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

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, short of length on middle, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot and drops it wide of backward point, runs hard and they take one, that will frustrate England. Carse was the fielder and his throw hits Starc on the back as the crowd boo, Starc was well in when the throw hit him

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, back of a length on off, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot and defends solidly

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, wild that from Mitchell Starc. Length delivery outside off, he tries to slog to leg and misses, has a wry smile on his face, then comes to Boland to have a chat

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, when Atkinson pitches it up, Mitchell Starc will go for it, it's angled in on off, he gets forward and lofts over mid-on, just had enough to clear the fielder, Starc on to 75

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, wide, short outside off, loops to Jamie Smith as Mitchell Starc lets it go. Called a wide for height, too high

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, back of a length outside off, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot and punches it to sweeper cover

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, pitched up on off, Mitchell Starc knows it's in the slot and lofts it wide of mid-off, the lead is 150 now, England wilting here

Atkinson to Boland, no run, short of length and nips back in to middle and leg, Boland goes on the back foot to defend, the thick inside-edge falls near his feet

Atkinson to Boland, no run, short at Boland who sways out of the way, dropped his hands and gloves to leave that

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, good length outside off, Mitchell Starc gets forward to drive and picks out deep backward point, takes one

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of length outside off, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot to cut, mistimes it to the point region

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of length outside off, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot and punches, towards that square-leg third man region, again doesn't take the run

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of length outside off, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot and cuts to deep backward point, doesn't take the run

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, Carse with a fine chase and slides to pull it back, but has the hand in touch with the cushions as he pulls it back. Fullish outside off, Mitchell Starc gets forward and opens the face of the bat to drive it wide of cover, long chase for Carse and all that hard work doesn't pay off, consecutive fours to end the over

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, FOUR, too full and too wide outside off, Mitchell Starc gets forward to drive and times it wide of Archer at mid-off, used his long levers well

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, full on the stumps, Mitchell Starc gets forward to drive firmly to mid-off

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, lovely delivery. A length delivery and angled in on middle, wobble-seam delivery, pitches and leaves Mitchell Starc late, who tries to play with a slightly closed face, the ball misses the bat and flies over middle-stump

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, back of a length just outside off, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot and pushes it to the left of the wide slip

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of length on middle, Mitchell Starc gets right behind the line to defend to mid-off

Atkinson to Boland, no run, full and angled in on middle, nicely flicked to mid-wicket who is deep and Mitchell Starc is happy not to run

Atkinson to Boland, no run, good length and angled in on middle, Boland is behind that solidly

Atkinson to Boland, no run, fullish on off, Boland gets forward to push to cover

Atkinson to Boland, no run, good length just outside off, Boland goes on the back foot and punches it to backward point

Atkinson to Boland, FOUR, the luck is with Boland. A short of length delivery just outside off, Boland cuts with no feet, the thick inside-edge and it almost shaves off-stump, runs away fine and no chance for Jamie Smith to his left, Atkinson is not a happy man

Atkinson to Boland, no run, short of length outside off, Boland goes on the back foot and punches it well, but finds Pope at point on the bounce

Atkinson to Boland, no run, short of length and on the body, Boland goes on the back foot to flick and misses, hit on the body and it rolls down

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, short of length on middle, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot and drops it with soft hands into the point region, takes one

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no ball, FOUR, full on the stumps, Mitchell Starc drives it straight and beats Atkinson, runs away as it is timed well, also Atkinson has overstepped

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, length and attacking the stumps, Mitchell Starc gets right behind the line to defend to mid-on

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, length delivery and angled in on middle and leg, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot to defend to mid-on

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, wide of the crease and short of length outside off, angled in, Mitchell Starc lets it go

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of length and angled in on middle, Mitchell Starc goes on the back foot to defend to mid-wicket

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, low full toss around off, driven to mid-off by Mitchell Starc

