Oh no! Boland gets another. Brook out for a duck. England 76-4 after 19 overs. Ben Stokes in with Joe Root.
Oh no! Boland gets another. Brook out for a duck. England 76-4 after 19 overs. Ben Stokes in with Joe Root.
Pope out for 33. Scott Boland’s second wicket. They’re coming quickly for him after lunch.
Duckett out just after lunch for 28. Boland’s wicket. Joe Root coming in to bat to partner Ollie Pope. 🏴 65-2
Lunch day two. Morning session of only two wickets! Duckett given out lbw off the last ball of Boland’s final over before lunch - but saved by his DRS review 😄
England 59-1 lead by 99 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
5th ball from Starc. Crawley out for a pair. England 0-1.
Now for some calm and steady England batting … 🤨🏏
Australia’s innings is over, 132 all out. Carse got Lyon as the final wicket.
The Ashes 2025/26, first Test, day two. Mark Wood opening the bowling. England need one wicket…
The Ashes 2025/26 first Test. Day One Stumps.
Well that was an all-action day of Ashes cricket. 19 wickets and 295 runs. This is not going to be a five day match.
England 172ao. Australia have lost nine wickets and still trail by 49 runs.
Andy Zaltzman - Test Match Special statistician:
This is the most wickets taken in a day of an Ashes Test since the Old Trafford Test of 1909 where both teams were all out in the same day.
Five-for for Ben Stokes 👏
Boland out for a duck.