Australia Vs England Highlights, 3rd Ashes Test Day 2: AUS Take Control In Adelaide
Australia vs England Highlights, 3rd Ashes Test Day 2: Check the top moments of the second day’s play from the Adelaide Oval.
Australia vs England Highlights, 3rd Test Day 2 (Australia National Cricket Team vs England National Cricket Team): England slipped to 213/8 in reply to Australia’s first innings total of 371 on the second day of the contest at Adelaide Oval.
An emotional Alex Carey slammed a controversial 106 on his home ground and Usman Khawaja hit a defiant 82 on Wednesday to put Australia in the driving seat of the third Ashes Test against England. Batting after captain Pat Cummins won the toss at Adelaide Oval, the hosts were 326-8 at stumps on day one after the shock of Steve Smith being ruled out with illness.
Mitchell Starc was not out 33 and Nathan Lyon yet to score.
Playing XIs
Australia: Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (WK), Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (C), Jamie Smith (WK), Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue
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Welcome back for Australia’s second stint with the bat. The umpires and players walk out. Stokes leads his men out as the players of England spread out and take their spots on the field. Travis Head and Jake Weatherald are the two openers for Australia. Half-centurion with the bat, Jofra Archer will kick things off with the new ball. Head to face with three slips and a gully in position. Here we go…
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… THIRD INNINGS …
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Well then, Australia will effectively begin at 85/0 and given how evidently this pitch has looked good for batting, Australia will aim to just snap the wind out of England’s sails and push them absolutely on the mat. England need early breakthroughs in the next 22 minutes or so if they’re to make inroads before the interval. They will need to bowl with heart and find a bit more consistency in their lines and lengths. Archer, the man who took a five-for, will be the absolute key for England with the ball. Australia’s task is simple. See off this tricky period and head to Lunch unscathed. We’ll be back shortly as Australia resumes their innings after the break. Don’t go anywhere.
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What followed after that was a perfect example of a brave fightback. Many thought that England would fold under pressure, but being absolutely cornered at 168/8, Stokes and Archer led a valiant partnership together. They battled hard to coast England on Day 2, and did extremely well this morning against the aged ball. Both reached their respective fifties, and their stand was growing nice and steady at 106 runs. The deficit was trimmed below three digits and just when frustrations were about to creep in that Aussie camp, Mitchell Starc produced a moment of brilliance to end Stokes’ resistance before Boland cleaned up the remaining wicket.
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Bat your time out. Stay at the crease for long and the runs are in the offing. This has been a dream pitch for batting, but the English top order yet again failed to show that ‘dog’ Stokes mentioned at the start of this Test. The top three again gave underwhelming returns with just 41 runs shared among them. Root batted well for his 19, but Cummins proved just too good to cut short his stay. At 71/4, Brook and Stokes worked really hard, but Green was the one who ended that fightback, pushing England back to a rebuild.
0 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 286/10, 87.2 Over
Scott Boland to Jofra Archer : OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Scott Boland wraps things up with a three-fer.
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The walls have fallen for England. Nothing to take away from the way Stokes and Archer resisted together for that lengthy period of time. But Australia have time and again displayed that knack of seizing the right moments. Australia will begin with still quite a considerable lead, but England would definitely see it as a psychological win to truncate that deficit into double figures, which, at one point, looked almost impossible.
England vs Australia Live Score : 286/9, 87.1 Over
Scott Boland to Jofra Archer : Good length and on middle, Jofra Archer gets behind the line of it and blocks it out.
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What stood out most about the Stokes-Archer stand wasn’t just their lengthy resistance, but Stokes’ clever man-management. By backing Archer and feeding him the strike, he injected belief into the quick, and that newfound confidence is now radiating from him. Tongue can bat, but can Archer show the same trust in him is the question. And here’s the bowling change from Australia. Scott Boland (15-6-45-2) is back on, replacing Starc.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 286/9, 86.6 Over
Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue : Overpitched and outside off, Josh Tongue reaches out for it and drills it wide of deep point and comes back for the second run.
