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ASHES 2015

The Ashes, 2015: Live Cricket Score of England vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 4

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England 312-10 & 103-10 (37 Ovs)
Australia 566-8 dec & 254-2 dec
Australia won by 405 runs
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Australia are looking to demoralise England. Clarke has come out looking positive and has already carted Moeen Ali for a couple of boundaries. But Ali isn't their main man. It is Stuart Broad and Australia's is Smith.

The battle between the two has been quite dramatic. Broad tried to restrict the run flow by bowling wide outside off. Smith played and missed a few times and then walked across to smash the daylights out of one delivery and got it to the long off boundary. That was the end of that ploy. Broad then switched to round the wicket and still kept it wide outside off. Smith responded with a nochalant swipe over mid wicket. While the blow must have been disheartening, it was the way in which Smith did it that would hurt England. He exposed his stumps, almost went on a fully open stance, sending out a message to Broad and showed just who's the boss at the moment.

The script is already written for this game or at least it appears so. Australia have racked up a huge lead already. They will want more and quickly. Rogers and Warner have started well and the duo will be expected to get the scoring rate up rather quickly. England are playing catching up at the moment. They will probably try to restrict the run flow but it won't be easy. Expect a declaration sometime before tea. Australia will also be wary of the fact that there is rain predicted on day five.

That's not good at all. Chris Rogers, on 49, experienced dizziness and was forced off the field. Remember he missed the Tests in West Indies due to concussion after being hit during practice. He was hit on the helmet once again by Anderson in the first innings but carried on to score a splendid 173. Let's hope that it is nothing serious.

Warner is put down by Joe Root at short mid wicket. Tough chance as the ball was travelling. Wood cramped Warner for room and the pull evaded Root's clasp even as he leaped up and got a finger to it.

England meanwhile are not too happy with the shape of the ball at the moment. Happens when things aren't going your way

Out fir 83 looking to be aggressive. Ali gets him again but there's a huge difference to the two dismissals. Australia needed him to be aggressive today. Misses out on a ton but a good knock nevertheless

England's restrictive tactics are clearly not working. Smith races past fifty with three consecutive boundaries. The last two were almost yorkers wide outside off that were flicked to the fine leg fence. Read that again. Yes, he did that. Twice! Broad had nothing but a smile later.

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