England finish Day 2 of the first Ashes Test at 267/4 with Rory Burns starring for the hosts with his unbeaten knock of 125 while Ben Stokes remained not out on 38 runs at stumps. England skipper Joe Root also played a crucial knock of 57 runs. For Australia, James Pattinson took two wickets while Pat Cummins and Peter Siddle picked up one wicket each. England opener Rory Burns hit his maiden Test century. He spent 36 balls in the 'nervous 90s' and for more than half an hour could not get beyond 92. But the 28-year-old left-hander eventually got to three figures for the first time in eight Tests with a quick single off Nathan Lyon. (SCORECARD)
Ashes 2019 1st Test Day 2 Highlights Between England vs Australia, Straight from Edgbaston, Birmingham.
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England finish day 2 at 267/4. Rory Burns starred the day with his unbeaten 125 while Ben Stokes also remained not out on 38 runs. For Australia, James Pattinson picked up two wickets while Pat Cummins and Peter Siddle picked up one wicket each.
Nathan Lyon's delivery kept low on this occasion, Burns goes for a cut only manages an inside edge, goes between keeper's legs and rolls over the rope.
James Pattinson beats Rory Burns, ball hits his pad, umpire Joel Wilson turns down the big appeal. Australia take review and replay shows the ball was pitched outside leg stump line. Australia lose their review, they have only one left now.
Cummins generates extra pace and bounce with the new ball, Burns raises his bat to let it go to the keeper but ball races away to the fence after deflecting off his thigh pad. No run as the batsman didn't offer any shot.
Nathan Lyon's ball straightens after pitching in the stumps line, Stokes plants his front leg and sweeps it along the ground towards midwicket for a four.
Rory Burns steals a single to complete his maiden Test century on his Ashes debut. He is pumped and Edgbaston crowd and his teammates join the celebration and give him a standing ovation.
Pat Cummins gives Rory Burns a gift on the pads who tickles it fine towards the fine leg fence for a four. He is now just two runs away from his maiden Test century.
Cameron Bancroft takes a sublime catch at third slip to dismiss Jos Buttler. Pat Cummins gets his first wicket. England are four down now. Australia are crawling back in the game with two quick wickets post tea.
James Pattinson bowls a pitch-perfect in-swinger, Joe Denly plays the wrong line, expecting the ball to swing outwards but it didn't, Joel Wilson raises his finger after little thought. Replay shows it was plumb.
This session clearly belongs to England as they lost just one wicket and unlike morning session scored runs at much higher rate. At tea, they are 170/2. Rory Burns is not out on 82 and Peter Siddle tasted the only success in this session when he dismissed England skipper Joe Root for 57.
England reach Tea on 170/2
Joe Root fell to an excellent caught and bowled from Peter Siddle, but Rory Burns has carried on to 82*
Nathan Lyon drops another ball short and wide, Joe Denly quickly shifts his body weight on the back foot by some room shuffling across inside the crease and cuts it powerfully through covers to claim his first boundary.
Peter Siddle gets rewarded for sticking to tight line and length. Joe Root drives the ball on the up and Siddle takes a good catch to end the dangerous 2nd-wicket stand. Root departs for 57.
Joe Root glances the ball off his pads towards the fine leg fence and there's is no stopping that. With that he brings up his 42nd Test half-century. England trail by 136 runs.
Pat Cummins bowls another outswinger and Rory Burns this time leans forward, reaches to the pitch of the ball using his front foot, drives it past mid-off and it wins the race to the rope.
Another thick outside edge from Rory Burns goes in between slip and gully fielder, giving him for runs. Frustration for Australian bowlers increasing with each such shot.
Joe Root leans forward on to the front foot and drives the ball past point fielder to collect another boundary. With that shot, the partnership between him and Burns has gone up to exactly 100.
Sun is shining and so are the England batsmen as they have started to open up. James Pattinson on this occasion bowls a full ball on middle and leg and Root flicks it off his pads using his wrists to midwicket rope for a four.
Joe Root dances down the track and hits the ball with the turn, ball races towards deep midwicket fence where fielder fails to keep it in despite covering decent ground, giving him four runs.
Huge LBW appeal by Peter Siddle against Joe Root and Aleem Dar has given him out. Root once again goes for a review instantly and gets a life as replay showed the ball took inside edge before hitting the pad.
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