Tea time Day 4.
England survive the first session and get to a patient 193-6, a slender and fragile lead of 16.
Tea time Day 4.
England survive the first session and get to a patient 193-6, a slender and fragile lead of 16.
And a 1 run lead!
53.2 overs, 177-6, just over an hour and a half of play this morning (UK)
England draw level without losing a wicket ๐
Stokes 29, Jacks 17
At least Australia will need to bat โฆ
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England - The Ashes
2nd Test, Day 4
Stumps. Second Test, Day Three ๐
England 134-6 still needing 43 to draw level with Australia.
An England batting collapse and a disastrous Ashes watch this morning ๐บ
I suppose at least there was some top class Australian bowling to appreciate. Boland and Starc were superb.
Smith out for 4 off Starc. Dรฉjร vu.
England being outbatted and outbowled in this Test ๐
At this rate Australia may not need to bat again.
Brook out to Boland.
Root caught behind off Starc for 15 ๐
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 121-4. 56 runs adrift.
Crawley also c&b Neser, for 44. England 97-3, 80 behind Australia.
Driving on the up, same mistake as Pope ๐ข
Brook nearly out first ball โฆ
Pope c&b Neser for 26. England 90-2, still 87 behind Australia.
Need another Root century now!
Ben Duckett clean bowled by Scott Boland for 15. England 48-1.
Dinner Day 3.
England survive the first spell of 6 overs and are 45-0, trailing by 132 runs.
Australia bowled out for 511 ๐
Final wicket of Doggett taken by Jacks.
All Australian batters got double figure scores ๐
Stokes catches Starc off Carse. Starc 77 (141). Australia 491-9.
50 for Mitchell Starc.
Extended tea break. Australia on 450 now lead by 116 runs after 99 overs of batting, still with 2 wickets in hand. Mitchell Starc on 46 after facing 95 balls.
Carey caught behind off Atkinson. 416-8. Australia lead of 82.
New ball taken. 405-7.
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England - The Ashes
2nd Test, Day 3
Seventh wicket of Neser falls quickly to Stokes.
Australia 383-7 lead by 49
Stumps Day 2. Australia 378-6 are leading by 44 runs. 73 overs bowled by England today.
Scores level. But Australia have 4 wickets left.
329-6. Stokes has bowled Inglis. Australia trail by 5 runs.
Australia 292-5 - Green bowled by Carse, Smith caught in the same over. Between those wickets Carey was also dropped.
50 for Steve Smith off 67 balls. Australia getting closer and closer to Englandโs total.
Dinner Day 2. Australia 228-3.
Labuschagne caught by Jamie Smith off Stokesโ bowling. Out for 65 from 78. Australia 196-3. Floodlights on now.
Archer gets a breakthrough. Weatherald lbw for 72. Australia 146-2. Steve Smith out to bat with Marnus Labuschagne now ๐ฌ
Extended tea break time. Not a brilliant first session from England ๐
Australia 130-1 after the first 21 overs, trailing by 204 runs ๐
England need the sun to set ๐
Runs flowing for Australia. 109-1 after 18 overs.
First Test 50 for Jake Weatherald.
Travis Head out for 33 from Brydon Carseโs bowling after being dropped on 3 off Archerโs ball. Australia 77-1 after 13.1 overs.
Australiaโs innings underway. Travis Head and Jake Weatherald opening. Archer bowling the first over.
Third over of the day. Archer goes for 38, great catch from Marnus Labuschagne, Root 138no. England all out for 334.
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England - The Ashes
2nd Test, Day 2
Play about to start
Stumps Day One. England bat out the day, finishing on 325-9 after 74 overs ๐
Root 135 off 202 balls, Archer 32 off 26.
Starc has taken 6-71.
Moving quickly now - Atkinson out for 4, Carse for a duck, both off Starc’s bowling. England 264-9. Archer last man in.
Joe Root finally gets his Australian century ๐๐๐
102 off 181 balls
England 256-7
Starc gets Jacks for 19. England 251-7. Root running out of partners.
Joe Root now on 92, his highest Test score in Australia ๐ฌ
Jamie Smith bowled Scott Boland for 0. Great ball. England 211-6.
Stokes run out on 19. England 210-5.
Dinner (?) Day One. England 196-4.
Root 66 off 120 ๐
England 191-4 after 43 overs.
Starc now the most successful left-arm seam bowler in Test history ๐
Mitchell Starc now has 415 Test wickets - the most of any left-arm seamer in the history of the game. He’s overtaken Pakistan great Wasim Akram (414) with his three wickets at the Gabba.
