Australia vs England, 4th Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: The Ashes, 2021-22 Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Date & Time: Jan 05-Jan 09, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Pat Cummins 2-80(22 ov)
97.6
Cummins to Jack Leach, FOUR, pitched up outside off, Leach leans into the drive and creams it past mid-off with immaculate timing
97.5
Cummins to Broad, 1 run, opens the bat face and pushes the full delivery along the ground through covers
97.4
Cummins to Broad, no run, he is sitting on the back foot and going further deep with every passing delivery, this short ball rears up outside off and explodes off the splice of the bat before dropping short of gully to his right
97.3
Cummins to Broad, no run, spears it in on a length into the body, Broad goes deep inside the crease and gets knocked around the knee roll. Was far from leg stump and looked very high too...
97.2
Cummins to Jack Leach, 3 runs, too full and too straight, no-one wants to chase that? Harries escorts it towards the fence with a casual jog from short leg and keeps it down to three. Leach nailed the flick off the middle of the bat
97.1
Cummins to Jack Leach, no run, I0$ seaming away in the corridor of uncertainty, draws Leach into a jumpy poke and beats the outside edge
95.6
Cummins to Broad, no run, goes full on off, Broad brings his bat down in time and defends into the covers
95.5
Cummins to Broad, no run, Stuart Broad is on the floor. Spotted the bumper quite late and jumped back awkwardly trying to avoid the line, loses balance and lands on his back side...
95.4
Cummins to Broad, no run, short of length outside off at I0$, Broad shoulders arms
95.3
Cummins to Broad, no run, I0$ teasing full delivery outside off, Broad wants none of that
95.2
Cummins to Broad, no run, simialr lines and length from Cummins, Broad repeats the hop dance and plays it with greater conviction this time around
95.1
Cummins to Broad, no run, skiddy back of a length delivery angled into the body, hits the splice as Broad drops it with soft hands in front of silly point
88.6
Cummins to Bairstow, FOUR, it is, indeed, a bumper outside off but Bairstow is good enough to ramp it over the slip cordon for a boundary. He would have loved a single, but he's played enough cricket to understand what to expect from Cummins....
88.5
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, I0$ good length outside off, punched to backward point
88.4
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, full on the stumps at I0$, Bairstow gets across and pushes it to mid-on
88.3
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, I0$ length delivery wide of off, Bairstow shoulders arms
88.3
Cummins to Bairstow, no ball, oversteps and bowls a bumper just outside off, Bairstow ducks under it
88.2
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, good length on off, Bairstow offers a dead bat
88.1
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, angled in from a length, Bairstow flicks it to the right of backward square. doesn't want the single
86.6
Cummins to Jack Leach, no run, teases him with a full length delivery outside off, nothing doing from Leach
86.5
Cummins to Jack Leach, no run, short outside off, Leach shoulders arms
86.4
Cummins to Bairstow, 1 run, I0$ short on the stumps, Bairstow hangs back and pushes it wide of mid-wicket. Happy to take the single this time, Jack Leach will have to survive two balls here...
86.3
Cummins to Bairstow, leg byes, FOUR, in the air and flies in the gap between leg slip and the keeper! The rib-tickler from Cummins, Bairstow - with an injured thumb - tries to fend it on the hop and it snicks the glove before flying down to the fine leg fence
86.2
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, jaffa! Absolute peach. Squares him in the corridor of uncertainty and rips past the outside edge with extra bounce and away movement
86.1
Cummins to Jack Leach, 1 run, full and swinging in towards middle and leg, Leach brings his bat down at a straighter angle and pushes it past mid-on. There was an offer of two runs at least but Bairstow isn't gonna expose Leach against this new nut
84.6
Cummins to Mark Wood, out Lbw!! Patty Cummins you beauty. The captain turning the game in this over. Unplayable inswinging toe-crusher. Proper shoe smasher that. Wood had the bat down but no way he could have countered that late big swing. What control and direction under pressure from Cummins. Hits the left boot in line with middle and Wood is down immediately in pain. Umpire Paul Reiffel raised the finger and Cummins runs off in his celebration. Teammates mob him. Ball tracking says hitting leg stump. Mark Wood lbw b Cummins 0(2)
84.5
Cummins to Mark Wood, no run, shortish delivery, Wood hops and fends to leg
84.4
Cummins to Buttler, out Lbw!! What a moment in the game. So this was a full delivery shaping back in late, Buttler looks to play straight but the bottom of the bat flicked the front pad before the ball came and that meant the bat faced turned to open up a gap for the ball to sneak through and hit the back leg. Unlucky for Buttler. Played the right line but that obstruction led to his downfall. It was a huge appeal for LBW. Ump Reiffel heard that noise off the bat, so he thought it was inside edge, but it was bat hitting pad and DRS helping Australia. Do they still believe they can win? And the sun comes out too. 4 wickets to go. Buttler lbw b Cummins 11(38)
84.3
Cummins to Buttler, no run, fullish and angling in, Buttler lets it go
84.2
Cummins to Buttler, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Buttler defends
84.1
Cummins to Buttler, no run, beaten. Short of a length delivery nipping away, Buttler pokes in his defence and escapes
82.6
Cummins to Buttler, no run, full and just outside off stump, Buttler defends
82.5
Cummins to Buttler, no run, covers the sticks and keeps it out
82.4
Cummins to Buttler, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Buttler looks to defend, misses. Appeal from some of the Aussie fielders, not much from the bowler. Oh dear. That was acres away from the bat. And guess who was so confident? It's Marnus!
