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Australia vs England, 2nd Test

Travis Head 22(22)
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5.5
W
Atkinson to Head, out Bowled!! Dragged back on. Length delivery outside off, Head looks to slash, it nips back in a tad, to foil the shot, thick inside-edge falls back on the stumps. Some joy for England. Head puts his head back in disappointment as he walks off. Head b Atkinson 22(22) [4s-2 6s-1]
5.4
Atkinson to Head, no run, short of length on middle, Head goes on the back foot to defend it back
5.2
Atkinson to Head, 1 run, good length just outside off, bit of angle in, Head gets forward to defend, the thick outside-edge flies away wide of the two slips and down to third man
5.1
Atkinson to Head, 2 runs, length delivery and angled in on the pads, Head flicks wide of deep backward square-leg and they come back for a couple
5
Jofra Archer to Head, 1 run, 151.8kph, searing short delivery at Head who goes on the back foot and nudges it to the vacant short-leg area, they take a quick single as Jofra Archer gets across and cuts it off. That will be the dinner break as well
4.3
Jofra Archer to Head, 1 run, 151.6kph, short of length around off, Head goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat to guide it to third man
4.2
Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 147.4kph, fullish and angled in on off, Head goes on the back foot to defend it back
4
Atkinson to Head, no run, full outside off, Head leans back to carve that over the off-side field, misses
3.5
Atkinson to Head, no run, fullish and tight on off, Head goes on the back foot and pushes it to backward point
3.4
Atkinson to Head, no run, short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot to push to backward point
3.3
4
Atkinson to Head, FOUR, now on the off-side. A short of length delivery outside off, Head goes on the back foot and cuts hard and to the sweeper cover fence, the area at point and cover-point is open and Head doesn't miss out
3.2
6
Atkinson to Head, SIX, effortless. It's a length delivery and angled in on the pads, Head flicks it away and the timing takes it all the way over deep backward square-leg, just a mere flick and it sails from the middle of the bat
3.1
Atkinson to Head, no run, full just outside off, Head gets forward to drive to mid-off, wristily played
2
Atkinson to Head, no run, short of length outside off, rising, Head goes on the back foot to slash and misses, flies over the edge
1.5
Atkinson to Head, no run, short of length and tight on off, Head goes on the back foot and defends it in front of mid-off
1.4
4
Atkinson to Head, FOUR, again what timing. A length delivery around off, Head gets forward to push and just a mere push that was, it races away through the vacant cover-point area
1.3
Atkinson to Head, 2 runs, good length and angled in on off, Head goes on the back foot and pushes it to the vacant cover-point area, they take two
1.2
Atkinson to Head, no run, short of length just outside off, Head goes on the back foot and taps it to backward point, was a tad squared up
0.4
Jofra Archer to Head, 1 run, 146.8kph, full outside off, Head gets forward to drive, mistimes it wide of mid-off, takes one
0.3
Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 146.3kph, again down leg, full, Head flicks and misses, this time Jamie Smith dives to his right to collect
0.2
4
Jofra Archer to Head, byes, FOUR, 146.3kph, but down leg, well down, Head flicks and misses, no chance for Jamie Smith to his right, runs away for byes
0.1
Jofra Archer to Head, no run, 145.1kph, short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and punches to gully, plays that with an open face