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AUS vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Stumps: Anderson removes Warner but Australia ahead after Root & Co flops again- AUS 61/1; England 185 all out

AUS vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Stumps: Anderson removes Warner but Australia ahead after Root & Co flops again- AUS 61/1; England 185 all out

AUS vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Stumps: Australia have put 61/1 on the scorecard after England’s flop show with the bat. James Anderson removed David Warner (38) but Australia only trail by 124 runs at Stumps on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test at MCG, Melbourne. Follow Ashes LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN At […]

AUS vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Stumps: Australia have put 61/1 on the scorecard after England’s flop show with the bat. James Anderson removed David Warner (38) but Australia only trail by 124 runs at Stumps on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test at MCG, Melbourne. Follow Ashes LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN

At stumps, Australia’s score read 61/1– trailing by 124 runs. Harris (20*) and Nathan Lyon (0*) are at the crease for the hosts. After bundling out England for 185, Australia got off to a good start as David Warner and Marcus Harris accumulated runs at a brisk and steady pace. Warner and Harris put on 57 runs for the first wicket and this stand was finally broken by James Anderson as he dismissed Warner (38) in the 15th over.

In the end, Harris and nightwatchman Nathan Lyon ensured that Australia does not lose any wickets before the close of play on Day 1.

Joe Root & Co flops again- England continued their dismal run in Ashes. They are all out for just 185 runs in a very important clash. Except for captain Joe Root, all the other batsmen struggled. Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon (3 wickets each) & Chris Green were among the pick of the wickets. Mitchell Starc also took a couple of wickets.

AUS vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Stumps: Anderson removes Warner but Australia ahead after Root & Co flops- AUS 61/1; England 185 all out

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Pat Cummins-led Australia won the crucial toss and opted to bowl against England. The 3rd Test between England and Australia is all set to decide the fate of England in Ashes. The visitors are 0-2 behind in the series and hoping for a turnaround in MCG, Melbourne. On the other hand, Australia have won already two straight matches in their pursuit of winning the series.

England had a dismal start to their innings as openers once again failed to perform. They also lost the services of Dawid Malan quickly. England captain Joe Root slammed a fifty but couldn’t convert it into a century. Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow also failed to live up to expectations.

AUS vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Stumps: Anderson removes Warner but Australia ahead after Root & Co flops- AUS 61/1; England 185 all out

3rd session

  • Blood for Marcus Harris after being hit on the glove

  • WICKET! James Anderson gets the big fish, David Warner departs for 38
  • FOUR! Harris & Australia are off the mark with a boundary
  • David Warner, Marcus Harris begin Australia chase

Australia 1st Innings 61/1 (16 ov)
Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Marcus Harris Not out 20 51 3 0 39.22
David Warner c Zak Crawley b James Anderson 38 42 5 0 90.48
Nathan Lyon Not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extra 3 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 1)
Total 61/1 (16)
Yet To Bat Marnus LabuschagneSteven SmithTM HeadC GreenAT CareyPat CumminsMitchell StarcSM Boland
BOWLING O M R W ECON
James Anderson 5 1 14 1 2.80
Ollie Robinson 5 0 23 0 4.60
Mark Wood 4 0 15 0 3.75
Ben Stokes 2 0 8 0 4.00
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
David Warner 1-57 14.1

  • England all out for 185 runs
  • FOUR! Ollie Robinson gets some crucial runs for England
  • WICKET! Spinner gets spinner, Jack Leach caught out to Steve Smith
  • WICKET! Bairstow, last hope for England, departs, Starc gets him caught out to Chris Green
  • Ollie Robinson & Bairstow take England past 150-mark
  • WICKET! Scott Boland strikes on his debut, Mark Wood lbw OUT
  • FOUR! Now Jonny Bairstow gets a boundary off Boland’s over

2nd session

  • WICKET! Buttler loses patience, caught out to Boland
  • WICKET! Cameron Green strikes, Ben Stokes caught out to Lyon
  • SIX! Ben Stokes dances down the track to hit a biggie at long-on against Nathan Lyon

