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

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, false shot as Stokes is squared up on the flick. Maybe this full delivery nipped away late to surprise him, leading edge rolls to the left of Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, good length delivery nipping away, Jacks watchfully dabs to third man with an angled bat

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, 1 run, low full toss, clipped past mid-wicket but just one run though as Weatherald quickly attacked the ball from the deep

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, full and just outside off stump, Stokes drives straight, Mitchell Starc stops it to the left with the boot in his followthrough

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, full delivery, Jacks flicks to mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, oh he smashed the cover drive but Inglis makes a great diving save despite ball bouncing awkwardly on front of his face. Jacks wanted to send that full ball to the fence but missed out

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Jacks defends

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, punched off the back foot to cover

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, short of length delivery from Mitchell Starc, Jacks looks to defend with soft hands, hits it onto his back foot

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, 1 run, full delivery, Stokes drives through cover

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, short delivery outside off stump, Stokes lets it go

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Jacks gets inside the line and clips it through backward square leg

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, 1 run, good length delivery on the leg stump, Stokes glances it to fine leg

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, short of length outside off stump, Stokes lifts his bat high and lets it go

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, excellent full delivery attacking the stumps, Stokes gives the full face of the bat to it for the drive to mid-on

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, short of length delivery, Jacks taps it to point for a brisk run

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, full and outside off stump, Jacks drives to mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, false shot! Full and angling in outside off stump, Jacks wanted a cover drive, ball rolled to short mid-wicket instead

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, full delivery on the leg stump, Jacks clips it past mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, 1 run, Starc strays onto the pads slightly and Stokes clips it past mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, goes fuller and aims for the off stump, Stokes defends onto his own pad

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, oh past the edge! Good length delivery outside off stump, Stokes plays inside the line as this nips away to threaten the outside edge

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, lovely square drive but he has a man back at deep point so only one

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, full and angling away wide of off stump, Jacks lets it go

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, 1 run, gentle forward stride and a gentle tap to backward point with an angled bat for a single

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, length delivery outside off stump, Stokes lets it go. Ball kept low on that occasion

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, short delivery on the stumps, Jacks rises tall and nudges in front of square leg

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Jacks leans forward and drives to mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, again Jacks is surprised by the change in length. This short of length delivery rises on him and he just about manages to go back and tuck to square leg

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Jacks drives to mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, fullish delivery, Stokes pushes to the off-side

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, FOUR, nicely flicked away! The key was Stokes letting this full ball come to him, timed it sweetly and found the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, loud call for no from the captain after initially thinking he could a have a run, defened this short of length delivery to backward point

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Stokes stands tall and looks to defend to the on-side, ball rolls to the off-side

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, oh that's too short and wide, Stokes lets it go., Starc looks at the footmarks immediately to suggest it put him off there

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Stokes lets it go

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, short and wide outside off, Will Jacks has a look and shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, short of a length around middle and leg, Will Jacks rides the bounce and knocks it towards mid-on

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, 143.3kph, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Will Jacks plays it late, steering it towards point

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, 145kph, on a length around off as Will Jacks knocks it in front of covers

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, pitched up by Mitchell Starc outside off, steered towards point by Will Jacks

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, pretty wide outside off as Will Jacks lets it through to the keeper

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, that's an unsuccessful review! Short ball down the leg-side and it clips the thigh pad as Carey takes it by flying towards his left-side. Good take by the keeper, but there was certainly no bat involved. Every ball is proving to be an event ball

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, FOUR, pitched up by the bowler outside off and Will Jacks times his cover drive, finds the vacant gap on the off-side as the ball races away to the boundary, beating the fielder who was chasing it

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, on a length around off, Will Jacks defends it towards cover

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, out Caught by Carey!! Starc strikes again! Pitched up by the bowler outside off, Jamie Smith is drawn into a drive and the outside edge flies straight into the safe mitts of Carey. Australia on top as England are six down. Ominous signs for England with only 10 minutes remaining in the day. This is the toughest phase to survive. Jamie Smith c Carey b Mitchell Starc 4(11) [4s-1]

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, on a length outside off, Jamie Smith lets it through to the keeper

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, 1 run, drifting on the batter's pads who works this away for a single

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, length delivery outside off, Stokes opens the bat face, steering this towards gully

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, full length delivery around off, Stokes defends it towards cover

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, shaping away as Stokes shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, short and wide outside off, Stokes sways away from its line

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, outside off, Stokes has a look and lets it through to the keeper

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, back of a length outside off, some extra carry as Stokes shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, banged in short by Mitchell Starc, Stokes rides the bounce and taps it towards cover

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, full and quick at the stumps, Stokes squeezes it down the pitch

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, pitched up by the bowler around off, driven to wide long-off for one

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, short of a length outside off, holds its line as Brook shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, short of a length outside off, angled across the batter who shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Brook goes for a drive and gets beaten on the outside edge. He played a similar shot in the 1st innings and was caught in the slips

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, 1 run, short of a length around middle and leg, nudged away from a single

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, pitched up by the bowler outside off, keeps straight and the batter has left it alone

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, on a length around middle and leg, shapes away a tad as Stokes gets a leading edge towards cover

