England vs Australia, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Chris Woakes 32(62)
64.6
Pat Cummins to Woakes, out Caught by Paine!! There's the wicket. There's the plan working for Australia and Cummins. Woakes has shown vulnerability to the short ball and Cummins has exploited that superbly. He kept going short and had him in all sort of trouble, this was an innocuous short ball angled down leg, but Woakes goes looking for the pull, the ball brushes the glove and Paine does the rest behind the stumps. Aleem Dar took his time before raising the finger but he made the right decision. Not sure how Woakes did not feel the ball taking the glove as he went for the review almost immediately. Woakes c Paine b Pat Cummins 32(62) [4s-3 6s-1]
64.5
Pat Cummins to Woakes, no run, oh! That could have gone to hand but luckily for Woakes it drops safely. Cummins continues with his short ball barrage and Woakes is not comfortable, he is early into the one-legged pull and the toe-end almost carries to mid-on
64.4
Pat Cummins to Woakes, no run, ouch! Woakes has been struck on the helmet. Some of the Australian players immediately check on him. This short ball does not rise as much as he expected and Woakes ducks right into it, the ball hits the side of the helmet
64.3
Pat Cummins to Woakes, no run, short of length delivery sprayed down leg, Woakes makes no contact with the glance
64.2
Pat Cummins to Woakes, SIX, top-edge and six. This time he gets some part of the bat and it sails away. Bouncer and Woakes is trying to hook it from outside off, never in control and the edge flies away fine of Hazlewood in the deep
64.1
Pat Cummins to Woakes, no run, short ball around off, Woakes swivels to play the pull/hook but the ball climbs over the top-edge. A dangerous shot to and one that makes Woakes vulnerable
64.1
Pat Cummins to Woakes, wide, bouncer too high for everyones liking, easy duck for Woakes and the umpire calls it a wide for height
63.6
Hazlewood to Bairstow, no run, full and around off, Bairstow push-drives it straight back, Hazlewood deflects it onto the wicket but Woakes was back in
63.4
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, jags away and climbs up nicely but the line is outside off, Woakes leaves
63.3
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, outside off and Woakes shoulders arms
63.2
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, fuller and outside off, Woakes hoists his bat up and lets it pass
63.1
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, oh! That was a good leave by Woakes. Decks in from a length and Woakes had not covered his off-stump fully, but the ball did not do enough to come back and hit the stumps
62.6
Pat Cummins to Bairstow, no run, too far outside off to entice Bairstow into a shot, left alone
61.5
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, back of a length outside off, Woakes lifts his bat and lets it go
61.4
Hazlewood to Bairstow, 1 run, shortens the length and gives Bairstow time to tuck it to the vacant mid-wicket pocket
60.4
Lyon to Bairstow, 1 run, eases it with the turn through backward square
59.5
Smith to Bairstow, 1 run, drifting in on middle, turned away by Bairstow through backward square
59.3
Smith to Woakes, no run, sliding in with the arm, Woakes watches it all the way through on the back foot
59.2
Smith to Woakes, no run, tossed up just outside off, Woakes gets forward and pushes to mid-off
59.1
Smith to Bairstow, 1 run, thick inside edge from Bairstow, slightly done in by the drift on this. Picks a single to long leg
58.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spinning down the leg-side, Woakes ignores
58.4
Lyon to Bairstow, 1 run, flighted up on middle, clipped through midwicket
58.2
Lyon to Woakes, no run, flat on off, Woakes goes back and defends
58.1
Lyon to Woakes, no run, tossed up on middle, defended to short midwicket
57.6
Smith to Bairstow, no run, tempting leg-break tossed above the eyeline and well wide of off, Bairstow leaves
56.6
Lyon to Bairstow, no run, floated up on leg, Bairstow kicks it away. Had pitched outside the line from round the wicket
55.5
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, good length ball shaping away outside off, left alone
55.4
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, blocked to cover
55.3
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, back of a length delivery slanted down leg, Woakes doesn't get anything on it
55.2
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, another genuine edge falls short of Warner at first slip. It's happened twice in the last 3 Hazlewood overs. Was Bairstow the previous time, off the front foot. This time it's Woakes on the back foot. The ball straightens in the channel outside off. Common factor was they both played with loose hands. Maybe the slips could come in a yard
55.1
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, scrambled seam delivery, hits the seam and nips away from Woakes who was aiming to drive through the covers. Beaten.
