Australia vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: The Ashes, 2021-22 Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Date & Time: Dec 16-Dec 20, 02:30 PM LOCAL
Chris Woakes 44(97)
87.6
J Richardson to Woakes, out Bowled!! Through the gate. The breakthrough that Australia so badly wanted. Woakes's stubborn stay ends with a nip backer hitting top of middle and leg. It was a length delivery around off stump, Woakes looks to defend, but the ball jags back in to surprise the England all-rounder and he had left a big enough gap between bat and pad for the ball to sneak through. Richardson breaks the 61-run stand and his teammates mob him. Australia now three wickets away with more belief. Woakes b J Richardson 44(97) [4s-7]
87.5
J Richardson to Woakes, FOUR, oh shot! Richardson bowling full looking for some swing, but it goes straight on and Woakes drives superbly through cover
87.4
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, short of length delivery, Woakes defends
87.3
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, covers the line and defends
87.2
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, shortish delivery outside off stump, Woakes lets it go
87.1
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, fullish delivery on the stumps, Woakes defends towards mid-on
85.6
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Woakes defends
85.5
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, on the leg stump, Woakes defends towards mid-wicket
85.4
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, shortish delivery on the stumps, Woakes ducks under it
85.3
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, goes back and defends
85.2
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, good length delivery angling in, Woakes defends towards the off-side
85.1
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Woakes defends off the back foot
83.6
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, and again, Richardson gets it to move away off the seam and beats the outside edge
83.5
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, beaten. Good length delivery angling in and then nips away after committing Woakes into a defence. Well bowled
83.4
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Woakes defends off the back foot
83.3
J Richardson to Woakes, 2 runs, good length delivery just outside off stump, Woakes looks to defend, the ball takes the edge and rolls towards gully
83.2
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, outside off stump, left alone
83.1
J Richardson to Woakes, 2 runs, short of length delivery nipping away outside off stump, Woakes opened up on the defence, the ball rolls off the outside half of the bat and goes past backward point
82.6
Starc to Woakes, leg byes, 1 run, full and down leg, Woakes misses the glance, the ball rolls off the pad
82.5
Starc to Woakes, no run, shortish and just outside off stump, Woakes hops and defends
82.4
Starc to Woakes, no run, good length delivery angling across outside off stump, Woakes lets it go
82.3
Starc to Woakes, no run, fullish delivery on the off stump, Woakes defends
82.2
Starc to Woakes, no run, angling across outside off stump, left alone
82.1
Starc to Woakes, no run, short of length delivery angling across, Woakes lets it go
79.6
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spinning outside off stump, ignored
79.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, nicely defended off the front foot
79.4
Lyon to Woakes, no run, covers the stumps and defends
79.3
Lyon to Woakes, no run, shortish and on the stumps, Woakes defends
79.2
Lyon to Woakes, no run, rushes him on the back foot defence
79.1
Lyon to Woakes, no run, flighted delivery outside off stump, Woakes defends off the front foot
77.6
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, spinning away outside off stump, ignored
77.5
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, guided towards point
77.4
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, spinning away, reaches out to drive, but slices and finds point
77.3
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, stays back and defends
77.2
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, shortish and just outside off stump, Woakes defends
77.1
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, very full and on the off stump, Woakes leans forward and defends
75.6
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, goes back and defends
75.5
Labuschagne to Woakes, FOUR, this has been flicked but he wasn't fully in control of this flighted delivery, Woakes plays wide of mid-on and it runs away
75.4
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, very short, lot of time to adjust to the away spin and push to cover off the back foot
75.3
Labuschagne to Woakes, FOUR, oh full toss, smashed along the ground to mid-wicket. Easy ball and he puts it away
75.2
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, pushed to off
75.1
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, big turn away from the right-hander after drawing him into the drive. Woakes misses, fielder at slip collects
73.6
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, dropped short outside off, Woakes punches this off the backfoot towards silly point with the spin, and that'll be Dinner
73.5
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, spins from leg-stump to off, Woakes lunges forward to cut off the angle and defends
73.4
Labuschagne to Woakes, 2 runs, loopy delivery on the stumps clipped away in front of square leg for a couple
73.3
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, reaches out again and drives it with the spin towards cover
73.2
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, lunges forward and works it towards mid-on
73.1
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, reaches out and pushes it to cover with the spin
71.6
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, hangs back and punches this towards cover
71.5
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, gets forward and defends this towards mid-off
71.4
