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Australia vs England, 1st Test

Brendan Doggett 3-51(9 ov)
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Doggett to Mark Wood, FOUR, Mark Wood gets off the mark with a boundary. More crucial runs. It's a short delivery at him, Wood backs away and smashes the pull wide of mid-on, really hit that well, there was long-on but he got it right into the gap, gets going in style
33.5
W
Doggett to Jofra Archer, out Caught by Smith!! Tries to take on the short ball and gets out. It's short outside off, Jofra Archer can't get on top of the bounce, pulls and mistimes it, Smith at mid-wicket goes back and takes it well with two hands, judged it well. Archer likes to play his shots and he gives Doggett his 3rd wicket. Smith heaves a sigh of relief after taking that catch. England nine-down. Just the last man left now. Jofra Archer c Smith b Doggett 5(3) [4s-1]
33.4
4
Doggett to Jofra Archer, FOUR, the 200 lead now. A short delivery outside off, Jofra Archer goes on the back foot and slashes it well, no sweeper cover and that's four, he really got on top of the bounce there
33.3
Doggett to Atkinson, 1 run, short outside off, Atkinson has to fetch it from there, does so and hits the pull down, finds deep mid-wicket
33.2
Doggett to Jofra Archer, 1 run, short outside off, Jofra Archer leans back to cut, the bottom-edge runs very fine to third man and there's a fielder there
33.1
W
Doggett to Brydon Carse, out Caught by Carey!! Brydon Carse goes now and that ends this stand. He tries to ride the momentum of this stand but perishes in trying a white-ball shot. It's a short of length delivery outside off, he shuffles across there and looks to help it on its way, flicks the glove and it's an easy catch to Carey. Carse knew it and started walking off, didn't even wait for the decision. How crucial will this 20 be come the end of this game. Only time will tell. Brydon Carse c Carey b Doggett 20(20) [4s-1 6s-2]
32
Doggett to Atkinson, 1 run, short at Atkinson who pulls well but deep mid-wicket is there, just one
31.5
Doggett to Atkinson, no run, short outside off, Atkinson totally toe-ends the pull, rolls without any timing to that mid-wicket fielder deep
31.4
Doggett to Atkinson, no run, short at Atkinson who pulls but picks out mid-wicket who is well back, more like being in the 30-yard ring in ODIs
31.3
Doggett to Brydon Carse, 1 run, just in front of Boland at long-on as he ran in. It's short outside off, Brydon Carse fetches it from there, miscues it and Boland ran in and it just fell short of him
31.2
Doggett to Atkinson, 1 run, short of length on middle, Atkinson goes on the back foot and pulls through the vacant mid-wicket area
31.1
4
Doggett to Atkinson, FOUR, more runs. It's short down leg, Atkinson pulls and Starc just has a few feet to cover to his left at fine-leg but the timing on the shot beats him, also Starc had just bowled an over, so would have been a tad tired
28
Doggett to Brydon Carse, no run, dug in short as Brydon Carse gives the charge and gets outside the leg-stump, he tries to ramp that, but it's too high for him, flies over the bat
27.5
6
Doggett to Brydon Carse, SIX, short on the stumps, Brydon Carse takes it on and pulls, the thick top-edge flies and clears Carey, Carse likes to play his shots and this top-edge helps him with six runs
27.4
Doggett to Atkinson, 1 run, short on the stumps, Atkinson pulls to deep square-leg
27.3
Doggett to Brydon Carse, 1 run, short of length around off, Brydon Carse goes on the back foot and punches it nicely square of the wicket on the off-side for one
27.2
Doggett to Brydon Carse, no run, short down leg, flies over the head of Brydon Carse who doesn't want to play at it
27.1
W
Doggett to Jamie Smith, out Caught by Carey!! Given out by umpire Sharfuddoula. Jamie Smith started walking and then stopped and now again is walking off. He wore a resigned look as Australia took the review. The Barmy Army though are not convinced. Interestingly the RTS shows a murmur after the ball passes the bat, that's what makes it controversial. This is a dismissal similar to Doggett's maiden Test wicket. Short and down leg, Jamie Smith pulls and there's a little gap between ball and bat and the murmur comes after the ball passes the bat on RTS. Smith walked off after seeing the murmur on RTS on the big screen. That's a giveaway for sure. Then he came back and waited. Sharfuddoula the third ump and he took his time and gave it out. Also only bat it could have been as there was nothing apart from that near the ball. Head and Carey were the ones who were very confident especially the former. Doggett once again gets the key wicket. Pretty sure this call will be debated for some time. Jamie Smith c Carey b Doggett 15(25) [4s-1]
26
Doggett to Atkinson, 2 runs, full and angled in on the pads, Atkinson gets forward and flicks through the vacant mid-wicket area, long chase for deep square-leg and they come back for the 2nd
25.5
Doggett to Atkinson, no run, good stop by Marnus at square-leg. It's short on off, Atkinson goes on the back foot and pulls, doesn't time it but still it's going wide of Marnus who gets across and cuts it off
25.4