BBC Sport
Starc back bowling. Brook out for 31. England 176-4 after 39.2 overs. Stokes comes out to bat.
50 for Joe Root off 83 balls ๐
He just needs that next 50!
England 139-3 after 30 overs.
Crawley out for 76 in the 28th over. Neser bowling.
Day One. End of first session - tea break. England 98-2 after 24 overs and Zak Crawley has reached his half century. Crawley 61 off 80, Root 32 off 60.
Mitchell Starcโs first spell is over. No more wickets lost. England 45-2 after 10 overs. Crawley playing some risky shots though.
Root nearly caught at slip. This isnโt looking good.
Starcโs 2nd over. Pope out for a duck. Pink ball is swinging a lot ๐ซค
Last ball of the first over, Duckett out for a Golden Duck ๐ฆ
Starc bowling, of course โฆ
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England - The Ashes ๐
2nd Test, Day 1 - a day-night Test
The Gabba: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
England win the toss and choose to bat first
Watching a bit of the 1st Test between New Zealand v West Indies at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Love the look of the ground - lots of grassy banks ๐ - but the weather does not seem as warm as Iโd like. Have to wait until Brisbane for that ๐๐
๐๐ England abandon all-out pace attack with recall of Will Jacks for second Ashes Test in Brisbane
๐๐ Glamorgan Cricket 2026 Fixture List
Australia score 205-2 and win the first Ashes Test ๐
Century for Travis Head off 69 balls ๐๐๐
Australia 146-1 running away with this at a rapid pace. Could be over today.
Travis Head gets his 50 off 36 deliveries ๐
First wicket at last. Weatherald out for 23 b Carse. But Australia scoring quickly, already on 75 after 11.3 overs. They only need 130 more now.
Australia 39 without loss after 8 overs. Good start for them, scoring easily, looking worrying for England.
Innings over. Tea taken.
England all out for 164 after 34.4 overs. Lead of 204 runs. The match is moving quickly.
Gus Atkinson was Englandโs top scorer with 37 off 32 balls.
England 160-9. Archer caught, just Mark Wood left to partner Atkinson.
England get to a 200 run lead with a four from Archer.
Gus Atkinson just took 16 off a Starc over. England 154-7 off 33 overs lead by 194.
โฆ but now 154-8 as Doggett gets Carse. He had a valuable 50 run partnership with Atkinson.
Jamie Smith given out caught behind after a 5 minute umpire review. That didnโt look conclusive.
England 104-7.
England 100-6 after 26.2 overs, now leading by 140.
Stokes out for 2 c Smith b Starc ๐
10 wickets for Starc in the match.
England were doing well but now starting to fall apart.
England 76-5 after 19.1 overs ๐ฎ
Starc bowls Root with the first ball of his return.
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 Bolandโs second wicket. Theyโre coming quickly for him after lunch.
Duckett out just after lunch for 28. Bolandโs wicket. Joe Root coming in to bat to partner Ollie Pope. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 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 ๐
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 โฆ ๐คจ๐
Australiaโs 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 wicketโฆ
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 ๐
Boland out for a duck.
Stokes has four. Carey out for 26. ๐ฆ๐บ 121-8 after 37.4 overs.
And a third wicket for Ben Stokes - Mitchell Starc out for 12. Australia 118-7 still trailing England by 54 runs.
Australia 91-6. Stokes has taken the wicket of Cameron Green.
Stokes bowling now - and takes the wicket of Travis Head. Australia 76-5 after 29.1 overs.
Khawaja out for 2 off 6. Carseโs second wicket. ๐ฆ๐บ 31-4
Australia 30-3 after 15.5 overs.
Archer gets Labuschagne, Carse gets Smith for 9 and 17 respectively.
Tea. Australia 15-1 after 10 overs.
Jofra Archerโs first over matches Mitchell Starcโs - a wicket maiden.
Australia innings. Wicket for Jofra Archer from his second ball - Weatherald out lbw for a second-ball duck.
Duck for Wood. England all out for 172 after 32.5 overs. Seven wickets for Mitchell Starc - 7-58 off 12.5 overs, his best ever Test figures.
Smith gone for 33, sixth wicket for Starc ๐
Carse out for 6. 168-8. Not going well for England.
Starc 5-54 off 12 overs ๐ฅ
Atkinson out for 1. Starc gets his 5 wickets. England 161-7 from 30.1 overs.
Brook out for 52