hands at it, trying for an expansive drive away from the body, only to be beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, BEATEN AGAIN! Length-delivery, around off, nipping away, Bethell prods forward to block, only to get beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 19.3 | 19.3: Michael Neser to Joe Root, Root is off the mark! Length ball, around off, tapped away into the point region for a single. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Michael Neser to Joe Root, BEAUTY! Good length around off, angling in before pitching and straightening with a bit of extra bounce at 131 kph. Root presses forward in defence and is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Neser ends Duckett's resistance and he keeps chipping away at the wickets for his side. Again, the technique comes under the scanner here. With the pitch deteriorating and having uneven bounce, playing cross-batted strokes is always a big risk and Duckett does exactly that. Instead of bringing his bat vertically down to block off the back foot, he tries to slash this length ball from outside off that nips back into him and drags it back onto the stumps off the fat inside edge. Too tight a line to cut it away as well. Ben Duckett is frustrated with himself as he was looking so good barring this delivery. He trudges off for 42 off 55 and England are 85/2, trailing by 98 runs. |
| 0 | 18.6 | 18.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, into the body, bunted down the pitch off the back foot. |
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, WHISKER! Rears up a bit from a good length, just outside off. Jacob Bethell chases the wide delivery on the back foot, hanging his bat loosely away from his body, and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide on off, Bethell shows no interest. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Fractionally full, jagging back in and around off, Jacob watchfully leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 18.2 | 18.2: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Full and around off, Duckett prods forward and drives it between mid off and extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 18.1 | 18.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Across off, on a length, nipping away with bounce. Jacob Bethell pushes at it on the front foot, and gets a fat outside edge that flies flat and wide of point for a single. England trail by 99 runs! |
| 0 | 17.7 | 17.6: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Fullish delivery, on off, Duckett pushes it off the inner half of the bat to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.5: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Well bowled! Angling into the left-hander, touch full and straightening up. Ben Duckett is drawn forward and forced to play the line. But gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 17.5 | 17.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Rises up from the pitch, on a length, on middle, angling in. Jacob rides the bounce and nudges it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, BEATEN! A tempter from Neser! In the channel of off, on a fractionally fuller length, and nibbling away off the seam. Jacob Bethell is sucked onto the front foot to block, but plays the initial line as the ball whistles past his outside edge. |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.2: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, On a length, around off, sliced off the back foot to the left of deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.1: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, On a length, around off, tapped off the back foot to the cover-point region. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, From around the stumps, this is full and around off, Ben presses forward and blocks it to the off side. Uh, oh! No Ball for overstepping straightaway. |
| 1 | 16.6 | 16.6: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Good length around off, Ben Duckett guides this through point and takes a single. And that will be LUNCH on Day 4! |
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.5: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Hard length on the pads, Ben Duckett defends this towards the right of short leg. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Back of a length on off, Ben Duckett keeps it out. |
| 1 | 16.3 | 16.3: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell drops this in front of a deepish mid off and takes one. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Full and on the pads, Jacob Bethell pushes this to mid on. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, LEG BYE! On a length around the pads, Beau Webster gets it away off his thigh pad to square leg for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length down the leg. Jacob Bethell steps inside and goes for the flick, but misses. |
| 1 | 15.5 | 15.5: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Short and wide of off, Ben Duckett cuts this to deep third for one. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Good length around off, Ben Stokes swings and misses. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, EDGED AND DROPPED! Ben Duckett gets a precious life on 38. Good length around off, shaping away from the batter and rearing up from the indentation. Ben Duckett goes at it with hard hands to block, but the ball rears up and deflects off the gloves. It then shoots flat between the second slip and gully or the widish third slip. Now, Cameron Green goes with his instincts and dives to his right to catch it with his big buckets, but puts it down as the ball just bursts out of his palms. Michael Neser is expressionless, hiding his frustrations within as he walks back to his bowling mark. Smith looked in a far better position at second slip to take that catch to his left. A big let-off for Duckett. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Hard length around off, Ben Duckett keeps it out. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Neser comes in and bowls a bumper, on off. Ben Duckett ducks down. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Good length, around off. Jacob Bethell doesn't move his feet much and pokes at it. Gets beaten. |
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, FOUR LEG BYES! SMELL THE LEATHER, SAYS GREEN TO JACOB! A really sharp bumper, on off, Jacob Bethell hops up on his toes and looks to get away from the line of it but fails to do so. The ball catches the side of his helmet's grill and lobs behind over the second slip and races away towards the deep third fence. A mandatory concussion check will be done for Jacob Bethell. That was a nasty, nasty delivery from Green. |
| 1 | 14.4 | 14.4: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Back of a length on middle and off, Ben Duckett guides this through the third man region for one. |
| 4 | 14.3 | 14.3: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, FOUR! That's been crunched away! Pitched up, on off, Ben Duckett strides to the pitch of the delivery and drives this all along the ground through the gap between cover and mid off for four runs. Believe it or not, at 37, this is Duckett's highest score in this Ashes. |
| 1 | 14.2 | 14.2: Cameron Green to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length on off, Jacob Bethell gets it away to cover point for one. |
| 1 | 14.1 | 14.1: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Good length going down leg, Ben Duckett looks to flick but gets it edged towards point for one due to extra bounce. |
| 4 | 13.6 | 13.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! A much more controlled stroke for four. Full and on off, Jacob Bethell stays leg side, takes a baby step towards the pitch of the delivery and nails the square drive for a boundary towards the right of backward point. |