Doggett to Atkinson, no run, short of length and nips back in to the thigh pad, Atkinson goes on the back foot to flick and misses, too high and missing leg-stump as well
25.3
Doggett to Atkinson, no run, short of length outside off, width was there, Atkinson slashes and misses
25.2
Doggett to Atkinson, no run, full and sliding down leg, Atkinson flicks and misses, missing leg-stump, rolls to square-leg off the pads
25.1
Doggett to Jamie Smith, 1 run, short of length and on the body, Jamie Smith goes on the back foot and flicks to deep backward square-leg for one
24
Doggett to Jamie Smith, 1 run, short on the stumps, rising, Jamie Smith goes on the back foot and fends it to deep backward square-leg for one
23.5
Doggett to Stokes, 1 run, short on the stumps, Stokes goes on the back foot and pulls to deep backward square-leg
23.4
Doggett to Stokes, no run, nicely bowled, full and angles it away, from off, Stokes gets forward to defend and the angle across beats him, was the scrambled-seam delivery
23.3
Doggett to Stokes, no run, angled across Stokes on a good length outside off, he lets it go
23.2
Doggett to Stokes, no run, full and nips back in late to the pads, Stokes is late on the forward defence and the thick inside-edge on to the thigh saves him
23.1
Doggett to Stokes, no run, short of length and across Stokes outside off, he shoulders arms
14
Doggett to Duckett, no run, nicely bowled! 130.6kph length delivery in the channel, seaming away, Duckett tries to block off the front foot but gets beaten on the outside edge
13.5
Doggett to Duckett, no run, a bouncer around leg-stump, Duckett ducks under it
13.4
Doggett to Duckett, no run, short of length delivery down leg, Duckett hops and tries to work it across but doesn't connect
13.3
4
Doggett to Duckett, FOUR, lovely stroke! Fractionally overpitched on off, Duckett leans ahead a bit and presents the full face of the bat to unfurl a lovely straight drive past the bowler. Didn't try to overhit it, just focused on timing and got the desired result. There was no chance for mid-off to stop it
13.2
Doggett to Duckett, no run, shortish delivery around off, Duckett hops and taps it towards point. He looks for a run but it's not on
13.1
Doggett to Duckett, no run, back of a length delivery around off, Duckett camps back and stonewalls it
12
Doggett to Duckett, no run, back of a length delivery down leg, Duckett moves inside the line and tries to work it across but only meets thin air
11.5
Doggett to Duckett, no run, full length delivery around off, Duckett leans ahead and blocks it back to Doggett
11.4
Doggett to Duckett, 2 runs, pitched up around off, Duckett covers the line and drives it past mid-off. A couple results
11.3
Doggett to Pope, 1 run, length delivery wide outside off, Pope slashes at it and it flies towards deep backward point
11.2
Doggett to Pope, no run, nicely bowled! 134.4kph back of a length delivery on off, seams away sharply, Pope hops and feels for it and is lucky not to nick it behind
11.1
Doggett to Pope, no run, pitched up outside off, Pope points his bat skywards to allow it through
10
Doggett to Duckett, 1 run, pitched up outside off, Duckett pushes it off the outer half through point. A bit uppish but was in the gap
9.5
Doggett to Duckett, no run, length ball shaping across Duckett. He covers the line and pushes it to mid-off
9.4
Doggett to Pope, 3 runs, full delivery in the channel, Pope drives it through covers. The fielder chases it and cuts it off to save a run for his side
9.3
Doggett to Pope, no run, chirpy appeal for lbw turned down! Fullish delivery swinging in, Pope tries to drive it through mid-on perhaps but misses to get struck on the pads. There was a big inside edge so the appeal died down quickly
9.2
Doggett to Duckett, leg byes, 5 runs, Duckett tries to tuck this one but it deflects off his pads towards square leg. The batters scamper across for a tight single. The throw from Weatherald is a wild one at the bowler's end and it runs through to the fence
9.1
Doggett to Duckett, 2 runs, this one seams away sharply from a length on leg-stump to square Duckett in his stance. He blocks it off the outer half towards covers and the batters set off. The throw is not an accurate one and that allows the batters to take an extra run off the overthrow
8
Doggett to Pope, no run, fullish delivery swinging in on off, Pope leans ahead and presents a water-tight defence
7.5
4
Doggett to Pope, FOUR, a gift and duly accepted! Short and wide, Pope lines it up and slashes it uppishly through point. He went full-throttle at that and the ball went to the fence at the rate of knots. He struck that brilliantly
7.4
Doggett to Pope, no run, length delivery shaping in on middle, Pope blocks it towards mid-wicket
7.3
Doggett to Duckett, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, tucked through backward square leg
7.2
Doggett to Pope, 3 runs, 132.1kph short of length delivery and some width on offer, Pope chops it to covers. Lyon is not able to bend down properly and lets it through. He recovers and gives it a chase to cut it off. Lyon is having a grimace on his face. He was struck on his hip while batting and that might be giving him a bit of pain
7.1
Doggett to Pope, no run, 132kph back of a length delivery in the channel, kept out watchfully