Australia vs England, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: The Ashes, 2021-22 Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Date & Time: Dec 26-Dec 30, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Mark Wood 2-71(19.5 ov)
87.5
Mark Wood to Boland, out Caught by Crawley!! Mark Wood takes the last wicket and Australia finish with 267. A short and quick delivery outside off, Boland flashes at it and gets an outside edge that has been taken by Crawley at second slip. Australia have managed to gain a sizeable lead of 82 runs. Boland c Crawley b Mark Wood 6(11)
87.4
Mark Wood to Boland, no run, tad short outside off, a harmless delivery, Boland shoulders arms
87.3
Mark Wood to Starc, 1 run, pitched up by Mark Wood, Starc plays an uppish square drive over point and takes a single
87.2
Mark Wood to Starc, 2 runs, back of a length outside off, Starc steers this through backward point for a couple of runs
87.1
Mark Wood to Boland, 3 runs, full and quick around middle and leg, Boland flicks it past the man at short leg, through mid-wicket for three runs
81.6
Mark Wood to Starc, no run, short of a length and angling across the left-hander, Starc lets it go
81.5
Mark Wood to Starc, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, driven straight to the fielder at cover
81.4
Mark Wood to Cummins, 1 run, Anderson with a near screamer - have to say he saved three runs for his team - back of a length and just outside off, Cummins cleared his front leg and then hammered the pull, to the right of mid-on - Anderson threw himself at the ball, went one-handed, parallel to the ground and manages to stick his pam out, but can't hold on. Would have been the catch of the year, had he held on
81.3
Mark Wood to Cummins, no run, tad fuller and around the off-stump line, defended with an angled bat towards gully
81.2
Mark Wood to Cummins, no run, on a good length and at the stumps, Cummins strides forward and then defends it towards mid-on
81.1
Mark Wood to Cummins, FOUR, crunched, juicy half-volley from Wood and Cummins has drilled it back from where it came, right past the bowler and runs away to the ropes
79.6
Mark Wood to Starc, 1 run, back of a length and just outside off, Starc rides the bounce and pushes it into the gap wide of point
79.5
Mark Wood to Starc, no run, short of a length and slanting down leg, Starc was looking to help it on its way and missed
79.4
Mark Wood to Cummins, 1 run, on a good length and angling into the pads, nudged in front of mid-wicket for a single - Australia's lead is now 50
79.3
Mark Wood to Cummins, no run, Wood shortens his length outside off, Cummins hops across and dabs it to backward point
79.2
Mark Wood to Starc, 1 run, short of a length and at the body, Starc was looking to fend it away, gets an inside edge onto the body and the ball drops in front of square leg
79.1
Mark Wood to Starc, no run, on a good length and angling back into the left-hander, has Starc prodding at that and beats him on the outside edge
77.6
Mark Wood to Starc, 1 run, back of a length and at the stumps, Starc stays behind the line, pushes it in front of cover and scampers across for a quick single
77.5
Mark Wood to Starc, no run, short and wide of off, Starc throws his bat at it and missed
77.4
Mark Wood to Starc, no run, Wood shortens his length on off, Starc gets right behind it in defence
77.3
Mark Wood to Starc, no run, short of a length and angling into the left-hander, tucked for room - Starc blocks it back at the bowler
77.2
Mark Wood to Cummins, 1 run, fraction fuller and just outside off, Cummins stays leg-sided as he drove it to the left of mid-off for a run
77.1
Mark Wood to Cummins, no run, on a good length and holding its line outside off, Cummins backed away slightly and was looking to flay it through point, beaten on the top-edge
69.6
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 146.2kph, good length, outside off. Solid leaning forward punch, but straight to cover
69.5
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 145.5kph, short, climbing up, as Green rides the bounce well to tap it to point
69.4
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 146.4kph, walks across his stumps, with a nice high bat in his forward defence
69.3
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 144.4kph, bouncer, outside off though, allowing Green to duck early
69.2
Mark Wood to Carey, 1 run, 145.5kph, back of a length just outside off, and a back-footed tuck round the corner
69.1
Mark Wood to Carey, no run, quite a nasty bouncer, something Carey takes his eyes off to while half-ducking, to end up getting smacked on the bicep
67.6
Mark Wood to Green, FOUR, 146.4kph, drifting into the hips. And all Green needs is a tickle. He gets a good one at that, to get it very fine
67.5
Mark Wood to Green, no run, skiddy back of a length, and a shuffling high-elbowed block
67.4
Mark Wood to Green, no run, squared up on the back foot, getting the splice, but rolling away safely towards point
67.3
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 148.5kph, pitched up on off, shuffling drive to mid-on
67.2
Mark Wood to Green, no run, triggers across onto off-stump, in defence
67.1
Mark Wood to Carey, 1 run, dabbed straight to Hameed at backward point, oh, and they steal a real quick single. Never mind, the throw wasn't direct
64.6
Mark Wood to Green, 2 runs, 146.4kph, gets a touch too straight with his line, with Green hopping inside it and tucking it off his hips behind square
64.5
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 149kph, back of a length, fizzing through in the corridor outside off. Left
64.4
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 147.9kph, tries glancing it to leg, gets a little squared up with the ball seaming away, to miscue it down the pitch
64.3
Mark Wood to Green, no run, bouncer, angling in, and Green is sitting under early
64.2
Mark Wood to Green, no run, short again, slightly wider, and Green gets fully behind it this time
64.1
Mark Wood to Green, no run, absolute spitting venomous cobra. 148kph. Dug short and into the pitch, climbing up big time. Green, meanwhle, has no answers, as he fends at it, with the ball popping up off the front glove, to drop short of gully
62.6