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, on the shorter side, Mitchell Starc ducks underneath

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, banged in short by Atkinson, Mitchell Starc ducks underneath

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, pitched up by the bowler as Mitchell Starc digs this towards mid-on

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short ball down the leg-side, left alone

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, rock solid in his defence as Atkinson goes a touch short

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, full and wide outside off, Mitchell Starc goes for a flashy drive, connects thin air

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, banged in short down the leg-side, Mitchell Starc ducks underneath

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, width on offer outside off, slashed towards point

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of a length outside off, shaping away from the batter who lets it through to the keeper

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, good length ball around off, Mitchell Starc knocks it towards mid-off

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of a length on leg, clipped towards fine leg. Avoids the single

Atkinson to Boland, no run, on a length outside off, shaping away from the batter, Boland has poke at it and gets beaten

Atkinson to Boland, no run, banged in short at the ribs, Boland tucks it towards short leg

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, back of a length around middle and leg, clipped towards mid-on by Mitchell Starc

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, on a length around off, Mitchell Starc knocks it towards mid-off

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short in length outside off, Mitchell Starc has a swing and miss

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, good length around off, Mitchell Starc gets an edge that doesn't carry to the keeper

Atkinson to Carey, out Caught by Jamie Smith!! First wicket in the Ashes for Atkinson. The scond new ball has done the trick. This was on back of a length and with some extra carry. Carey tries to slash it away, but gets an outside edge due to the extra bounce. Smith behind the wickets makes no mistake and a fine knock by the Australian wicketkeeper comes to an end. Australia lead by 82 runs with a couple of wickets in hand. Carey c Jamie Smith b Atkinson 63(69) [4s-6]

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, short of a length outside off, nips away from the batter who taps it into the off-side

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, short and wide outside off, Mitchell Starc goes for a flashy cut, gets beaten

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, back of a length around off, Mitchell Starc pats it into the off-side

Atkinson to Carey, 3 runs, runs coming thick and fast. This was short and Carey pulled it towards deep mid-wicket. Challenges the fielder's arm and manages to come back for the third. Good running between the wickets

Atkinson to Carey, no run, back of a length outside off, some extra bounce as Carey lets it through to the keeper

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, 136.8kph, back of a length delivery outside off, shaping away from the batter, Mitchell Starc looks to punch this away from his body, connects thin air

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, no run, 130.6kph, short of a length around middle and leg, knocked to mid-on by Mitchell Starc

Atkinson to Carey, 1 run, length delivery around off, Carey steers it towards point with soft hands, scampers across to the other end

Atkinson to Carey, no run, back of a length around middle and off, Carey knocks it on to the pitch

Atkinson to Carey, no run, pitched up by the bowler at 134 clicks, Carey goes for a drive away from his body, gets an outside edge that flies to gully on the bounce

Atkinson to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, 131.8kph, back of a length delivery from round the wicket, Mitchell Starc pats it into the off-side for one

Atkinson to Carey, 1 run, short of length outside off, Carey goes on the back foot and punches it to deep backward point

Atkinson to Carey, 2 runs, good length outside off, Carey gets forward and punches it nicely, wide of cover and another two more

Atkinson to Carey, no run, full outside off, Carey gets forward and leans into the off-drive, Carse at mid-off dives to his right to cut it off, again nicely timed that one

Atkinson to Carey, 2 runs, fullish outside off, Carey gets forward to drive wide of cover, they come back for a couple

Atkinson to Carey, no run, full outside off, Carey gets forward to drive and the thick inside-edge hits the leg and and rolls near his feet

Atkinson to Carey, FOUR, superb shot. Fullish outside off, Carey gets forward and drives nicely, high elbow and into the gap at cover, all timing and it speeds away

Atkinson to Carey, 1 run, short of length and angling back in, on middle and leg, Carey goes on the back foot and glances to fine-leg

Atkinson to Neser, leg byes, 1 run, short of length and sliding down leg, Neser flicks and misses, they take a legbye

