Australia
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| 7/258 England trail Australia by 158 runs with 3 wickets remaining |
| 0/7 (3.0) | *Labuschagne | O: 70.0 | Leach* | 4 (15) |
| 2/68 (20.0) | Cummins | RR:3.16 | Bairstow | 103 (140) |
| c. Lyon b. Cummins |  | 65.3 7/245 |  | Wood 39(41) |
| c. Khawaja b. Cummins | | 53.3 6/173 | | Buttler 0(8) |
| lbw. Lyon | | 50.6 5/164 | | Stokes 66(91) |
| c. Khawaja b. Green | | 21.5 4/36 | | Malan 3(39) |
| c. Smith b. Boland | | 20.1 3/36 | | Root 0(7) |
| b. Boland | | 16.6 2/36 | | Crawley 18(55) |
| b. Starc | | 9.2 1/22 | | Hameed 6(26) |
| First Innings: Australia | 8/416 d. | RR: 2.66 | O: 134.0 |
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| First Innings: Australia | 8/416 d. | RR: 2.66 | O: 134.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D.A. Warner c. Crawley b. Broad | 30 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 41.67 |
M.S. Harris c. Root b. Anderson | 38 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 34.86 |
M. Labuschagne c. Buttler b. Wood | 28 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 47.46 |
S.P.D. Smith c. Buttler b. Broad | 67 | 141 | 5 | 0 | 47.52 |
U.T. Khawaja b. Broad | 137 | 260 | 13 | 0 | 52.69 |
C.D. Green c. Crawley b. Broad | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 |
A.T. Carey+ c. Bairstow b. Root | 13 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
P.J. Cummins* c. Buttler b. Broad | 24 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 51.06 |
M.A. Starc not out | 34 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 56.67 |
N.M. Lyon not out | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 228.57 |
S.M. Boland | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 12, nb 4) | 24 | ||||
| Total | 416 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.M. Anderson | 30.0 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 1.80 |
| S.C.J. Broad | 29.0 | 5 | 101 | 5 | 3.48 |
| B.A. Stokes | 13.5 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 2.67 |
| M.A. Wood | 26.1 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 2.90 |
| M.J. Leach | 24.0 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 3.71 |
| D.J. Malan | 3.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 |
| J.E. Root | 8.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 4.50 |
| First Innings: England | 7/258 | RR: 3.16 | O: 70.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. Hameed b. Starc | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23.08 |
Z. Crawley b. Boland | 18 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 32.73 |
D.J. Malan c. Khawaja b. Green | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 |
J.E. Root* c. Smith b. Boland | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
B.A. Stokes lbw. Lyon | 66 | 91 | 9 | 1 | 72.53 |
J.M. Bairstow not out | 103 | 140 | 8 | 3 | 73.57 |
J.C. Buttler+ c. Khawaja b. Cummins | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
M.A. Wood c. Lyon b. Cummins | 39 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 95.12 |
M.J. Leach not out | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 26.67 |
S.C.J. Broad | |||||
J.M. Anderson | |||||
Extras (b 8, lb 6, w 3, nb 2) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 258 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Cummins | 20.0 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 3.40 |
| M.A. Starc | 14.0 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 3.50 |
| S.M. Boland | 12.0 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 2.08 |
| C.D. Green | 9.0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2.67 |
| N.M. Lyon | 12.0 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 5.92 |
| M. Labuschagne | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 |
Australia have put themselves in a wonderful position to dominate the Fourth Ashes Test at the SCG, Sydney and strong>England will have to have their best first innings of the series to try and fight their way back into this match. Join The Roar for live scores and rolling coverage of the first day’s play from 10:00am (AEDT).
Day two was all about Australia and Usman Khawaja. They worked hard all day to grind out run after run and with Khawaja’s memorable ton and Australia crossing the 400 mark England’s chances of winning this Test slipped further and further away from their reach.
But England have to focus on the positives – their two openers survived a challenging few overs at the death of day two and they have all ten wickets in hand as they look to chase down the 403 runs that will get them equal with Australia’s first innings total.
There are some talented players in the England side who haven’t fired yet with the bat and the likes of Zak Crawley, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler will want to prove that they have what it takes to succeed in this cauldron.
The SCG wicket started to show a few signs that it might be beginning to misbehave which Pat Cummins and his bowlers will look to exploit quickly. If they can get three quick wickets in the first session then fears of another innings loss will be ringing in England’s ears.
There is rain forecast in the morning but let’s hope that we get another decent day’s worth of play like we did yesterday.
Game information
Venue: SCG, Sydney
First ball: 10:00am (AEDT)
TV/Stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, Channel Seven
Betting: Australia $2.30, England $51.00, draw $1.65 – odds via PlayUp
Australia Team
David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon
England Team
Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson
Rossi
Roar Rookie
Fair point, I'm still not over Headingly though Don!
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
I dunno if the references got all out of kilter
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
Type in YouTube "goin crazy at the lake". You'll watch it 3x for it so cleverly funny. Coen Bros are the best film dudes ever.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
https://youtu.be/MZ55W_SV3Tg The scene, the subtle humour cracks me up.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
The expectation is most of it has passed.
Jeff
Roar Rookie
We may be on top, but they won't play in the rain.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
Form? He averages 38. He is just a #6/7. He won't be winning a game. He needed 2 innings to get to 66.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
We are well on top.
ojp44
Guest
This aggression will not stand man ...
danwain
Roar Rookie
Thanks, plums are great…or should you be saying Plumb on this chat? It does seem as though you have a lack of understanding whenever an English player is questioned, I seem to remember you asking me ‘what’ previously in the series when I said Root really liked to feel bat on ball…
Chanon
Roar Rookie
That chinaman that peed on my rug :laughing:
Once Upon a Time on the Roar
Roar Guru
Yeah, I was thinking that too, but even to chase down 300 would take a Stokesical magical act.
Rossi
Roar Rookie
I think he's probably more happy for himself as he was out of the XI until Melbourne
Rossi
Roar Rookie
With Stokes finding form I'm not comfortable with 300!
Pom in exile
Roar Rookie
I understand it fine mate, you’re a plum!
Rossi
Roar Rookie
Haha he loved his rug the dude!
Rossi
Roar Rookie
I guess if it was the other way around I'd have been annoyed but I wouldn't have been dirty in it; easy to say that though.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
It's out of "Fargo", the film, where the cop drives out to the other side of the frozen lake and interviews a witness in Steve Buscemi's crime. The Minnesotan Witness is hilarious.
Shed Bloke
Roar Rookie
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :cricket: Yeah, What he said. :cricket: Thanks Oliver :happy:
Chanon
Roar Rookie
The dude abides :thumbup: