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

Brydon Carse to Head, out Caught by Atkinson!! After bowling a couple of loose overs, Brydon Carse storms back in style. He gets the big fish. Head was dropped earlier by Smith and the England keeper will breathe a sigh of relief, now that the opener is gone. Brydon Carse pitches it up and Head looks to flick it away. The bat twists in his hands as he ends up getting it off the cue end towards mid-on. Atkinson stationed there back-pedals and holds on a to a pretty safe reverse-cup catch. With the opening partnership broken, England will somewhat look to control Australia's run rate now. Head c Atkinson b Brydon Carse 33(43) [4s-3 6s-1]

Stokes to Head, 1 run, clipped through the leg-side for a single to end the over

Stokes to Head, 2 runs, pitched up by Stokes and Head has driven this through covers for a couple of runs more'

Stokes to Head, no run, back of a length around middle and leg, nudged to mid-on by Head

Stokes to Head, FOUR, flicked away! Drifting on the pads, Head flicks it over mid-wicket and adds more more to the tally. Stokes shakes his head in disappointment, that wasn't a great ball

Stokes to Head, no run, on the shorter side as Head pulls it towards mid-wicket

Stokes to Head, FOUR, drilled down the ground! Pitched up by Stokes and Head has nailed the on-drive. Races away past the non-striker and it's a boundary more. Australia's run rate is rapidly inching closer to the 6-run mark. Both their openers are looking in good touch

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, 140kph, short and wide outside off, Head cuts it towards point for one

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, good length delivery from round the wicket, Head manages to carve it towards third man although he was slightly cramped for room

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, on the shorter side from round the wicket, Head plays it on the rise, knocking it down the pitch

Stokes to Head, 3 runs, low full toss on middle and leg, Head flicks it through square leg for three more runs. He's on the charge since that dropped catch

Brydon Carse to Head, 3 runs, another poor short ball, Head cuts over cover-point but it's only a three this time

Brydon Carse to Head, SIX, oh he gets even better now. All four balls from Carse to Head should have been sent to the fence. He missed out on the first two but has managed to get his act right for the next two. This time he does really well to get under it and carve it over the cordon all the way over third man

Brydon Carse to Head, FOUR, and finally Head has a boundary off the 30th ball he faces. Brydon Carse goes fuller and Head plays a nice lofted square drive. Carved it over point and that should give him some confidence

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, another ball short and wide, another mistimed hit to the off-side

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, oh freebie short and wide, Head reaches out to smash it but toe-ends it to cover

Jofra Archer to Head, 1 run, hops and fends it to backward square leg

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, manages to defend this

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, edgeddd and put down! Length delivery angling in at 143kph and nipping away with bounce. Head was never comfortable with the away-going ball and was always just fending and poking at it hopping around in the crease. He gets opened up again and the ball flies off a thick outside edge. Jamie Smith reacted a bit late to the left and it was flying to the left. Got both hands to it but it deflected it between first and second slip. Jofra Archer couldn't believe that it had been dropped

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, oh Head almost with a suicidal attempt for a run there! He clipped this to the right of short mid-wicket. Jake Weatherald obviously couldn't run because it didn't find the gap. Pope dived to the right and picked the ball, Head hit the brakes and reversed. Had to dive as the throw came close to the stumps

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, short of length delivery nipping back in and thudding Head on the thigh pad as he couldn't adjust and fend

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 145.8ks on this short delivery, Head tried to get inside the line and pull, but mistimed to mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, hops and defends this short of length delivery to point. It's 145.7 now

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, oh goes fishing at this 145.4kph and misses! Short of a length delivery nipping away and beating Head's attempted back foot guide to the off-side

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

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Head hops and defends off the back foot

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, beaten! 144kph length delivery seriously troubling Head on the defence. He hung back in defence, jumped to play. Footwork all over the place he was poking at it. Very lucky that it didn't take the outside edge on the way to Smith

Jofra Archer to Head, leg byes, FOUR, oh down the leg-side and off the pad. Head wanted to clip it fine. ball hit the thigh and escaped to the fine leg fence

Jofra Archer to Head, 2 runs, and he finally manages to flick to the left of mid-wicket to get off the mark. This was in the early 140s and Head placed it nicely in the gap

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 146.8kph on this length delivery, Head plays a confident defence to the quickest ball Jofra Archer has bowled so far

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, oh thuds him on the thigh. 142.7kph short of length delivery rising and rushing Head on the defence. Hits him on the tummy actually as he hops to fend that

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 141.7kph, another dot as Head only manages to push this short of length delivery to point

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, the drive for the first time against Head but it's a wait on from Head as he finds point with this shot. Head still not moving his feet confidently

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 141.8kph length delivery on the leg stump, Head knocks it to mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, he wants to flick to the on-side but he's very worried of the ball leaving him late as the risk of the edge is high. Careful tuck to the on-side

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 142.4kph, Head hops and tucks this length delivery to mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, full and moving away, he's into the 140s now, 143.3kph actually, Head covers the stumps and shoulders arms

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, finally a testing ball in this over. Full and hinting at swinging away from the LHB, Head very careful with the flick because there is mid-wicket who is close and there is a big chance of the leading edge carrying square on the off-side as well. He managed to middle the nudge to mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, nice and straight at 139.8kph, Head hops in his crease to defend this rising short of length delivery

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, oh he's back to bowling down the leg-side again. Three of the four balls have been off the radar, not the tone England would want to set early

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, finally gets it outside off stump, 137.4kph now, Head lifts his bat high and lets it go as he sees this short of length delivery fly across him to Jamie Smith

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, this time he goes at 135.1kph but the line is again well down leg-side and Head lets it pass

Jofra Archer to Head, no run, Archer runs in and fires a leg-side length ball at 135kph, Head ignores