England vs Australia 1st Test at Birmingham, 03 Aug, 2019

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Australia 284/10 (80.4)  &  487/7 (112)
England 374/10 (135.5)  &  146/10 (52.3)
Australia won by 251 runs
Man of the Match: Steven Smith
  • JM Anderson 4 * (9)

Over 106.1 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and defends off the inside half of his forward attempt.

Over 106.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, goes back, across, punching it away to cover.

Over 106.3 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and defends it with the pads on the off-side.

Over 106.4 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes,1 run, step down, closing out where it pitches in flicking it down with the spin to long-on.

Over 107.1 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat.

Over 107.2 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and defends it down the pitch.

Over 107.3 Pat Cummins bowls it short of length to Chris Woakes,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and pulls it behind square on the onside and gets a single.

Over 107.5 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, goes back in the crease and pushes it towards mid-off.

Over 107.6 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, comes on to the front foot an left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 108.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, comes on to the front foot and defend it back to the bowler.

Over 108.3 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and leaves it down the leg side through to the keeper.

Over 108.4 Nathan Lyon bowls it flat in the air to Chris Woakes, no run, goes deep inside the crease and tucks it down the leg side.

Over 108.5 Nathan Lyon bowls it flat in the air to Chris Woakes,1 run, gets forward and works it past short leg and picks up a single.

Over 109.1 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes,1 run, comes across and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 109.6 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run,  right back on top of this, right back in front of his stumps in defence.

Over 110.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and tries to defend and ends up doing it outside the line, with the ball spinning in sharply and popping up off the front pad to Smith.

Over 110.3 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, stays on the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 110.4 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes,1 run, gets forward and blocks it to cover and picks up a single.

Over 111.1 PM Siddle bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 111.2 PM Siddle bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, goes back in the crease and works it towards mid-wicket.

Over 111.3 PM Siddle bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and once again happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 111.4 PM Siddle bowls a pitched up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and punches it down the ground towards cover.

Over 111.5 PM Siddle bowls a pitched up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side with an angled bat.

Over 111.6 PM Siddle bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, gets forward and blocks it back to the bowler with the straight bat.

Over 112.2 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes,1 run, goes back in the crease and works it through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 112.6 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes, 4 byes, goes through everyone. Rips in from the middle, cuts Woakes's rocking-back-defense in half and Paine is sloppy enough to get behind this.

Over 113.3 PM Siddle bowls a pitched up delivery to Chris Woakes, no run, comes forward and driven straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 113.4 PM Siddle bowls a good length delivery to Chris Woakes,1 run, gets it to cut in just enough to take the inside edge and run away behind square.

Over 114.1 Nathan Lyon tossed up delivery to Chris Woakes,Six!! Goes down on his knee and commits to a slog-sweep and smokes it deep into cow corner.

Over 114.2 Nathan Lyon bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Chris Woakes, no run, stays deep inside the crease and squeezes it out to cover.

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