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| 7/343 Australia lead England by 196 runs with 3 wickets remaining |
| 1/56 (20.0) | *Woakes | O: 84.0 | Head* | 112 (95) |
| 1/57 (20.0) | Wood | RR:3.50 | Starc | 10 (24) |
| c. Hameed b. Root |  | 75.6 7/306 |  | Cummins 12(27) |
| c. Pope b. Woakes | | 64.4 6/236 | | Carey 12(32) |
| b. Robinson | | 55.3 5/195 | | Green 0(1) |
| c. Stokes b. Robinson | | 55.2 4/195 | | Warner 94(176) |
| c. Buttler b. Wood | | 52.6 3/189 | | Smith 12(19) |
| c. Wood b. Leach | | 47.2 2/166 | | Labuschagne 74(117) |
| c. Malan b. Robinson | | 5.2 1/10 | | Harris 3(17) |
| First Innings: England | 147 all out | RR: 2.52 | O: 50.1 |
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| First Innings: England | 147 all out | RR: 2.52 | O: 50.1 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R.J. Burns b. Starc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
H. Hameed c. Smith b. Cummins | 25 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 |
D.J. Malan c. Carey b. Hazlewood | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
J.E. Root* c. Warner b. Hazlewood | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
B.A. Stokes c. Labuschagne b. Cummins | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 23.81 |
O.J.D. Pope c. Hazlewood b. Green | 35 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 44.30 |
J.C. Buttler+ c. Carey b. Starc | 39 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 67.24 |
C.R. Woakes c. Hazlewood b. Cummins | 21 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 87.50 |
O.E. Robinson c. Carey b. Cummins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
M.A. Wood c. Harris b. Cummins | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.33 |
M.J. Leach not out | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 1, nb 0) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 147 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Starc | 12.0 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 2.92 |
| J.R. Hazlewood | 13.0 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 3.23 |
| P.J. Cummins | 13.1 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 2.89 |
| N.M. Lyon | 9.0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2.33 |
| C.D. Green | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 |
| First Innings: Australia | 7/343 | RR: 3.50 | O: 84.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D.A. Warner c. Stokes b. Robinson | 94 | 176 | 11 | 2 | 53.41 |
M.S. Harris c. Malan b. Robinson | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17.65 |
M. Labuschagne c. Wood b. Leach | 74 | 117 | 6 | 2 | 63.25 |
S.P.D. Smith c. Buttler b. Wood | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 63.16 |
T.M. Head not out | 112 | 95 | 12 | 2 | 117.89 |
C.D. Green b. Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
A.T. Carey+ c. Pope b. Woakes | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 |
P.J. Cummins* c. Hameed b. Root | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
M.A. Starc not out | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 41.67 |
N.M. Lyon | |||||
J.R. Hazlewood | |||||
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 4) | 14 | ||||
| Total | 343 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.R. Woakes | 20.0 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 2.80 |
| O.E. Robinson | 18.0 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 2.67 |
| M.A. Wood | 20.0 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 2.85 |
| B.A. Stokes | 9.0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 5.56 |
| M.J. Leach | 11.0 | 0 | 95 | 1 | 8.64 |
| J.E. Root | 6.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.83 |
Day two of the first Ashes Test promises to be crucial as Australia look to build on a stunning first day and England look to fight their way back into the contest at the Gabba, Brisbane. After being bowled out for 147, England have a lot of work to do and the first session will be a tense contest. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog from 10:00am AEDT.
Day one of the Ashes 2021/22 series didn’t fail to disappoint. From the first ball when Mitchell Starc bowled Rory Burns, to the final wicket of the day when skipper Pat Cummins got his five wicket haul, it was an enthralling day of Test match cricket and Australia got the better of almost every moment.
Thanks to the rain and bad light stopping play at tea time on day one, today will start 30 minutes earlier and England will want to take quick wickets. You’d expect Joe Root to have spent Wednesday evening watching replays of how the Australians got their wickets – plenty of pitched up bowling that drew the batsmen into tricky decisions.
With only 147 runs on the board, Root might be afraid to attack but attack he must as the only thing that can save England is doing to Australia what Australia did to his side on day one.
For Australia, the challenge is simple – bat England out of the match. Fans and pundits alike will be watching carefully to see if the Aussie batting line up can deliver in the same way that the bowlers did on Wednesday. Dave Warner, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne all have great talent but do they have the form to put pressure on England?
The Australian middle order has some question marks hanging over it with Alex Carey on debut at Test level and Cameron Green still unproven in the early stages of his career.
The weather is likely to play an ongoing role in this first Test and so both sides will want to get on with things and make the most of the forecast early sun.
An enthralling day of Test cricket awaits and both sides need to go for the jugular.
Game information
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
First ball: 10:30 am (AEDT), Thursday 9th December 2021
Live stream/TV: Kayo, Foxtel, Channel Seven
Umpires: Paul Reiffel, Rod Tucker
Match Referee: David Boon
Betting: Australia $1.20, England $12.00 – odds via PlayUp
Australia Team
David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc.
England Team
Joe Root (c), Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Haseeb Hameed, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Great move by Cummins to listen to smith And not refer to drs several overs ago after lunch today . The captain listening to his VC on drs wisely Great overhead catch by Carey for first wicket too
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Yep
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Lions 8 for 80 today looks like we can run A line through the batting form yesterday although mitch marsh may have lead the line
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
"Methinks thou protesteth too much." The only angry tone is coming from you - both this morning and with your constant denigration of cricketers you don't like. If you don't like being reminded of your shortcomings, don't provide evidence of them.
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Only thing I debated with head was khawaja and maddinson . No animosity they were and are all pressing with shield form . Next . Don a bit angry this morning
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Absolute rubbish . I've said he has been reckless in past giving his wicket away with streaky shots outside off and being baited by England in to shots in uk but always said he's had the talent . I'm a fan if he gets consistent and plays carefully. Of course this is not an English pitch wherr they lured him in to some reckless shots with line and length and field placements outside off. So once again your wrong don . Making it up as you go along . Next
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
That's the problem with making so many outlandish put downs of selections. You forget what you've said.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
You said it both passionately and abusively.
Mitchell
Roar Rookie
Commentators keep banging on about how leaving Broad out is a big loss? Considering Robinson is the Broad replacement he is doing a way better job and you would imagine Anderson will definitely come into the side he might not have been feeling 100% for the first game.
Pierro
Roar Rookie
I've never said head isn't up to it I've always said he has the talent . What rabbit will don pull out of his hat next
Pierro
Roar Rookie
No never said that either .
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
It has been your reason for saying Head is not up to it...your incorrect reason.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
So everyone got tired and that's why he got 100? Who's talking rubbish?
Pimpernel
Roar Rookie
1979 Radiators reference :thumbup:
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Happened last year smith got going later in series . Pink ball test can be tricky for runs
Pierro
Roar Rookie
You'd only sub khawaja in for Harris who as I predicted did not perform Jeff . Never had anything against head .
Pierro
Roar Rookie
Didn't say it wasn't don not sure what your trying to say as I agree
Pierro
Roar Rookie
He fished and could easily have edged early on . Robinson and wood had the better of him as they did with most of our bats before and after lunch . What then happened was stokes came on and was struggling and head went after him and then attacked leach who was poor . Wood and Robinson got tired without stokes with only woakes and leech to rotate with in the heat .Great innings from then on in . Stop talking rubbish don
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
Yes but I can see how my compelling opinions have affected you. Nothing made up by me. No stats at all. They are rarely relevant. Cheer up. Just don't give my comments so much weight. You have control over that.
The Late News
Roar Rookie
Love your work mate!