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 2.4: Boundary!. Mitchell Starc to Rory Burns,

Over 4.5: Boundary!. Mitchell Starc to Haseeb Hameed,

Over 5.5: Boundary!. Josh Hazlewood to Rory Burns,

Over 15.1: Boundary!. Nathan Lyon to Dawid Malan,

Over 16.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Gets forward and guides it away down to the third man fence for four.

Over 18.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a back of length delivery to Haseeb Hameed, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and glances it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 20.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Haseeb Hameed, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and clips it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 20.3 Mitchell Starc bowls it short of length to Haseeb Hameed, Boundary! Gets uses the pace and cuts to the right of the gully. Starc is leaking runs

Over 30.3 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets forward and  push at it. Doesn't go hard and the outside edge rolls through the gap between the slips and gully

Over 31.2 Nathan Lyon bowls it short of length to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Gets back in the crease and cuts it down to deep point fence for four.

Over 31.5 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Down the pitch to this flighted ball outside off and drives with the spin through extra cover

Over 32.3 Pat Cummins bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and caresses it down the pitch. Between the bowler's legs and the ball races away to the fence

Over 33.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Rocks back quickly and pulls it fiercely over mid-wicket. No one's stopping that

Over 38.4: Boundary!. Mitchell Starc to Joe Root,

Over 40.6: Boundary!. Mitchell Starc to Dawid Malan,

Over 41.2: Boundary!. Nathan Lyon to Joe Root,

Over 42.3 Mitchell Starc bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets forward and drives sweetly down the ground, getting it straight of mid-off for four

Over 42.4 Mitchell Starc bowls it short of length to Joe Root, 4 byesmakes a late attempt at a ramp but misses. It beats Carey anyway

Over 43.3 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary!  Dances down, reaching the pitch of it nicely before flicking it wide of mid-on for four.

Over 45.4: Boundary!. Nathan Lyon to Joe Root,

Over 49.1 Marnus Labuschagne bowls it short of length to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and pulled away to the deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 52.6: Boundary!. Pat Cummins to Dawid Malan,

Over 59.6: Boundary!. Nathan Lyon to Joe Root,

Over 60.1 Mitchell Starc bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary!Gets forward and flashes the cut wide of backward point. Poor start

Over 61.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Brings out the reverse sweep and gets it wide of slip. Contemptous from Root

Over 68.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Leans forward and driven crisply off the front foot from Malan and into the gap on the off-side, races away

Over 74.6: Boundary!. Cameron Green to Ben Stokes,

Over 76.6: Boundary!. Cameron Green to Ollie Pope,

Over 79.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Jos Buttler, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and executes the reverse-sweep nicely through backward point for four.

Over 81.2: Boundary!. Nathan Lyon to Ben Stokes,

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