Cricket

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Carse gone, 168-8.

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Smith, running out of partners, started hitting out and is caught in the deep, 172-9.

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172 all out.

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Archer strikes with the second ball, after a review. Australia 0-1.

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Australia 15-1 off 10 overs at tea.

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Archer strikes again, 28-2.

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Now Carse gets the cheat Smith out, 30-3.

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Carse gets a second, 31-4.

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Atkinson puts down a caught and bowled chance; they're rarely easy, but he'll be very disappointed as it wasn't that hard as such chances go.

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Stokes breaks a promising Australian partnership in his second over, 76-5.

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Stokes gets a second, 83-6.

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And a third, 118-7.

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And a 4th, 121-8.

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And a 5th, 121-9.

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123-9 at the close. What a turn around after such a disappointing batting performance.

thornburyiron

Obviously this pitch isn’t designed for batting but for pace bowling. We have 4 of those.

Kuchinghammer

The way pitches are doctored to suit the home side is getting silly. Such a low-scoring game is just a lottery.

buffybegood

Tbh I didn't think there was too much wrong with the pitch, not too many, if any, balls moved unpredictably nor did there appear to be excessive movement. I certainly didn't think it was a pitch where you should expect to see 19 wickets fall in a (short) day.

IronHerb

Kuchinghammer said:

The way pitches are doctored to suit the home side is getting silly. Such a low-scoring game is just a lottery.

Not sure it's suiting the home team at the moment.

IronHerb

Great stat from today.

Stokes is the first captain to win the toss, elect to bat and take a five for on the first day of a Test Match. 😂

(courtesy of TMS)

Slacker

Kuchinghammer said:

The way pitches are doctored to suit the home side is getting silly. Such a low-scoring game is just a lottery.

Certainly not the case in this Test,just tremendous bowling from both sides.

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Pope puts down a really sharp chance at short leg off Mark Wood.

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Carse takes the final wicket, Australia 132 all out, a first innings deficit of 40; I really didn't see that coming when England were bundled out for 172.

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Here we go, England's second innings, Jerusalem rings out for the second time this morning.

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Crawley gets a pair, he's gone 5th ball, 0-1 again. Stunning caught and bowled by Starc.

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England reach 50 without further loss.

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Duckett given lbw in the last over before lunch, shortly after taking a nasty blow to the arm. He's reviewed it, and gets a reprieve as it just pitches outside leg.

59-1 at lunch, which comes at a perfect time to watch the F1 qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

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Duckett goes just after lunch, 65-2.

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And Pope follows him, 76-3.

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And Brook goes for a duck, 76-4.