| 0.4 : 0.4: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, FOUR! A gentle loosener this time. The plan from England would be not to give width to Head outside off, but you cannot be too straight either. This is a full ball, on the pads and Travis Head has easy pickings, as he clips it through mid-wicket. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, SIX! BELLIGERENT! Comprehensive response from Head. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Matthew Potts to Travis Head, EDGED, FOUR! London looking, Tokyo turning. Or, in this case, London looking, Nottingham turning. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Olly Stone to Matthew Short, SIX! BLAST! Now Short gets into the act. |
| 6.1: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, FOUR! BLUDGEONED! |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, SIX! Little astray with the line and kaboom. Overpitched, on the pads, Travis Head just whips it with a strong bottom hand and sends it miles over mid-wicket! |
| 7.5: Olly Stone to Travis Head, FOUR! He is making sure that anything which is off line or length, goes. Full, on the pads, Travis Head just whips it over mid-wicket. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Brydon Carse to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Brydon Carse to Travis Head, OUT! CAUGHT! England get rid of the dangerous Head. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Olly Stone to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Olly Stone to Matthew Short, FOUR! This is even better! |
| 9.3 : 9.3: Olly Stone to Matthew Short, FOUR! FABULOUS! The best of the lot. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! FANTASTIC! A long half volley, outside off, Mitchell Marsh gets a long stride, does not go full throttle, just caresses it. But the ball still flies off the bat past the bowler through mid off. The skipper gets off the mark. |
| 11.4: Matthew Potts to Matthew Short, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The bowling change works and Australia have lost both their openers. The slip was removed before this over and maybe, that was going on in Short's mind. Full, outside off, a touch wide, just about dangling the carrot, asking Short to drive. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Marsh, Six! |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Good idea but the execution was marginally off. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Marsh, Four! |
| 12.6 : 12.6: Brydon Carse to Steven Smith, FOUR! Oh my, when there is a class going on, how can the teacher stay away? |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Matthew Potts to Mitchell Marsh, Four! |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Matthew Potts to Steven Smith, OUT! BOWLED! Oh well, someone please stop Potts, because he is absolutely flying! |
| 20.1 : 20.1: Adil Rashid to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Risky shot but he manages to pull it off. With the boundaries getting dried up, Mitchell Marsh had to do something. |
| 21.6 : 21.6: Brydon Carse to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! GORGEOUS! That's his first boundary on his 24th ball. Full, fractionally wide outside off, Marnus Labuschagne reaches out and plays an exquisite cover drive. |
| 22.5 : 22.5: Jacob Bethell to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! CLOBBERED! That's all it takes. |
| 23.1 : 23.1: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Marsh, SIX! CLUBBED! Marsh reaches his half century in style! |
| 23.2 : 23.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Marsh, SIX! And it goes. 50-STAND UP IN 57 BALLS. |
| 24.4 : 24.4: Jacob Bethell to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! CAUGHT! Another batter goes on a bad ball. |
| 26.2 : 26.2: Jacob Bethell to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! LBW! Bethell gets two wickets in the span of 5 balls. |
| 26.3 : 26.3: Jacob Bethell to Glenn Maxwell, Six! |
| 27.2 : 27.2: Adil Rashid to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! CAUGHT! Six and out for Maxi. |
| 28.3 : 28.3: Jacob Bethell to Aaron Hardie, Four! |
| 30.6 : 30.6: Jacob Bethell to Alex Carey, FOUR! Take it with a pinch of salt. That's what Phil would say, aye? Fractionally short, outside off, Carey rocks back and punches it through the massive gap between mid off and sweeper cover. |
| 32.2 : 32.2: Liam Livingstone to Alex Carey, FOUR! Really good from Carey. There is no one on the off side and Liam Livingstone bowls it outside off. |
| 32.6 : 32.6: Liam Livingstone to Aaron Hardie, FOUR! That has gone fine. Short, outside off, Aaron Hardie brings out the reverse pull and dabs it to the left of short third. 12 from that over. |
| 33.4 : 33.4: Will Jacks to Alex Carey, FOUR! Well done by Carey. |
| 34.1 : 34.1: Liam Livingstone to Aaron Hardie, FOUR! Gets that through. |
| 34.4 : 34.4: Liam Livingstone to Alex Carey, FOUR! 50-RUN STAND IN 44 BALLS! Short and outside off, Alex Carey rocks back and punches it through the yawning gap between mid off and cover. No one in the deep. |
| 35.1 : 35.1: Brydon Carse to Aaron Hardie, OUT! CAUGHT! The bowling change works immediately and a big smile flashes across Brook's face. Carse has been expensive today but he will take those two wickets - first Head and now, Hardie. |
| 35.2 : 35.2: Brydon Carse to Mitchell Starc, OUT! CAUGHT! Two in two for Carse who is not only on a hattrick but could be in line for a 5-fer as well! Another nothing ball, but everything to gain for England from it. |
| 36.3 : 36.3: Adil Rashid to Adam Zampa, OUT! CAUGHT! 9 down now. Leg spinner gets leg spinner. Not with the best of deliveries either. |
| 38.3: Adil Rashid to Alex Carey, FOUR! GLORIOUS! That's the delivery Carey has been waiting for, from Rashid. |
| 38.4 : 38.4: Adil Rashid to Alex Carey, Four! |
| 39.6 : 39.6: Brydon Carse to Josh Hazlewood, FOUR! Well, take a picture of that, if you can! Carse comes from around the wicket and angles a good short ball into the left-hander. But Josh Hazlewood, as he always does, does not play to the line of the ball, but rather, stays inside or is away from the line. |