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, takes the outside edge and drops short of second slip! The leg-break did him in, but just didn't carry
71.3
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, flatter one on middle and leg, Woakes gets forward and defends off the inside half
71.2
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, big turn away outside off, Woakes leaves it alone
71.1
Labuschagne to Woakes, no run, drops it really short on middle, and that's worked off the backfoot to midwicket
69.6
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, short and wide outside off, Woakes lets it through to Carey
69.5
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, short of length ball angling in and seaming back in too, Woakes stays off-side and shoulders arms
69.4
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, gets forward to a good length ball heading for off-stump and defends this towards cover
69.3
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, short of length ball on off-stump, Woakes stays on the backfoot and defends this towards backward point
69.2
J Richardson to Woakes, FOUR, short of length ball with some width outside off, Woakes stays back and has a tentative poke off the outside edge, wide of the man at gully to the square third man fence for four
69.1
J Richardson to Woakes, no run, back of a length ball outside off, Woakes hangs back and pokes it away towards backward point
68.5
Lyon to Woakes, 1 run, spin back in from outside off, Woakes chops it away off the backfoot in front of point for one
68.4
Lyon to Woakes, no run, overspin and off-break into the thigh, Woakes offers no shot
68.3
Lyon to Woakes, no run, zips through on off from a good length, Woakes stays on the backfoot and defends
68.2
Lyon to Woakes, no run, zips through on the stumps, Woakes defends hastily
68.1
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spins back in towards the stumps, Woakes hangs back and defends
66.6
Lyon to Woakes, no run, overspinner into the leg-stump line, Woakes doesn't offer a shot and it lobs up off the pads to forward short leg
66.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, loopy and very full on middle, Woakes defends it back towards the bowler
66.4
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spins towards off-stump, Woakes hangs back and defends hastily
66.3
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spins back into the pads, and that's worked towards midwicket
66.2
Lyon to Woakes, FOUR, loopy and wide outside off, Woakes reaches out and laces a drive through sweeper cover for four
66.1
Lyon to Woakes, no run, doesn't spin, just overspin outside off, Woakes taps it on the head into the off-side
64.6
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spinning sharply back in towards middle, Woakes gets fully on the backfoot and defends
64.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spins back in on middle and leg, Woakes hangs back and defends
64.4
Lyon to Woakes, 2 runs, down the pitch, and that's flicked away with the spin between short midwicket and mid-on for a couple. Just wide of the diving short midwicket fielder in fact...
64.3
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spins back in from outside off, Woakes watchfully shoulders arms
64.2
Lyon to Woakes, no run, gets forward and fends this towards mid-on
64.1
Lyon to Woakes, no run, loopy and spinning back in towards off, Woakes gets forward and defends, off the bat into the pad and onto the pitch
62.6
Lyon to Woakes, no run, stays on the backfoot and works it towards midwicket
62.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, down the pitch to flick through cow corner, misses, struck on the pads, deflected towards silly point who flicks it back towards the stumps, but he misses and Woakes manages to get back
62.4
Lyon to Woakes, no run, pushed back completely and Woakes deadbats
62.3
Lyon to Woakes, no run, lunges forward and defends down the wicket
62.2
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spins back in towards the thigh, and that's tucked behind square leg
61.6
Neser to Woakes, no run, back of a length ball marginally wide outside off, left alone by Woakes
61.5
Neser to Woakes, 2 runs, fuller length ball outside off, Woakes leans into a drive through long-off for a couple
61.4
Neser to Woakes, no run, good length ball just outside off, defended towards cover
61.3
Neser to Woakes, no run, yorker length ball on off-stump, Woakes digs it out towards silly mid-off
61.2
Neser to Woakes, FOUR, fuller length ball pitched up wide outside off, Woakes throws his hands at the drive through cover, gets a thick outside edge past gully towards deep backward point for four
61.1
Neser to Woakes, no run, short of length ball on off-stump, Woakes defends off the backfoot
59.6
Neser to Woakes, no run, back of a length ball outside off, left alone by Woakes
59.5
Neser to Woakes, 2 runs, half-volley outside off, Woakes leans in and drives this down to deep extra cover for a couple
59.4
Neser to Woakes, no run, good length ball just outside off, defended off the outside half towards point
59.3
Neser to Woakes, FOUR, fuller length ball with width outside off, Woakes lays into this one, and caresses a drive to sweeper cover for four
59.2
Neser to Woakes, 2 runs, fuller length ball outside off, Woakes reaches out and drives this down to sweeper cover for a couple
59.1
Neser to Woakes, no run, tucks a short of length ball off the hip towards square leg
58.1
Lyon to Woakes, 1 run, loop and drift towards off, and that's whip-driven down towards mid-off for a single
56.6
Lyon to Woakes, no run, there was a slight noise in real time and the Aussies were super-excited, tempting Smith to review it instantly. Labuschagne was the most keen of the lot, egging his skipper on. Beautiful nut from Lyon, straightened just a bit after pitching as Woakes played from the crease. Was very close to the edge but there is nothing on HotSpot or UltraEdge, so that's a review lost. Woakes survives
56.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, flatter and around off, Woakes stays back and blocks
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