England vs Australia Live Score : 284/9, 86.5 Over
Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue : Beaten! Pitched up and around off, angling away, Josh Tongue looks to drive it away but gets beaten on the outside edge.
England vs Australia Live Score : 284/9, 86.4 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : Fuller one and on middle and leg, Jofra Archer flicks it to deep square leg and takes the runs this time. Two balls to survive for Josh Tongue.
England vs Australia Live Score : 283/9, 86.3 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : Back of a length and just outside off, Jofra Archer leaves it alone.
England vs Australia Live Score : 283/9, 86.2 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : That’s a wild shot from Jofra Archer! Fuller and on middle, angling away from the batter. Archer skips down the track and has a big hoick across the line. Gets a top edge that goes towards deep third, but he refuses the single.
England vs Australia Live Score : 283/9, 86.1 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : FOUR LEG BYES! England will take that! Mitchell Starc lands this short of a length but down the leg side. Jofra Archer misses his glance as the ball goes off his pads behind. Alex Carey dives to his left but it goes well wide of him and rolls to the fine leg fence for a boundary. The deficit is 88 runs now.
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STAT – The 106-run alliance between Stokes and Archer was the third-best partnership in this Ashes for any wicket. It was also the 5th highest 9th wicket partnership for England against Australia in the Ashes.
4 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 279/9, 85.6 Over
Pat Cummins to Josh Tongue : Full and just around off, Josh Tongue plays well inside the line of it and misses.
England vs Australia Live Score : 279/9, 85.5 Over
Pat Cummins to Josh Tongue : Full again but angling into the pads, Josh Tongue flicks it away wide of deep square leg for a couple of runs.
England vs Australia Live Score : 277/9, 85.4 Over
Pat Cummins to Josh Tongue : Beaten! Pat Cummins goes fuller and on off, angles it in and then shapes it away. Josh Tongue looks to drive it on the up but gets beaten on the outside edge.
England vs Australia Live Score : 277/9, 85.3 Over
Pat Cummins to Josh Tongue : Bangs in a bouncer now, on middle and leg, Josh Tongue ducks under it.
England vs Australia Live Score : 277/9, 85.2 Over
Pat Cummins to Josh Tongue : Touch fuller and on off, Josh Tongue drives it aerially but safely through covers for a brace.
England vs Australia Live Score : 275/9, 85.1 Over
Pat Cummins to Josh Tongue : On a length and on off, Josh Tongue pats it towards short cover.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 275/9, 84.6 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : Good length and on the fifth stump line, shaping away, Jofra Archer pushes at it with hard hands but gets beaten on the outside edge.
England vs Australia Live Score : 275/9, 84.5 Over
Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue : Pitched up and the on the pads, Josh Tongue clips it to deep square leg for one.
England vs Australia Live Score : 274/9, 84.4 Over
Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue : Short of a length and on off, Josh Tongue steers it away to point.
England vs Australia Live Score : 274/9, 84.3 Over
Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue : A big shout for LBW, but turned down! However, Pat Cummins takes the review here and this one looks close. Mitchell Starc bowls a fine yorker, on middle, shaping it in a bit. Josh Tongue fails to get his bat down in time and gets hit on his toes. Snicko confirms no bat involved and Ball tracking shows it to be clipping the leg pole. Umpire’s call saves Tongue here.
England vs Australia Live Score : 274/9, 84.2 Over
Mitchell Starc to Josh Tongue : Fuller and just around off, Josh Tongue looks to drive it away but gets a bottom edge as the ball rolls to the keeper.
England vs Australia Live Score : 274/9, 84.1 Over
Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes : OUT! BOWLED’EM! Who else? It is Mitchell Starc who gets the massive breakthrough for Australia. This is the 12th time he has got Ben Stokes in Test cricket, and the reaction from the English skipper says it all. Starc steams in from over the wicket, lands this on a good length and just on off, gets it to jag back in sharply and a long way. Stokes gets a bit stuck in his crease and tries to block it, but plays completely down the wrong line. The ball zips through the gap between bat and pad to shatter the stumps behind. Stokes is hopping like a kid in disappointment as he knows how important this could be in the context of the Ashes. Stokes trudges off after scoring 83 off 198, and the big 106-run stand has been broken now. England are 274/9, still trailing by 97 runs.
