Australia vs England 1st Test at Brisbane, 08 Dec, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 147/10 (50.1)  &  297/10 (103)
Australia 427/10 (104.3)  &  20/1 (5.1)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Man of the Match: Travis Head
  • Marcus Harris 9 * (10)
  • Marnus Labuschagne 0 * (0)

Over 1.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Haseeb Hameed, no run, stays deep inside the crease and left alone through to the keeper.

Over 1.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and the ball nips away this time to beat the outside edge with Hameed looking to fend it off

Over 1.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks from the crease

Over 1.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed,1 run, gets back in the crease and  tucks it past short leg and gets off the mark with a single.

Over 2.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and left alone watchfully through to the keeper.

Over 2.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and squeezed to mid-off

Over 2.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets cover the off stump on the front foot and shoulders arms to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 2.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Haseeb Hameed, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and punches it straight past mid-off and gets a boundary.

Over 2.5 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and  think about playing it but lifted his bat at the last minute and kept it close to his body

Over 2.6 Mitchell Starc bangs it short onto the pitch to Haseeb Hameed, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 3.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, out Caught by Carey!! Back of a length across off, keeping it in the channel, drawing the poke from Malan and maybe finding the outside edge and easy catch for keper.

Over 4.1 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and  takes his bottom hand off in defence. Does well to keep it down as it hits high on the bat

Over 4.2 Pat Cummins bowls a back of length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets caught in the crease looking to defend and it hits him on the back thigh

Over 4.3 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 4.4 Pat Cummins bowls a pitched up delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets  nicely forward this time to defend.

Over 4.5 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets a good stride in again to defend as the ball nips in slightly off a length

Over 4.6 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and blocks it from the crease

Over 5.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, out Caught by Warner!! 

Over 6.1 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 6.2 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 6.3 Pat Cummins bowls a pitched up delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and knocks it into the off-side

Over 6.4 Pat Cummins bangs it short onto the pitch to Haseeb Hameed, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 6.5 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and  plays and misses. Didn't need to play at it

Over 6.6 Pat Cummins bowls a pitched up delivery to Haseeb Hameed, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground through extra cover and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 7.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Haseeb Hameed,1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and helps it down to the fine leg and picks up a single.

Over 8.1 Pat Cummins bowls a back of length delivery to Haseeb Hameed,1 run, gets it down to fine leg. Maybe off the inside half


Over 9.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 9.2 Mitchell Starc bowls a back of length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and steers it down to the third man fence for four.

Over 9.3 Mitchell Starc bowls it short of length to Haseeb Hameed, Boundary!gets Goes deep inside the crease and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 9.4 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Haseeb Hameed, no run, gets forward and  pushes it back down the pitch

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