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length, around off, Jacob Bethell leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell drives this to cover for no run. This was such a lovely stroke for a dot. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length, wide of off. Jamie Smith leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, On a length around middle and leg, Jacob Bethell pushes this to mid on. |
| 4 | 13.1 | 13.1: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Jacob gets a lucky boundary. On a length, around off, shaping away from the left-hander. Jacob Bethell goes for the flick but gets it away off the leading edge and the ball beats Jake Weatherald to his right at point for four more runs. |
| 4 | 12.6 | 12.6: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Another cracking pull from Ben Duckett and the partnership between Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell now reads 53. Short pitched, around off. Ben Duckett goes deep inside his crease and pulls this flat and in the gap towards the deep mid-wicket region for four. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Full and wide of off, Ben drives this to point for no run. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Green hits the deck hard, around that nagging length, on off. Ben Duckett looks to block this but it keeps climbing on him and Ben does well at the end to fend it with soft hands. The ball lobs off the shoulder of the blade, but lands short of the converging point fielder. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Short and wide of off, Ben Duckett looks for the square cut but misses as the ball climbs onto him. |
| 4 | 12.2 | 12.2: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Ben Duckett is looking a lot more composed so far. Short pitched, around middle and off. Ben Duckett pulls this flat, through the square leg region for four runs. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Cameron Green to Ben Duckett, Good length wide of off, Ben Duckett pokes at it but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, wide of off. Jacob Bethell sways away from it. |
| 0 | 11.5 | 11.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Short pitched, around off, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 1 | 11.4 | 11.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Half-volley, around off, Ben Duckett stands and looks to smash this through cover but gets it edged off the inside through short fine leg for one. |
| 4 | 11.3 | 11.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! That's been nicely tucked away for four. Starc goes in search of a yorker, bowls it a lot full and on the pads. Ben Duckett leans onto it and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, TWO LEG BYES! Good length, going down the leg. Ben Duckett gets it brushed off his pads to fine leg for two. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Full and on off, Ben Duckett defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On a length around middle and off, Jacob Bethell keeps it out to mid on. |
| 4 | 10.5 | 10.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! GLORIOUS FROM JACOB! That was a Kumar Sangakkara-like stroke from the young lad. A touch too full, around off, Jacob Bethell with a nice high elbow extension, shifts his body weight forward, and drives this all along the ground through the cover and mid off gap for a boundary. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length on middle and off. Jacob Bethell tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 10.3 | 10.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell flicks this through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Full and on off, Jacob Bethell punches this to Marnus Labuschagne at cover. A bit of misfield by Marnus but Travis Head had him covered from mid off. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Neser bowls it into the deck, on off. Jacob Bethell blocks it out. |
| 2 | 9.6 | 9.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Short and wide outside off, Ben Duckett cuts this over point for a couple. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length, down the leg. Ben Duckett goes for a flick but misses. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, WOAH! That has hit something and taken off. Good length, around off, the ball lands on a crack or something and keeps getting big on the batter. Ben Duckett looks to block but is beaten all ends up as the ball whistles past his helmet. Excellent one-handed gather by Carey behind the stumps by leaping. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, On a length, wide of off. Ben Duckett shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length, on top of off. Ben Duckett gets right behind it and blocks. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Full and wide down the leg, Ben goes for the flick but misses. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell dead bats it. |
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide of off, angling away from the batter. Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On a length around off, Jacob Bethell strides towards the pitch of it and blocks. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On a length around middle and off, Jacob Bethell keeps it out. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length on off, Jacob Bethell defends this one. |
| 1 | 8.1 | 8.1: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Good length on off, Ben Duckett guides this to the third man region for one this time. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length around off, Jacob Bethell keeps it out. |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, FOUR BYES! Geez, that took off like a flight. Scott Boland goes for the top-drawer, bowls a well-directed bumper around leg. Jacob Bethell ducks down and the ball keeps climbing up and beats the keeper's leap as well before it races behind to the ropes. |
| 2 | 7.4 | 7.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Hard length around off, Jacob Bethell is forced to play at it with the angle, and pushes at the delivery. Goes with soft hands and ekes out an outside edge wide of gully for a single. |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, On a length around the pads, Ben Duckett flicks this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Short and wide of off, Ben Duckett slashes really hard at it but doesn't connect at all. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Good length on off, Ben Duckett defends this off his front foot. |
| 2 | 6.6 | 6.6: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, On a length around the pads, Jacob Bethell flicks this to the mid-wicket region and takes two to close the over. |
| 1 | 6.5 | 6.5: Michael Neser to Ben Duckett, Hard length, into the batter. Ben Duckett works this through square leg for one. |
| 1 | 6.4 | 6.4: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length onto the pads, Bethell tucks this through short fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, In the channel, on off. Jacob keeps it out off his front foot. |
| 4 | 6.2 | 6.2: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Class written all over it. Pitched up, on the pads, Jacob Bethell leans onto it and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Michael Neser to Jacob Bethell, Good length wide of off, Jacob Bethell leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Good length on the pads, Ben Duckett tucks this to square leg for no run. |