Atkinson to Carey, 1 run, short of length and angling back into Carey, bit of extra bounce, Carey drops it with soft hands to the short point region, easy run

Atkinson to Carey, FOUR, Root mutters something under his breath as he sees Carey puts this away. A good length delivery outside off, Carey gets forward and drives on the rise, well-timed and it races away wide of cover, no chance for the fielders

Atkinson to Carey, FOUR, now Root drops one at 1st slip. 5th drop from England today. Carey comes down the track and looks to loft this, thick outside-edge and Root is late to pick it up, also Jamie Smith didn't dive to his left, maybe Root was expecting him to, then he goes at it at the end, with an outstretched right hand on the dive, just about gets his fingers to that it, but parries it away to the third man fence. Stokes does well to keep his anger to himself, he was ticking there. Looking at the replays, Smith should have gone for it as it split him and Root

Atkinson to Neser, 3 runs, length and angling into the right-hander on middle, Neser gets forward and flicks it nicely, towards deep mid-wicket, they take an easy three

Atkinson to Neser, 1 run, length and angling into the right-hander on middle and leg, Neser flicks to deep backward square-leg

Atkinson to Neser, no run, good length outside off, Neser waves it through

Atkinson to Neser, no run, full just outside off, Neser gets forward to drive, the thick outside-edge runs wide of deep backward point, Crawley dives to his left to cut it off, saved runs

Atkinson to Neser, no run, short of length and tight on off, Neser gets right behind the line to defend it back

Atkinson to Neser, no run, short of length just outside off, Neser shoulders arms

Atkinson to Carey, 3 runs, Neser spots Carse being a bit tired and rushes back for the third. Full on the stumps, Carey gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive it wide of mid-on, Carse chases and they come back for the third

Atkinson to Smith, no run, good length outside off, Smith goes on the back foot and pushes it to cover

Atkinson to Green, 1 run, short of length and around off, Green goes on the back foot and nudges it to the vacant short mid-wicket area, easy run

Atkinson to Green, no run, good length and on the pads, Green works it to mid-wicket

Atkinson to Green, no run, full and angling back in, Green gets forward and drives well, but Carse at mid-on slides to his left to cut it off, Smith sends Green back in time, a fumble from Jamie Smith but Brook is there to cover up

Atkinson to Smith, 1 run, back of a length and rising just outside off, Smith goes on the back foot and punches it with an open face to third man

Atkinson to Smith, no run, wide length delivery outside off, left alone

Atkinson to Smith, no run, short outside off, Smith goes on the back foot and pulls, but picks out mid-wicket

Atkinson to Smith, 2 runs, so close to the leg-stump. A thick inside-edge as Smith goes on the back foot to punch this length delivery, it goes wide of leg-stump and they come back for two

Atkinson to Smith, no run, length delivery outside off, Smith lets it go, he does his exaggerated movements after leaving that

Atkinson to Smith, no run, full outside off, holds its line, Smith gets forward to drive and misses, not far from the outside-edge, Stokes has his hands on his head, that was close to the edge

Atkinson to Green, 1 run, short of length on middle, Green goes on the back foot and nudges it to deep backward square-leg

Atkinson to Green, no run, short and easy for Green to leave, too high and loops to Jamie Smith

Atkinson to Green, 1 run, short of length and nips back in to middle and leg, Green clamps the bat down and gets it down to the square-leg region, they take one

Atkinson to Smith, 1 run, 50 for Smith. A short of length delivery just outside off, Smith goes on the back foot and taps it in front of backward point for a quick single. The crowd roar in delight

Atkinson to Smith, FOUR, good chase from Carse at mid-on but as he flicked the ball back, it flicked his boot as he was in contact with the cushions, so will be four. Full and angling into the pads, Smith flicks and Carse chases it all the way, slides and pulls it back, but the ball is in contact with the boot, loud cheers from the crowd after seeing that