82.3
Cummins to Bairstow, 1 run, good length delivery, Bairstow knocks it to mid-wicket
82.2
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, fullish and on the off stump, Bairstow defends
82.1
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, short of length delivery, Bairstow defends
80.6
Cummins to Buttler, 1 run, edged but doesn't carry to Khawaja at third slip. Good length delivery nipping away and finding the edge
80.5
Cummins to Buttler, no run, outside off stump, left alone
80.4
Cummins to Buttler, no run, rushes him on the back foot defence
80.4
Cummins to Buttler, no ball, short of length delivery, Buttler hops and defends.Cummins oversteps
80.3
Cummins to Bairstow, 1 run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Bairstow taps towards point
80.2
Cummins to Bairstow, FOUR, short and wide, cracked off the back foot through cover-point. He pounced on that freebie
80.1
Cummins to Buttler, 1 run, short of length delivery into the wicket, Buttler hops and flicks through backward square leg
70.6
Cummins to Stokes, no run, shortish delivery, Stokes lets it pass
70.5
Cummins to Stokes, no run, neat on-drive but straight to mid-on
70.4
Cummins to Stokes, FOUR, in the airrr, shouts of catch it but well wide of Boland at fine leg. Short and into the body, Stokes gets inside the line and pulls fine, more of a pick up shot. The ball comfortably goes to Boland's left
70.3
Cummins to Stokes, no run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Stokes defends towards mid-off
70.2
Cummins to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery, Stokes fends to leg
70.1
Cummins to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery, Stokes defends off the back foot
68.6
Cummins to Stokes, FOUR, controlled flick shot with a man a short mid-wicket to catch anything uppish. Stokes lets this full delivery come and plays to the right of the fielder and makes it fifty in both innings. What a vital hand
68.5
Cummins to Stokes, no run, fullish delivery on the off stump, Stokes defends towards mid-on
68.4
Cummins to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Stokes defends off the back foot
68.3
Cummins to Stokes, no run, oh extra bounce from short of length from the round the wicket angle to Stokes. Smashes the glove on the defence
68.2
Cummins to Bairstow, 1 run, leg-side ball, glanced to long leg
68.1
Cummins to Bairstow, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Bairstow defends
44.6
Cummins to Stokes, no run, wide of off, through to the keeper
44.5
Cummins to Stokes, no run, dropped! Stokes is playing with high hands and on this occasion, he played it way in front of his body to a back of a length delivery around off, the ball thuds the inside half and deflects towards Harris at short leg who seemed a bit late to react. Straight in and straight out....
44.4
Cummins to Stokes, FOUR, short again and Stokes puts more authority into this pull shot. Drags it behind square and Boland makes a meal of it sliding across to his right at fine leg
44.4
Cummins to Root, no ball, 1 run, takes on the I0$ short ball and plays the swivel pull to the left of deep backward square. Cummins oversteps...
44.3
Cummins to Root, no run, full and down the leg-side, Root looks to help it away but no luck
44.2
Cummins to Root, no run, hops and defends the skiddy length delivery with soft hands, the ball rolls off the inside half and skims past the leg peg
44.1
Cummins to Root, no run, pacy nip-backer on the stumps, Root looks to defend and gets beaten on the inside edge before being hit around the hip region. Seems to be in some pain this time, but he takes a couple of steps away to gather himself...
42.6
Cummins to Root, no run, I0$ good length just outside off, blocked from the crease
42.5
Cummins to Root, FOUR, I0$ short ball outside off, Root swivels and smacks the pull over vacant square leg region, Picked the length early and got the placement spot on...
42.4
Cummins to Stokes, leg byes, 1 run, 137ks full and angled into the pads, helped away to fine leg
42.3
Cummins to Stokes, no run, I0$ short of length outside off, Stokes lifts his bat and lets it go
42.2
Cummins to Stokes, no run, full and wide of off at I0$, Stokes lets it pass
42.1
Cummins to Root, 1 run, woof! No bat and Joe Root would have been dead in front. Seams back in from a fuller length and keeps really low in front of middle and leg, Root looked to flick and managed a thick inside edge onto pad that rolls square on the leg-side
40.6
Cummins to Root, no run, I0$ back of a length outside off, Root jumps on the back foot and dabs into the point region
40.5
Cummins to Root, no run, yorker length at I0$ just outside off, squeezes it out towards mid-off
40.4
Cummins to Root, no run, gets across and defends with soft hands into the off-side
40.3
Cummins to Root, no run, wider lines, Root lets it go
40.2
Cummins to Root, no run, mild appeal for strangle down leg. Full and drifting down the leg-side, Root looks to flick and gets it off the pad to the left of the keeper, the fielders around knew it straightaway...
40.1
Cummins to Root, no run, outside off, no shot offered
38.6
Cummins to Root, no run, wide of off, left alone to the keeper
38.5
Cummins to Root, no run, this one jags back sharply from a length at I0$, beats Root's inside edge by a long way and strikes him around the box whilst on the hop. Doesn't show any pain as it looks to be a glancing blow
38.4
Cummins to Root, no run, I0$ full outside off, Root leans across and checks his drive in front of mid-off
38.3
Cummins to Root, no run, hits the good length once again at I0$ outside off, Root taps with soft hands towards gully
38.2
Cummins to Root, no run, good length closing in on off, Root gets across and defends
38.1
Cummins to Root, no run, I0$ good length just outside off, Root hops and defends with soft hands
20.6
Cummins to Crawley, no run, outside off stump, Crawley lets it go
20.5
Cummins to Crawley, FOUR, yikes! What a sound off the bat and that bat swing! Gee what an authoritative shot. This is Cummins and not a dibbly dobbly medium pacer, but he had so much time to pull on the back foot and he even held the pose for the cameras
20.4
Cummins to Crawley, no run, covers the off stump and defends this length delivery towards cover
20.3
Cummins to Crawley, no run, good length delivery nipping back in, Crawley looks to defend and gets an inside edge
20.2
Cummins to Crawley, FOUR, another leg-side offering from Cummins to Crawley. The batter gets inside the line and swivel-pulls so nicely through backward square leg. Man at fine leg doesn't stop the ball
20.1
Cummins to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery nipping back in, Crawley lets it go
18.6
Cummins to Crawley, no run, outside off stump, left alone
18.5
Cummins to Crawley, FOUR, oh shot! This is a classic case of putting that thought in the bowler's mind of - well this guy is handling everything close to off stump or outside off stump very well, so let me try and target the pads. Crawley wants just that ball to clip it past mid-wicket and pick up four
18.4
Cummins to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, left alone
18.3
Cummins to Crawley, no run, solid in defence to this fullish delivery after getting his front foot outside the line of off stump
18.2
Cummins to Crawley, no run, covers the off stump and lets this good length delivery go through
18.1
Cummins to Crawley, FOUR, there's the leg-side offering from Cummins. Crawley gets inside the line and glances behind square on the on-side. Boland isn't going to dive full length to stop this at long leg having just bowled his fourth over of the day
16.6
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, edgedd and dropped. The ball hits Carey on the wrist just like the first innings. Cummins with a brilliant length delivery angling in and then nipping away. Hameed caught on the crease poking at the ball. Carey dived low to his right as it probably wasn't going to carry to first slip and spilled. But this is what making the batter play with all that seam movement can do
16.5
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, beaten by a top ball. You need some luck against quality bowlers. Short of a length delivery nipping away, Hameed plays inside the line as he plays the original life
16.4
Cummins to Crawley, 1 run, tapped to backward point and they take off. Direct-hit at the striker's end could have been interesting
16.3
Cummins to Crawley, no run, on the off stump this time. Crawley defends off the front foot
16.2
Cummins to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Crawley defends
16.1
