04/09Result

4th Test, ICC World Test Championship at Manchester, Sep 4-8 2019

Australia won by 185 runs

Player of the Match

6.20pm: And in the middle of the over, Tim Paine is sprinting off the field and has declared. Just the 383 for England to win then, or more realistically, three-and-a-bit sessions to secure the draw. For Australia, the equation is simple: take ten wickets, and they'll retain the Ashes. We'll get about seven or eight overs in, I should think, in what most definitely counts as an Awkward Little Session™ with the light fading.

Imam: "What's an Egyptian fish? Google gave a list of ancient fishes and fish dishes." It's in denial.

Alex: "Time wasting review. Got to respect the gamesmanship." It's not been a great spectacle since Smith got out

42.5

1lb

Overton to Starc, 1 leg bye, full and straight, looks to whack it over the leg side and inside edges onto the pad for a single

"@Matt Roller: Not best player in the world, he is just ONE of the Best player in the World!" You're like an Egyptian fish, Prashanth

42.4

Overton to Paine, 1 run, very short again, pulled out to long leg for a single

42.4

Overton to Paine, 1 wide, big appeal! Not given. Paine tried to pull the short ball on the swivel, and didn't make any contact, but as much as a delaying tactic as anything, Root decides to review after a lengthy think about it... Nope, nothing on it, and England burn a pointless review. Looks like it's even been called a wide! Blimey, that has backfired for them...

42.4

Overton to Paine, 1 wide, very wide outside off, too wide for Paine to get anything on it and called as such

Meanwhile, Mel Farrell and George Dobell want some #PoliteEnquiries - head over to Twitter now to get them in

42.3

Overton to Paine, 2 runs, short ball outside off, Paine clubs it just out of Roy's reach at short cover, and it plugs for a couple

42.2

Overton to Paine, 2 runs, length ball outside off, thwacked out to the cover sweeper for a couple. Roy dived at short cover and got something on it on the way through and looks to be in a bit of pain

42.1

Overton to Starc, 1 run, length ball outside off, angling into the left-hander, and punched out to the cover sweeper

But Root has heard Frank's plea, and turns to Craig Overton.

"Why does Root keep bowling Leach? I like him as bowler, but this is not the moment to bowl a spinner.. they will get clubbed all over the place...remenber Lyon/Stokes at Headingly?... And Lyon is a much better spinner than Leach.." He's just got the best player in the world out, Frank!

Anil Ravindran: "Declare already, Aus!!!!"

END OF OVER:
42 | 5 Runs | AUS: 177/6

Tim Paine18 (15b)
Mitchell Starc2 (4b)

Jofra Archer14-2-45-3
Jack Leach9-0-58-1

41.6

Archer to Paine, no run, short ball outside off, Paine ducks underneath it and draws a quizzical look from Archer

41.5

Archer to Paine, FOUR, short ball outside off, 87mph/140kph, Paine pulls in front of square for four!

41.4

Archer to Paine, no run, length ball on fourth stump, Paine tries to force it through midwicket on the swivel but bottom edges it, and it dribbles out to mid-on

41.3

Archer to Paine, no run, length ball just outside off, punched out to short cover

Match Coverage

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Videos

play01:38

Hussey praises Paine's captaincy and 'freak of nature' Smith
01:38

England INNINGS		R	B
RJ Burns	caught	0	3
JL Denly	caught	53	123
JE Root	bowled	0	1
JJ Roy	bowled	31	67
BA Stokes	caught wk	1	17
JM Bairstow	lbw	25	61
JC Buttler	bowled	34	111
C Overton	lbw	21	105
JC Archer	lbw	1	9
MJ Leach	caught	12	51
SCJ Broad	not out	0	3
EXTRAS	(b 9, lb 8, nb 2)
TOTAL	197 (all out; 91.3 ovs)

Australia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
PJ Cummins	24.0	9	43	4	1.79	(2nb)
JR Hazlewood	17.3	5	31	2	1.77
NM Lyon	29.0	12	51	2	1.75
MA Starc	16.0	2	46	1	2.87
M Labuschagne	4.0	1	9	1	2.25
TM Head	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

England 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	JL Denly	RJ Burns
2nd	0	JL Denly	JE Root
3rd	66	JL Denly	JJ Roy
4th	8	JL Denly	BA Stokes
5th	19	JL Denly	JM Bairstow
6th	45	JM Bairstow	JC Buttler
7th	34	JC Buttler	C Overton
8th	1	C Overton	JC Archer
9th	23	MJ Leach	C Overton
10th	1	SCJ Broad	C Overton

ICC World Test Championship

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	SW	RpWr
AUS	14	8	4	2	332	2	1.392
IND	17	12	4	1	520	5	1.577
ENG	21	11	7	3	442	4	1.120
NZ	11	7	4	0	420	3	1.281
PAK	12	4	5	3	286	3	0.822
SL	12	2	6	4	200	1	0.729
WI	13	3	8	2	194	1	0.661
SA	13	5	8	0	264	2	0.787
BAN	7	0	6	1	20	0	0.601

END OF OVER:42 | 5 Runs | AUS: 177/6

'Is it out? Is it out? What do you reckon, Josh?'

Australia have played better cricket for most of this Ashes series

Stokes' summer, Smith's Ashes

England are not as good as they think they are

Headingley loss would have broken a lot of teams - Tim Paine

Hussey praises Paine's captaincy and 'freak of nature' Smith

END OF OVER:
42 | 5 Runs | AUS: 177/6