England vs Australia, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
James Anderson 1-53(21 ov)
104.6
Anderson to Cummins, 2 runs, back of length and wide, punched to the left of short cover for a couple of runs. Australia trail by only 33 now
104.5
Anderson to Cummins, no run, fuller delivery onto off, defended towards gully
104.4
Anderson to Cummins, no run, length ball onto off, pushed to short cover again
104.3
Anderson to Cummins, no run, back of length outside off, defended to short cover
104.2
Anderson to Cummins, no run, back of length on off, guided towards backward point
104.1
Anderson to Cummins, no run, good length on off, Cummins was jumping expecting a bit more bounce. Defends towards backward point
102.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, a tad fuller onto off, defended towards extra cover
102.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up delivery, driven to Zak Crawley at short mid-off
102.4
Anderson to Cummins, 1 run, pitched a tad fuller and quicker, Cummins slightly hurried as he defends and gets a thick outside edge to the left of short cover
102.3
Anderson to Cummins, 2 runs, length ball angling away from off. Cummins gets it in the gap between backward point and gully. Two more runs to the kitty
102.2
Anderson to Cummins, no run, fuller delivery on off. Defended to mid-off
102.1
Anderson to Khawaja, 1 run, half volley outside off, driven to the right of wide mid-off
100.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length delivery on off, very similar to the one that got Carey out. Khawaja covers his line and defends it easily
100.5
Anderson to Cummins, 3 runs, off the mark!! Shorter delivery onto off, Cummins gets a thick outside edge between point and gully. Starts off with a triple
100.4
Anderson to Cummins, no run, length ball wobbling away from off slightly. Cummins defends off the top of his bat towards short cover
100.3
Anderson to Cummins, no run, fuller delivery at the stumps, Cummins pushes it away to mid-on
100.2
Anderson to Khawaja, 1 run, fuller length angling onto middle, Khawaja shimmies to tuck it towards deep backward square leg
100.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, fuller length outside off, Khawaja shoulders arms
98.6
Anderson to Cummins, no run, length ball on off, punched towards the cover region
98.5
Anderson to Cummins, no run, nice bouncer to welcome the Aussie captain... Goes to the left of Cummins' ear
98.4
Anderson to Carey, out Bowled!! Knocked over!! Anderson comes roaring back. This was a length ball that came angling in naturally. Carey has a slight bat pad gap, and the ball squeezes through. Deflects off the back pad flap and then hits the top of the stumps. Partnership finally broken... England have a way back now. Carey b Anderson 66(99) [4s-10 6s-1]
98.3
Anderson to Carey, FOUR, half volley, too full on the pads, flicked easily to the left of short mid-wicket and runs away for another boundary
98.2
Anderson to Carey, FOUR, top shot!! Length ball angling away from off. Carey gets closer to cuts it late and cuts it behind point for a boundary. Lovely balance as he played that stroke
98.1
Anderson to Carey, no run, back of length angling to off. Defended into the pitch
96.6
Anderson to Carey, no run, good length and straight, solidly blocked
96.5
Anderson to Carey, no run, length ball that was wobbling a bit. Inside edge onto the pads as Carey tried to defend
96.4
Anderson to Carey, no run, good length on off, defended to short cover
96.3
Anderson to Carey, FOUR, 100 partnership up!! Length ball angling away slightly, catches a thick outside edge and runs away to the left of Root who is standing at gully. Runs away for another boundary
96.2
Anderson to Carey, no run, length ball on off, stays straight. Defended
96.1
Anderson to Carey, no run, fuller delivery and wider, driven nicely but Stokes with a nice dive to his right from short cover stops a certain boundary
94.6
Anderson to Carey, no run, length ball onto middle and leg, turned towards mid-wicket
94.5
Anderson to Carey, no run, good length and straight, Carey with a more assured defence this time
94.4
Anderson to Carey, no run, dropped!! Fuller delivery outside off, angling in. Carey with a lazy drive away from his body. Catches the inside edge and goes sharply to the right of Bairstow. Was low and came quick, but pops in and out his gloves...
94.3
Anderson to Carey, no run, tight middle stump line from Anderson. Carey pushes it towards the catching mid-on fielder
94.2
Anderson to Carey, no run, fuller delivery on middle and leg, clipped towards the mid-wicket fielder
94.1
Anderson to Khawaja, 1 run, length ball angling onto middle stump, Khawaja with a shimmy tucks it behind square to get the first runs of the morning
87.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, a tad fuller and swings away, this time bowled from round the wicket. Khawaja shoulders arms
87.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, fraction short and angles away outside off. No shot offered
87.4
Anderson to Khawaja, 2 runs, length ball on the thigh pad, tickled to the right of fine leg with a bit of a shimmy. Two runs taken
87.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, back of length, angling away from over the wicket this time. Punched towards the cover fielder
87.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length onto off. Khawaja pushes it to mid-on off the backfoot
87.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length and nipping away from off. No shot offered
85.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, another maiden. Length ball wobbling outside off, left alone
85.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up on off, pushed towards mid-off by Uzzie
85.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, a tad fuller outside off, moving away. Khawaja ignores
85.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length and zips through outside off. Khawaja makes a late decision to leave
85.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, length ball on middle, Khawaja was slightly early on closing the bat face on the clip. Ball goes tamely towards square leg
85.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, length ball on off, keeping low. Khawaja gets his bat down to push it towards mid-on
83.6
Anderson to Carey, no run, full and moving away. Carey drives it towards mid-off
83.5
Anderson to Carey, no run, length ball swinging away from off. Thick outer edge towards backward point
83.4
Anderson to Khawaja, 1 run, fuller on off again, pushed towards point for a single
83.3
Anderson to Khawaja, FOUR, half volley outside off, was swinging but Khawaja has been there long enough to throw his bat out for the drive. Opens his hands slightly while driving to get it square of the wicket for four!
83.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, length ball on off, moving away. Khawaja defends to short mid-wicket
83.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, James Anderson from round the wicket. Bowls it full and gets a bit of away movement. Khawaja defends it late to account for the swing
81.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, on a length and zips away after pitching around middle. Khawaja gets in line and blocks nicely. Maiden over
81.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length onto off, Khawaja inside halves his defence towards mid-wicket
81.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full on the boots, clipped to mid-wicket
81.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length and angling away from the stumps. Khawaja shoulders arms again
81.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, length ball that wobbles well outside off. No shot offered
81.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length and angling away from off. Slightly dies on the batter who has to get his bat low to block
56.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, fuller but wider outside off. No shot offered
56.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, on a length just outside off, a bit of away wobble. Khawaja gets behind the ball and defends
56.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full on off stump, defended
56.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length and straight, pushed to mid-on off the backfoot
56.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full on off, thick inside edge towards short mid-wicket. I0$
56.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, fraction short of length on off. Blocked to short mid-off
54.6
Anderson to Green, no run, nice and tight stump to stump line from Anderson. Blocked to the short cover fielder
54.5
Anderson to Green, no run, good length just outside off, blocked to wide mid-off. Green still not getting the single...
54.4
Anderson to Green, no run, fuller at the stumps this time. Driven to short mid-on this time. Keeping the pressure on Cameron Green...
54.3
Anderson to Green, no run, fuller on off, driven hard but Stokes with an outstretched right palm stops it
54.2
Anderson to Green, no run, fraction shorter and a hint of away movement. Green played it late and tapped it towards gully
54.1
Anderson to Green, no run, length ball on middle and leg, turned towards mid-wicket
52.6
Anderson to Green, 1 run, too full and straight, flicked towards deep backward square leg. Green will retain strike
52.5
Anderson to Green, no run, length ball on off, catches the bat shoulder and bounces short of Pope at gully
52.4
Anderson to Green, no run, length ball on off, Green blocks to short mid-off. Back hand came off the bat as he played that
52.3
Anderson to Green, no run, length ball wider outside off, dabbed towards the man at gully again
52.2
Anderson to Green, no run, good length on off, played late and stabbed into the ground towards the gully fielder
52.1
Anderson to Green, no run, 135 clicks, fuller length on off. Green continues to be solid in defence
50.6
Anderson to Green, no run, fuller on off, defended between the two catching fielders on the off side. But there is also a wide mid-off in place. Dot ball
50.5
Anderson to Green, no run, fuller and just outside off, defended to short cover
50.4
Anderson to Green, no run, length ball, skids onto off. Defended into the pitch and to short mid-off
50.3
