Australia vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: The Ashes, 2017-18 Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Date & Time: Dec 02-Dec 06, 02:00 PM LOCAL
Usman Khawaja 53(112)
51.4
Anderson to Khawaja, out Caught by James Vince!! Anderson strikes and doesn't even celebrate. Stoneman will be a relieved man. Good grab at gully. Anderson threw it fuller and outside off, enticed Khawaja into a lazy drive and the edge flew to the left of gully where it was taken with both hands. England needed that and it is their main man who has done it. Vince was pumped after taking the catch. Khawaja c James Vince b Anderson 53(112) [4s-8]
51.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, has pitched outside leg, so won't count. A big appeal for lbw as Anderson went full and rapped Khawaja on the pad. The appeal dies down almost immediately
51.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, short of length around off, Khawaja stands tall to block
51.1
Anderson to Smith, 1 run, Smith shuffles across and tucks this delivery from off and middle behind square for a single
50.5
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, banged in hard into the deck, Khawaja takes it on the body as he hoisted his bat up in the air. Was some sort of evasive action, they thought about a single to long leg, but decide against it eventually
50.4
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, shortish bouncer, Khawaja sits under that to leave
50.3
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, short of length on the stumps, defended easily off the back foot
50.2
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, high bouncer from round the wicket, easy for Khawaja to let it go
50.1
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, close to the glove and the bat. Overton bowls this down leg, Khawaja wants to leg-glance this fine, doesn't make contact and oohs and aahs from the English
49.6
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, 1 run, full and down leg, flicked past mid-wicket for a single
49.5
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, quicker and at 91.3kph, Khawaja defends off the back foot
49.4
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, turned past short leg, but square leg is there
49.3
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, tossed up on off, forward and defended
49.2
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, right back and defending this one which is aimed at the stumps
49.1
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, drifts in and hits the sticker of Khawaja's bat as he gets forward to defend. Dies down immediately though
48.6
C Overton to Smith, no run, full and on middle, Smith turns it to mid-wicket with soft hands
47.5
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, a front foot cover drive, can't beat extra cover who is deep
47.4
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, very full and no trouble for Khawaja who smothers it
47.3
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, shortish and pushed to short cover off the back foot
47.2
Moeen Ali to Smith, 1 run, Smith jumps out of his crease and gets to the pitch to wrist it to a deep mid-on
46.6
C Overton to Smith, no run, full on the stumps, wristed straight to the fielder at mid-on
46.4
C Overton to Smith, 1 run, full on the stumps, flicked away to deep backward square leg
45.5
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, punches it to short cover off the back foot
45.4
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, FOUR, 50 for Khawaja. This innings should get his confidence back. As soon as he saw the shortish length, went back and cut it late, desperate run and dive by Overton, but he pushed the ball along with him past the hoardings
45.3
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, very full on the stumps, defended
45.2
Moeen Ali to Smith, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Smith gets forward and wrists it wide of the diving short mid-wicket fielder, takes the single
44.2
Anderson to Smith, 3 runs, soft hands on the guide and eludes a diving third slip on the bounce. Backward point runs back to save the boundary. Smith countered for the movement away and dabbed it down
42.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length outside off, Khawaja shoulders arms
42.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up outside off, softly pushed back down the track
42.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, short of length outside off, Khawaja drops it between point and cover, wants a quick single but Smith isn't interested
42.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length on the stumps, defended
42.1
Anderson to Smith, 1 run, again an unconvincing attempt at a drive, pitched up outside off, Smith's body shape went to pieces and the ball went off a thick inside half of the bat to deep square leg
41.5
C Overton to Smith, 3 runs, almost a return catch. Driven uppishly and just eludes a sprawling Overton on the dive to his left. Didn't even get a finger on it, he is a big man and did well to get down to try and catch that
40.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, another inside edge onto the thigh pad, once again Anderson putting in a bit more effort and pinning Khawaja on the crease
40.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, short of length outside off, defended off the back foot to point
40.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pulls the length back, does Anderson, Khawaja defends to leg
40.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up outside off, push-drive to mid-off
