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| 4/96 England lead Australia by 104 runs with 6 wickets remaining |
| 2/16 (8.2) | *Cummins | O: 32.2 | Stokes* | 16 (41) |
| 0/15 (7.0) | Hazlewood | RR:2.57 | Buttler | 10 (37) |
| c. Paine b. Siddle |  | 20.2 4/71 |  | Burns 29(52) |
| c+b. Siddle | | 18.5 3/64 | | Denly 26(51) |
| c. Paine b. Cummins | | 4.2 2/9 | | Root 0(1) |
| c+b. Cummins | | 4.1 1/9 | | Roy 2(13) |
| First Innings: Australia | 250 all out | RR: 2.28 | O: 94.3 |
| First Innings: England | 258 all out | RR: 2.87 | O: 77.1 |
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| First Innings: England | 258 all out | RR: 2.87 | O: 77.1 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R.J. Burns c. Bancroft b. Cummins | 53 | 127 | 7 | 0 | 41.73 |
J.J. Roy c. Paine b. Hazlewood | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
J.E. Root* lbw. Hazlewood | 14 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 70.00 |
J.L. Denly c. Paine b. Hazlewood | 30 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 44.78 |
J.C. Buttler c. Paine b. Siddle | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 52.17 |
B.A. Stokes lbw. Lyon | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 59.09 |
J.M. Bairstow+ c. Khawaja b. Lyon | 52 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 54.74 |
C.R. Woakes c. Paine b. Cummins | 32 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 51.61 |
J.C. Archer c. Khawaja b. Cummins | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 |
S.C.J. Broad b. Lyon | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 73.33 |
M.J. Leach not out | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
Extras (b 12, lb 5, w 6, nb 0) | 23 | ||||
| Total | 258 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Cummins | 21.0 | 8 | 61 | 3 | 2.90 |
| J.R. Hazlewood | 22.0 | 6 | 58 | 3 | 2.64 |
| P.M. Siddle | 13.0 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 3.69 |
| N.M. Lyon | 19.1 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 3.55 |
| S.P.D. Smith | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
| First Innings: Australia | 250 all out | RR: 2.28 | O: 94.3 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C.T. Bancroft lbw. Archer | 13 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 19.70 |
D.A. Warner b. Broad | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17.65 |
U.T. Khawaja c. Bairstow b. Woakes | 36 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 64.29 |
S.P.D. Smith lbw. Woakes | 92 | 161 | 14 | 0 | 57.14 |
T.M. Head lbw. Broad | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
M.S. Wade c. Burns b. Broad | 6 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 13.33 |
T.D. Paine*+ c. Buttler b. Archer | 23 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 32.86 |
P.J. Cummins c. Bairstow b. Broad | 20 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 25.00 |
P.M. Siddle c. Bairstow b. Woakes | 9 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 29.03 |
N.M. Lyon lbw. Leach | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 |
J.R. Hazlewood not out | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
Extras (b 17, lb 12, w 2, nb 1) | 32 | ||||
| Total | 250 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.C.J. Broad | 27.3 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 2.36 |
| J.C. Archer | 29.0 | 11 | 59 | 2 | 2.03 |
| C.R. Woakes | 19.0 | 6 | 61 | 3 | 3.21 |
| B.A. Stokes | 8.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2.12 |
| M.J. Leach | 11.0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1.73 |
| Second Innings: England | 4/96 | RR: 2.57 | O: 32.2 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R.J. Burns c. Paine b. Siddle | 29 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 55.77 |
J.J. Roy c+b. Cummins | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 |
J.E. Root* c. Paine b. Cummins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
J.L. Denly c+b. Siddle | 26 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 50.98 |
B.A. Stokes not out | 16 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 39.02 |
J.C. Buttler not out | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 27.03 |
J.M. Bairstow+ | |||||
C.R. Woakes | |||||
J.C. Archer | |||||
S.C.J. Broad | |||||
M.J. Leach | |||||
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 1) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 96 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Cummins | 8.2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1.92 |
| J.R. Hazlewood | 7.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2.14 |
| P.M. Siddle | 8.0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2.38 |
| N.M. Lyon | 9.0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 3.78 |
Rain continued to play a vital part in the second Ashes Test between the traditional rivals England and Australia at Lord’s and the hosts will now hope to conjure up a miracle to try and come back into the series on day four of this game. The match continues from 8pm AEST and you can follow it live with The Roar below.
