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 76.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc,1 run, gets forward and softly tucks this back of a length towards mid-wicket and Starc gets off the mark

Over 77.1: Single. Joe Root to Mitchell Starc,

Over 77.4: No runs. Joe Root to Mitchell Starc,

Over 77.5: No runs. Joe Root to Mitchell Starc,

Over 77.6: No runs. Joe Root to Mitchell Starc,

Over 78.2: No runs. Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc,

Over 78.3: No runs. Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc,

Over 78.4: No runs. Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc,

Over 78.5: Single. Ben Stokes to Mitchell Starc,

Over 79.5: No runs. Joe Root to Mitchell Starc,

Over 79.6: No runs. Joe Root to Mitchell Starc,

Over 80.4 Chris Woakes bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 80.5 Chris Woakes bowls a pitched up delivery to Mitchell Starc,3 runs, gets forward and driven along the ground to sweeper cover and picks up three runs.

Over 81.4 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, Boundary! Sands tall to punch and gets a thick outside edge. Beats a diving backward point to his right and races away to the fence

Over 81.5 Mark Wood bowls a back of length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, goes on to the back foot and defends into the on-side

Over 81.6 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, moves across in the crease and misses the flick as he's beaten for pace. Appeal for lbw dies down quickly as it pitched outside leg

Over 82.3 Chris Woakes bowls a back of length delivery to Travis Head,1 run, comes across and tucked in front of square

Over 82.4 Chris Woakes bowls a pitched up delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets forward and driven straight to mid-off

Over 82.5 Chris Woakes bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 82.6 Chris Woakes bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 83.2 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 83.3 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets forward and misses the flick and wears it on the pad. The ball shaped in and beat Starc's inside edge.

Over 83.4 Mark Wood bowls a pitched up delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets  late on his drive. He gets a thin inside edge and the ball misses the off-stump by a whisker.

Over 83.5 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets forward and shoulders arms to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 83.6 Mark Wood bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets cover the off stump line and  lifts his bat and lets it go

 It's stumps on day Day 2.  Australia lead by 196 runs with 3 wickets in hand

Over 84.3 Chris Woakes bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, comes across and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 84.4 Chris Woakes bowls a good length delivery to Mitchell Starc, no run, gets inside the line once again lets it go through to the keeper watchfully.

Over 84.5 Chris Woakes bowls a pitched up delivery to Mitchell Starc, 3 runs, gets forward and drives with no feet movement and inside-edges it through square leg. Picks up three runs.

Over 85.1: No runs. Ollie Robinson to Mitchell Starc,

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