| 40.2 : 40.2: Will Jacks to Alex Carey, SIX! 50 FOR CAREY IN 46 BALLS! Gets there in style. |
| 42.4 : 42.4: Olly Stone to Alex Carey, SIX! Australia cross 250. |
| 43.1 : 43.1: Matthew Potts to Alex Carey, Six! |
| 44.1: Olly Stone to Alex Carey, DROPPED, FOUR! Great effort though. |
| 44.2 : 44.2: Olly Stone to Alex Carey, FOUR! Lovely batting. Australia reach 270. |
| 44.4 : 44.4: Olly Stone to Alex Carey, OUT! CAUGHT! England break the frustrating last-wicket partnership at last on 49. A length ball, outside off, coming in with the angle from around the wicket, Alex Carey predictably looks to go off side, backing away and punches it over cover. But he cannot quite get enough on it to clear Phil Salt at sweeper cover who makes no mistake, running in. AUSTRALIA ARE BOWLED OUT FOR 270 WITH 32 BALLS LEFT UNUSED! |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, FOUR! HANDSOME! Salt starts the chase with a boundary. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Phil Salt, FOUR! Not a bad ball but it will be four more! Cross-seam delivery, pretty full, outside off, Phil Salt squeezes it between cover and point and finds the gap and the ropes. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Excellent from Duckett. There is no swing on this occasion and Starc gets too straight. Very full again and Ben Duckett just thumps it through mid-wicket, with a strong bottom-hand punch. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, FOUR! Fortuitous. A length ball, outside off, Salt comes down the track, looking to alter Hazlewood's length. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Josh Hazlewood to Phil Salt, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! No review needed for this one. Australia have an early strike. It almost looked like an action replay of all the balls bowled by Hazlewood to Salt in this innings, barring that one edgy shot which went for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Starc strikes now. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Six! |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Josh Hazlewood to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 6.3 : 6.3: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Four! |
| 6.6 : 6.6: Mitchell Starc to Harry Brook, Well, Brook has been adjudged LBW but has he hit this? He has reviewed it. Nothing on UltraEdge. And Ball Tracker shows the ball crashing into the stumps! |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, Four! |
| 7.5 : 7.5: Aaron Hardie to Jamie Smith, Four! |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, FOUR! LOVELY! |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, Four! |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Aaron Hardie to Ben Duckett, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! That's an absolute screamer. |
| 9.3 : 9.3: Aaron Hardie to Liam Livingstone, OUT! c Alex Carey b Aaron Hardie. |
| 10.3: Josh Hazlewood to Jacob Bethell, Four! |
| 10.5 : 10.5: Josh Hazlewood to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Fine shot again. England persist with the counter-attack. Hazlewood bowls short and Jacob Bethell is quick to pounce on it. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Aaron Hardie to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Well, a critic might call it lazy from Starc but you can excuse fast bowlers for not giving their 100 percent on the field. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Josh Hazlewood to Jacob Bethell, Four! |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Josh Hazlewood to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! CLUNK! The dots were building and Jacob Bethell shakes off the pressure in magnificent fashion. A short ball, outside off, Bethell rocks back and pulls it through mid-wicket. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, SIX! CLOUT! |
| 20.1 : 20.1: Adam Zampa to Jamie Smith, Four! |
| 21.1: Glenn Maxwell to Jacob Bethell, OUT! c Mitchell Starc b Glenn Maxwell. |
| 22.6 : 22.6: Adam Zampa to Jamie Smith, SIX! CRACK! The bad ball comes and irrespective of the situation, it has to go. |
| 24.1 : 24.1: Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, FOUR! CRASH! |
| 25.5 : 25.5: Glenn Maxwell to Brydon Carse, FOUR! Gets it through this time! |
| 27.3 : 27.3: Matthew Short to Brydon Carse, SIX! BOOM! Breaks the shackles now! Tossed up and around middle, turns in a bit, Brydon Carse dances down the track, gets to the pitch of it and tonks it over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 28.3: Josh Hazlewood to Jamie Smith, FOUR! Very streaky! |
| 30.3: Josh Hazlewood to Jamie Smith, OUT! c sub Jake Fraser-McGurk b Josh Hazlewood. |
| 30.4 : 30.4: Josh Hazlewood to Adil Rashid, Four! |
| 33.5 : 33.5: Adam Zampa to Brydon Carse, OUT! TAKEN! Adam Zampa strikes! This is why he is so important for this Australia side in white-ball cricket. |
| 35.4 : 35.4: Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, FOUR! Good effort but in vain! |
| 35.5 : 35.5: Adam Zampa to Adil Rashid, Six! |
| 39.5: Glenn Maxwell to Adil Rashid, OUT! LBW! Well, Rashid has reviewed this but if their is no bat, there is not much hope. It was a length ball, around off, Adil Rashid tried to paddle it around the corner. He missed and was hit on the pads. Maxwell appealed and umpire Joel Wilson raised the dreaded finger. Rashid seemed to realize the mistake in the choice of his shot, because the risk in that stroke if you miss, you are gone. He had a long look at Potts, which means that he did not hit it a |
| 40.2 : 40.2: Mitchell Starc to Olly Stone, OUT! CAUGHT! Unfortunate end for England and Stone but it is what it is. A short ball, outside off, from around the wicket, Olly Stone actually exhibits good technique, in ducking, to avoid the short ball. But he takes his eyes off the ball and as a result, it comes in, hits the grille of the helmet, then his shirt, goes onto the top portion of the bat and lobs in the air. Steven Smith runs behind from slip and takes a comfortable catch. The Aussies celebrat |
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