| 1 | 5.5 | 5.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, On a length around off, Jacob Bethell blocks this around cover and takes one. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Short pitched, angling back into the batter. Jacob Bethell keeps it out. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Hard length, on middle and leg. Jacob Bethell defends this around mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length on middle and off, Jacob Bethell blocks this out. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Boland comes around the stumps, bowls it around off. Jacob Bethell prods in front and blocks. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Yorker on off, Ben Duckett blocks this around mid on. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length, wide of off, Ben Duckett leaves it. |
| 1 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Good length on the pads, Jacob Bethell tucks this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Hard length on the pads, Jacob Bethell tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length on the pads, Ben Duckett tucks this through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Back of a length around off, Ben Duckett presses in front and looks to block but the ball shapes away and beats Duckett. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length, going across the batter. Jacob Bethell presses in front and goes with soft hands at it. The ball catches an outside edge and drops short of the fielder at second slip. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Full and wide of off, Jacob Bethell shoulders his arms at it. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length, wide of off, Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, A touch full but down the leg again. Jacob Bethell comes inside the line and leaves it. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Good length wide down the leg. Jacob Bethell leaves it. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length around off, Jacob Bethell pokes at it but gets beaten. |
| 4 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! That'll give a lot of confidence to Ben Duckett. Pitched up, wide of off, Ben Duckett strides to the pitch of the delivery and drives this all along the ground through the cover region for the second boundary of this over. |
| 1 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, On a length around off, Jacob Bethell dabs this in front of cover and takes one. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length around off, Jacob Bethell prods in front and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length on the pads, Ben Duckett flicks this away for one. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Good length around off, Ben Duckett keeps it out with a front foot block. |
| 4 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Short and wide of off, Ben Duckett hops up on is toes, leans back and just uses the pace to guide this over the slips cordon for a boundary. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Edged, but safe! Skids low on the bounce as it lands on the seam, full and around off. Jacob Bethell tries to defend away from his body, but he is undone by the lack of bounce and only manages an underedge on the bounce to the keeper. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Back of a length, on the stumps, Bethell tucks it to the mid-wicket region. Duckett is off for a run, but Jacob sends him back on a sharp call. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Scott Boland to Jacob Bethell, Shoots up from a hard length, on middle, Jacob Bethell gets on the front foot to block, but the ball grazes off the inside edge and pings him on the box. |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.3: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Fuller than a length, on off, nipping in. Ben gets a thick inside edge onto the pads and the ball rolls in front of point for a single. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Kicks up a bit, on a length, on middle, Ben negotiates it and fends it to the leg side. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Scott Boland to Ben Duckett, Good length, on middle and leg, tucked across to widish square leg. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, Zips from the deck, on a length, around off, left alone by Jacob. |
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, OUT! LBW! Starc picks up another wicket in his opening over. Bashes the length hard, does Starc. Around off and it seams back in a touch. Zak Crawley covers the stumps, but decides to offer no shot at it and lets the ball ram onto the flap of the back pad. A massive appeal for LBW by the Aussies in unison, and Ahsan Raza obliges. Zak Crawley walks to Duckett and opts for a review after a chat, more in hope. You are always in danger with no shot offered. Ball Tracking shows the ball is hitting the top of the off pole on the umpire's call. But what was Crawley trying to do here? A perfect start for the Aussies and the worst possible one for the tourists. Zak Crawley frustratingly walks back for 1 (2) and England are 4/1, trailing by 179 runs. |
| 3 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Duckett is off the mark with a crisp stroke! Lands it full and around off, Ben presses forward and drills it straight down the ground, but the ball slows and almost plugs in the outfield. Marnus Labuschagne from mid off chases the ball and stops it with a slide. Three taken. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Banged on a shorter length, outside off, shaping away. Duckett ignores the outgoing delivery. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, Short and taking off from the runway, around off, Ben Duckett leans back and drops his wrists to leave. |
| 1 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mitchell Starc to Zak Crawley, Off the mark straightaway! Starc steams in from over the stumps and lands it on a length, on middle, at 138.1 kph. Zak Crawley gets on the back foot and wrists it to the leg side, in front of square, for a quick single. |
| 4 | 31.2 | 31.2: Will Jacks to Alex Carey, FOUR! ALEX CAREY HITS THE WINNING RUNS! Tossed up, around off, Alex Carey strides to the pitch of the delivery and drives this one away to the right of the extra cover fielder for a boundary to wrap the game and the series. Australia have won this game by 5 wickets and have clinched the Ashes series 4-1 |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Will Jacks to Alex Carey, Floated into the batter. Alex Carey defends this off his front foot. |
| 4 | 30.6 | 30.6: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, FOUR MORE! Down to a hit now. Short, wide on off, Cameron Green hops up on his toes and cuts this square, away to the right of the backward point fielder for four more runs. |
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Carse comes around the stumps, darts a short one, around middle and off, Cameron Green ducks down but takes one on the left shoulder for the side. |
| 4 | 30.4 | 30.4: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, FOUR! Just 7 more needed after this boundary. Back of a length around off, Cameron Green rides the bounce of this one, hops onto his back foot and punches this behind square on off for a boundary. 150 UP FOR AUSTRALIA! |
| 1 | 30.3 | 30.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short pitched, on leg. Alex Carey dabs this to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Back of a length on leg, Alex Carey glances it off the hip. Short leg gets a hand to it, but parries it behind him. Carey sets off for a run, but Green quickly sends him back on a sharp call. |
| 1 | 30.1 | 30.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green punches this through the cover region for a single. Australia now need just 12 more to win. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Will Jacks to Alex Carey, Flighted around off, Alex Carey plays the reverse sweep and rolls this to point for no run. |
