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Post by Admin on Dec 18, 2021 16:28:49 GMT
As MITS says just when you thought they couldn't get worse they do
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Australia 473 for 9 dec and 45 for 1 (Harris 21*, Neser 2*) lead England 236 (Malan 80, Root 62, Starc 4-37, Lyon 3-58) by 282 runs
Australia opted to turn the screw on England after taking a huge first-innings lead in the second Test of the series in Adelaide. Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon shared seven wickets as the tourists were unceremoniously bundled out following a century stand between Joe Root and Dawid Malan that had briefly raised English hopes, with Australia extending their lead to 282 after braving a half-session of batting against the pink ball under lights.
Steven Smith's decision not to enforce the follow-on meant the Test continued to follow the template set in the day-night game at the same ground in 2017-18 - on that occasion, England had been dismissed for 227 in response to 442 for 8 declared. But at this point the course diverged, as England's seamers were unable to make any inroads with the new ball. Their only success came via a run-out, and that after David Warner and Marcus Harris had put on 41, Australia's highest Ashes opening stand since the 2017 Boxing Day Test.
With two full days left in the game, the potential to put England's beleaguered batters through further floodlit examinations and the likelihood that Lyon's spin will carry even greater threat in the fourth innings, Australia were already in prime position to press for a 2-0 lead in the series.
It marked a remarkable - though not totally unexpected - turnaround, with the performances of Root and Malan during a third-wicket association that eventually realised 138 suggesting that Australia would not have it all their own way. But after Cameron Green provided the breakthrough, taking the key wicket of Root for the second week in succession, Lyon and Starc seized the moment. From 150 for 2, England lost their last eight wickets for 86 runs - a painful echo of shipping 8 for 74 after a similar stand between Root and Malan in Brisbane last week.
Starc struck twice in a seven-over spell with the old ball, and at 6 for 169 there seemed a very real possibility that England would be batting again later in the night. Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes steadied the innings through to tea but there was very little batting to come; Lyon ended the stand at 41, finding appreciable turn to bowl Woakes off an inside edge, and although Stokes briefly threatened a counterattack, he dragged Green on to his stumps to be the ninth man out.
There may have been a degree of relish as Australia took the fresh pink pill with the lights beginning to take effect, ready to dole out some medicine to the last-wicket pair of Stuart Broad and James Anderson. Starc finished the innings with 4 for 37, the wicket of Broad his 50th in day-night Tests - at a cool average of 18.10 - while Lyon reinforced his status a week after becoming the third Australian to reach 400 Test wickets, his 3 for 58 leaving him two shy of equalling Shane Warne's aggregate of 56 as the most prolific bowler at Adelaide Oval.
The workloads of his bowlers was probably the key concern for Smith, even though the control provided by Lyon - who wheeled away through a spell of 19-10-30-3 - meant he did not have to ask much of Jhye Richardson and Michael Neser, the two enforced replacements to the attack from Brisbane.
After a wicketless afternoon session - the first time a visiting team had achieved that in a day-night Test in Australia, when facing a minimum of 15 overs - the reversal in fortunes following the dinner break was swift. Root took his tally of half-centuries without converting in Australia to eight, his departure precipitating a slide of 4 for 19 during what was supposedly the most benign time of the day for batting.
Green, held back by Smith until the 38th over, was the man to disturb England's tranquility, luring Root into playing needlessly outside off stump once again. Root punched his bat before walking off, fully aware that this was the sort of day on which England needed someone to go big. Australia immediately cranked up the pressure, with Green and Lyon stringing together four maidens before the return of Starc brought about Malan's downfall for 80, slashing profligately for another catch in the slips to Smith.
With Lyon finding his groove having switched ends, England entered a familiar spiral. Ollie Pope's struggles against spin continued as he was caught twice at short leg in the space of three balls from Lyon. He successfully reviewed the first, Rod Tucker's decision overturned after replays showed the ball had deflected off Pope's forearm, but then fell trying to use his feet as a thickish inside edge squirted to the lurking Marnus Labuschagne, waiting eagerly for another chance.
Stokes took a dogged approach to starting his innings, waiting until his 24th delivery to get off the mark, but there was little support forthcoming, Jos Buttler's miserable Test continuing as he threw the hands through an ambitious drive at Starc to be caught in the slips for a 15-ball duck. Out of a clear blue sky, Australia had grabbed the game by its scruff.
