England vs Australia 1st Test at Cardiff, 10 Jul, 2015

Toss: England, who chose to bat first
England 430/10 (102.1)  &  290/10 (70.1)
Australia 308/10 (84.5)  &  242/10 (70.3)
England won by 169 runs
Man of the Match: Joe Root
  • Nathan Lyon 0 * (5)

Over 4.1MG Johnson to AN Cook No runs ...

Over 4.2MG Johnson to AN Cook Two runs ...

Over 4.3MG Johnson to AN Cook Single ...

Over 4.4MG Johnson to Gary BallanceNo runs ...

Over 4.5MG Johnson to Gary BallanceSingle ...

Over 4.6MG Johnson to AN Cook Single ...

Over 6.1 MG Johnson bowls a back of length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, goes on to the back foot and defends it to the on-side.

Over 6.2 MG Johnson bowls a back of length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, gets forward and drives it through the off-side.

Over 6.3 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, goes deep in the crease and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 6.4 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to Gary Ballance, 1 run, gets forward and woks it to square-leg for a single.

Over 6.5 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, gets forward and defends it to the off-side.

Over 6.6 MG Johnson bowls a back of length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, goes on to the back foot and defends it to the off-side.

Over 8.1 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to AN Cook, no runs, gets forward and left alone through to the keeper.

Over 8.2 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to AN Cook, Boundary! Gets forward and the ball takes the outside edge pass the diving slip, races away to the fence.

Over 8.3 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to AN Cook, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone through to the keeper.

Over 8.4 MG Johnson bowls a back of length delivery to AN Cook, no runs, gets cover the line and leaves it alone watchfully.

Over 8.5 MG Johnson bowls it short of length to AN Cook, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and pulls it along the ground through square-leg and picks up a single.

Over 8.6 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 10.1 MG Johnson bowls it short of length to Gary Ballance, no runs, comes across the line and leaves it down the leg-side.

Over 10.2 MG Johnson bangs it short onto the pitch to Gary Ballance, no runs, gets back in the crease and left alone through to the keeper.

Over 10.3 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, comes on to the front foot and shoulders arms.

Over 10.4 MG Johnson bowls a pitched up delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, goes deep in the crease and defends it to the off-side.

Over 10.5 MG Johnson bowls it short of length to Gary Ballance, 2 runs, goes back and across tucks it away through mid-wicket and picks up couple of runs.

Over 10.6 MG Johnson bowls it short of length to Gary Ballance, no runs, gets cover the line on the front foot and shoulders arms to let it go.

Over 20.1 MG Johnson bowls a back of length delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and cuts it upishly over backward-point and the ball reaches the fence for four.

Over 20.2 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, 2 runs, comes on to the front foot and punches it away to sweeper-cover and picks up couple of runs.

Over 20.3 MG Johnson bowls it short of length to Joe Root, 3 runs, goes back in the crease and punches it behind square on the off-side and picks up an easy three.

Over 20.4 MG Johnson bowls a pitched up delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, comes forward and driven straight to the man at mid-on.

Over 20.5 MG Johnson bowls a back of length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, gets behind the line and blocks it down the pitch.

Over 20.6 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to Gary Ballance, no runs, gets forward and left alone through to the keeper.

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