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Will Jacks to Cameron Green, THREE BYES! A top-spinner around middle and off, turning sharply down the leg stump from the rough, with extra bounce too. Cameron Green rocks back and bails out of the flick, as the ball beats both bat and keeper before trickling away towards deep fine leg for three byes, as it is hunted down by the deep backward square leg fielder to his right. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Will Jacks to Cameron Green, Quicker and flatter, on off. Cameron Green blocks. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Will Jacks to Cameron Green, A bit more of yes-no between the batters. Tossed up, around off, Cameron Green pushes this to the left of Jacob Bethell at cover and Alex Carey sets off for one. Green sends him back just in time. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Will Jacks to Cameron Green, Fuller one, wide of off, around the rough patch. Green blocks this from the inside of his bat to short leg. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Will Jacks to Cameron Green, Tossed up, on middle and off. Cameron Green blocks this out. |
| 1 | 28.7 | 28.6: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Back of a length around off, Cameron Green tucks this towards the mid-wicket region and takes one. |
| 1 | 28.6 | 28.5: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Back of a length on middle and off, Alex Carey hops up on his toes and keeps it out around silly point for a single. |
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.4: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short and wide of off, Alex Carey leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.3: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Good length on the pads, Alex Carey tucks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.2: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Short pitched, around leg. Alex Carey ducks down on this one. |
| 1 | 28.2 | 28.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, CHAOS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCG! Short pitched, on off, Green stands tall and dabs it into the off side before setting off. Carse is quick to the ball, turns, and has a shy at the stumps at the bowler's end, but misses. With no one backing up, they take off for the second. Carey is halfway down when Green starts ball-watching and has run too far. Noticing that, Carey eventually sends him back, knowing he would never have made it to the striker’s end. The throw comes to the keeper but both the batters make it to their respective ends by then. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, WIDE! One for the over, says the umpire after gesturing a wide ball. Bumper, way too high over the batter and Green sits under it. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Joe Root to Alex Carey, Slides into the batter, full in length, Alex Carey draws the front foot forward and defends it under his eyes. |
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Joe Root to Alex Carey, Nice and full, tossed up on middle. Alex Carey lunges ahead and gently pushes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Joe Root to Alex Carey, Darts in a length ball, outside off, Carey leaves. |
| 1 | 27.3 | 27.3: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Touch short, wide outside off, steered off the back foot to deep backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 27.2 | 27.2: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Flat and full, around off, Cameron Green is drawn forward and smothers the spin into the off side. |
| 1 | 27.1 | 27.1: Joe Root to Alex Carey, Short and on off, Carey hangs deep inside the crease and knocks it to deep cover for a single. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Banged short, on off, bunted out to the cover region. |
| 4 | 26.5 | 26.5: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, FOUR! SOLIDLY CRUNCHED! Short of a good length, on off, rearing up off the deck. Cameron Green rides the bounce as he stands tall and punches it wide of cover for a cracking boundary. Australia need 22 more runs to win. |
| 1 | 26.4 | 26.4: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Back of a length, lasered at the pads. Carey is rushed on the back foot and glances it to the right of short fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 26.3 | 26.3: Brydon Carse to Cameron Green, Slammed hard into the pitch, on the leg stump. Green hops inside the line and tickles it behind to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 26.2 | 26.2: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Jags back in from a good length, on middle. Alex Carey is flummoxed by the bounce and nip into him but plays with soft hands and fends it off the inner half to the mid-wicket region. Carse rushes to his left from the follow-through to cut the ball off, but Green, who is off for a single, almost rams into him, but hops to avoid the collision and reaches the other end, completing a quick single. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Brydon Carse to Alex Carey, Full and on off, from around the stumps. Alex Carey plays off the front foot and bumps it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Drops it full, on off, defended watchfully back to the bowler's left. |
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Full and nicely looped around off, Green gets a big stride in and pushes it to cover. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Joe Root to Cameron Green, An appeal for a catch, but not given! Miles away from the bat. Extracts prodigious turn into the batter with some bounce, does Root. Full and spinning across the bat as Cameron Green leans forward to defend it out. He gets beaten on the inside edge and the ball lobs off the front pad and is taken by Ben Duckett at short leg. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Tossed up nicely, short and spinning in from off. Cameron Green uses the depth of the crease as he hangs back and blocks it watchfully. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Hangs up there, full and on off, Green drills it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Full and tossed on off, Green drives it to mid off. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, A steep bouncer on middle and leg. Alex Carey sits under it to leave. |
| 1 | 24.5 | 24.5: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Length-delivery, on the pads, Cameron Green stands tall and tucks it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 24.4 | 24.4: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Full and slanted in on the pads, Care flicks it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2 | 24.3 | 24.3: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Full and straight on middle, Carey cracks the straight drive and it is chased down by Ben Duckett to his left from mid off for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 24.2 | 24.2: Josh Tongue to Cameron Green, Back of a length, on middle and leg, Cameron Green gets inside the line and steers it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 24.1 | 24.1: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Short and outside off, Alex Carey hangs back and steers it to deep backward point for a single. |
| 2 | 23.6 | 23.6: Joe Root to Cameron Green, On a shorter length, outside off, Cameron Green works it wide of extra cover for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 23.5 | 23.5: Joe Root to Alex Carey, Pitched full, on off driven off the front foot wide of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Joe Root to Alex Carey, Nice and full, around off, eased straight back at the bowler. |