Mark Wood to Carey, no run, 145.9kph, tight leave this -- seaming back in off a good length towards off, and Carey didn't quite cover the off-stump with his stride either. But he's judged it rather well
62.5
Mark Wood to Carey, no run, 145.8kph, keeps waiting on the back foot, beside the line, opening his bat face late to dab it to point
62.4
Mark Wood to Carey, no run, 146.4kph, jagging back into a tummy-line, hurried keep out
62.3
Mark Wood to Green, 1 run, 148.5kph, top of off. Green shuffles, takes it off his legs and tucks it round the corner
62.2
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 146.5kph, kicks up off a length, beating Green's loose punch for bounce, pace, nip, everything
62.1
Mark Wood to Green, no run, 142.4kph, back of a length, just outside off. Green stays on the back foot to stab this towards point
47.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 146kph, short and quick outside off, decks away from the batter who pokes at it and gets beaten due to the movement
47.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 142.5kph, well directed bouncer from round the wicket, Marcus Harris ducks underneath
47.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 2 runs, 148.5kph, on a length around off, Marcus Harris steers this through point for a couple of runs
47.3
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, back of a length around off, Marcus Harris defends it off his back foot
47.2
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 145.5kph, short and quick outside off, this ball skids along the deck and Marcus Harris gets beaten on his cut. Was slightly late in playing his shot, and by the time he could attempt the shot, the ball was already in the keeper's mitts
47.1
Mark Wood to Head, 1 run, short and quick around middle and leg, Head nudges this through square leg for one
45.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 141.5kph, banged in short from round the wicket, Marcus Harris knocks it down the pitch
45.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 143.3kph, hint of away seam, Marcus Harris does well to get behind the line as he taps it right next to the pitch on the off-side
45.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 145.9kph, length delivery around middle and leg, Marcus Harris works it to short mid-wicket with a closed bat face
45.3
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 143.4kph, short and quick from round the wicket, Marcus Harris ducks for cover
45.2
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 146.3kph, length delivery around middle and off, seams away and Marcus Harris knocks it to cover off the outside half of his bat
45.1
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, banged in short around off, seams away from the batter who rides the bounce and taps it to point
43.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 2 runs, back of a length outside off, Marcus Harris carves this through point for a couple of runs
43.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, short and quick around off, Marcus Harris hops in the crease and steers it to point
43.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, FOUR, short ball outside off, Marcus Harris rides the bounce and opens the face to steer this past Hameed's dive at gully. Australia dealing in boundaries since the lunch break and the deficit is getting erased off rapidly
43.3
Mark Wood to Head, 1 run, drifting on the pads and Head has glanced it down to fine leg for one
43.2
Mark Wood to Head, no run, knocked into the off side as the bowler keeps this on a length around off
43.1
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 3 runs, fifty for Marcus Harris and he gets a standing ovation from the crowd at MCG. Head walks up to him and congratulates the opener too. Drills the overpitched delivery past the diving bowler and gets three runs to get to the milestone. That's his first Ashes fifty and he has finally repaid the faith in the selectors
41.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, good comeback from Wood - pitched up and it then seams away from around off, drew Harris forward into the block and beats him on the outside edge
41.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 2 runs, too full and too straight from Wood, on the pads and it's clipped wide of mid-wicket for a couple of runs
41.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, on a good length and angling back into the left-hander, beat Harris for sheer pace and struck him high on the thigh-pad
41.3
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 2 runs, nicely played, tad too full from Wood, Harris leans forward, presents a straight bat and pushes it straight of mid-on for a couple
41.2
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, beauty, on a good length and in that channel just outside off - has Harris playing from the crease and it straightens past the outside edge
41.1
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, on a good length and around the off-stump channel, Harris pokes forward and gets a soft edge towards gully
38.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, Wood shortens his length on middle and Harris turns it towards mid-wicket - wanted a quick single, but is sent back by his partner as Wood charges across
38.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, on a good length and at the stumps, defended back at the bowler
38.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, banged in short and angling down leg, Harris sits under and lets it go
38.3
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, short of a length and just outside off - Harris rides the bounce and drops it down at his feet
38.2
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, banged in short and angling down leg, Harris ducks under and lets it go
38.1
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, Harris hops across and defends it to the off-side
36.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, FOUR, edged and four, on a good length and in that channel just outside off - makes Harris play, but it does so with soft hands, ensures that the edge died down quickly and rolled past second slip
36.5
Mark Wood to Head, 1 run, on a length and angling into the left-hander, nudged in front of square on the on-side for a single