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Josh Tongue is the last batter in for England.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 274/8, 83.6 Over
Pat Cummins to Jofra Archer : Short of a length and well outside off, Jofra Archer leaves it alone.
England vs Australia Live Score : 274/8, 83.5 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : On a length and on middle, Ben Stokes guides it off the outer half of the bat through point for a run.
England vs Australia Live Score : 273/8, 83.4 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : Back of a length and just around off, Ben Stokes steps across a bit but lets it go to the keeper.
England vs Australia Live Score : 273/8, 83.3 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : Swing and a miss! Fuller one and just outisde off. Ben Stokes looks to loft it down the ground and swings through the line but only connects with thin air.
England vs Australia Live Score : 273/8, 83.2 Over
Pat Cummins to Jofra Archer : MAIDEN TEST FIFTY FOR ARCHER!
England vs Australia Live Score : 272/8, 83.1 Over
Pat Cummins to Jofra Archer : Fuller in length and on middle, holds its line, Jofra Archer takes a couple of steps forward and blocks it out.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 272/8, 82.6 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : A yorker now, on middle, swings in a bit, Jofra Archer jams it out to mid on and scampers across for a run. He moves to 49 now. England’s deficit is into two digits now.
England vs Australia Live Score : 271/8, 82.5 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : BEATEN! Pitched up and just on middle and off, nips away after hitting the deck. Jofra Archer gets drawn forward to defend but the ball zips past the outside edge.
England vs Australia Live Score : 271/8, 82.4 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : Play and a miss! Fuller in length and outside off, angling away. Jofra Archer gets tempted and throws his hands at it but misses.
England vs Australia Live Score : 271/8, 82.3 Over
Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes : Good length and on off, Ben Stokes taps it in front of cover for a quick single.
England vs Australia Live Score : 270/8, 82.2 Over
Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes : Goes fuller and on off, shapes away a bit, Ben Stokes uses his feet and drills it but straight to mid off.
England vs Australia Live Score : 270/8, 82.1 Over
Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes : Short of a length and well outside off, Ben Stokes makes an easy leave.
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DRINKS! England have survived the first hour here. Well, survive might be a bit harsh a word, but Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer have reduced the lead to 101 runs now. However, they know they still have a long way to go and need to continue like this, at least till Lunch. Australia will be hoping that with the second new ball, their bowlers can produce two good balls and wrap things up quickly here.
9 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 270/8, 81.6 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : Swings in from a fuller length, Stokes whips it away to deep backward square leg for a single. The deficit for England now reads 101 runs.
England vs Australia Live Score : 269/8, 81.5 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : Big appeal for LBW, but instantly dies down and the umpire shakes his head too. Jags back in from off, on a good length, Ben Stokes is deep in his crease and tries to steer it to the leg side, but misses on the inside edge and wears it on the thigh pad.
England vs Australia Live Score : 269/8, 81.4 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : WHISKER! Just in the channel of off, on a good length. It lands and straightens just enough to shoot past the outside edge of Stokes.
England vs Australia Live Score : 269/8, 81.3 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : Good length, on off, blocked off the crease to the left of Cummins.
England vs Australia Live Score : 269/8, 81.2 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : INSIDE EDGE, FOUR! This one zips back in a long way from a good length, on middle and leg. Ben Stokes is pinned in the crease and tries to block it off, but gets an inside edge over the leg stump. It shoots to the right of the diving Carey and races to the fence behind. 100-run partnership is up between Stokes and Archer.
England vs Australia Live Score : 265/8, 81.1 Over
Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes : FOUR! That’s crunched away! Cummins with a bit of a loosener, short and outside off, Ben Stokes has all the time in the world to pull in the vast acreage at deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
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Double change. Pat Cummins brings himself into the attack now.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 261/8, 80.6 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : There’s the tempter! Swings a bit in and then nips away from the deck, on a fuller length, outside off. Jofra Archer pushes at it on the front foot, but plays inside the line as the ball zips past the outside edge.