40.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full around off, forward and defended
39.6
Woakes to Smith, FOUR, that's the third boundary of the over. Smith won't miss out on anything loose. This is an overpitched delivery on off and middle, emphatically flicked away through mid-wicket and the ball just purrs to the fence
39.4
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, that's much better from Woakes, full and on off, Khawaja gets forward to defend to cover
39.3
Woakes to Khawaja, FOUR, brilliant pull shot. We have seen Khawaja on the short ball and he is very good. This is around hip height and he has no trouble in swivelling and smashing this through square leg. Beats deep backward square with ease
39.2
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, short of length on off, defended
39.1
Woakes to Khawaja, FOUR, good cut and beats both point and cover. Remember here at the Adelaide Oval, the square boundaries are very short, once you find the gap, it generally races away, does so here
38.6
Anderson to Smith, no run, short of length and Smith shuffles across to defend it down. Then the exaggerated body movements - which is trademark Smith follow
38.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up outside off, Khawaja waves it through
38.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, inside edge onto the pad prevents a loud appeal from the Englishmen. Fuller than a good length and pins Khawaja on the crease, but the edge saved the Aussie
38.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, a loosener, good length outside off, Khawaja lets it go
37.6
Woakes to Smith, no run, wide of the crease and angled in on a fuller length, Smith shuffles across and defends to short mid-wicket
37.4
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, hit the bat hard that time, that's why the bottom hand came off quickly from Khawaja, drops it into the point region and isn't interested with the thought of a single
37.3
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, tight good length delivery on off, solidly defended
37.2
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, fuller than a good length and slanted across Khawaja, who shoulders arms
37.1
Woakes to Khawaja, FOUR, poor, poor delivery. Down leg with long leg very square and easy for Khawaja. Tickled away and beats the man on the fence with ease
36.6
Broad to Smith, no run, well bowled! But well played by Smith too it must be said. The leg-cutting that Broad is attempting can pay off, if it does something off the seam. May have done so here, squared Smith up, found the edge but since soft hands was used, fell short of the slip cordon. This is a fine battle going on between the two out here
36.2
Broad to Khawaja, no run, back of a length on the stumps, solidly in behind it is Khawaja
36.1
Broad to Khawaja, no run, short on the stumps, Khawaja ducks under that
35.6
Woakes to Smith, no run, it is Broad in the thick of things once more. Dives full-length to his left to stop that fierce drive, saved a couple at least. Woakes bowled a half-volley and is lucky that it went unpunished
33.6
Woakes to Smith, no run, as the sun comes out, Smith does a Courtney Walsh by exaggeratedly hoisting his bat way up in the air to leave a back of a length delivery all alone. Similar mannerisms to the great man as well when Smith left that
32.5
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, forward and blocked to a delivery on off-stump
32.4
Moeen Ali to Warner, 1 run, and again. Warner was already on the back foot to punch, but had to abandon that thought as the ball bounced extra and spun across him. Eventually he stabs it wide of backward point for a single. The key there was not going with hard hands
31.5
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, solidly forward to block this good length delivery outside off
31.4
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, further wide of off, easy leave
31.3
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, good length outside off, Khawaja shoulders arms
31.2
Woakes to Khawaja, no run, that has squared Khawaja up, but no extra bounce on this back of a length delivery that has pitched outside leg to cause the batsman much trouble. Soft hands from Khawaja and the ball dribbles away to point. Still a moral victory for the bowler
31.1
Woakes to Warner, 1 run, very full and outside off, Warner kneels on his knee and then smokes it through cover. Went quickly, but straight to the fielder at sweeper cover
30.5
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, FOUR, through backward point. Cut away and Vince has let it through. Doesn't help, Vince. Doesn't
30.4
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, wanted to back away but Moeen cuts the room. Khawaja is cramped, has to keep the ball out
30.3
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, FOUR, some width and hit away through point. Australia rattling along
30.2
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, a full toss and he's premeditated a paddle. Shoots it on his hips and deflects it wide of the forward short leg fielder
30.1
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, 2 runs, all he had to do was clear mid-off. He's not quite in control though. Moeen gets the ball to straighten a little, which is why he's not in control. Clears the fielder
29.6
C Overton to Warner, no run, bowls a widish tempter, Warner is on his front foot and does think about having a go. Resists in the end
29.3
C Overton to Warner, 1 run, pushed through cover
28.5
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, gets forward and blocks. No exaggerated use of the feet this time