| 1 | 23.3 | 23.3: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Full and pushed outside off, Cameron Green creams it through point for an easy single. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Joe Root to Cameron Green, Spins in sharply from off, on a fuller length, Cameron Green leans forward to defend, but plays over the line and the ball clips the front pad and lobs into the hands of short leg. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Joe Root to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! MARNUS IS RUN OUT! Pinch yourselves because it is real. A needless throw of a wicket and England keep themselves alive in the contest. Tossed up outside off. Labuschagne strides forward to the pitch of the ball and drills it past a diving short extra cover to his right. He instantly calls for the single and charges halfway down, but Carey is ball-watching and doesn’t respond, forcing Marnus to turn back. Potts reacts sharply, moving left from mid off to collect and fire in a flat, simple throw to the keeper. Jamie Smith whips off the bails as Labuschagne dives in vain, and the replays confirm he is miles short of his ground. Marnus Labuschagne is down on his haunches and admonishes himself as he straightaway knew his fate. 37 off 40 for Marnus Labuschagne and Australia are 121/5. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, On a length, around off, pushed towards mid off. |
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Touch full, on middle, this is clipped to mid on. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Full and angling in and around off, Alex Carey forces the drive to mid off. |
| 2 | 22.3 | 22.3: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Back of a length, outside off, Alex Carey smashes it through cover and point for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Josh Tongue to Alex Carey, Bumper, around leg. Alex Carey ducks down on this. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Josh Tongue to Usman Khawaja, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Josh Tongue keeps troubling the Aussies as he bags his third wicket. Short of a length in the channel outside off. Khawaja hops back and looks to punch on the off side, but there is just a hint of inward deviation. It takes the inside edge and deflects onto the top of the stumps. And that brings the curtain down on Khawaja in the Baggy Green. He receives a standing ovation as the SCG rises to applaud. Marnus Labuschagne walks up to embrace him, gives him a pat on the back, as the crowd gives Khawaja a warm, heartfelt farewell. The veteran gets down on his haunches and kisses the turf before he makes a long walk back to the dressing room for one last time as his Test career draws to a close. Unfortunately, he couldn't make much of an impact in his final Test, and walks back for 6 (7). Australia are 119/4, needing 41 runs. |
| 4 | 21.6 | 21.6: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Laced through the gap! Wide outside off, very full, Marnus Labuschagne strides across and carves it hard and beats the diving cover fielder to his right for a boundary. |
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Good length outside off at 90.4 kph. It lands and then turns back in and stays low as Labuschagne steps down the track, covering the line to defend, only to nudge it off the inside edge towards short leg. |
| 2 | 21.4 | 21.4: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and outside off at 88.5 kph. Labuschagne looks to reverse-sweep, but it comes off the bottom of the bat and dribbles out to deep point. He was aiming to place it much squarer, but will still come back for a comfortable two. |
| 4 | 21.3 | 21.3: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Smashed down the ground! Full, around off, Marnus Labuschagne advances down the pitch and plays with the spin. His bat does twist at the point of contact, but he goes through his shot and lofts it over mid on to beat the long on fielder to his left for a boundary. |
| 2 | 21.2 | 21.2: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Turns in from the rough, on a length, Marnus Labuschagne backs away and slaps it to deep extra cover for a couple of runs. |
| 4 | 21.1 | 21.1: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Good response! Full and turning into the stumps. Labuschagne drops to one knee, plays against the spin, rolls his wrists, and reverse-sweeps it neatly through backward point for a boundary. |
| 1 | 20.6 | 20.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, EDGED AND DROPPED! A hot chance goes begging as Bethell shells what could have been a stunner of a catch. Wide outside off, on a fullish length, nipping away. Marnus Labuschagne throws his bat at it to drive towards cover, but is nowhere near the pitch of the ball and gets an outside edge that is bound to fly over the gully fielder, but Jacob Bethell throws himself airborne with the leap and tries to catch it with both hands stretched over his head, but just couldn't cling on it as he lands hard on the ground and the ball pops out of his hands. A single taken. 10/10 for the effort there from the young bloke. |
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Angles it into the batter, full in length, at 140.6 kph. Marnus Labuschagne lets the ball arrive and solidly bunts it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and outside off. Marnus Labuschagne commits on the front foot and drives to get it past the cover fielder, but Ben Duckett dives to his left and cuts it off. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, A sizzling bumper, on the leg stump. Marnus Labuschagne ducks under it. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Nips away from the seam, on a length, outside off, Marnus Labuschagne lets it go. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Hard lenght, on middle, blocked watchfully off the back foot. |
| 2 | 19.6 | 19.6: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Nearly! Dropped short, on off, Usman Khawaja rocks back and tries to punch it in front of square on the off side, but gets a fat outside edge. The ball shoots between the keeper and the first slip fielder. Ben Stokes at first slip, is a bit too wide and dives to his right to catch, but the ball evades him and rolls to the deep for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Slower through the air at 86.1 kph, full and sliding on off with some turn. Usman Khawaja tries the paddle sweep, but gets a thick top edge and the ball lands safely in thereabouts of mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Straighter outside off, on a length, left alone by Usman. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Sharp turn, flighted full and on off, Usman Khawaja plays with soft hands and defends it out. |
| 4 | 19.2 | 19.2: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, FOUR! Khawaja is up and running! Drifts in and on the leg stump line, full in length. Usman Khawaja gets across the line and sits down on a knee as he paddles it to deep fine leg for a boundary. 100 UP FOR AUSTRALIA! |
| 1 | 19.1 | 19.1: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Around off, spinning in on a length, Marnus Labuschagne goes deep inside the crease and nudges it behind square on the leg side, just past the forward square leg fielder for a single. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length, rearing up a bit, on middle, Marnus Labuschagne is a bit indecisive there. He leans back and just checks his pull shot towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 2 | 18.5 | 18.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and on middle, nipping in. Marnus Labuschagne looks to flick it across, but closes the bat face a bit too early, which ekes out a thick leading edge towards deep backward point. Two taken. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Outside off, on a length, Marnus is stubborn in leaving. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Short on top of the stumps, Marnus ducks under it. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Nagging length, around off, left alone alertly. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, A massive appeal from the bowler for caught behind, but not given. Jamie Smith is not interested and Stokes gestures that it came off the thigh pad. And the English skipper is spot on. A bit too straight on the pads, on a good length, Marnus Labuschagne misses his flick and the ball grazes his front thigh pad before Jamie Smith takes a diving catch to his left. Snicko later confirms the same. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.6: Will Jacks to Usman Khawaja, Full, on off, blocked watchfully off the front foot to the off side. |
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.5: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, OUT! BOWLED! That's a ripper from Jacks! Dishes out a sharp off break that lands around off and spins across into the batter prodigiously off the rough patch. Steve Smith is sucked into the defensive shot on the front foot, but plays all over it as the ball beats the inside edge to rattle the stumps behind. Steve Smith is left stunned at the crease and falls for 12 (12). Australia are 92/3, needing 68 more runs. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.4: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Spins in from off, on a fuller length, Steve Smith gets on the front foot to defend, but the ball goes off the inner half to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Too full, around off, Smith drives inside out to cover. |
| 1 | 17.2 | 17.2: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Straight and short, on the stumps, tucked across through widish mid-wicket for a single. |
| 3 | 17.1 | 17.1: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Good effort by Duckett in the deep, as he saves a run for his side. Full and tossed up outside off. Smith drops to one knee and goes for the sweep towards deep backward square leg, but gets a top edge and the ball slows on its way towards the fence. Duckett sprints to his right from deep square leg and slides to flick the ball in. Has he managed to stop it? The TV umpire takes a look, and the replays confirm a clean save. It will be three runs. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Stump-to-stump, full, blocked right under the bat. |
| 1 | 16.5 | 16.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Back of a length, outside off, steered off the back foot to deep point for a single. |
| 4 | 16.4 | 16.4: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, FOUR! Caressed away! On a fuller length, on the fifth stump line. Steve Smith throws his bat at it, plays through the line, and drives it to the left of cover as the ball races away to the boundary. Australia need 73 runs more. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Around off and full, Steve Smith gets on the front foot and eases it to extra cover. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Full and on middle, Smith shuffles in the crease and clips it to mid-wicket again. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Gets across a long way, and blocks this length ball across to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and in front of the sticks, Marnus takes a giant stride forward and smothers the spin. |
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Spins in from a length, on middle. Marnus Labuschagne hangs back and blocks it straight. |
| 6 | 15.4 | 15.4: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, SIX! Here we go! Jacks serves a genuine half volley, on off, Marnus Labuschagne charges down the track, gets underneath the ball nicely, and smokes it over wide long on for a six. That's a 92-meter biggie over cow corner. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Much fuller than the previous delivery, on middle, Smith flicks it to the right of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2 | 15.2 | 15.2: Will Jacks to Steve Smith, Tossed up, full and spinning in from middle, Steve Smith advances down the track and flicks it between mid on and mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 15.1 | 15.1: Will Jacks to Marnus Labuschagne, Full, on middle, clipped away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 14.6 | 14.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and on middle and leg, Marnus Labuschagne flicks off the pads to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 14.5 | 14.5: Josh Tongue to Steve Smith, Straight at the stumps, full and on off, Steve Smith brings his bat in front to defend, but the ball nips in and rolls off the inner half of the bat to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, OUT! TOP EDGE AND GONE! Tongue with an important wicket and both the Aussie openers are back in the hut now. A well-directed short ball from Tongue does the trick. It kicks sharply from a length, and with Weatherald pressing forward, he gets himself in a bit of a tangle. He looks to decide on leaving at the very last moment, but he just cannot get his bat out of the way from this rearing delivery. The ball balloons high off the top edge and travels behind towards deep fine leg. Matthew Potts charges in off the ropes and dives forward to take the catch. Another start cut short for Jake Weatherald as he departs for 34 (40). Australia are 71/2, needing 89 more runs. And that will be LUNCH on Day 5! |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, This one nips back in on a good length, Jake Weatherald fends it to the off side. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Big flash and a miss! For the umpteenth time. Back of a length, nibbling away with bounce, outside off. Jake Weatherald throws his bat at it swinging hard for a cut shot, but misses. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, In-between length, around off, Jake waits back and blocks it to mid on. |
| 1 | 13.6 | 13.6: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, Serves it full, on off, Jake Weatherald drills it down to long off for a comfortable single. |
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, Full and on off, Jake Weatherald carves it inside out to short extra cover. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, Not too short, around off, steered off the back foot to cover-point. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, JUST SHORT! Very full from Jacks, dipping in on off, Jake Weatherald gets on the front foot and ends up chipping it off the toe end of the bat to the right of the bowler. Will Jacks dives full length on his follow-through, to his right, but the ball just yorks his right palm and rolls around him. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, Lands on one of the cracks around off and turns away sharply. Jake watchfully lets it go. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Will Jacks to Jake Weatherald, Starts with a full ball, sliding in on middle, Jake pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 4 | 12.6 | 12.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Gracefully driven! Josh feeds in a fuller ball, just outside off, Marnus Labuschagne leans on it with a steady head and effortlessly laces it through the cover gap for a crisp boundary. Australia need 90 more runs. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Another one slanted down leg, on a length, Marnus Labuschagne ignores that again. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Nips in from a length, on off, Marnus Labuschagne hangs back and bunts it down the strip using soft hands. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Short and at the rib height, angling down leg. Marnus Labuschagne lets it be. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Straighter line, on middle, blocked straight back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, A bit too straight down leg, on a fractionally fuller length. There is a leg slip in place, in the form of Harry Brook, but Marnus Labuschagne tries to flick it behind square on the leg side by getting far across and misses. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Jacob Bethell to Jake Weatherald, Goes back in the crease and bunts this length ball back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 11.5 | 11.5: Jacob Bethell to Marnus Labuschagne, Touch short, on middle, clipped off the back foot to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Jacob Bethell to Marnus Labuschagne, In-drifter on a fuller length, at 87.3 kph, Marnus Labuschagne takes a giant stride forward to smother the spin. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Jacob Bethell to Marnus Labuschagne, Pushed full, on off, Marnus leans forward and eases it to short cover. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Jacob Bethell to Marnus Labuschagne, On a length, around middle, nudged off the back foot to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: Jacob Bethell to Jake Weatherald, Flicked with the spin to the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Fired in at the stumps, full in length. Marnus gets a bit squared up on his back foot defence and the ball rolls off his inside edge to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, A rib-tickling bumper, on the leg stump. Marnus Labuschagne gets inside the line and lets it fly behind to Jamie Smith. |
| 2 | 10.4 | 10.4: Josh Tongue to Marnus Labuschagne, Full in length, on middle and leg, Marnus Labuschagne gets across and flicks it to the left of deep fine leg for a couple of runs to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND GONE! Josh Tongue provides the first breakthrough for England. Head's aggressive attempt becomes the reason for his downfall. Josh bangs in a sizzling bumper, angling it into the body. The ball rears up awkwardly as Travis Head looks to take on the pull, but the extra bounce forces a thick top edge that loops high over mid-wicket. Brydon Carse tracks back over his left shoulder, adjusts to the swirl, and settles underneath it to complete a fine catch. Head is gone for 29 off 35, and Australia are 62/1, still needing 98 more. |
| 4 | 10.2 | 10.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, FOUR! Up and over gully! Back of a length, on the fourth stump line, Travis Head uses his wrists to square cut it over the leaping backward point fielder for a boundary. AUSTRALIA NEED 98 RUNS TO WIN! |
| 1 | 10.1 | 10.1: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Slammed hard into the pitch, angling in and around middle, Jake Weatherald rides the bounce and nudges it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Outside off, on a fullish length, Travis Head reaches for it and tickles it to the left of the first slip fielder. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Lands on the footmark and spins in from off, on a length, Travis Head rocks back and fends it to the off side in front of square. |
| 1 | 9.4 | 9.4: Jacob Bethell to Jake Weatherald, Fractionally short, just outside off, steered off the back foot to the point region for a single. |
| 4 | 9.3 | 9.3: Jacob Bethell to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Runs coming thick and fast for Australia! Flat and full, outside off with some bounce and grip into the batter. Jake Weatherald employs the reverse sweep, but it goes off the top edge, into the backward point gap and races away to the fence for four more. Jake Weatherald moves to 30 (26). |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Full and outside off, Head dances down the track and mistimes his heave across the line. The ball goes off the inner half towards long on for a single. |
| 2 | 9.1 | 9.1: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Lands it around off, on a shortish length, Travis Head shimmies a little and slaps it to the left of deep point for a couple of runs. 50 UP FOR AUSTRALIA! The hosts need 109 more runs to win. |
| 4 | 8.6 | 8.6: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Textbook! That will annoy Carse a lot more. Fullish delivery, around off, Jake Weatherald gets on the front foot and nonchalantly executes the drive between cover and mid off for a cracking boundary. |
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, He hops on to ride this length ball, on off, and drops it in front of short mid-wicket for a quick single. |
| 4 | 8.4 | 8.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! That has pinged off the bat! Much fuller from Carse, outside off. Enough width for someone like Head to deal with. He presses back and punches it crisply to the deep cover fence to collect a boundary. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Nagging length, outside off, played late off the back foot, and on the bounce to the right of the gully fielder. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Rises up from a length, outside off, Travis Head tries the uppercut but misses. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Banged in short, around off, Travis Head lines up to pull it across, but fails to get the connection. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Short, outside off, cut away off the back foot to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Darted in, full and on off, Head leans to block. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Touch full, spinning in sharply around off. Travis Head covers the stumps and lets it hit his back pad. A desperate appeal from the English players behind the stumps, but nothing doing. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Jacob Bethell to Travis Head, Full and outside off, at 90.4 kph. Head gets forward and looks to defend, but gets an inside edge and wears it on the pads. |
| 1 | 7.2 | 7.2: Jacob Bethell to Jake Weatherald, Turns in from off, on a fuller length, forced out to extra cover. |
| 4 | 7.1 | 7.1: Jacob Bethell to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! Welcome to the attack, mate! Pitched full and on the stumps, Jake Weatherald reverse sweeps it through backward point for a cracking boundary. |
| 1 | 6.6 | 6.6: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length, on the pads, this is tucked behind square on the leg side for a single. And here we go again, Brydon Carse again walks to the batter and there is a heated exchage of words between Jake and him. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, It's heating up, folks! Weatherald again flashes and misses out on the cut shot on the outside edge and Carse is in the batter's face, giving him a bit of mouthful. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, DRAMA AGAIN! Back of a length, outside off, jagging back in a touch, Jake Weatherald tries to play the square cut again, but the ball whispers past his under edge and carries to Smith behind the wickets. A big appeal for caught behind, but not given. There is a lot of yelling and screaming from the men behind the stumps, including Jamie Smith, but when Stokes asks about the review, there is hardly any confidence. But still, Stokes goes upstairs for a review. There is a little murmur on Snicko when the ball is close to the bat, but after checking several times, the third umpire deems Weatherald not out as the spike is not conclusive enough to overturn the decision. Carse storms towards umpire Ahsan Raza for an animated exchange, but Stokes is quick to step in and pull him away. The England captain then stays back to have a word with Ahsan Raza himself before taking his spot. |
| 4 | 6.3 | 6.3: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! A left-hander's delight! That will serve as a real confidence booster for Weatherald. Width outside off, on a hard length, Jake Weatherald hangs back and square cuts it through backward point for a cracking boundary. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Slanting away from the southpaw, on a good length, nipping away further, Jake Weatherald is sucked into the cover drive. He slashes at it but misses. |