  • WICKET! Root caught behind the wicket
  • Root smashes fifty, goes past Graeme Smith’s record of most runs in a calendar year
  • Ben Stokes joins skipper Joe Root. Can England make a comeback?
England Innings 185/10 (65.1 ov)
Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Haseeb Hameed c AT Carey b Pat Cummins 0 10 0 0 0.00
Zak Crawley c C Green b Pat Cummins 12 25 0 0 48.00
Dawid Malan c David Warner b Pat Cummins 14 66 1 0 21.21
Joe Root (C) c AT Carey b Mitchell Starc 50 82 4 0 60.98
Ben Stokes c Nathan Lyon b C Green 25 60 2 1 41.67
Jonny Bairstow c C Green b Mitchell Starc 35 75 3 0 46.67
Jos Buttler (WK) c SM Boland b Nathan Lyon 3 11 0 0 27.27
Mark Wood lbw b SM Boland 6 15 0 0 40.00
Ollie Robinson c SM Boland b Nathan Lyon 22 26 3 0 84.62
Jack Leach c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon 13 18 0 1 72.22
James Anderson Not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extra 5 (b 0, w 0, nb 1, lb 4)
Total 185/10 (65.1)
Yet To Bat
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Mitchell Starc 15 3 54 2 3.60
Pat Cummins 15 2 36 3 2.40
Scott Boland 13 2 48 1 3.69
Cameron Green 8 4 7 1 0.88
Nathan Lyon 14.1 3 36 3 2.54
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
H Hameed 1-4 1.5
Zak Crawley 2-13 7.2
DJ Malan 3-61 26.3
JE Root 4-82 32.6
Ben Stokes 5-115 46.2
Jos Buttler 6-128 51.2
Mark Wood 7-141 55.5
JM Bairstow 8-159 58.4
MJ Leach 9-176 63.3
Ollie Robinson 10-185 65.1
1st session
  • WICKET! Cummins strikes again, Malan departs for 14, caught out to David Warner at slips
  • Stats Attack! Joe Root moves past Graeme Smith’s 1656 runs in 2008 for the third-highest number of Test runs scored by a player in a calendar year
  • FOUR! The first boundary for David Malan, flies off between slips and gully off Boland
  • Stats Attack! England openers partnership in Ashes 2021-22: 0 & 23, 7 & 4, 4/1 today
  • FOUR! England skipper Joe Root off the mark with a boundary against debutant Boland
  • WICKET! Opener Zak Crawley fails to impress after comeback, caught out to slips off Cummins. England reeling at 13/2 in first over.
  • NO BOUNDARIES in first 30 minutes
  • WICKET! Pat Cummins strikes in only his first over, Haseeb Hameed departs for a duck.
  • Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed begin England inns, Mitchell Starc starts proceedings with the ball.

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5:30 AM IST: No-ball by Mitchell Starc to start off the proceedings

5:24 AM IST: Michael Vaughan, Shane Warne criticise Joe Root for Stuart Broad’s absence.

“Stuart Broad should be playing here (in Melbourne), he should’ve played in Brisbane. How Stuart Broad is not going to be bowling around the wicket to David Warner on a green top, I just can’t fathom that with the quality that he brings.”– Vaughan

“England looks a better balanced side – but I would have played @StuartBroad8 instead of Robinson & Pope looks a good player to me, but Bairstow had to play,”– Warne on Twitter

5:15 AM IST: Boland was presented his Baggy Green cap by injured quick Josh Hazlewood. He becomes just the second Indigenous male Test cricketer following Jason Gillespie to play for Australia.

5 AM IST: Australia win toss, England to bat first. Pat Cummins wants to use the overcast conditions in their favour like the opening Test in Brisbane. Bad signs for England, can they survive Day 1?

Australia XI: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon

England XI: Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonathan Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, James Anderson

4:50 AM IST: The toss will take place at 10:30 am local time (5 AM IST), with play to begin at 11 am (5.30 AM IST).

4:39 AM IST: The Toss has been delayed due to rain

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