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Post by Admin on Dec 19, 2021 15:10:37 GMT
England 236 and 4 for 82 (Stokes 3*) need a further 386 runs to beat Australia 9 for 473 dec and 9 for 230 (Head 51, Labuschagne 51)
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Australia maintained their vice-like grip on the second Test, ripping out four England wickets before the close of day four at Adelaide Oval. Half-centuries from Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne had enabled the home side to declare their second innings 467 runs ahead, and with more than four sessions still to play - and although England fought to see out the night under lights, the dismissal of Joe Root from what became the final ball of the day was a hammer blow to their hopes of salvaging something from the game.
Already 1-0 up in the series and sitting on a 282-run lead overnight, the contest was set up for Australia from the outset. England managed to chip away and avoid being completely overrun, but by the time that Steven Smith called his men back to the dressing room just over an hour into the evening session, the scale of their task in attempting to avoid an 11th defeat from 12 in Australia was clear.
England's brittle batting was soon back in the spotlight - and before the floodlights had even started to fire up. Jhye Richardson struck with his sixth ball, Haseeb Hameed propping forward only to see the ball prance and take him on the glove, as England's opening stand - so far worth 0, 23, 7 and 4 in the series - failed again.
Rory Burns did succeed in carving out some time at the crease, as he and Dawid Malan battled through to tea and beyond during a 44-run partnership. But with the pink ball, glowing in the twilight, fizzing and spitting at the behest of Nathan Lyon, who bowled a relentlessly probing round-the-wicket line to the two left-handers, it seemed only a matter of time before further Australians dividends would be forthcoming.
Lyon deserved to make the breakthrough, only for Smith to put down a regulation slip catch with Malan on 19. The reprieve was brief, however, as Michael Neser found some nip back in to beat a tentative defensive push and pin Malan lbw to his very next ball - a dismissal upheld with three reds on review.
Burns used the DRS to overturn a caught-behind decision on 30, and had faced 95 balls when he finally succumbed to Richardson, who scrambled the seam to produce a thick edge that was taken low in the cordon. Root and Ben Stokes then battened down the hatches in an attempt to reach the close. They were just two balls away from achieving that goal when Root, having been hit painfully on the box a few overs earlier - the second low blow he had suffered in the day - edged Mitchell Starc behind to spark jubilation among the Australians.
It was not a good day for English dignity. In a hole and facing the prospect of Australia steadily driving home their advantage, the tourists initially took the field without their captain, Root requiring a scan after being hit in what the ECB euphemistically termed "the abdomen" while taking some throwdowns - this time not wearing a box. It all added to the sense that this Ashes tour is becoming yet another cock-up and balls story.
A lively start followed, belying the lack of tension in the game. Neser was nearly run out from the first ball of the afternoon, the nightwatchman only just making his ground to beat a direct hit from point after being sent back. He was then bowled in the second over, James Anderson finding some seam movement to beat Neser's forward defensive and hit the top of middle stump.
Two balls later, Stuart Broad found Marcus Harris' outside edge to dismiss the Australia opener for the fifth time in four Tests - Jos Buttler completing the dismissal with a flying one-handed catch. But the punchline was still to come, as Broad induced a first-ball nick behind from Smith, only for Buttler to send an easier chance clanging to the ground. Broad's next delivery brought a confident no-look lbw appeal from the bowler, but Rod Tucker remained unmoved - and DRS backed up the decision on umpire's call.
Smith was not able to cash in on his good fortune, gloving a short ball from Ollie Robinson down the leg side - Buttler lurching back into the sublime with a one-handed take - to give Australia's stand-in captain his first single-figure score in an Ashes Test since the 2017-18 day-nighter at Adelaide.
England had taken 3 for 10 from 12 overs and given themselves something to smile about. But a further sign of their parlous position came when Robinson opted to switch to bowling offspin - apparently in a bid to lift the over rate. Root returned to the field shortly after and Australia began to ease back on to the front foot, Head's counterattacking knock lifting them from 4 for 55 to 4 for 134 at the dinner break.
Head added 89 in good time alongside Labuschagne, as Australian thoughts began to turn once again to the possibility of a declaration. Head became a second wicket for Robinson - now back to bowling seam - shortly after bringing up a 49-ball fifty on his home ground, and England soon resorted to bowling Malan's part-time legspin in tandem with Root, rather than put miles into the legs of their quicks. Malan claimed Labuschagne as his maiden Test victim, but four wickets falling to spin only seemed to underscore England's errors in selection. And Australia will not worry themselves with that.