28.4
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, appeal for an lbw. Moeen shortened the length here as Khawaja jumped out of the crease again. Can't be given out. Fair distance down the pitch
28.3
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, jumps out of his crease but Moeen has cleverly bowled this slow. Gets some indrift, which chokes Khawaja for room. Gets too close to the pitch of the ball and then no room to free arms
28.2
Moeen Ali to Khawaja, no run, slower delivery, so Khawaja has the time to go back and open the bat face
28.1
Moeen Ali to Warner, 1 run, drives this wide of point
27.5
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, good ball. Hits the deck on a back of a length and gets the ball to climb past Khawaja's outside edge. A bit of seam and bounce nearly did the job
27.4
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, squared up with the away movement but Khawaja's played well here. Right under his eyes, soft hands, and the ball rolls to backward point
27.3
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, moving late in the air but only after it's past Khawaja's leave
27.2
C Overton to Warner, 1 run, follow-up delivery is a tame back of a length delivery on leg-stump. Easily tucked into the leg-side for a single
26.5
Moeen Ali to Warner, 1 run, ball dipping on middle and off, and look what Warner's done: whipped it through mid-wicket
25.5
C Overton to Khawaja, FOUR, oh a bit of a top-edge on this pull but the fielder at deep backward square was well away. Khawaja managed to get this finer with the swivel. Wasn't quite back to play this pull. Perhaps surprised by the length, being caught off-guard on his front foot
25.4
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, outswinger but it's way wide. Doesn't carry to the keeper. These fuller length deliveries aren't quite carrying back
25.3
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, taps to cover and then aborts on the run he intended
25.2
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, pitched up, Khawaja blocks
25.1
C Overton to Khawaja, 2 runs, splits the two fielders in the cover region with his drive. Both fielders give the chase and pull that back in the deep
24.6
Moeen Ali to Warner, no run, bowled slower, Warner gets forward to block
23.5
C Overton to Khawaja, FOUR, pulled away. Not as short, and with his weight back, Khawaja was in control. Swivels this in front of square
23.4
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, now he's always leaving this length. Around the good length area and moving away, Khawaja shoulders arms
23.3
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, full on off-stump and then it seams. Safely past Khawaja's front foot leave
23.2
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, as full but a touch wide, Khawaja leaves
23.1
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, too full, driven straight to point
22.6
Broad to Warner, no run, real full from wide of the crease (round the wicket), Warner blocks from the crease, with weight in front
21.5
C Overton to Khawaja, no run, back of a length, left alone
21.4
C Overton to Warner, 1 run, that's disdainful. Fourth ball on debut. Warner gets on his toes and whips the pull over square leg. There's sweeper in the deep
20.5
Broad to Khawaja, no run, draws out a forward defence immediately after that short ball. Good cricket
20.4
Broad to Khawaja, 2 runs, so Broad bangs it in short outside leg-stump this time, Khawaja has somehow swiveled it to fine leg. Wasn't in control because it bounced less than it should have
20.3
Broad to Khawaja, no run, with this over the wicket angle, Khawaja doesn't have to play at a lot of them. Back of a length, left alone
20.2
Broad to Khawaja, no run, angles it away from over the wicket now, left alone
20.1
Broad to Warner, 3 runs, gets a full ball but look how late he's played it. Jabs it away in the end, wide of the fielder at mid-off
18.5
Broad to Khawaja, no run, hits the deck hard but Khawaja easily blocks this ball from the crease
18.4
Broad to Khawaja, no run, that seams from leg-stump. Takes the outside half of Khawaja's half-forward defence and runs to point
18.3
Broad to Khawaja, no run, leaves that. Sees Broad running in from over the wicket, and lets that go off the front foot. Just nips in a touch, this ball, but safe enough
18.2
Broad to Khawaja, no run, hops and blocks this ball around off-stump
18.1
Broad to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, he's got the ball to skid on again. And hit Warner on the pad again, going wide of the crease from round the wicket. Too much of an angle and the ball runs away for extras
17.5
Anderson to Warner, 1 run, pats it late and wide of extra cover
16.5
Broad to Khawaja, no run, closer to the crease from round the wicket. Khawaja keeps this full ball out
16.4
Broad to Khawaja, no run, it's not quite coming on after the rain. Khawaja waits in the crease and then jabs a back of a length delivery into the leg-side
16.3
Broad to Khawaja, no run, slightly squared up in the crease, Khawaja adjusts to defend this ball that seamed away just a tad
16.2
Broad to Khawaja, no run, holding up on a length, Khawaja checks the push into the leg-side
16.1
Broad to Khawaja, 2 runs, pitched right up. And all it needed was a push from Khawaja. Opened the bat face and got a single to deep backward point
15.6
Anderson to Warner, no run, lifts his bat late to allow a way for this outswinger
14.6
Broad to Warner, no run, stays in the crease and jabs a length ball out
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