Australia vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Neser to Jofra Archer, no run, that shall be Stumps on Day 1 of this pink-ball Brisbane Test. Pitched up by the bowler around off, Jofra Archer knocks it back to the bowler. The Australian players walk up to Root and congratulate him. The Barmy Army welcome him back with a loud cheer. That was some fine cricket action we got to witness throughout the three sessions..

Neser to Jofra Archer, no run, on a length around off, Jofra Archer defends it into the off-side

Neser to Root, 1 run, tucked away as the bowler goes short

Neser to Jofra Archer, 1 run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Jofra Archer square drives for a single

Neser to Jofra Archer, no run, on the shorter side as Jofra Archer tucks it towards mid-wicket

Neser to Root, 1 run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Root drives it through covers for a single

Neser to Stokes, no run, 128.9kph, good length ball on off and Stokes defends to backward point

Neser to Stokes, no run, 130.5kph, defended to cover

Neser to Stokes, no run, 131.1kph, back to round the wicket and Neser bowls a short of length ball, Stokes plays late to keep it out on the off-side

Neser to Stokes, no run, 130.9kph, over the wicket and angling away from a good length, Stokes leaves it alone

Neser to Stokes, no run, 129.3kph, full again and Stokes is solid in his defence

Neser to Stokes, no run, 131.3kph, full ball from round the wicket with the keeper up to the stumps, Stokes is half-forward to block it into off

Neser to Root, 1 run, 129.1kph, bit of extra bounce from a length, Root nudges it to midwicket. Stokes calls for the single and Root responds

Neser to Root, no run, 131.9kph, fullish and angling in, Root defends to the left of the bowler

Neser to Root, no run, 131.3kph, short of length, Root turns it to midwicket

Neser to Root, no run, 133.4kph, fuller than a length and closer to off, Root blocks it back to the bowler

Neser to Root, no run, 135.4kph, good length around the fifth stump channel and Root shuffles across to keep it out on the off-side

Neser to Root, no run, 133.1kph, fullish ball on off-middle, Root knocks it to mid-on

Neser to Stokes, 1 run, 131.7kph, Neser pulls his length back by a fraction, Stokes turns it to midwicket and sets off for a sharp single. Doggett has a shy at the stumps at the bowler's end and misses

Neser to Stokes, no run, 132kph, pitched up outside off, Stokes bends his back leg and gets forward to drive, inside-halves it back to the bowler

Neser to Stokes, no run, 133.5kph, good length delivery on the stumps, defended back to the bowler

Neser to Root, 1 run, good stop but poor throw! Full outside off, Root drives well to the left of cover and Inglis acrobatically dives to make a fine stop. He's off-balance while he throws and it's way over the keeper and that allows the batters to rotate strike

Neser to Root, no run, 130.1kph, fuller on middle, Root shuffles and knocks it to mid-on

Neser to Root, no run, 130.2kph, length ball angling in, Root gets forward to block

Neser to Stokes, no run, Stokes safely negotiates the last ball of the session.. Defends this length ball towards cover and that shall be the Dinner on Day 1. Stokes and Root having a chat as they start walking back fo the pavilion..

Neser to Stokes, no run, banged in short by Neser outside off, Stokes sways away and Carey grabs it behind the wickets. He's standing up to the stumps, so that was a sharp take

Neser to Stokes, no run, fraction short outside off as it skids along the deck, Stokes is watchful as he leaves it

Neser to Stokes, no run, angled across the batter outside off, hint of movement in the air as Stokes gets beaten on the outside edge

Neser to Stokes, no run, on a length outside off, Stokes lets it through to the keeper

Neser to Stokes, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Stokes eases it in front of point

Neser to Stokes, no run, in the air, but safe! An outside edge earlier that flew between gully and the slip cordon earlier, and now this. Stokes is riding his luck. He needs it under such testing conditions. Neser goes short around off, Stokes looks to defend, but ends up getting it off the splice. The ball lobs towards cover and falls in no man's land

Neser to Stokes, wide, banged in short by Neser and this sails way above the batter's head. Called a wide by the umpire

Neser to Stokes, no run, watchfully knocks this back of a length delivery towards cover

Neser to Stokes, no run, pitched up by the bowler around off, Stokes plants his front foot forward and knocks it into the off-side

Neser to Stokes, no run, nudged towards the on-side by Stokes

Neser to Stokes, no run, short of a length around off, Stokes rides the bounce and knocks it into the off-side

Neser to Stokes, no run, back of a length outside off, Stokes taps it into the off-side

Neser to Brook, no run, 133kph, full on off, Brook taps it to cover

Neser to Root, 1 run, short ball angling in towards off-middle, Root uses the bowler's angle to pull it to fine leg

Neser to Root, no run, full ball with the keeper back, defended to cover off the front foot

Neser to Root, no run, 133.6kph, sees the line outside off and shoulders arms

Neser to Brook, 1 run, 131.8kph, width on offer, Brook cuts hard to point. A slight fumble and the batters scamper across for a quick single

Neser to Brook, no run, 133.1kph, on a length and angling in, Brook defends and inside-edges onto his pad

Neser to Root, FOUR, 133.7kph, superb wrist-work. Neser overpitches just outside off and Root beautifully flicks it wide of mid-on. No chance for the fielder to stop that

Neser to Root, no run, 134.7kph, full ball, Root drives and finds mid-off

Neser to Root, no run, 134.5kph, Root falls over on the flick, misses and gets hit on the pad. Appeal for lbw and that's been struck down. Smith asks for the bowler's opinion and Neser says "wide of the crease." So, that's definitely missing leg