England vs Australia Live Score : 261/8, 80.5 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : At 142.7 kph, Starc fires it in on a fuller length, on off, Jofra Archer casually blocks off the front foot to cover.
England vs Australia Live Score : 261/8, 80.4 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : Goes across the batter, on a shorter length. Archer is happy to let it go.
England vs Australia Live Score : 261/8, 80.3 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : Big shout for LBW, but clearly pitching outside leg.
England vs Australia Live Score : 261/8, 80.2 Over
Mitchell Starc to Jofra Archer : How has that missed the stumps? Almost the perfect seed to smash the sticks. Swings in from off, on a fullish length, Jofra Archer, with no footwork, swings over the line and gets beaten on the inside edge by a whisker. The ball scarily passes close to the off pole on its way to the keeper. Archer is left flummoxed at the crease. What a lovely delivery!
England vs Australia Live Score : 261/8, 80.1 Over
Mitchell Starc to Ben Stokes : A tinge of away shape on a good length, outside off, Stokes comfortably steers it off the back foot to deep point for a single.
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Second New Ball available now. Will Australia take it right away? Yes, they will, and it has been handed over to Mitchell Starc, who replaces Cameron Green.
3 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 260/8, 79.6 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : And he defends resolutely. Pitched full and on the stumps, it turns in and Archer drags his bat in front of the pad to block it straight.
England vs Australia Live Score : 260/8, 79.5 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Deft! Short and outside off, Jofra Archer gets on the back foot and delays the cut shot to deep backward point for a couple of runs. Moves to 48 and the partnership is now worth 92 runs.
England vs Australia Live Score : 258/8, 79.4 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Drags the length by a few yards, does Lyon. On off and it is punched off the back foot to mid off.
England vs Australia Live Score : 258/8, 79.3 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Turns in from middle, on a fullish length, Archer dabs it off the back foot to the right of forward short leg.
England vs Australia Live Score : 258/8, 79.2 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Every run is being cheered now! Short and turning away from one of the footmarks around off, Stokes backs away and punches it between extra cover and cover-point for a single.
England vs Australia Live Score : 257/8, 79.1 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Lovely flight on a fuller length, around off, Stokes reaches out on the front foot and smothers the spin.
7 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 257/8, 78.6 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : On a fuller length and angling in, worked off the pads into the leg side.
England vs Australia Live Score : 257/8, 78.5 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : FOUR! Clipped fine enough! Green goes full and on the pads, Jofra Archer uses the pace and guides it behind to deep fine leg for a boundary. This is the best 9th wicket partnership for England in a Test in Adelaide.
England vs Australia Live Score : 253/8, 78.4 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : Short on the bodyline, Archer ducks under it.
England vs Australia Live Score : 253/8, 78.3 Over
Cameron Green to Ben Stokes : Length ball, outside off, cut off the back foot to deep point for a single.
England vs Australia Live Score : 252/8, 78.2 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : Overthrows! Back of a length, on off, Jofra Archer punches it in front of cover-point. Stokes is through for a single, but Archer sends him back on a sharp call. Inglis runs forward and gets rid of the ball quickly, but throws it wide to the bowling end, and misses by a long way. With no proper backup there, the ball rolls to long on. They eventually get a single. Cameron Green is not happy with that throw from Inglis. But had that hit, Stokes would have been in trouble.
England vs Australia Live Score : 251/8, 78.1 Over
Cameron Green to Ben Stokes : Short and on top of off, Stokes plays with soft hands and guides it through backward point for a single.
4 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 250/8, 77.6 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Goes back and across on a length ball and punches it to mid on.
England vs Australia Live Score : 250/8, 77.5 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : BEATEN! Outside off, spinning in from the rough patch with bounce. Archer goes back and across to give it a whack to the off side, but gets beaten on the outside edge.
England vs Australia Live Score : 250/8, 77.4 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Lands it full and on middle, Archer blocks off the front foot.
England vs Australia Live Score : 250/8, 77.3 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Short and outside off, punched to extra cover.
250 Runs for the teamEngland vs Australia Live Score : 250/8, 77.2 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : 250 UP FOR ENGLAND!
