England vs Australia 5th Test Day 1 Highlights, Ashes 2019: Jos Buttler Fifty Takes England To 271/8 At Stumps On Day 1
ENG vs AUS 5th Test Day 1 Highlights, Ashes 2019: After watching wickets fall from the other end, Jos Buttler went all-out and helped England reach 271/8 at stumps.
Jos Buttler's late fireworks in the final session helped England finish Day 1 of the fifth Ashes Test at 271/8. After watching his partners depart from the end, Buttler adopted a counter-attacking approach and it paid off well for him as he completed his 15th Test half-century in just 60 balls. At stumps, he was not on 64 while Jack Leach was batting on 10. Mitchell Marsh, playing his first match of the series, was the most successful Australian bowler on the day as he picked up four wickets. Pat Cummins also dismissed two batsmen, including England skipper Joe Root who departed for 57. Earlier, England openers Joe Denly and Rory Burns started cautiously after being put into bat by Australian skipper Tim Paine. Denly was the first wicket to fell as he got out to Cummins on 14. Joe Root and Burns added over 50 runs for the second wicket and steadied the hosts' innings. (SCORECARD)
Ashes 2019 5th Test Day 1 Match, Highlights Between England vs Australia, Straight from Kennington Oval, London
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Josh Hazlewood bowls a well-directed bouncer and Jack Leach tries to duck it but fails. Ball clips his arm guard and goes in the air. Erasmus doesn't think he is out and Australia also do not review it.
Jos Buttler gets to his 15th Test half-century in style with a huge six over midwicket. He is taking his chances against Josh Hazlewood and so far they have paid off well.
Pat Cummins comes round the wicket and bowls in to left-handed Jack Leach. The angle squared him up and he somehow managed to play it, but not convincingly. It went away from slip cordon and fetched him four runs
Watching wickets fall from the other end, Jos Buttler has decided to go after the bowlers. He has got into T20 mode. He started Josh Hazlewood's fresh over with two back to back sixes -- one over his head and the other over long-on.
Josh Hazlewood bowls full and gets the ball to move away from Jofra Archer had no choice but play. Australian skipper Tim Paine makes no mistake behind stumps and takes a simple catch.
After dominating the first two sessions, England have failed to put up any fight in this session. They have lost four big wickets and scored just 38 runs.
Mitchell Marsh gets his fourth wicket of the day as he gets rid of Chris Woakes for two runs. Marsh bowled a yorker and Woakes reacted late to that and paid the price for it.
Mitchell Marsh bowls short and wide, Sam Curran cuts it past backward point to collect another boundary and with that he moves into the double figures.
Mitchell Marsh bowls a full-length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, who is late on the shot and it wraps him in front of the stumps. Erasmus raises his finger but Bairstow wants to have a look at it. The replay shows the ball hit pad first and would have gone to hit the stumps. Three reds and England lose their review.
In the four overs Pat Cummins has bowled after the tea, he has given just one run and picked up an all-important wicket of England skipper Joe Root. He is certainly charged up after tea.
Caught behind appeal... turned down... Australia lose review!
Mitchell Marsh bowls down leg, Jos Buttler misses his glance, ball goes straight to keeper and Australian camp is sure of a nick, Marais Erasmus doesn't concur. Australia lose their review after replay suggested the ball missed the bat completely.
Pressure was mounting on England as runs were not coming from both the ends. Pat Cummins gets the reward for his effort. He breached Joe Root's defence and knocked his stumps. Yet another Root's innings comes to an end soon after a half-century.
Josh Hazlewood bowls his second consecutive maiden over. This time also Joe Root was on strike who is dreading with extra caution as the Tea is approaching.
Nathan Lyon's delivery instead of turning into Joe Root straightens after pitching which opened up his defence as he picked the wrong line to play. Lyon concedes just two runs in the over.
Both Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow happy with picking singles here and there at the moment, especially against Nathan Lyon. In his last over, Lyon gave away seven runs, courtesy five singles and two byes.
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