Australia found themselves in a familiar soup they had in the first Test match with the bat. Having been 4/99 in the first innings of the Birmingham Test, Australia dished out a repeat of that showing after losing three wickets in the 24.1 overs that were possible on the third day of this Lord’s Test to slump to 4/71 in this one.
However, with Steven Smith continuing to frustrate the English bowlers with an exhibition of a potential impregnability and exaggerated leaves to deliveries fractionally outside the off, England knew their work was far from over.
The visitors thwarted them for a further seven overs in the day before England found a third factor to add to their discomfiture – rain – and the day ended with Australia still four wickets down.
While they are still a few runs away from the follow-on target of 139 – remember, this is now a four-day match and the follow-on lead is at least 150 runs instead of 200 – England will know they are up against time. And Smith.
Smith has barely offered them a chance, having batted 456 deliveries in the series already in just his third innings. And by the looks of things, when everyone else around him looked like they were struggling to keep the Dukes movement away, the former Aussie keeper barely looked rattled.
For England to have a chance of a miraculous turnaround, they will need the weather to change dramatically – and the forecast for the next two days is good – but they will also need a change in the way they bowl at Smith.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain, on commentary, has already suggested a change in length would be one of the keys and with an English defeat slowly moving out of the equation thanks to their first inning score and the lack of time left in the game, the England seamers could look to bowl a lot fuller at Smith.
The other option is to try and attack at the other end while drying up Smith’s end but the same factor that was their friend – lack of time – becomes a foe. An interesting day’s play is ahead of us despite the loss of quite many overs already.
Be sure to join The Roar for live coverage of this fourth day of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia from 8pm AEST and don’t forget to drop a comment in the section below.
maccaa62
Roar Rookie
Warner is so out of form and second guessing himself. Needs to be dropped
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
yeah, I had Clarke's words ringing in my ears when I was writing that.
Kurt S
Roar Pro
Boys, I see what you say, but I want to see the best players at their peak in a contest.
James Butcher
Guest
I don’t think plumb means what you think it means.
soapit
Roar Guru
Well you've obviously given that some deep thought
Fight fair
Guest
Has anyone noticed a decline in the amount of consistent reverse swing from all teams in the last 12 months?
riddler
Roar Rookie
they had to stop at 7. that already had the extra 30mins. we lost just under 2 overs. still though would love my suggestion bought in for over rate penalty. especially in low scoring games like these.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
More than 2 because we also lost the extra overs.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
Warner did not mea culpa after the Capetown episode. He showed little contrition. Its all now coming back to bite him. Bog and new paint does not stop the march of rust.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
But when Leos get drunk its very dramatic.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
Interesting, it takes an Indian to highlight how much less English they have become.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
Because we live in an increasingly amoral world.
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
When he read the rulebook on concussions.
Chris Love
Roar Guru
Australia clearly needs to work on their DRS review system. England have it on song when they’re in the field. Lyon has had 3 batsmen this series plumb LBW (Burns twice in the 20’s, once going on to add 110more) and all were given not out and not reviewed. If we’d reviewed both of Lyon’s today Australia could have had this test by the throat. That of course doesn’t excuse the Umpires, and the system itself as I highlighted in my article last week.
Partyhat
Roar Rookie
:thumbup: Happy birthday Jeff, I apologise for my fellow countrymen’s boorish behaviour..... good luck tomorrow (But not THAT good )
Partyhat
Roar Rookie
Thanks Suneer , great day. Love test cricket
Dwanye
Roar Rookie
Thanks for the work
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Brilliant day of cricket. That's despite so many overs of play already lost. Australia pushed on to score nearly as many as England had in the first innings but the second session was dominated by that Smith v Archer battle that will be spoken about for a long, long time. With England's lead limited to a mere eight, Australia struck twice early through Pat Cummins and then had Peter Siddle picking up a couple. But a few lbw shouts they didn't review and a couple of dropped catches from Warner ensured England go to stumps just four down and inching their way to safety. An exciting fifth day of cricket awaits us. Thank you for joining me today, I am also on Twitter @suneerchowdhary. Ciao.
riddler
Roar Rookie
cheers lads, enjoy your sleep. tomorrow could end up being a classic. thanks suneer for your work. :thumbup:
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Will, that's true.