England vs Australia Live Score : 249/8, 77.1 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Geez, that’s gone past everyone! Lyon gives it a decent bit of air and bite. It spins prodigiously into the batter from outside off and bounces on its way. Jofra Archer swings to go downtown, but gets beaten all ends up on the outside edge. Carey is a bit blinded by the batter and does not gather it to his left, as he is late to react. The ball rolls towards deep fine leg and is cut of by Green from deep square leg. Three byes.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 246/8, 76.6 Over
Cameron Green to Ben Stokes : Too short, angling down leg, from around the stumps. Stokes ducks safely underneath it.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 246/8, 76.5 Over
Cameron Green to Ben Stokes : Shortish delivery, on the fourth. Stokes rocks back and knocks it to backward point.
England vs Australia Live Score : 246/8, 76.4 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : Touch full and outside off, Archer presses forward and steers it through cover-point for a single.
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Early on Day 2, when Jofra Archer dismissed Mitchell Starc, we saw him and Ben Stokes in a heated discussion. Well, now this duo has added 76 runs in 132 balls, and are keeping England alive in this contest, and more importantly, in the Ashes.
England vs Australia Live Score : 245/8, 76.3 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : BEATEN! First false stroke induced by Australia this morning! On a good length, cross-seam delivery with some bounce, outside off, Jofra Archer loosely hangs the bat away from his body without proper weight transfer on the front foot and gets beaten past the outside edge.
England vs Australia Live Score : 245/8, 76.2 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : On middle, on a good length, nipping in a touch. Archer stands tall and blocks it off the inner half of the bat.
England vs Australia Live Score : 245/8, 76.1 Over
Cameron Green to Ben Stokes : Spots Stokes advancing down the track, Green bangs it short and on middle, trying to tuck him for space. Stokes does well to stay leg side and punch it to the right of the diving cover fielder for a single.
5 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 244/8, 75.6 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Spins in from a shorter length, on middle, Jofra Archer goes back and across and bunts it back to Lyon on the bounce.
England vs Australia Live Score : 244/8, 75.5 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Floated full and on off, Archer pushes it back to the bowler.
England vs Australia Live Score : 244/8, 75.4 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : At 84.8 kph, full and around off, Archer leans on and defends it.
England vs Australia Live Score : 244/8, 75.3 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Short outside off, punched off the back foot to sweeper cover for a single.
England vs Australia Live Score : 243/8, 75.2 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : FOUR! Creative! Full and around off, Stokes reverse sweeps it over backward point for a boundary.
England vs Australia Live Score : 239/8, 75.1 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Lands short and on off, Stokes goes back and punches it to short cover.
England vs Australia Live Score : 239/8, 74.5 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : Another short ball, on middle and leg, ducked under alertly by Archer.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 239/8, 74.6 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : A bit too straight, down leg on a fuller length. Jofra Archer misses out on the flick shot. Carey dives to his left to gather it safely.
England vs Australia Live Score : 239/8, 74.4 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : He shuffles across off and blocks this full ball to the off side.
England vs Australia Live Score : 239/8, 74.3 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : Dug in short and on the leg stump, Archer ducks underneath it to leave.
England vs Australia Live Score : 239/8, 74.2 Over
Cameron Green to Ben Stokes : Around off, on a fractionally fuller length, Ben Stokes steers it to deep point for a single.
England vs Australia Live Score : 238/8, 74.1 Over
Cameron Green to Jofra Archer : Cameron Green is into the attack now. Goes short and on the leg stump line, Archer pulls it behind square on the leg side for a single at long leg. Archer moves to 40 (64). Impressive contribution from the big quick so far.
England vs Australia Live Score : 237/8, 73.5 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Feeds it full and on off, Ben Stokes takes a giant stride forward to block.
England vs Australia Live Score : 237/8, 73.4 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Pitched fuller, on middle, Archer drills it down a bit uppishly to long on for a single.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 237/8, 73.6 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Spins across the face of the bat, full and around off, Stokes steers it off the outer half of the bat to short third.
England vs Australia Live Score : 236/8, 73.3 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Around off, short, Stokes backs away quickly and slashes it to deep point for a single.