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Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2021 11:43:35 GMT
Interesting to note Carey has played 5 Shield game before the first test hence he's only dropped one behind the wicket, Jos has played 20/20 matches
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Australia 9 for 473 dec (Labuschagne 103, Warner 95, Smith 93, Carey 51) and 9 for 230 dec (Head 51, Labuschagne 51) beat England 236 (Malan 80, Root 62, Starc 4-37) and 192 (Richardson 5-42) by 275 runs
Australia overcame an epic Jos Buttler rearguard in the final session of the day-night Test at Adelaide Oval to complete a hefty victory that puts them 2-0 up in the series and on the brink of retaining the Ashes. England took the game further than many had expected, largely through the efforts of Buttler during a self-denying innings of 26 from 207 balls, but must now attempt to become only the second team in Ashes history to win from two down.
A late show of character from the England lower order could not disguise Australia's dominance. Needing to take six wickets on the final day, they struck twice in the first hour and seemed on course to wrap things up before the floodlights would be needed later in the day. But from the flotsam and jetsam of the innings, Buttler and Chris Woakes lashed together a stand worth 61 in 31.2 overs to help keep the tourists afloat.
Jhye Richardson was bowler to step in and play match-winner for Australia, a maiden five-wicket haul finally breaking English resolve. His slippery nip-backer with the second new ball accounted for Woakes, after a gutsy 44 from the No. 8, and then with Buttler's marathon effort threatening to put the result into question, Richardson came back again after the tea interval. Buttler's dismissal hit wicket, stepping back literally on to his off stump, was heartbreaking but the win no more than Australia deserved.
Things would surely have ended several hours earlier had Alex Carey not failed to move for a regulation outside edge from Buttler's eighth ball. Mitchell Starc had removed Ollie Pope in his first full over of the morning - after taking the key wicket of Joe Root moments before the close on day four - and he could have handed Buttler a pair, only for the ball to disappear between keeper and first slip.
But Buttler grew into his innings, and although Ben Stokes fell lbw to Nathan Lyon after a dogged stay, England's seventh-wicket pair succeeded in transferring some pressure back on to the home attack. Woakes might have been run out on 15, Marcus Harris underarming past the stumps from silly mid-off, but was otherwise solid and stand-in captain Steven Smith belatedly ran through his options, bringing on Cameron Green as well as the legspin of both himself and Marnus Labuschagne, as Australia awaited the second new ball.
It did not bring immediate dividends, as Buttler and Woakes raised only England's fourth 50-plus stand of the series. But with the last ball of the 88th over, Richardson ripped one through Woakes, finding the perfect length to keep him stuck on the crease and enough inward movement to beat the inside edge and clonk the top of middle stump.
Buttler was by now in the zone, however, dealing calmly with the threat of Starc and Lyon - two bowlers who had dismissed him a combined seven times previously in Tests. In complete contrast to his limited-overs batting persona, he played barely a shot in anger, and England chewed through another chunk of the day as Buttler and Ollie Robinson got to within sight of going in at tea seven down.
Lyon struck again to bring Australia closer, however, as Robinson prodded to slip on the back foot. Stuart Broad almost contrived to get himself out in a different way from each of his first three deliveries - a thick edge just evaded Travis Head in the gully, the next beat him on the inside but cleared the stumps, and he then survived an lbw review having played no shot - and the umpires were satisfied enough that a result was on the cards to delay the interval by 15 minutes. Broad stuck to his task and delayed Australia further by successfully overturning an lbw decision after Paul Wilson missed the intervention of an inside edge.
But there was no grand finale written in the stars, even though the floodlights were on going into the final session, with some 26 overs left in the day. Buttler had played the second-longest innings of his Test career when Richardson pushed him back by a fateful few millemetres. It took only a moment for the Australians to notice that one of the zing bails had been dislodged, Buttler turning in disbelief before walking from the ground with a hollow look on his face.
Buttler had batted for more than four hours, his strike rate of 12.56 the third-slowest in Test history for an innings of 200 balls or more. Rarely is Buttler mentioned in the same category as a wicketkeeper as Jack Russell, but this was an innings to rank alongside Russell's famous innings at Johannesburg in 1995-96.
Except, on that occasion, Russell was keeping a senior batter company, as Mike Atherton saw England through to a draw. Buttler had no such support, with Root's side having squandered their best opportunity to bat their way to safety on the third day. It was left to Richardson to pick off the final wicket, James Anderson fending a lifter to gully, as Australia completed the victory that had always seemed in their grasp - never mind what (the) Buttler scored.