36.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 1 run, back of a length and angling across the left-hander, Harris is slightly opened up on the back-foot defence, skews a thick edge behind point for a run
36.3
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, on a length and slanting into the pads, Harris flicks but can't beat square leg
36.2
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, short of a good length and angling across the left-hander, defended back at the bowler
36.1
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, short of a length and around off, Harris hops across and then defends
26.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 143.3kph, bouncer, angling in from round the wicket. Ducked
26.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 146.4kph, leans well in front, and knocks it off the inside-half towards short mid-wicket
26.4
Mark Wood to Smith, 1 run, 145.5kph, taps it in front of cover off the back foot, and quick legs
26.3
Mark Wood to Smith, no run, 146.7kph, back of a length, angling in, whizzing past a shuffling Smith's chest
26.2
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 1 run, jags back in, something Harris lines up to in helping down to fine leg
26.1
Mark Wood to Smith, 3 runs, 148.7kph, overcooked on the legs, and whipped rather powerfully through a vastly vacant mid-wicket
24.6
Mark Wood to Smith, no run, 148kph, back of a length, just outside off. Smith hangs back in tapping it to point
24.5
Mark Wood to Smith, no run, 150.6kph. Squares him up on the back foot, jagging away and taking the outside-ehalf on Smith's shuffling defence
24.4
Mark Wood to Smith, no run, 150.7kph, full, on middle, jammed back down the pitch
24.3
Mark Wood to Labuschagne, out Caught by Root!! The jumpy Labuschagne gets squared up, and the jumpy Labuschagne falls. This is what raw pace does -- hurry people up on the back foot, with the ball kicking up off a length, taking the splice in his defence to first slip at a nice comfortable height. And just like that, England have a big foot in the door. Labuschagne c Root b Mark Wood 1(14)
24.2
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, 3 runs, 144.4kph, shuffles across and merely punches this sweetly straight back down the pitch
24.1
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 143.3kph, length, on off, shuffling defence
11.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 146.8kph, jags in sharply towards off-stump from wide of the crease, but Harris does well to leave it on length
11.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, back of a length, angling in, and jabbed off a thick outside-edge to point
11.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 147.6kph, on middle, good length, quietly blocked back
11.3
Mark Wood to Warner, 3 runs, 147.9kph, neatly chopped -- hanging back and using the slightest of widths outside off to dab it past gully. Hameed does well to give it the chase and hunt it down
11.2
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, 148kph, full, on off, jumpy push out
11.1
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, 145.8kph, ** fire, fire, fire **. Quick, skiddy, tummy-lined and beating Warner big time for pace as he jumps across and plays down the wrong line. Ends up getting smacked on the midriff
9.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 145.4kph, nice quick sharp bouncer. Head-high. Ducked
9.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, 146.5kph, back of a length, just outside off, and a checked back-footed poke to point
9.4
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, tad full and at the stumps, defended with a straight bat
9.3
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, on a good length and just outside off, dabbed with an open face towards gully
9.2
Mark Wood to Warner, 1 run, on a length and at the stumps, worked wide of mid-wicket for a single
9.1
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, on a length and shaping away from the left-hander, has Warner sparring at that and beats him on the outside edge
7.6
Mark Wood to Warner, FOUR, nasty and four, hint of extra bounce from a length, has happened all day long and Warner gets lucky - was pressing forward in defence, the ball spat up, caught the splice and lobbed over gully's head - nothing going England's way at the moment, not even a brute
7.5
Mark Wood to Warner, FOUR, short, wide and four, fraction too short from Wood - Warner gets on top of the bounce and chops it down towards third man, no need to run for those
7.4
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, banged in short and angling into the left-hander, Warner was through with the pull early and cops a blow below his elbow, doesn't show any signs of pain though
7.3
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, tad fuller and around the off-stump channel, Warner pushes it to the off-side
7.2
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, Wood shortens the length around off, defended back at the bowler
7.1
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, fuller length delivery and well wide of off, Warner doesn't need to play at those, left alone
5.6
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, Harris gets right behind the line in defence
5.5
Mark Wood to Marcus Harris, no run, Harris gets lucky once again, done in by sheer pace of Wood - was short and on the hips, Harris was looking to turn it to the on-side, closed the bat-face, gets an inside edge onto thigh and it nearly lobbed up to square leg
5.4
Mark Wood to Warner, 3 runs, Warner is in an aggressive mood tonight - fraction short and he's quick to rock back on the pull, didn't get it off the middle of the bat, but gets it into the gap wide of mid-wicket, back for the third run
5.3
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, beauty, superb bowling from Wood - hit the deck hard around off, got it to straighten a smudge and beat Warner's hopping poke, so close to finding it
5.2
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, tad fuller and at the stumps, Warner prods across and defends it back at the bowler
5.1
Mark Wood to Warner, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, Warner hops across and defends it to the off-side
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