Neser to Root, no run, 136.5kph, pitched up, Root drives to mid-on

Neser to Root, no run, 133.4kph, fuller than a length, Root presses forward and drives to cover

Neser to Root, no run, 134.5kph, good length outside off, left alone

Neser to Brook, 1 run, 137kph, fuller length, Brook drives and inside-edges to square leg

Neser to Brook, no run, 136.3kph, length ball, Brook gets low and looks to scoop with the keeper up to the stumps. Doesn't connect and Carey breaks the stumps quickly. A tumbling Brook manages to ground his leg inside the crease just in time. He would have had his heart in his mouth for a moment there. Lovely bit of glovework from Carey on that occasion

Neser to Brook, FOUR, 132.9kph, shot! Authoritative from Brook. Gives the charge to the bowler by shimmying down, moves leg-side in the process and that allows him to free his arms. It's on a back of a length and Brook flays it through cover-point. In total control of that stroke

Neser to Brook, no run, 134kph, full delivery, Brook drives straight to point off the front foot

Neser to Root, 1 run, 134.5kph, nips back in from a length and Root fortunately gets an inside edge as he pushes at it. The ball rolls towards square leg and the batters take a single. Neser has his hands on head

Neser to Root, no run, 134.4kph, short of length ball, Root hops to poke it to backward point

Neser to Brook, 1 run, 140.7kph, crowd behind the bowler and Neser greets Brook with a short-pitched delivery. Leg-lined and Brook helps it on its way to fine leg with a controlled pull shot

Neser to Crawley, out Caught by Carey!! The 117-run partnership has been broken! Big smile on Neser's face. 137.7kph, Neser hits the deck hard as he lands it on a short length outside off. Crawley shapes to pull it away and only manages to get an under-edge on it. Easy grab for the keeper and the Australians are delighted with this breakthrough. Crawley will be gutted as he got a start and was looking in good touch. Crawley c Carey b Neser 76(93) [4s-11]

Neser to Crawley, no run, full on off, solidly blocked off the front foot

Neser to Crawley, no run, 133.8kph, length ball, Crawley gets forward and checks his drive, the ball rolls to mid-off

Neser to Crawley, no run, 136.5kph, short of a good length, defended into off after a small shuffle

Neser to Root, 1 run, 134.4kph, short of length outside off, Root opens the bat-face to steer it to deep backward point

Neser to Root, no run, 136kph, good length, Root defends to cover off the front foot

Neser to Root, no run, 134.5kph, a shuffling Root leans across and wristily pushes this full ball to mid-on

Neser to Crawley, 1 run, 135.5kph, full delivery, pushed towards mid-on for a quick single

Neser to Crawley, FOUR, 132.3kph, pitched up delivery and Crawley plays a lovely on-drive. The line is just outside off and that's been bunted straight of mid-on. Nicely timed by the England opener. Third boundary after the tea break for Crawley

Neser to Root, 1 run, 136.1kph, Neser has his hands on head. Seams back in from a length, Root hops across to push and gets a thick inside edge which takes the ball to deep backward square leg

Neser to Root, no run, 133.8kph, good length ball around the fifth stump zone, Root shuffles and defends it into the off-side

Neser to Root, no run, 130.8kph, inswinger from Neser, short of length, Root presses forward to defend. The ball may have trimmed the inside edge, brushes the flap of the pad as well before rolling towards the keeper

Neser to Root, no run, 132.3kph, full and angled in, Root is half-forward to push it to cover

Neser to Crawley, 3 runs, 130kph, fuller than a length on middle and Crawley brings his wrists into play to flick to the right of mid-on

Neser to Crawley, no run, 129.8kph, nibbles away from a length outside off and Crawley plays inside the line to let it pass

Neser to Crawley, no run, 137.9kph, dug in short by Neser and Crawley sways away from it after dropping his wrists

Neser to Crawley, 2 runs, 130.3kph, fullish inswinger, Crawley gets forward and across to flick through midwicket

Neser to Crawley, 1 run, tucked through midwicket

Neser to Crawley, no run, Australia appeal for caught behind! They don't review it. 131.3kph, straightens off the deck from a short of a good length. Crawley pokes from the crease and it's mighty close to the outside edge. In fact, there's a murmur on Snicko! Who knows, it could have been reversed had Australia reviewed. Neser was quite confident but he couldn't persuade his captain to send it upstairs

Neser to Crawley, FOUR, floaty outswinger, overpitched outside off and Crawley latches onto it. Leans forward and plays a beautiful cover drive

Neser to Crawley, no run, jags in sharply from a short of length and Crawley doesn't see that coming. The batter is rooted in his crease, the ball beats the inside edge to hit him high on the back thigh

Neser to Crawley, FOUR, full on the pads and Crawley puts it away. Flicked away with aplomb in front of square on the leg-side

Neser to Crawley, 2 runs, good length delivery, Crawley drives on the rise and outside-halves it to deep backward point

Neser to Crawley, no run, tentative! 131kph, inswinger followed by a ball that leaves the right-hander. Neser pulls his length back and gets it to straighten off the deck. Crawley wants to have a feel for it and is lucky not to nick off

Neser to Crawley, no run, 130.8kph, inswinger from Neser, good length delivery and hits Crawley quite high on the bat as he defends off the front foot

Neser to Crawley, no run, 131.4kph, angling in towards the stumps and Crawley blocks

Neser to Crawley, no run, 131.4kph, Neser goes wider and Crawley ignores

Neser to Crawley, no run, 132.7kph, short of a good length, nibbles away with good bounce marginally outside off and it's a watchful leave from Crawley

Neser to Crawley, no run, nice shape away from the right-hander, Crawley lets it go on line