The Ashes, Australia vs England 5th Test Day 1 Highlights: Rain Forces Early Stumps With Australia At 241/6
The Ashes, Australia vs England 5th Test Day 1 Highlights: After losing four wickets in the first session, Australia made a good comeback as Travis Head hit a superb century and Cameron Green proved to be an able partner. Australia were 241/6 when rain forced an early stumps in Hobart.
The Ashes, Australia vs England 5th Test Day 1 Highlights: Rain forced an early stumps with Australia at 241 for six on Day 1 of the fifth Ashes Test against England. After losing four wickets in the first session, Australia made a good comeback as Travis Head hit a superb century and Cameron Green proved to be an able partner in an impressive partnership against England at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. However, Head was dismissed immediately after reaching his ton, giving England their fifth wicket of the day. The home side lost the wicket of opener David Warner early to Ollie Robinson followed by Usman Khawaja to Stuart Broad. Robinson struck again as he dismissed Steve Smith to put Australia on the backfoot. Marnus Labuschagne also fell before Lunch to Broad for 44 runs. (LIVE SCORECARD)
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Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
England: Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Sam Billings(w), Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad
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Usman Khawaja
David Warner
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We are back for the second innings! The Aussies stride out to the middle and they are followed by Zak Crawley and Rory Burns who will open the batting for England. Mitchell Starc has the pink ball in his hand. Here we go...
... Second innings ...
After opting to bowl first, on a green top, England have fared reasonably well at the Bellerive Oval. It was Ollie Robinson who set the tone for the tourists on Day 1 as he sent back the dangerous David Warner and Steve Smith for a duck. Usman Khawaja, the man in red-hot form was also dismissed cheaply for just 6 runs and England were all over Australia at one point. However, the tourists failed to capitalize on the start and leaked some runs once Travis Head joined Labuschagne. Mark Wood bowled his heart out and he trapped a couple of Aussie batters with his pacy bouncers. Although, the English side suffered a huge blow as Ollie Robinson had to walk off the field due to stiff back and the Aussies took good advantage of that. Woakes also grabbed a couple of wickets but even he was a touch expensive. Wood came roaring back on Day 2 and he got rid of Cummins and Starc with some short-pitched stuff. All in all, it was a good bowling performance from England but they would have liked to wrap the innings up much earlier than they did. The English bowlers have done their job and it is now upto their batters to put on a good show in the first innings. Do join us for the second innings which will begin soon.
Well, what a first innings we have witnessed in this final Test of the series. It started with England picking up early wickets on Day 1 and then it was Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head who steadied the ship for the hosts. Head made a grand comeback into this Test and notched up his fourth Test hundred. Cameron Green also played a very vital innings for the hosts and the pair of Head and Green stitched together a partnership of 121 runs. This partnership swung the momentum in Australia's favour. It was Nathan Lyon who swung his willow at the fag end of the innings and that propelled Australia to go past the 300-run mark.
OUT! Cleaned up! Stuart Broad knocks over Nathan Lyon and the Aussies are finally bundled out. Broad bowls a length ball, right on top of off and that's where you want to be as a pacer. Lyon backs away and looks to clobber it on the leg side but gets comprehensively beaten. The ball goes on to knock over the bails and Broad has his third wicket. Australia finish with 303 runs on the board.
Just about keeps it out does Nathan Lyon. Fullish ball, tailing into middle and leg. Lyon does well to get a bat on it.
A length ball, around middle. Lyon hangs deep and flicks it through square leg, albeit a bit awkwardly and picks up another couple of runs.
Broad looks for the inswinging yorker, on off. Lyon digs it out.
Length ball, on off. Blocked out.
Full, on off. Lyon works it wide of mid on for one.
DROPPED! A great effort by Billings though! Back of a length, on off. Lyon goes for the slog but gets the top edge this time. The ball goes high in the air towards square leg. Billings gives it a chase and almost gets there too. He puts in a dive but it goes just past his fingertips. That brings up 300 for Australia.
FOUR! Oh, that is flayed away! Shorter and wider outside off. Lyon rocks back and cuts it past backward point for a boundary.
Short this time, outside off. Lyon misses the pull.
On a length, on off. Lyon pushes it towards cover.
Mark Wood (17-1-108-3) is back on.
Fuller and a bit wider outside off. Boland leaves it.
A dot ball as Boland is solid in his defence.
Length, on off. Blocked out.
On a length, on the pads. Lyon works it past square leg for one.
Fuller, on the pads. Flicked to the leg side.