54.6
Lyon to Woakes, 1 run, works it round the corner
54.5
Lyon to Bairstow, 1 run, pushes it across off, much flatter through the air. Bairstow steps away from the line and cracks it through cover
53.5
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, good length ball outside off, driven sweetly on the up by Woakes, only to be denied by a diving stop from Wade at short cover
53.4
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, chopped into the covers
53.3
Hazlewood to Woakes, no run, hangs back to a full ball, defends into the off-side
53.2
Hazlewood to Bairstow, 1 run, back of a length around off, nudged in front of mid-on
52.5
Siddle to Bairstow, 1 run, clips this off the hip to long leg
51.6
Hazlewood to Woakes, 3 runs, pitched right up at the stumps, almost half-volley length. It brings out an uncertain drive from Woakes with his feet rooted. The resultant edge scoots through gully down towards the third man boundary where it's chased down
51.5
Hazlewood to Bairstow, 1 run, full at the stumps, turned away through midwicket
50.5
Siddle to Woakes, no run, good length delivery outside off, Woakes shoulders arms
50.4
Siddle to Woakes, no run, back of a length delivery on off, blocked to mid-on
50.3
Siddle to Woakes, no run, short of length, Woakes stabs it into the pitch behind him and it veers away from the stumps after bouncing. Had it followed a straight line, he was a goner
50.2
Siddle to Woakes, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off, blunted down the pitch
50.1
Siddle to Bairstow, 1 run, pitched up at the stumps, Bairstow flicks it through to deep midwicket
49.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, length ball sliding through towards off, fair amount of overspin on it, Woakes has it measured on the back foot
49.4
Lyon to Woakes, no run, spinning in at the stumps, Woakes is deep in the crease as he defends
49.3
Lyon to Woakes, FOUR, comes dancing down, manages to reach it on the full and from that point it's an easy put-away for Woakes as he drives through the covers
49.2
Lyon to Woakes, no run, goes back again and defends
49.1
Lyon to Woakes, no run, Australia up in appeal, but there might be an inside edge there? Doesn't look like it. The ball's spinning too much actually. Risky from Woakes though, going right back to it
48.6
Siddle to Bairstow, no run, swinging away outside off, left alone
48.4
Siddle to Woakes, no run, some way away outside off, left alone
48.3
Siddle to Woakes, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, left alone
48.2
Siddle to Woakes, no run, pitched up around off, turned to midwicket
48.1
Siddle to Woakes, leg byes, FOUR, slipping down leg, and even though Woakes misses out on it, the ball takes his pad and runs away fine
47.6
Lyon to Bairstow, no run, Lyon shifts to round the wicket and immediately there's a charge from Bairstow, but he doesn't get anywhere close to the pitch of it. Saved by the pad as it spins sharply into him
47.3
Lyon to Woakes, no run, stays a touch low as it spins into the stumps, turned to midwicket by Woakes
47.2
Lyon to Woakes, FOUR, steps down the pitch to a flighted delivery and whips it through midwicket. Not a bad way to get off the mark
47.1
Lyon to Woakes, no run, off the inside half from Woakes towards midwicket
46.6
Siddle to Bairstow, FOUR, another confidence boosting punch down the ground from Bairstow, cashing in on the slight error in length with Siddle pitching it too full
45.5
Lyon to Woakes, no run, looks to work it away into the leg-side but is struck on the thigh
45.4
Lyon to Woakes, no run, floated up just outside off, Woakes with a good stride forward to defend
45.3
Lyon to Woakes, no run, flat length ball turning in on middle, blocked from the crease
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