Australia vs England, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Boland to Atkinson, out Caught by Doggett!! Caught at fine-leg. Atkinson runs off. And it will be tea as well. It's a length delivery on off, Atkinson sinks low to heave and times it, Doggett at fine-leg initially ran in to catch that then backtracked to take it with two hands on the reverse-cup. Adjusted well and at the last moment. A four-fer for Boland and Australia need 205 to win this game. Atkinson c Doggett b Boland 37(32) [4s-2 6s-2]

Boland to Atkinson, no run, short of length and wide outside off, Atkinson backs away outside the leg-stump, then tries to reach it, doesn't make contact on the cut, got too far outside the leg-stump

Boland to Atkinson, no run, the field spread out and Atkinson gives the charge to this length delivery, lofts and it doesn't have the legs to carry to Head at long-off, had he hit that well, may as well have carried

Boland to Atkinson, no run, short of length outside off, Atkinson taps it square of the wicket on the off-side, doesn't take the run

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

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, wild wild from Atkinson and Mitchell Starc has a big wry smile. It's a length delivery and across Atkinson who charges and looks to loft straight down the ground, misses, flies over the bat and off-stump

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, 2 runs, 50-run stand. Full on middle, Atkinson gets forward to flick, the thick outside-edge is found as he is opened up by the late movement, the edge runs away wide of deep backward point and Weatherald can't cut off the 2nd, more frustration for Australia and Starc

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, 2 runs, goes full and on middle-stump, Atkinson drives wide of cover-point and Brydon Carse hares back for the 2nd, they took on the fielder and made it back. Mitchell Starc was screaming at the fielder for the ball and a frown develops on his face, the throw is well wide of him and they get back

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, SIX, in the air and six more. These runs are hurting Australia. It's short on the body of Atkinson, who swivels to pull, deep backward square-leg was in business, but watches it go over his head. Again well-timed

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, short and at pace at Atkinson who looks to pull as he backs away, misses, flies over the top-edge, that was a pacy delivery

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, SIX, just clears the fine-leg fence. Short down leg, Atkinson gets inside the line, hooks and the ball has enough to clear the ropes, this short ball ploy not working for Australia at the moment

Doggett to Atkinson, 1 run, short at Atkinson who pulls well but deep mid-wicket is there, just one

Doggett to Atkinson, no run, short outside off, Atkinson totally toe-ends the pull, rolls without any timing to that mid-wicket fielder deep

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

Doggett to Atkinson, 1 run, short of length on middle, Atkinson goes on the back foot and pulls through the vacant mid-wicket area

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

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, 3 runs, more width and Atkinson cashes in. A short of length delivery outside off, Atkinson cuts and it's into the gap at backward point, long chase for deep backward point and the ball holds up near the outfield, three easy runs

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, 2 runs, full outside off, Atkinson gets forward to drive through the vacant cover region, Head chases and they come back for two

Boland to Atkinson, 1 run, full just outside off, Atkinson gets forward to drive to long-off and takes one

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, 1 run, short of length on off, drop and run to the cover region

Doggett to Atkinson, 1 run, short on the stumps, Atkinson pulls to deep square-leg

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, the field spread for this ball. It's a fine delivery, short of length and across Atkinson, just outside off, he spars at it and is beaten

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, FOUR, nicely done by Atkinson. Full and swinging on the pads, Atkinson flicks up and over the backward square-leg region, no-one back and that's four, crucial runs

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, beautiful delivery. Late inswinging yorker on off, Atkinson does well too as he takes the toes out and digs it out. It tailed in so late

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, full and well wide outside off, angling away, Atkinson throws the bat at that and misses, Carey takes it in front of 1st slip

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

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

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

Doggett to Atkinson, no run, short of length outside off, width was there, Atkinson slashes and misses

Doggett to Atkinson, no run, full and sliding down leg, Atkinson flicks and misses, missing leg-stump, rolls to square-leg off the pads

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, leg byes, FOUR, Mitchell Starc misses his radar and slips it down leg, Atkinson flicks and misses, off the pad and beats Carey to his left, runs away fine for four legbyes

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, late inswinger, and beats the inside-edge on the drive. Full outside off, doesn't shape back in enough to hit off, Atkinson with a big drive and he misses, quite loose from Atkinson first ball