AUS vs ENG, Ashes 5th Test Day 1 Stumps:: England ahead- Joe Root & Co have made a brilliant start to the fifth & final Test. England took crucial wickets in the opening day to leave Australia under pressure. But Centurion Travis Head & Cameron Green fought back with a crucial knock to keep Australia ahead. Follow Ashes Hobart Test LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Travis Head scored 101 off 113 balls that comprised 12 boundaries after returning to the Playing XI after COVID ruled him out of Sydney Test. He pounced on the opportunity while Chris Green scored a crucial 74. The duo shared a century stand to recover Aussies from a difficult position. For England, Stuart Broad & Ollie Robinson scalped a couple of wickets each.
Rain played spoilsport as the third session of Day 1. At the Stumps on Day 1, Australia’s score read 241/6 with Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc currently unbeaten at the crease. Resuming the third session at 215/5, Mark Wood dismissed Cameron Green on 74 runs as he got caught out by Zak Crawley, with the team’s total at 236/6.
Carey was then joined by Starc who took the team’s total to 241/6 before the rain ended the play on Day 1.
AUS vs ENG, Ashes 5th Test Day 1 Stumps: Travis Head & Chris Green saves Australia against England; AUS 241/6
That’s stumps on a fascinating day of Test cricket in Hobart!
Play will start earlier at 2:30pm AEDT tomorrow because of the rain delays today #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
AUS vs ENG LIVE SCORE, Ashes 5th Test: Rain stops play after England fightback; AUS 241/6: Follow Day 1 LIVE updates
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Usman Khawaja | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 | |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 44 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 83.02 | |
| Steven Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Travis Head | 101 | 113 | 12 | 0 | 89.38 | |
| Cameron Green | 74 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 67.89 | |
| Alex Carey (WK) | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37.04 | |
| Mitchell Starc | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 6 (b 3, w 1, nb 0, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 241/6 (59.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, SM Boland | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad | 18 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 2.67 |
| Ollie Robinson | 8 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Mark Wood | 11.3 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 6.87 |
| Chris Woakes | 12 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 4.17 |
| Joe Root | 10 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| David Warner | 1-3 | 5.6 |
| Usman Khawaja | 2-7 | 8.6 |
| Steven Smith | 3-12 | 9.5 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 4-83 | 22.1 |
| TM Head | 5-204 | 48.5 |
| C Green | 6-236 | 57.6 |
Oh boy #Ashes https://t.co/iQzOochRcE
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
- FIFTY up for Chris Green
Fifty up for the big fella #Ashes pic.twitter.com/hR9HmiKL3L
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
- CENTURY for Travis Head but he departs shortly
Travis Head out the very next ball after reaching his century! #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
- FIFTY! Travis Head shines on comeback after COVID
Boy, that’s a good half-century from Travis Head.
Much-needed for Australia #Ashes pic.twitter.com/KITT4Y05cD
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
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Second session! Let’s go #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
- WICKET! Marnus labuschagne finally departs, bowled by Stuart Broad
Attack is the best form of defence for Australia!
Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head have raced to a fifty-run partnership!
Watch the Ashes live on https://t.co/CPDKNxoJ9v (in select regions) 📺 pic.twitter.com/ZJtuaVKUTt
— ICC (@ICC) January 14, 2022
- 15 off the over! Mark Wood punished by Labuschagne & Travis Head
- FOUR! Marnus Labuschagne moved by what’s happening on the other end.
- WICKET! Smith Smith is OUT for DUCK as Robinson strikes again
Australia lose their third!
They are 3-12 with Smith gone for a duck #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
STAT: This is the first time that both David Warner and Steve Smith have been dismissed for 0 in the same Test MATCH, let alone innings!
- FOUR! Marnus Labuschagne is off the mark with a boundary towards mid-wicket
- WICKET! Usman Khawaja caught out to Joe Root at slips for just 6 runs, England on a roll
Australia two down! Broad finds the edge of Khawaja and Root takes the catch at first #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
- WICKET! Ollie Robinson strikes early as David Warner departs for a duck
First wicket for England – Warner gets a thick edge and Crawley catches it at second slip #Ashes
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
- Sydney’s twin centurion Usman Khawaja opens the innings with David Warner in the fifth Ashes Test
- Play to begin at 3:30 pm local time
The revised session times are now:
- 3:30pm – 5:30pm
- 6:10pm – 8:10pm
- 8:30pm – 10:30pm
England XI: Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Sam Billings (wk), Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad
5 changes for England: Burns for Hameed | Pope for Bairstow | Billings for Buttler | Woakes for Anderson and Robinson for Leach.
Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitch Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon
9:30 AM IST: England elect to bowl in Hobart, Australia to bat first
A debut for @sambillings!
We win the toss and elect to bowl in Hobart.#Ashes | #AUSvENG
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 14, 2022
Rain is currently falling at Bellrive Oval. There is rain on the forecast for most parts of Friday with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting a 90 per cent chance of showers.
9:22 AM:
Toss delayed due to rain at Hobart 🌧
But in the meanwhile, here’s Sam Billings becoming the recipient of England’s 700th men’s cap 🧢#Ashes | #AUSvENG | #WTC23 pic.twitter.com/MhTp3uWrfS
— ICC (@ICC) January 14, 2022
9:11 AM- The coin toss will be held at 3pm local time – 23 minutes from now
The coin toss will be held at 3pm local time – 23 minutes from now #Ashes https://t.co/xNeGVefEWg
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2022
The toss is officially delayed.
Meanwhile Sam Billings has been handed his England TEST cap by James Anderson.
Mark Wood is also warming up – so he is playing & more or less James Anderson is surprisingly left out on a GREEN-WICKET.
Weather again threatens to rain on Aussies’ Ashes parade as showers set to hit Hobart 🌦☔❓
👉 https://t.co/xAImbyNhEN pic.twitter.com/wbsgVGvMro
— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) January 14, 2022
Australia XI (likely): David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon
England XI (likely): Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood
AUS vs ENG LIVE score, Ashes 5th Test: Injury-ravaged England hopes to take inspiration from Sydney draw, Australia eyes 4-0; Follow Day 1 LIVE updates
Ashes 5th Test LIVE – Can injury ravaged England put up a fight? Pat Cummins might have missed out on 5-0 whitewash against England but have an opportunity to remain undefeated in the contest.
England had already lost the series but at least rediscovered their stomach for a fight in Sydney and the battered tourists will look to produce a similar gutsy display in the final Ashes Test against Australia on Friday.
Australia retained the urn with comprehensive victories in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne and while England managed to halt the juggernaut in Sydney, it was not without a price.
Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler’s tour was cut short by a finger injury, while allrounder Ben Stokes (side) and middle-order batsman Jonny Bairstow (finger) are doubtful for the pink-ball Test in Hobart after getting bruised in Sydney.
England are ready to play Stokes and stumper-batsman Bairstow purely as batsmen with Sam Billings likely to don the keeping gloves in his Test debut.
Captain Joe Root has insisted on putting “some pride back into the badge” but they are struggling to put together a playing XI that can replicate their steely display in Sydney.
“A guy who has had injuries, I’m sure, will not want to go into the game unless they’re certain they can provide what’s needed,” England fast bowler Mark Wood told reporters on Thursday.
Wood was pleased with the green look of the pitch at the Bellerive Oval, which is hosting its first Ashes Test.
“We talked about our batting so much but actually we got to try and make sure we get 20 wickets to win the game.
“Hopefully, if it stays like that, we can use that assistance and get those 20 wickets.”
AUS vs ENG LIVE Score: Usman Khawaja to open, Marcus Harris out
While England grapple with plenty of problems, Australia’s problem of plenty heightened after Usman Khawaja smashed back to-back hundreds in Sydney and the batsman he substituted, Travis Head, recovered from COVID-19.
Australia have accommodated both, sacrificing opener Marcus Harris who will be replaced by Khawaja at the top of the batting order.
Australia have yet to decide their bowling attack with Jhye Richardson, having recovered from shin soreness, vying with Michael Neser for a spot while Scott Boland, who hurt a rib in Sydney, declared fit to play subject to a final assessment in the morning.
Originally scheduled in Perth, it will be the first Test in Tasmania since 2016 but local favourite Tim Paine is missing in action having taken an indefinite mental health break last year after relinquishing the captaincy following a “sexting” scandal.
AUS vs ENG LIVE score, Ashes 5th Test: Injury-ravaged England hopes to take inspiration from Sydney draw, Australia eyes 4-0; Follow Australia vs England LIVE Day 1 LIVE updates
- First Test: Australia won by 9 wickets.
- Second Test: Australia won by 275 runs
- Third Test: Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
- Fourth Test: Match drawn
- Fifth Test: January 14-18, Hobart, Blundstone Arena
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