Ashes 2013 : Live Cricket Score - Australia Vs England, 1st test, Day 3


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The bowling from England has been poor with the exception of Anderson and Broad. Both Swann and Tremlett have created no impression and that has forced Cook to be very defensive. His field settings have been ordinary - giving away easy singles which means there is no pressure created on the batsmen. England are well behind in this game and it will take quite an effort to come back from here.

What an eventful ending to the session. First there was a review and then off the last ball they thought about it again. Apart from that phase, the rest of the session has seen Australia inch ahead though they lost a couple of wickets early on. England made a fine start getting Rogers and Watson, but since then Clarke who has been positive right from the beginning and Warner who has played maturely have taken Australia safely through to lunch.

Day 2 - Match report :

Australia shattered England’s batting with six wickets for nine runs in a stunning mid-afternoon spell before dismissing the tourists for 136 and taking a lead of 224 on day two of the first Ashes Test on Friday.

Opening batsmen David Warner (45 not out) and Chris Rogers (15) backed up the bowlers and solidified Australia’s position by batting out a gloomy final session to put the hosts firmly on course for a first Test victory in 10 matches.

Oft-pilloried paceman Mitchell Johnson led the way with four for 61 as Australia, bowled out for 295 in the first hour of the day, transformed the match after a disappointing opening day at the Gabba.

The revitalised left-arm quick was at his pacey, hostile best on a bouncy track and was ably supported by fellow paceman Ryan Harris (3/28) and spinner Nathan Lyon (2/17).
Despite the losses of captain Alastair Cook for 13 and Jonathan Trott for 10 before lunch, England looked to be making steady progress towards a reasonable score at 82/2 midway through the second session. The departure of Kevin Pietersen for 18, when he swatted the ball off his pads to George Bailey at midwicket to give Harris his second wicket, was only a hint of the carnage to come.

Emboldened by the dismissal of one of England’s most dangerous batsmen, Johnson and his fellow bowlers ran rampant to leave the tourists facing an uphill task just to save the Test let alone secure a first victory in Brisbane since 1986.

Opener Michael Carberry, who had crafted a careful 40 on his Ashes debut in his second Test, was next to head back to the pavilion when Johnson had him caught by Shane Watson at second slip.

Ian Bell, who scored three centuries in England’s 3-0 triumph on home soil earlier this year, followed quickly afterwards for five when Steve Smith snatched the ball out of the air at short leg.

It was Smith’s conviction that Matt Prior had hit the following ball before it landed in his hands that led to Australia successfully appealing to the TV umpire and sent the wicketkeeper back to the dressing room with a golden duck. That put Lyon on a hat-trick and, although Broad safely watched the next delivery sail past his off stump. Joe Root (2) and Graeme Swann (0) soon became Johnson’s third and fourth victims.

  

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