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Post by man in the stand on Dec 20, 2021 12:36:05 GMT
The inevitable heavy defeat and probably the Ashes gone as England would need to win the next three tests - highly unlikely.
Over the two tests the figures look alarming - on bowling Root is our best bowler with a strike rate of 48 balls followed by Robinson at 58 balls. What we are missing is the new Graeme Swan.
Of the batsmen 1 to 7, excluding Malan and Root, the remainder are averaging 12. After Woakes there is no batting....
At the moment only Root, Malan, Woakes (as an all rounder) Robinson and maybe Stokes are worth a place in the team. Trouble is is the anyone to replace them?
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Post by lancsdes on Dec 20, 2021 23:23:06 GMT
The inevitable result of scrambled thinking by coach and captain and a completely corrupt governance which has produced a fixture set up completely unfit for purpose.
After the 5-0 defeat , the ECB will commission an enquiry which will be directed to find the result that cricket is held back by fuddy duddy members and hence counties should be abolished and franchises will play 4 innings games of 5 overs each.
I’ve entered a post hope phase of life about all the things important to me except beer. Beer is top quality these days. Re everything else, I feel so much better now I benefit from Admin’s ( I think) signature on the old forum “it’s not the disappointment that kills , it’s the hope”
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Post by Admin on Dec 21, 2021 7:22:23 GMT
The inevitable result of scrambled thinking by coach and captain and a completely corrupt governance which has produced a fixture set up completely unfit for purpose. After the 5-0 defeat , the ECB will commission an enquiry which will be directed to find the result that cricket is held back by fuddy duddy members and hence counties should be abolished and franchises will play 4 innings games of 5 overs each. I’ve entered a post hope phase of life about all the things important to me except beer. Beer is top quality these days. Re everything else, I feel so much better now I benefit from Admin’s ( I think) signature on the old forum “it’s not the disappointment that kills , it’s the hope” Do what you want Des, I do |
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Post by Admin on Dec 24, 2021 7:42:21 GMT
Bit like Old Trafford but without red stands The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G",[4] is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the 11th largest globally, and the second largest cricket ground by capacity. The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre and is served by Richmond and Jolimont railway stations, as well as the route 70 tram. It is adjacent to Melbourne Park and is part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct. Since it was built in 1853, the MCG has undergone numerous renovations. It served as the centrepiece stadium of the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and two Cricket World Cups: 1992 and 2015. Noted for its role in the development of international cricket, the MCG hosted both the first Test match and the first One Day International, played between Australia and England in 1877 and 1971 respectively. It has also maintained strong ties with Australian rules football since its codification in 1859, and has become the principal venue for Australian Football League (AFL) matches, including the AFL Grand Final, the world's highest attended league championship event. It is also set to hold the Grand Final for the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Home to the National Sports Museum, the MCG has hosted other major sporting events, including international rules football matches between Australia and Ireland, international rugby union matches, State of Origin (rugby league) games, and FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Concerts and other cultural events are also held at the venue with the record attendance standing at 143,750 for a Billy Graham evangelistic crusade in 1959. Grandstand redevelopments and occupational health and safety legislation have limited the maximum seating capacity to approximately 95,000 with an additional 5,000 standing room capacity, bringing the total capacity to 100,024. The MCG is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register[5] and was included on the Australian National Heritage List in 2005.[6] In 2003, journalist Greg Baum called it "a shrine, a citadel, a landmark, a totem" that "symbolises Melbourne to the world".[7]
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Post by lancsdes on Dec 24, 2021 16:19:06 GMT
Have had some memorable Christmas nights watching Melbourne Tests in the pub , most notably 2010, but pub not opening this year and can’t say I’m really bothered.
Still, have a good Christmas everyone.
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Post by lancsdes on Dec 26, 2021 17:04:20 GMT
Have you given up on International cricket Admin? Wouldn't blame you!
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Post by Admin on Dec 26, 2021 18:00:28 GMT
Love the fact in winter when you get out of bed at a sensible time and realise it was the better than staying up most of the night
ESPN take
Australia 1 for 61 (Harris 20*, Lyon 0*) trail England 185 (Root 50, Cummins 3-36, Lyon 3-36) by 124 runs
It was a case of the more things change the more they stay the same for England as Australia took a stranglehold on the Ashes, bowling out the tourists for 185 on the opening day of the third Test at the MCG before reaching the close one wicket down and only 124 runs behind.
