01/12Result
2nd Test (D/N), England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide, Dec 2-6 2017
Australia won by 120 runs
Player of the Match
Shaun Marsh
Shaun MarshAustralia
01/12Result
2nd Test (D/N), England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide, Dec 2-6 2017
Australia won by 120 runs
Player of the Match
Shaun Marsh
Shaun MarshAustralia

END OF OVER:
149 | 15 Runs | AUS: 442/8

  • Shaun Marsh126 (231b)
  • Nathan Lyon10 (11b)
  • Stuart Broad30-11-72-2
  • Craig Overton33-3-105-3

That's a typically confident declaration, 8 for 442 and more than 20 overs left in the day. It's also a jutted jaw in the direction of Joe Root, who chose to put Australia in yesterday. England need to summon something in response (maybe a Balrog?) if this isn't going to be repeatedly mentioned to the (former) captain in 20 years time...

They'll be out there batting in 10 minutes. While we wait, please, speak your brains:

Andrew Jennings: "Englands management need to stop messing about with the Stokes issue, and bring him back for the third test, and also give Crane his chance. Ali and Woakes have been very disappointing"

Mustafa Moudi: "England's Bowling Report Card So Far: 3 Innings, 943 Runs, 18 Wickets with an Average of 52.39 and S/R of 109.83 !!"

Gary: "So Overton went for just over a ton!"

Andrew: "Seeing those "7 last overseas tests" stats make me wonder what the English statisticians look at when advising Root to bowl first "

148.6
1
Broad to Marsh, 1 run, dug out and they scamper through as Broad throws down the stumps - and there's the declaration, Smith calls them in!

"Oh my god. This is humiliating," moans Maryam. "I am going through secondhand embarrassment for England as a neutral fan!"

Gaurav has dug out a brutal stat about England's last seven overseas Tests. Put it this way, they've spent a long time in the field....

148.5
0
Broad to Marsh, no run, switches over the wicket, full and wide and plopped into the covers
148.4
6
Broad to Marsh, SIX, hammered straight! One-day batting now, Marsh channels Maximus Decimus Meridius and unleashes hell, a catapult barrage to a length ball, sailing beyond the rope

Up in the room, Smith signals "one more" with his index finger. Declaration ahoy

148.3
4
Broad to Marsh, FOUR, goes full, moral victory for the bowler but four more runs to Marsh, squeezed out down to fine leg
148.2
4
Broad to Marsh, FOUR, banged in, Marsh knows what to do with the short ball, crumped forcefully through midwicket and it beats the man in the deep for another salt-flavoured boundary
148.1
0
Broad to Marsh, no run, Broad manages to get one through wide of the stumps

"Nice Gary," chirps Xolamzi

END OF OVER:
148 | 11 Runs | AUS: 427/8

  • Nathan Lyon10 (11b)
  • Shaun Marsh111 (225b)
  • Craig Overton33-3-105-3
  • Stuart Broad29-11-57-2
147.6
2
Overton to Lyon, 2 runs, over the wicket, full and wide and this time he chops a couple through the covers. Needless to say, the crowd are loving this
147.5
2
Overton to Lyon, 2 runs, another filthy smear, top-edged over the keeper - couple more there! YJB hurtled after it but was never in the races for a catch
147.4
0
Overton to Lyon, no run, short, Lyon backs away and fails to connect again
147.3
0
Overton to Lyon, no run, more short stuff, swing and a miss this time

And that sends Overton over a ton, notes Miller...

147.2
6
Overton to Lyon, SIX, tries the bouncer straight away, this time Lyon connects... and it goes aaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll the waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy! Top-edged for six, well beyond the catcher down at fine leg
147.1
1
Overton to Marsh, 1 run, touch short outside off and cross-batted over the covers, this time they do run one

"This is the 2nd time in the Series when a big Partnership involving Marsh has been broken on 99 !!" hoots Mustafa Moudi. Up with this sort of thing

END OF OVER:
147 | (maiden) | AUS: 416/8

  • Nathan Lyon0 (6b)
  • Shaun Marsh110 (224b)
  • Stuart Broad29-11-57-2
  • Craig Overton32-3-94-3
146.6
0
Broad to Lyon, no run, pitched up to finish, not accurate enough and it's whupped through the covers... but there's a man out there and they decline the single
146.5
0
Broad to Lyon, no run, bumper, soaring over the flailing Lyon's horizontal bat

Another man goes back on the hook...

146.4
0
Broad to Lyon, no run, banged in, another filthy yahoo from Lyon. He's not much interested in getting into line
146.3
0
Broad to Lyon, no run, short ball, Lyon tries to swing himself off his feet again, fails to connect
146.2
0
Broad to Lyon, no run, banged in short again and Lyon swishes at it, not far from gloving through to the keeper
146.1
0
Broad to Lyon, no run, banged in short, Lyon attempts to give it the heave ho to leg, ends up wearing the ball on his shoulder

It'll be Stuart Broad from the City End

END OF OVER:
146 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 416/8

  • Shaun Marsh110 (224b)
  • Nathan Lyon0 (0b)
  • Craig Overton32-3-94-3
  • Chris Woakes27-4-84-1

Stephen Kissoon sums things up: "England have struck in the first over of every session, decent starter, terrible every other thing..."

145.6
0
Overton to Marsh, no run, good length, defended into the off side, leaving Lyon strike for the next over
145.5
4
Overton to Marsh, FOUR, width again, Marsh slashes this over slip, healthy top edge and it runs down to third man for four

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