Cummins to Crawley, no run, and he bowls a beauty. There seemed to an deviation, but the cordon doesn't appeal. Cummins was interested. Oh nothing on RTS or HotSpot. Sometimes strangely we hear a noise or see a deviation real-time but the ball seems to have just wobbled away after passing the bat. Brilliant short of length delivery angling in and leaving the right-hander late after drawing him into a defence
14.6
Cummins to Crawley, no run, fullish and on the off stump, Crawley pushes towards mid-on
14.5
Cummins to Crawley, no run, outside off stump, left alone
14.4
Cummins to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery down leg, Crawley misses the glance
14.3
Cummins to Crawley, no run, well wide of off and doesn't interest Crawley into a shot
14.2
Cummins to Crawley, no run, nice confident leave outside off stump after covering the sticks
14.1
Cummins to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery, Crawley defends
12.6
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, oh this one leaves Hameed late, also keeps a tad low. Hameed had to play and tried to defend, lucky he didn't nick off
12.5
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, easy leave this time
12.4
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, oh cuts back in by a long way, Hameed covers the stumps and lets it pass. If that ball pitched just outside off stump, would have been very interesting
12.3
Cummins to Crawley, 3 runs, Crawley leans forward and flicks this short of length delivery behind square, in the gap and they return for the third run
12.2
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, 1 run, watchfully tucks this short of length delivery accounting for the inward movement, ball goes through backward square leg
12.1
Cummins to Crawley, leg byes, 1 run, short of length delivery angling in, glanced away behind square, off the thigh pad
10.6
Cummins to Crawley, no run, full just outside off, Crawley looks to defend and gets a thick inside edge to square leg. The England openers have survived till stumps
10.5
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, 1 run, back of a length around middle and leg, kicks up on Hameed as he looks to tuck it away. Might've taken a bit of glove behind square
10.4
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, 2 runs, short of length into the body, Hameed tucks it behind square for a couple
10.3
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, 137.2kph full ball on off, Hameed gets forward and defends down the pitch
10.2
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, left alone outside off
10.1
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, good length around off, Hameed defends to cover
8.6
Cummins to Crawley, 1 run, 136.7kph half-volley outside off, Crawley drives sweetly to the left of mid-off who makes a diving stop
8.5
Cummins to Crawley, no run, good length outside off, left alone
8.4
Cummins to Crawley, no run, 134kph full ball outside off, left alone
8.3
Cummins to Crawley, no run, good length outside off, left alone. Carey takes it around his head
8.2
Cummins to Crawley, no run, back of a length on off, blocked to mid-on from the crease
8.1
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, 1 run, short of length into the body, Hameed tucks it behind square
3.6
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, pitched up just outside off, Hameed defends to point
3.5
Cummins to Crawley, 1 run, back of a length delivery slanted in on middle, clipped through midwicket
3.4
Cummins to Crawley, 2 runs, 141kph delivery and it's been pitched up again by Cummins, inviting the drive. Crawley goes for it again and squirts it off a thick edge that runs through backward point
3.3
Cummins to Crawley, 2 runs, another one pitched up, Crawley gets forward to drive and mistimes off the inside half through mid-on
3.2
Cummins to Crawley, FOUR, oh that's glorious! High left elbow, good stride forward as he punches the half-volley through mid-off
3.1
Cummins to Crawley, no run, full ball around the fifth stump, Crawley defends to point
1.6
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, an appeal for LBW as the ball jags in but it's done too much! Fuller length, beats Hameed on the inside edge as he gets forward to defend and hits the pad in front of leg. Would've gone down
1.5
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, 134kph good length ball angling in on middle, Hameed tucks it to short leg
1.4
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, pitched up around off, Hameed flicks it to mid-on
1.3
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, full around off, Hameed gets forward and defends
1.2
Cummins to Haseeb Hameed, no run, good length ball in the channel, nips back in as Hameed lets it go through to the keeper. Bounced quite steeply there
1.1
Cummins to Crawley, 1 run, 134.1kph good length ball on off, Crawley works it through midwicket and takes the single before mid-on cuts it off
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