England had made four changes to their side that lost by 275 runs in Adelaide to concede a 2-0 lead in the series, but again their batters struggled as Pat Cummins ripped through the top order by lunch and Nathan Lyon matched his captain's haul of 3 for 36 as England succumbed for under 200 runs for the 12th time this year.
In between, Cameron Green reaped rewards for a suffocating four-over spell and Scott Boland claimed a wicket on Test debut while also taking two catches to have a further hand in England's demise before a Boxing Day crowd of 57,100.
The Australians reached 57 without loss before James Anderson had David Warner sharply caught by Zak Crawley at gully. The hosts closed on 1 for 61 with under-pressure opener Marcus Harris unbeaten on 20.
Cummins won the toss after rain delayed the start and sent England in to bat on a pitch offering some grass coverage. He capitalised with his fifth ball - the 11th legitimate delivery of the match after Mitchell Starc had opened with a no-ball - when he had Haseeb Hameed out feathering a catch behind to Alex Carey for a second consecutive duck.
Cummins then had Crawley, replacing opener Rory Burns, caught by Green at gully for 12 as England slumped to 2 for 13 inside eight overs. The tourists were again looking to Joe Root and Dawid Malan to steady them and they did, to some extent, with a 48-run partnership from 115 balls. But England needed so much more than even the 162-run stand they put on to give them some hope in the first Test in Brisbane and, when Cummins had Malan caught in the slips by Warner on the last ball before the lunch, they were again in strife at 3 for 61.
Root brought up his ninth fifty in Australia after the break, but he fell a short time later when Starc - used sparingly in the morning session - had him caught behind chasing a ball outside off stump. Visibly furious with the fallibility of his dismissal, Root now needs to score a maiden century in Australia - 109 runs to be precise - in England's second innings if he is to pass Mohammad Yousuf's record for runs scored in a calendar year.
More importantly, however, England needed their skipper to convert to dig them out of a hole. Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, the latter replacing Ollie Pope, set about trying to salvage the innings but Green applied sublime pressure in a four-over spell which included three maidens and one wicket for one run, when Stokes tried to lift him over the slips cordon, but picked out Lyon at point for 25. Green threatened to claim another two balls later with a pearl of a delivery that zipped back between Jos Buttler's bat and pad as the scoreless batsman lunged forward.
It was Lyon who had Buttler out, England's No. 7 advancing down the pitch and skying the ball straight to Boland at deep midwicket - a rash shot which saw him depart for just 3 on the stroke of tea. Lyon also dismissed Ollie Robinson for a spirited 22 from 26 deliveries and Jack Leach, who took his fellow spinner for 11 runs off one over - including a thumping straight six, before falling for 13. Leach had returned to the side after his bowling had been punished at the Gabba, making his courage with the bat a short-lived bright spot for England.
Starc claimed his second, cramping Bairstow with a short ball that saw him lose his footing as he toppled backwards and gloved a catch to Green at gully. Bairstow was England's second-highest run-scorer with 35 but, in an all-too-similar vein to the other recognised batters, it was simply not enough.
Mark Wood, coming in for Stuart Broad in England's other personnel change, had earlier became Boland's first Test wicket when he was trapped lbw. Boland became the fourth Indigenous Test cricketer after Faith Thomas, Jason Gillespie and Ashleigh Garner in one of two changes for the Australians alongside the return of Cummins, who missed the second Test as a close contact of a Covid case.
Wood threatened with the ball, showing England what they had been missing Adelaide, but it was Anderson who made the breakthrough that was a rare moment of solace for the battling tourists.
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Post by Admin on Dec 27, 2021 8:25:43 GMT
Covid issues within the camp and another laughable batting collapse mind there's always the 100 and you can probably reason why we cannot bat for long period
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England 185 and 4 for 31 (Boland 2-1, Starc 2-11) trail Australia 267 (Harris 76, Anderson 4-33) by 51 runs
Some vintage James Anderson bowling kept England in the contest on an eventful second day of the third Test at the MCG, only for the tourists' brittle batting to falter in the face of a devastating blitz by Australia's quicks which put the hosts on the verge of sealing the series.
Debutant Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc claimed two wickets each to crush England during a scintillating final hour and undo the effect of Anderson's four-wicket haul, which had fleetingly given the tourists hope.
With their warm-up routine thrown into chaos by four positive Covid tests among team staff and their families which delayed their departure for the ground - and the start by half an hour - England showed the sort of bottle that was sorely missing as Australia romped to a 2-0 series lead to wrest back some control with the ball. Cleared to play after passing lateral flow Tests in the morning, the England players were scheduled to undergo PCR testing at the close of play, with the match allowed to proceed in the meantime.