Mitchell Starc to Root, out Caught by Carey!! That's a successful review by Australia and Root departs. This was pitched up by Mitchell Starc from round the wicket and Root went for a drive. The bat hits the floor, but at the same time he also gets an edge. Carey and Smith were confident and they sent it upstairs. UltraEdge confirms the edge and Root is a goner. First wicket of this innings for Starc. Just what he wanted to get back into rhythm. All the Australian players are pumped up as they have gotten the big fish. Quite evident in their celebrations.. Root c Carey b Mitchell Starc 15(36) [4s-1]

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, short in length outside off, Root rides the bounce, steering it towards backward point

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, opens the bat face, steering this towards gully

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, short of a length outside off, angled in as Root shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Root, 2 runs, zeroed in on the stumps, but Root just clips it away and collects a couple of runs

Mitchell Starc to Root, 2 runs, pitched up by the bowler outside off, Root plants his front foot forward and push-drives this through point for a couple of runs

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, short of a length outside off, some extra carry as Root rides the bounce and steers this towards gully

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, on a length at the stumps, Root knocks it down the pitch

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, banged in short from round the wicket, Brook rides the bounce and tucks it towards the on-side

Mitchell Starc to Pope, no run, good length delivery angling away, Pope lets it go

Mitchell Starc to Pope, no run, short of length delivery, Pope defends off the back foot

Mitchell Starc to Pope, no run, reaches out for a loose drive and misses! Full and really wide, Pope followed the ball and had no control over the shot as he was almost falling over

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 1 run, full and outside off stump, Crawley square-drives hard to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, full and just outside off stump, Crawley defends off the front foot

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Crawley defends

Mitchell Starc to Pope, no run, oh almost through him! Cunning inswinging yorker at 139.2kph, Pope just managed to get his bat down in time as he took this on the full. Dragged his legs out of the way to meet the ball

Mitchell Starc to Pope, no run, good length delivery angling away, Pope keeps his bat away as he leaves

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 1 run, Starc runs in nicely but sprays this full delivery on the leg stump, easy clip to deep square leg

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, blocked this time

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, FOUR, thick edgeeee and it flies over gully! Short of a length delivery angling away, Crawley slashes hard, gets a healthy edge. Mitchell Starc jumps in excitement of the opportunity but throws his head back in disappointment on seeing Cam Green not being able to grab that overhead. Maybe Green didn't time the jump to perfection but it did fly off the bat

Mitchell Starc to Pope, 3 runs, nicely driven! Compact shot from Pope as he got slightly closer to the line of this full ball to cut the angle across him. Head runs all the way to the deep cover fence from mid-off and hunts it down

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, Mitchell Starc wants to see if there is any interest from Crawley to have a drive away from the body, not-yet-mate leave from the batter

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Crawley defends off the back foot

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 2 runs, oh inside edge rolls past the stumps and escapes to fine leg when Crawley wanted to drive through cover

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, a yeah, yeah quickly changed to no, no as Crawley realized he defended this too well for short cover to attack the ball easily. Defended this short of length delivery and thought of a run, changed his mind and put his arm up to his partner

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, makes Crawley play by bowling this short of length delivery close to off stump, defended nicely by the batter

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, full and angling away, Mitchell Starc asks for the drive but Crawley was just ball-watching as it was outside off stump

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 1 run, good length on off, a forward defence to the vacant backward point area

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 2 runs, full on off, Crawley gets forward to defend, the ball runs off the open face wide of backward point and it's an easy two

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, scrambled-seam delivery outside off, on a good length, Crawley goes for a big drive and nearly nicks off. Has a disappointed expression on his face and rightly so. That was a poor shot, trying to drive on the rise

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, FOUR, full and wide outside off, overpitched and Crawley now brings out the cover drive, Crawley looks so good when he plays well, that's why he frustrates a lot of people, another beautiful shot

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, leg byes, 2 runs, down leg, Crawley misses the flick, off the pad and they take two legbyes to fine-leg

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, FOUR, lovely off-drive. Full just outside offl, Crawley gets forward and drives with a full face, right from where it came from, balance and timing high quality

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, FOUR, full and on the pads, Crawley likes it there, gets forward and flicks it past the square-leg ump and it's timed so well

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, good length on off, nips back in a tad, Crawley gets forward to defend, off the thick inside half to mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 2 runs, short of length on off, Crawley goes on the back foot to defend, the thick outside-edge runs between gully and backward point, they come back for two, went down

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 3 runs, goes for the big inswinger but drifts it on the pads, Duckett flicks up and over mid-wicket, another easy three

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, that's the delivery which got him in the first innings. Fullish and on the fifth-stump channel outside off, shapes away, Duckett almost plays at it, then tucks the bat inside the pad, wry smile from Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, good length just outside off, Duckett goes on the back foot and punches, off the thick inner half to mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 1 run, short of length on middle, Crawley goes on the back foot and tucks it to the square-leg region for one

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 3 runs, Duckett avoids the pair. Full and angled in on middle, he likes it there, flicks it past the square-leg ump and runs back for the third. Has a wry smile on his face after reaching the other end, nicely played that

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, full and outside off, shapes away, Duckett gets forward to drive and it squirts off the thick outer half of the bat to backward point

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, short of length on middle, Duckett is nearly squared up but manages to defend it, slightly off the outer half of the bat as the ball finds Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 1 run, Crawley is off the mark. No cover, short of length on off, he goes on the back foot and drops it there, sets off for the single

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, full on off, hint of shape back in, Crawley gets forward to defend in front of backward point