Anderson to Green, 2 runs, good length but straighter, pushed towards mid-on for a single. The fielder picks up and takes aim at the stumps. Hits but Green is easily inside and that allows the overthrow
50.2
Anderson to Green, no run, good length on off. Defended - hits high on the bat
50.1
Anderson to Green, no run, full and straight, solidly blocked
48.6
Anderson to Khawaja, 2 runs, too straight, angles onto the pads and Khawaja clips it to the left of short mid-wicket. Two runs taken
48.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, on a length, angling onto off. Keeps a bit low. Khawaja defends to the short mid-off fielder
48.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, a tad fuller and at the stumps. Khawaja defends it back towards the bowler
48.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, good length outside off, holds its line. Khawaja shoulders arms
48.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full and slightly wide, driven towards mid-off who is very wide - almost like an in between fielder for extra cover and conventional mid-off
48.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, back of length just outside off from round the wicket. Khawaja punches it square towards the fielder
15.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, fuller and angling inwards to off. Deflects towards gully after a thick edge off the bat
15.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, low wide full toss, might have been an attempted yorker. Khawaja opens the bat face on the drive but finds short cover
15.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, back of length, angling inwards to off from round the wicket. Khawaja defends off the backfoot
15.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full toss just outside off, Khawaja mistimes the drive to short cover
15.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up on off, driven back down the pitch and Anderson stops it with his foot
15.1
Anderson to Smith, 1 run, pitched up, straying on the pads, Smith flicks it wide of long leg
13.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up outside off, driven to short cover again
13.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, overpitched outside off, driven to short cover
13.4
Anderson to Smith, 1 run, 135kph, very full on off, Smith defends wide of mid-on
13.3
Anderson to Smith, no run, good length ball, Smith defends from the crease
13.2
Anderson to Smith, no run, 133kph, good length delivery outside off, left alone
13.1
Anderson to Khawaja, 1 run, full on the pads, flicked to fine leg
11.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full delivery on middle and leg, defended from the crease
11.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, overpitched outside off, squeezed wide of cover
11.4
Anderson to Khawaja, FOUR, not all that short, just back of a length around off, but Khawaja makes his decision early and pulls it hard through midwicket
11.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, half-volley on the pads, Khawaja flicks it to midwicket
11.2
Anderson to Smith, 1 run, 134kph, inswinger on middle, Smith flicks it to deep midwicket
11.1
Anderson to Smith, no run, pitched up just outside off, Smith shuffles across and defends
9.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full ball swinging away from off stump, Khawaja leaves it alone
9.5
Anderson to Khawaja, 2 runs, pitched right up again, almost a half-volley length and Khawaja drives through cover for two more
9.4
Anderson to Khawaja, 2 runs, pitched right up just outside off, Khawaja goes for the drive and finds the gap through cover. He hasn't exactly middled it, but it's good for two
9.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up on off, driven to short cover
9.2
Anderson to Khawaja, FOUR, 133kph, half-volley on the pads and it's flicked away through midwicket. Again Anderson searches for that magic delivery, but there isn;t that much help available, and Khawaja puts him away
9.1
Anderson to Warner, 1 run, 128kph, back of a length on off, Warner hangs back and taps it wide of cover
7.6
Anderson to Khawaja, 1 run, pitched up on leg, strays onto the pads and Khawaja flicks it down to fine leg for the first run this morning
7.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, 134kph, full ball on middle and leg, Khawaja defends from the crease. Just feel like Anderson is looking for the magic ball that swings away sharply from leg stump. So far it hasn't swung from that line
7.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full ball on leg stump, defended from the crease
7.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, Anderson is getting it to swing this morning. Full delivery around off, starts going away late and beats the outside edge as Khawaja hangs back in defence
7.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full delivery on off, outswinger, Khawaja hangs back and defends
7.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, walks down to a full ball on middle and knocks it wide of mid-off. They think about a single but decide against it
5.6
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, 133kph, Anderson shapes it away from the left-hander just outside off, there's just a hint of swing, not much, and Khawaja leaves it alone
5.5
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, 132kph, length ball on leg, Khawaja defends from the crease to midwicket
5.4
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, length ball wide of off, left alone
5.3
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, fuller than a length on off, defended from the crease
5.2
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, full ball on middle, Khawaja hangs back and defends. Again it's very notable how he's hanging back to full balls
5.1
Anderson to Khawaja, no run, pitched up on middle and leg, Khawaja defends from the crease
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