And it was the 39-year-old Anderson, who made his international debut at the same ground in an ODI in 2002, leading the way with two particularly miserly spells which yielded the important wickets of Steve Smith and Marcus Harris, who top-scored with 76, either side of lunch.
Australia were bowled out for 267, a first-innings lead of 82 runs. But England's top order had no answers as Starc claimed two wickets in as many balls to put them 2 for 7. As if the pressure on England captain Joe Root wasn't cranked up enough, he barely survived Starc's hat-trick ball, an unplayable delivery beating his outside edge.
By the close, England were in disarray after Starc struck in the fifth over of the innings when he found Zak Crawley's outside edge, taken by keeper Alex Carey for 5, and then trapped Dawid Malan lbw for a first-ball duck.
Boland came on for the penultimate over and had Haseeb Hameed caught behind with his third ball, then removed nightwatchman Jack Leach with a gem that clattered into the top of off stump two balls later as the match slipped back into a more familiar rhythm with England staring down a series defeat.
Root was unbeaten on 12 at the end of the day and Ben Stokes on 2 but, as capable as the England duo are of hauling their side out of trouble, the mission looked beyond even those two.
By the time Anderson took the second new ball in the final session, Australia were eight wickets down and led by 51. He then proceeded to fling himself into the air at mid-on to stop a ball struck firmly by Cummins that was surely headed to the boundary. And while his failure to cling on with his outstretched right hand constituted a drop, his effort enhanced an already impressive display of professionalism by England's elder statesman.
Anderson bowled 10 maidens en route to his haul of 4 for 33 from 23 overs. Having dismissed opener David Warner the previous evening, Anderson bowled Smith for just 16 after Ollie Robinson had removed nightwatchman Nathan Lyon in the fourth over of the second day. Smith fell in a superb Anderson spell of 6-5-1-1, the only run coming off the first ball, an inside edge when Smith was on 5 which Jos Buttler failed to gather behind the stumps, instead parrying to fine leg.
Mark Wood, too, bowled well and he struck with his third ball of the day when the dangerous Marnus Labuschagne fell for just 1 as the first of Root's three catches at slip.
Under-pressure Harris went to lunch unbeaten on 48, having overtured an lbw decision to Ben Stokes when he was on 36 with replays showing that there was bat on ball.
Australia helped themselves to six runs off the first over after lunch, bowled by Leach, and 10 off the second, from Wood, during which time Harris raised his third Test fifty. Both bowlers' subsequent overs were tighter but, as if to ram home the fact that England were in danger of letting their good morning's work come undone, Buttler then fluffed a stumping chance off Harris when he was on 63. The opener advanced at Leach, who saw him coming and fired the ball down the leg side, only for Buttler to thrust out his right glove in vain.
Robinson broke through to dismiss Travis Head, caught by Root, and Anderson had Harris out in similar fashion three runs shy of equalling his best Test score during another outstanding four-over spell that yielded just two runs.
Australia hit the front late in the middle session before Leach, back after a torrid time at the hands of Australia's batters in the opening Test at the Gabba, trapped Cameron Green lbw in the second over after tea.
Stokes removed Carey before Starc and Cummins added 34 runs for the ninth wicket, the third-highest partnership of Australia's innings. Anderson struck again in the fourth over with the new ball to dismiss Cummins, caught by Hameed at point and Wood had debutant Boland caught by Crawley, to close out the innings, for what it was worth, given what was to come.
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Post by man in the stand on Dec 27, 2021 16:35:49 GMT
Some changes in England's team but the same result... Hameed seems destined to face an unplayable ball every innings.. if only we had some more Joe Roots..
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Post by chris on Dec 27, 2021 20:42:42 GMT
Some changes in England's team but the same result... Hameed seems destined to face an unplayable ball every innings.. if only we had some more Joe Roots..
Just checked the possible blocks for each tournament next year even if Jos is dropped from the test side it's:
IPL in April, May
Blast in June
ODI and IT20 July
Hundred in August.
No chance of Red Ball practice unless the ECB override everything else in his white ball schedule.
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Post by lancsdes on Dec 28, 2021 2:41:14 GMT
HH seems to suffer with the same technical fault that Joe Root had early in his career . JR recovered; Garry Ballance never recovered from it. Trigger movement seems to be so far back in the crease that they can’t get genuinely forward.
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2021 9:19:30 GMT
68 all out no point posting any report woeful
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