Ashes 2017 | Live score, Australia vs England, 2nd Test: Day 2 at The Adelaide Oval
Cricket | December 03, 2017 9:55 ISTCatch all the live score and updates of the Ashes 2nd Test between Australia and England on Day 2 at The Adelaide Oval.
Catch all the live score and updates of the Ashes 2nd Test between Australia and England on Day 2 at The Adelaide Oval.
On a rain-interrupted Day 1 at the Adelaide Oval, Australia Australia managed to conjure up 209/4 at stumps as England tame Steve Smith at 40.
Root was the first Test captain since 1982 to decide to bowl first in Adelaide after winning the toss.
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The England camp in particular seems to have retained some bitterness from the Jonny Bairstow head-butt saga and are expected to return the favour here.
Waugh lauded the skipper and states that the bowlers cannot catch the power-hitter at any weak point.
Smith, who inspected the Adelaide Oval wicket also revealed that the wicket appears to be a hybrid of the pitches seen previously at the venue.
England skipper Joe Root expressed confidence that Moeen would play in the second Test irrespective of he was able to bowl or not.
The Ashes series have been embroiled with verbal fireworks from either side before the start of 1st Test but it gained momentum once it was revealed that England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow headbutted Australian opener Cameron Bancroft in Perth bar
Anderson and his pace-bowling colleagues also found conditions to their liking in England's day-night tour game in Adelaide before the Ashes series.
Stokes was suspended by the England and Wales Cricket Board and will not join the Ashes tour of Australia until the police investigation is complete.
Lyon said Australia was bracing for a brave fightback from the tourists, who were hammered by 10 wickets in the Ashes opener in Brisbane.
The 26-year-old all-rounder arrived in New Zealand on Wednesday, after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last week granted him a No Objection Certificate.
The 37-year-old has called on the visitors to drop fast bowler Jake Ball as he is simply not up to the standard.
The former England skipper called his players "naïve" following the 'headbutting' incident, which dominated the headlines this weekend.
England would be hoping for Stokes' early return, especially after their massive 10-wicket loss to the hosts at the Gabba in Adelaide on Monday.
As media reports suggest, the incident occurred between Bairstow and Bancroft outside The Avenue Hotel in Perth, when England were playing a warm-up match against Western Australia Cricket XI.
Speculation about Ben Stokes' intentions arose when he was reportedly spotted at London's Heathrow Airport with his cricket gear, with photos spreading quickly on social media.
Speculation about a head-butting incident emerged when some Australian fielders made a reference to it - picked up on an on-field microphone - in a bid to unsettle England wicketkeeper Bairstow while he was batting on Sunday.
Smith's scorching century in his 57th Test match left him with a career batting average of 61.23.
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