Australia vs England, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Neser to Brydon Carse, out Caught by Smith!! Edged and gone. A rising short of length delivery outside off, Brydon Carse guides it to Smith at slip. Fifer as well for Neser. Starc comes and congratulates him. As do the others. Coming back to the wicket, Carse was trying to get it wide of Smith but the extra bounce forced the mistake. England lead by just 64. Brydon Carse c Smith b Neser 7(10)

Neser to Brydon Carse, no run, fullish on off and middle, Brydon Carse gets forward to defend to cover

Neser to Jofra Archer, no run, good length and stays low outside off, Jofra Archer gets forward to defend, it holds its line and beats the outside-edge

Neser to Jofra Archer, no run, full on off, Jofra Archer with a forward defence to cover

Neser to Brydon Carse, 3 runs, full on middle and leg, Brydon Carse gets forward and whips it in the air, no deep backward square-leg and it falls in vacant space, they come back for three

Neser to Brydon Carse, no run, fullish outside off, Brydon Carse gets forward to drive, off the thickish inside half to mid-on

Neser to Brydon Carse, no run, lovely line and length, good length and holds its line, Brydon Carse pushes at it, past the outside-edge

Neser to Brydon Carse, no run, good length and stays a bit low on off, Brydon Carse gets forward to defend it to cover

Neser to Brydon Carse, 2 runs, good length and nips back in to middle, Brydon Carse gets forward and glances it to fine-leg, they come back for a couple

Neser to Stokes, out Caught by Carey!! Stokes walks. He slams his helmet with his hand as he goes back. That's the wicket Australia wanted. Even though they are well ahead, Stokes could have done the improbable. He has done it many times before. A short of length delivery outside off, rises a bit, Stokes goes on the back foot to defend, clear outside-edge and Carey standing up makes no mistake. That's a good catch and it's the local lad - Neser who was got the prize wicket. Gallant effort from Stokes but now it's over. Stokes c Carey b Neser 50(152) [4s-4]

Neser to Stokes, no run, length just outside off, Stokes gets forward to defend to mid-off

Neser to Atkinson, 1 run, sliding down leg, Atkinson glances it to fine-leg

Neser to Atkinson, no run, good length outside off, Atkinson gets forward to defend to mid-off

Neser to Atkinson, no run, good length outside off, Atkinson gets forward to defend to cover

Neser to Atkinson, no run, fullish and nips back in to off, Atkinson with a solid forward defence to cover

Neser to Atkinson, no run, full and angled in on middle, Atkinson gets forward to drive to mid-on

Neser to Atkinson, no run, clear inside-edge and Australia lose the review. They don't have any reviews left now. A nipbacker on the stumps, Atkinson gets forward to push, the inside-edge is found, hits the back pad and falls safely on the off-side, Neser was the one who was convinced, Smith checked with Carey and went for it, RTS threw up a murmur

Neser to Atkinson, no run, full and shapes back into middle, Atkinson gets forward to drive to mid-wicket

Neser to Atkinson, no run, good length and nips back in to off, Atkinson gets forward to defend solidly towards mid-off

Neser to Will Jacks, out Caught by Smith!! Hey, hey! You can't do that Steve Smith! Jacks looked to defend this short of length delivery but it nipped away to find the edge. Smith was standing pretty wide at slip. He wasn't in picture but suddenly his left hand entered the frame to pluck it inches off the ground. He's given it back to Jacks who pulled off a blinder to dismiss him. They are checking if the catch is clean and the ump rules in favour of the home team. This is purely a reaction grab. It's definitely a fielder's wicket. This edge was dying on the fielder but Smith had his eyes glued on the ball even though he reacted a bit late, moved his left hand low while diving and made the impossible possible. He runs off and is pumped because he's broken this 96-run stand that was frustrating Australia. He roars in the huddle. Got to feel for Jacks. He did everything right this morning and looked set for a big stand with Stokes. Will Jacks c Smith b Neser 41(92) [4s-2]

Neser to Stokes, no run, calming back foot defence as he let this length delivery come to him

