04/01Result
4th Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 5-9 2022
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Usman KhawajaAustralia
04/01Result
4th Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 5-9 2022
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Usman KhawajaAustralia

END OF OVER:
134 | 13 Runs | AUS: 416/8

  • Nathan Lyon16 (7b)
  • Mitchell Starc34 (60b)
  • Stuart Broad29-5-101-5
  • Mark Wood26.1-6-76-1

6pm: Sensible call from Australia, given the potential for weather to affect the rest of this Test. They've got 400-plus on the board and will now get around 20 minutes at England's openers - and who knows, maybe the middle order, too - tonight. Cummins is already out in the middle limbering up. Time to find out if this SCG surface is really as placid as Ussie and the gang made it look...

"Starc averaging 75.5 with the bat this series!" whoops Chops. Nice little red-inker for him

"Alan, do you reckon the openers will survive tonight?" Put it this way, Pranav. I won't be putting my life savings on it

"Is it compulsory that England bat?" warbles Simon. "I don't think it is going to be pretty." Forfeit both innings?

133.6
6
Broad to Lyon, SIX, swung high and handsome into the stands - and Australia have declared! Lyon boshes the third boundary of his brief innings and Cummins then sends the signal that he wants a crack at England tonight
133.5
2
Broad to Lyon, 2 runs, back of a length, clubbed leg side for a couple
133.4
0
Broad to Lyon, no run, dug in, 128kph/79mph and Lyon swings hard, beaten on the inside
133.3
4
Broad to Lyon, FOUR, slogged down the ground! Lyon connects with another as Broad hits a length, slapped back over the bowler's head
133.2
1
Broad to Starc, 1 run, pitched up and driven for one into the covers
133.1
0
Broad to Starc, no run, banged in short, Starc ducks it

"This attack in Brisbane and I think the result would have been different..." Story of the tour for England, Nazim. Wrong selection, wrong tactics. Wrong trousers, most likely

END OF OVER:
133 | 5 Runs | AUS: 403/8

  • Nathan Lyon4 (3b)
  • Mitchell Starc33 (58b)
  • Mark Wood26.1-6-76-1
  • Stuart Broad28-5-88-5

My colleague Sampath notes that Stuart Broad is the oldest visiting pacer to take a Test five-fer in Australia since Richard Hadlee in 1987. He's edged out Anderson's Adelaide five from 2017-18, in the process

132.6
4
Wood to Lyon, FOUR, Lyon swats a 143kph bouncer casually through midwicket! The No. 10 is set for short stuff and just uses the pace, flicking the bottom hand through for his first runs. Brings up the Australia 400, too
132.5
0
Wood to Lyon, no run, short, 143kph and sharking in menacingly at Lyon, he hangs back and prods it away

"I think if Australia declare and bowl now, the follow-on can be enforced in the morning," chuckles Steve. Or maybe he's making a serious point, I don't know

132.4
1
Wood to Starc, 1 run, banged in again, 144kph/89mph and Starc jabs it down to fine leg for one
132.3
0
Wood to Starc, no run, back of a length, 145kph/90mph on the body, defended to the on side
132.2
0
Wood to Starc, no run, dug in short, Starc sits back and flinches underneath
132.1
0
Wood to Starc, no run, 146kph on the hip, tucked to midwicket

Will Starc have a bit of a thrash now...?

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England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st46H HameedZ Crawley
2nd28DJ MalanZ Crawley
3rd22JE RootZ Crawley
4th60JE RootBA Stokes
5th37JM BairstowBA Stokes
6th25JM BairstowJC Buttler
7th0JM BairstowMA Wood
8th19JM BairstowMJ Leach
9th33SCJ BroadMJ Leach
10th0JM AndersonSCJ Broad