Atkinson to Smith, no run, short of length and nips back in to the thigh pad, Smith goes on the back foot to handle that, misses, sends Green back who wanted a run, too high for LBW

Atkinson to Smith, FOUR, hint of width and Smith cashes in. A length delivery just outside off, the wobble-seam delivery, Smith opens the face of the bat and punches it well to the left of backward point, right into the gap, nicely played

Atkinson to Smith, no run, full on off, Smith gets forward to drive to cover

Atkinson to Green, no run, short on the stumps, Green ducks

Atkinson to Green, no run, short of length and on off, keeps a bit low, Green does well to get the bat down and defend it to backward point

Atkinson to Green, no run, thick inside-edge saves Green. It's the wobble-seam delivery and nips back in from a good length on middle, Green gets forward to drive and the thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls away to the off-side

Atkinson to Green, no run, tight good length delivery on middle, Green gets right behind the line to defend

Atkinson to Smith, 1 run, given as a run. Full and sliding down leg, Smith flicks and the ump thinks he has got something on it, rolls to the backward point area, they take a quick single

Atkinson to Green, 1 run, ooh! That has jumped at Green from a short of length and rapped him on the right glove. Immediately he calls for the physio. Takes his glove off and looks at the thumb. Struck flush on the thumb and he is bleeding. It has hit the thumb nail flush and the physio is out there to tend to him. It's a rising short of length delivery and Green was on the back foot to try and defend, luckily for him, it doesn't go up and rolls wide of the wide slip. Also Green took his bottom-hand off immediately after getting hit to try and soften the impact

Atkinson to Green, no run, full just outside off, Green gets forward to push, it runs off the thick outside-edge and rolls to backward point, also Green had taken the bottom-hand off the bat after playing that

Atkinson to Green, no run, short of length and down leg, Green flicks and misses

Atkinson to Green, no run, short on the stumps, Green ducks

Atkinson to Green, no run, back of a length around off, Green defends it down the pitch

Atkinson to Green, no run, banged in short around middle and leg, Green goes for a pull and mistimes it towards mid-wicket

Atkinson to Green, no run, back of a length around off, Green defends it from within the crease

Atkinson to Green, FOUR, Atkinson goes short and Green nails the pull towards the deep square leg boundary

Atkinson to Green, no run, pitched up by the bowler as Green drives it towards mid-on

Atkinson to Green, no run, good length delivery outside off, Green opens the bat face, steering it towards the off-side

Atkinson to Green, no run, good length around off, Green defends it

Atkinson to Smith, 1 run, driven towards mid-on where the fielder is quick to move across and stop it with a slide

Atkinson to Smith, no run, pitched up by the bowler around middle and leg, driven to mid-on by Smith

Atkinson to Smith, no run, full and on the stumps, mistimes the clip to mid-on and tells himself that he should have aimed to hit straighter

Atkinson to Smith, no run, full and on the stumps, Smith watchfully defends to mid-on

Atkinson to Smith, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Smith clips it to mid-wicket

Atkinson to Smith, no run, short of length delivery, Smith defends

Atkinson to Smith, no run, full and on the stumps, Smith defends

Atkinson to Smith, no run, moves right across the stumps and yorks himself, Smith digs it out off the bottom of the bat

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, full and asking for drive, Marnus lets it go

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, fullish delivery, Marnus pushes it to the off-side

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, solid in defence this time to this short of length delivery

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, oh bit of indecision from Marnus. Felt like he wanted to leave but this short of length delivery came and hit the bat as he was trying to take the bat away

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, manages to fend this rising ball

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, outside off stump, Marnus lets it go

Atkinson to Smith, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Smith blocks

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, hint of away swing and then holding its line, Marnus clips it to backward square leg

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, short of length delivery angling in, Marnus plays a hurried defence

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, Marnus ignores this one outside off stump

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, covers the line and keeps it out again

