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

Atkinson to Labuschagne, FOUR, too easy for the Aussies! They are marching towards the finish line in a canter! Too predicatable, it's another short delivery, Labuschagne makes room for himself, picks his spot and pulls it over wide mid-on for another boundary

Atkinson to Head, 1 run, Head makes room for himself. It's a skiddy back of a length delivery following him as he gets rushed for pace but manages to tuck it towards deep mid-wicket

Atkinson to Head, wide, Head once again backs away and Atkinson follows him with a bouncer. Too high and it's again wided

Atkinson to Head, FOUR, the 100-run stand comes up in 85 balls! Head shuffles across his stumps and it's on the shorter side outside off. He flays it towards deepish backward point. The fielder leaps but it evades him and goes through to the fence

Atkinson to Head, FOUR, struck with disdain! Head makes room for himself and flat-bats it powerfully past the left side of Atkinson. Nobody is stopping that one

Atkinson to Head, wide, slower bouncer outside off, Head shapes to ramp but lets it go eventually. Wided for height

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, shortish delivery around off, Labuschagne helps the pull through backward square leg

Atkinson to Labuschagne, FOUR, smashed! Shortish delivery angling in, Labuschagne backs away and hammers the pull past the right side of the diving wide mid-on fielder to pick up another boundary

Atkinson to Head, 1 run, pitched up on off, Head covers the line and whips it to deep square leg

Atkinson to Head, no run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, Head couldn't detect the change in pace initially so he wanted to pull it across but had to change his stroke. He slashes but missed

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, a short delivery on middle and off, Labuschagne controls the pull shot and plays it nicely down to fine leg

Atkinson to Head, 1 run, in the air... but safe! A bouncer well outside off, Head reaches out and tries to pull it across but completely miscues it. The fielder from mid-wicket runs in but it lands well short of him

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, Labuschagne backs away to the in-angler and flat-bats it towards extra cover

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 2 runs, a short delivery on off, Labuschagne rises on his toes and controls the pull shot to play it nicely through backward square leg. The fielder in the deep moves across and back to his left and slides to cut it off

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, Labuschagne works this one through mid-wicket to retain strike

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, good length delivery angling in, worked to mid-wicket

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, outside off, Labuschagne lets it go

Atkinson to Head, 1 run, there's the hundred for Head! What a champion! A century off just 69 balls! He came out and opened the innings, batted with sheer dominance and has conquered the Perth Stadium like a man possessed! He takes his helmet off, has his hands aloft and has a big smile on his face. Soaks in all the applause from the electrifying crowd. A crisis knock in a 4th innings run-chase, this will be remembered for a long time! He hopped and was caught in a tangle to the short delivery and couldn't control the chop but it landed short of deepish backward point who had ran in

Atkinson to Head, FOUR, smashed! Head backs away a bit to the shorter one, lines it up and smacks it over extra cover. The ball went to fence at the rate of knots. Head moves to 99

Atkinson to Head, wide, 133.9kph bouncer on off, Head moves inside the line shaping to play the hook but it's too high so he lets it go. Wided

Atkinson to Head, 2 runs, Head gives himself some room and carves this one through point. Picks up a couple of runs for doing so

Atkinson to Head, no run, pitched up around off, Head drives it crisply but it's straight to extra cover

Atkinson to Head, no run, Head backs away again to manufacture something towards the off-side but it's a well-directed bouncer from Atkinson this time. He followed him and he has to duck under it to evade it

Atkinson to Head, FOUR, at this rate, the game is going to get over today itself! A poor shortish delivery around leg-stump, Head moves inside the line and helps the pull down to the fine leg fence. As easy as you like

Atkinson to Head, FOUR, Bazball being given back to England in some style! Head makes some room and Atkinson follows him. He stays leg-side of it and slaps it uppishly through point for a rocketing boundary

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, short of length delivery shaping in on middle and off, Labuschagne works it through backward square leg

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length delivery angling in on off, Labuschagne hangs back to keep it out

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, Labuschagne was in two minds there! Back of a length delivery outside off, Labuschagne points his bat skywards to leave it but is late to bail his bat out. It deflects off the bottom half of his bat and rolls towards the keeper

Atkinson to Head, 1 run, short of length outside off, Head steers it past backward point

Atkinson to Head, FOUR, bread and butter stuff for Head! He has such a good eye. Once he is set, he is one of the most difficult cricketers in the world to bowl to. Overpitched outside off, Head says thank you very much and creams the drive through extra cover to find the fence

Atkinson to Head, no run, fraction short outside off, Head chops it to covers

Atkinson to Head, no run, 134kph length delivery in the channel, Head prods ahead and defends it nicely

Atkinson to Head, no run, shortish and some width on offer, Head slashes but misses

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, pitched up ball shaping in, flicked to short mid-wicket

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, Labuschagne hangs back and pushes this one towards point. He wants the single but Head shouts 'NO' from the other end. Labuschagne walks down the pitch and has a chat with Head

Atkinson to Labuschagne, no run, 134.3kph back of a length delivery on the sixth stump channel, holding its line, Labuschagne lifts his bat skywards to allow it through

Atkinson to Head, 1 run, 134.1kph short of length ball and some width on offer, Head rises on his toes and punches it nicely past backward point

Atkinson to Head, no run, back of a length outside off, Head hangs back and chops it to covers

Atkinson to Labuschagne, 1 run, oh, a direct-hit would have been close! Stokes has his hands on his head. Labuschagne pushes this one towards mid-off and the batters take off. Stokes charges in, picks up the ball and has a shy but misses. Head had to really charge and plonk his bat in. The replay shows that a direct-hit would have been touch and go, so close

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, full and angled in towards off, Weatherald gets forward to defend, the thick outside-edge runs towards to the left of point, no chance of a quick single as the fielder gets across

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, short of length outside off, Weatherald is right behind that

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, short of length and rising outside off, good leave

Atkinson to Head, 3 runs, full outside off, Head gets forward and drives, mid-off is open and a chase for Carse, easy three

Atkinson to Weatherald, 3 runs, short of length and swerving back in from outside off, Weatherald helps the pull and a chase for deep backward square-leg to his right, Pope the man and he slides to push it back, saves a run

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, short of length outside off, angling in, left alone

Atkinson to Head, FOUR, full and angled in on the pads, swung in and Head flicks to the deep mid-wicket fence, no mid-wicket and it is hit well, in the air but in the gap

Atkinson to Head, no run, full outside off, Head gets forward to push to point

Atkinson to Head, no run, length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and pushes square on the off-side

Atkinson to Head, no run, short of length and tight on off, Head goes on the back foot and defends it back

Atkinson to Head, no run, short of length and sliding down leg, Head goes on the back foot to flick, hits the thigh pad as he misses, lobs back down the pitch

Atkinson to Head, no run, good half-stop by Carse at backward point. It's short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and cuts, it bounces in front of Carse who gets in the body in the way

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, good length outside off, hint of seam movement back in, Weatherald shoulders arms

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, length delivery outside off, holds its line, left alone

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, fullish and outside off, brings Weatherald forward, the ball hits the thick outer half and rolls to backward point who slides to his right to cut it off

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, short of length on off, Weatherald goes on the back foot and defends nicely to gully

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, short of length and angled in, from outside off, good channel bowling, Weatherald leaves again

Atkinson to Weatherald, no run, from round the wicket. A short of length delivery outside off, rising, left alone