England vs Australia Live Score : 235/8, 73.2 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Short and on middle, Stokes tucks it into the leg side.
England vs Australia Live Score : 235/8, 73.1 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Shortish delivery, on middle and leg, Jofra punches off the back foot to long on for a single.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 234/8, 72.6 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Back of a length, on the pads, Stokes steers it off the back foot to the deep backward square leg region for a couple of more runs. 21 runs chopped off already by the tourists from their overnight score.
England vs Australia Live Score : 232/8, 72.5 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Outside off, on a good length, Stokes leaves it alone.
England vs Australia Live Score : 232/8, 72.4 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Excellent commitment in the deep from Starc! This is on a good length, outside off, Stokes slices it through deep backward point. Mitchell Starc, with what Mark Waugh calls an ‘elephant’s trunk’ on air, dives to his right and saves a certain boundary. Two taken.
England vs Australia Live Score : 230/8, 72.3 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Over the stumps now. Lands it full and on the leg stump, forced off the front foot to mid-wicket.
England vs Australia Live Score : 230/8, 72.2 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : FOUR! Top shot! Touch full from Boland, on off, Ben Stokes gets on the front foot, plays through the line and drives it crisply through the cover and mid off gap for a boundary.
England vs Australia Live Score : 226/8, 72.1 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Around off, on a length, slashed off the back foot to the left of gully. Green makes a good stop there to his left.
7 Runs from this over
England vs Australia Live Score : 226/8, 71.6 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Full and tossed on the off pole, defended off the front foot.
England vs Australia Live Score : 226/8, 71.5 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : SIX! Sails all the way! Pitched full and on off, Jofra Archer, with a free-flowing bat swing, clears the front leg away and launches it over long on for a cracking six.
England vs Australia Live Score : 220/8, 71.4 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : Pushed full and on middle, spinning in. Archer gets a good stride out and eases it back to the bowler.
England vs Australia Live Score : 220/8, 71.3 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Pulls the length back, it short and outside off, Stokes rocks back and cuts it between cover and point for a single.
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After the first over, when Ben Stokes charged Scott Boland to hit a boundary, Alex Carey has been standing up to the stumps to take that out of the English skipper’s game.
England vs Australia Live Score : 219/8, 71.2 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Brings the stumps to play on a fuller length. Ben leans on and smothers the spin.
England vs Australia Live Score : 219/8, 71.1 Over
Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes : Nicely looped up at 87 kph, on a length, outside off, Stokes backs away and punches it hard to extra cover.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 219/8, 70.6 Over
Scott Boland to Jofra Archer : Angled in from a length, Archer whips off the pads to mid-wicket.
England vs Australia Live Score : 219/8, 70.5 Over
Scott Boland to Jofra Archer : On the stumps, on a good length, blocked straight back.
England vs Australia Live Score : 219/8, 70.4 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : FIFTY FOR BEN STOKES! It is met with a huge round of applause from the English faithful. His 37th Test half century and it’s been a fine knock so far. Full of patience, as this is his slowest fifty. Off 159 balls. Full and outside off, Stokes presses forward and dabs it wide of backward point for a quick single to get to his milestone. Struggled with cramps last evening, but hung in there and kept fighting despite wickets falling around him.
England vs Australia Live Score : 218/8, 70.3 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Slammed hard on a length, on middle and leg, Stokes fends it off the back foot to cover-point.
England vs Australia Live Score : 218/8, 70.2 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Nipping in from middle, on a good length. Stokes is rushed on the back foot and tucks it across to the leg side.
England vs Australia Live Score : 218/8, 70.1 Over
Scott Boland to Ben Stokes : Nagging length, angling in and around off, Stokes rocks back and punches it to the off side.
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England vs Australia Live Score : 218/8, 69.6 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : More flight provided at 84.2 kph, full and just outside off, Jofra Archer lunges forward and defends off the inner half of the bat.
England vs Australia Live Score : 218/8, 69.5 Over
Nathan Lyon to Jofra Archer : On off, on a length, Archer watchfully knocks it to short cover.