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, short of length delivery, Marnus blocks

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, full delivery angling in, Weatherald lets it go

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, short and wide, hit me ball at 136kph, Weatherald stands tall, lets the ball come and cuts nicely behind point to the right to collect four more

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, full and angling in at 138.7kph, Weatherald covers the poles and lets it pass

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, pulled away to mid-wicket. Archer makes a slight fumble but they don't risk a run

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Weatherald defends off the back foot

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, full and moving away, Weatherald lets it pass

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, full delivery angling in, Weatherald lets it go

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, 138.1kph, watchfully drives this full delivery to mid-off

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, beaten! False shot from Weatherald after a while. 137.9kph full ball sucking the batter into a big front foot cover drive and cunningly moving away off the pitch to threaten the outside edge

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, fullish delivery nipping away, Weatherald lets it go

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, oh wanted a cover drive, got an inside edge onto pad instead. 135kph on the fuller side, Marnus thought he could a have runs through the off-side and escaped with an edge

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, full and angling in, Weatherald clips it to mid-wicket. 132.4kph warm-up ball that from Atkinson

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, smart leave as Atkinson tries to bowl close to off stump

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, oh he's growing stronger now! Third boundary of the over and the prettiest of them all. Full and outside off stump, Weatherald leans forward, literally walked into the cover drive, held the pose on the move. That's how much he had it under control

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, clipped away comes on the pads past mid-wicket. Tease for Jofra all the way to the right from long leg but the ball wins the race. Weatherald let this length ball come to him and flicked it to the left of mid-wicket

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, short of length delivery angling in, Weatherald guides to gully

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, 138.9kph length delivery watchfully defended by Weatherald, who is actually looking quite good and assured at the crease

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, lovely shot! Full and angling in from round the wicket, Weatherald leans nicely forward to play a punchy-cover drive for a crunchy boundary

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, calmly nudges this short of length ball to short mid-wicket

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, short of length delivery, Weatherald defends

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, oh extra bounce and thudding the glove. 138.1kph and hitting the short of length spot, the ball disturbed the surface on impact and jagged back in sharply with bounce. Weatherald is so lucky that it just hit the top hand flush on the glove and went down than popping up for a catch

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, 137.4kph and jumping from good length, Weatherald takes his bat high as he avoids this ball

Atkinson to Head, 1 run, 136.3kph short of length delivery on the stumps, Head hops and nudges to square leg

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Weatherald defends off the back foot in front of mid-on and they smartly rotate strike

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, oh top edgeeee but it escapes for four. 134kph short ball that completely surprised Weatherald. He was expecting that length and played a rushed pull shot. Had to fetch it from well wide of off so he had no control and the edge flew over Smith to the fence

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, goes fuller as he asks for the drive to bring the edge into play, but Weatherald ignores it

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, good length at 138.1kph outside off stump, Weatherald lets to go

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, first runs for Australia after 20 balls. Short of a length delivery around 138kph, Weatherald stood tall to cut this nicely to the right of point and no stopping that

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, interestingly, Jamie Smith now collects with one knee on the ground. Maybe only 133kph on this length ball was the reason. Weatherald just ball-watching again

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, nice leave and great carry to Jamie Smith. Always a great sight when the keeper stretches his arms high to gather after a batter leaves the ball. This was around 138ks around the short of length region

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, oh thought of playing the cut shot and bailed out last second. Short of a length delivery angling away at 139.1kph,

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, full and angling away at 136.4kph, Weatherald lets it go

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Weatherald clips it to mid-wicket

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, full and outside off stump, Weatherald lets it go

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, Atkinson Weatherald covers the sticks and lets this short of length delivery through to the keeper

Atkinson to Jake Weatherald, no run, hits the pads at 137.1kph but it was only a soft check for LBW. Fullish delivery, nipped back in to trouble Weatherald on the defence and hit him on the pad, maybe just outside off stump