| 1 | 6.1 | 6.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Banged halfway into the pitch, on top of off. Jake Weatherald stands tall and controls the pull shot, and drags it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Overpitched, outside off, Jake fails to carve it away to the off side as the ball breezes past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Slammed hard at 141.5 kph, on the leg stump line, waits back and knocks it across to the leg side, in front of square. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Nagging length, on top of the stumps, Jake Weatherald rocks back and nudges it to the square leg region. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Nip-backer on a fuller length, around the middle stump line, Jake Weatherald presses forward to flick, but gets an inside edge on the front pad as the ball rolls away to point. A half-hearted appeal from the Englishmen, but the umpire stays unmoved. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Back of a length, skidding through the deck, angling into the batter. Jake Weatherald looks to steer it to the leg side, but it nips back slightly to beat the inside edge. The ball then pings him on the thigh pad before spooning towards the gully fielder who dives in front to take it. |
| 1 | 5.1 | 5.1: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Touch full, in and around middle at 136 kph, Travis Head hops on the toes and tucks it to widish mid-wicket for an easy single. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Fuller ball, around off, Jake Weatherald leans on it and crisply drives it, but he is unrewarded as it goes straight to the man at extra cover. |
| 1 | 4.5 | 4.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, A sizzling short ball, outside off, Travis Head hangs back and drags it across with the pull shot towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, SLASH AND A MISS! Not too short and not too full, around off, Travis Head weighs back and attempts to slap that in front of square on the off side, but misses. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, BEATEN! Wobbles away from the batter, on a good length, on top of middle. Travis Head's feet go nowhere and he tries to drill it straight down the ground. But the ball lands and deviates away to zip past his outside edge. |
| 1 | 4.2 | 4.2: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Overpitched delivery, wide outside off, Jake Weatherald carves it away by playing the expansive cover drive for a single at deep extra cover. |
| 1 | 4.1 | 4.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Singles coming easily for the hosts! Back of a length, around off, Travis Head waits back and knocks it through extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 3.6 | 3.6: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, Hard length, rising up on top of off, Travis Head gets on the toes and dabs it away to the point region for a single. Australia need 136 runs. |
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, And again! He tries to square cut this length ball, which is fairly outside off. But Tongue puts in an extra effort on it and extracts extra bounce that passes above Head's angled bat. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, BEATEN! Tongue spears one outside off, on a hard length, and it nips away sharply. Travis Head goes fishing at it as he throws the kitchen sink to slash it away, only to get beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Length-delivery, angling into the pads with some bounce. Jake tries to ride the rising ball, and tries to glance it to the leg side, but misses. The ball goes off the thigh pad and rolls in thereabouts of square leg for a leg bye. |
| 1 | 3.2 | 3.2: Josh Tongue to Travis Head, On a length, on the leg stump, Head stays back and knocks it to the right of mid on for a quick single. |
| 1 | 3.1 | 3.1: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Short of a good length, around off, with extra bounce. Jake Weatherald hops off and tries to nudge it across to the leg side, but the ball hits the splice and rolls away to the off side for a quick single. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Full and on off, Travis Head defends this one. |
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Yorker on off. Travis Head keeps it out. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Good length, around off, Travis Head pushes this towards cover for no run. |
| 1 | 2.3 | 2.3: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Good length, wide of off. Jake Weatherald dabs this in front of point and takes a single. |
| 1 | 2.2 | 2.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, On a length around the pads, Travis Head flicks this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Good length on middle and off. Travis Head blocks it out to mid on. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length on off, Jake Weatherald defends this off his front foot. |
| 4 | 1.5 | 1.5: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, FOUR! A bit too short and way too wide outside off. Jake Weatherald rides the bounce and slaps this through the right of the fielder at extra cover for four runs. |
| 2 | 1.4 | 1.4: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length, spraying down the leg. Jake Weatherald flicks this through backward square leg for two more. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length, wide of off, shaping away from the batter. Jake leaves it. |
| 2 | 1.2 | 1.2: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length wide of off, Jake cuts this to deep point for a couple. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Josh Tongue to Jake Weatherald, Good length, around the pads, going down the leg. Jake Weatherald goes for the flick but misses. Loud appel for LBW but the umpire turns it down. |
| 4 | 0.6 | 0.6: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! Boundary down the ground. Full and on the pads, Travis Head gets right on top of the bounce and flicks this through the right of the mid on fielder for four runs. |
| 4 | 0.5 | 0.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! Carse was keen and England decided to review for LBW. The players had seen umpire Ahsan Raza signal leg byes before going upstairs. It was a very full delivery from Tongue. Head stayed in the crease to work the flick, but got a faint leading edge onto his pad and the ball then trickled away to the deep third fence, between the second slip and gully fielders. Snicko confirmed a clear spike when the ball was next to the bat. But, in any case, even without the bat involved, the ball had pitched outside the leg stump, so England would have lost that review either way. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Hard length, into the batter. Travis Head hops up on his toes and blocks it out. |
| 1 | 0.3 | 0.3: Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, Good length on middle and leg, Jake Weatherald tucks this through mid-wicket and gets off the mark. |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, Full and on the pads, Travis Head flicks this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, DRAMA STRAIGHTAWAY! Full toss, swinging into the batter, around leg. Travis Head misses out on the flick. The ball clips the pads of Head and rolls back towards the slips cordon. There is a direct hit from one of the slip fielders towards the striker's end as Head tries to plant his bat inside the popping crease. On-field umpire sends this upstairs. Replay shows that Head's bat was grounded behind the crease when the stumps were hit. |