Neser to Stokes, no run, probing length delivery that holds its line, Stokes manages to defend

Neser to Stokes, no run, ouch! Stokes is hit on the box and he's down in a lot of pain. He's on the floor. Good length delivery nips back in, takes the inside edge off the bat and goes straight onto the box. He takes a pause to gather himself and he's fine to carry on

Neser to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery, Stokes defends off the back foot

Neser to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery, Stokes dabs to the off-side

Neser to Will Jacks, 1 run, short of length delivery, Jacks looks to defend, extra bounce catches the inside edge and rolls to fine leg

Neser to Stokes, 1 run, another tap and run single as Stokes defends this length delivery with soft hands to keep strike

Neser to Will Jacks, 1 run, Jacks knocks it to point for a quick single

Neser to Stokes, 1 run, short of length delivery, cut to deep point

Neser to Stokes, no run, covers the line of this length delivery and defends

Neser to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery, Stokes defends off the back foot

Neser to Stokes, no run, outside off stump, ignored

Neser to Stokes, no run, oh inside edge onto pad as Stokes looks to defend this fullish delivery. Ball nips back in and trouble him

Neser to Stokes, no run, short of length delivery, Stokes defends towards point

Neser to Stokes, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Stokes lets it go

Neser to Stokes, no run, lovely off-drive but finds the man at mid-off

Neser to Stokes, no run, length ball, Stokes defends from the crease

Neser to Stokes, no run, full delivery outside off stump, Stokes defends towards cover

Neser to Stokes, no run, full and angling in, Stokes wrists it to mid-on

Neser to Stokes, no run, fullish delivery, Stokes defends

Neser to Will Jacks, 1 run, extra bounce again for Neser. Another one off the splice, this time to fine leg as Jacks fends

Neser to Will Jacks, no run, nips back in from good length, Jacks manages to defend off the splice of the bat

Neser to Will Jacks, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Jacks lets it go

Neser to Will Jacks, no run, and he gets a ball at him straightaway! Short of a length delivery on the stumps, Jacks defends and it goes on the bounce to Head

Neser to Will Jacks, no run, another very good gather by Carey. Short of a length delivery nipped away with bounce, but Carey had his hands up nicely to collect it to the right

Neser to Stokes, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Stokes dabs to short third man

Neser to Stokes, no run, oh inside edge onto body! Good length delivery nips back in, gets an inside edge that hits the inner thigh pad

Neser to Stokes, no run, good length delivery outside off stump, Stokes lets it go

Neser to Will Jacks, 1 run, full and angling back in, Jacks works it to long leg off the inner half of the bat

Neser to Will Jacks, no run, fullish and just outside off stump, Jacks offers a good defence

Neser to Stokes, 1 run, this time he manages to cut late as he lets the short of length delivery come to him, protection at deep backward point though

Neser to Stokes, no run, calmly defends this fullish delivery to the off-side

Neser to Stokes, no run, firmly push down to mid-off as Neser goes fuller, Stokes middled that nicely

Neser to Stokes, no run, nipping away outside off stump, Stokes looks to defend, ends up playing inside the line the ball was close to both the outside edge and the off stump

Neser to Stokes, no run, play and miss! Short of a length delivery nipping away, Stokes looks to cut hard and misses. Good take to the left by Carey as it bounced

Neser to Will Jacks, 1 run, short of length delivery nipping away, Jacks dabs through backward point and the 150 is up for England

Neser to Root, no run, guided away to gully

Neser to Root, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Root defends

Neser to Root, no run, gets a good stride forward and drives this full delivery to mid-off

Neser to Brook, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Brook leans forward and guides square of the wicket on the off-side

Neser to Brook, 2 runs, full delivery, Brook leans forward and drives to deep cover

Neser to Brook, no run, oh nips back in with extra bounce, Brook manages to fend it off the glove

Neser to Brook, no run, good length delivery, Brook blocks

Neser to Brook, no run, gets right behind the line of this short of length delivery and defends

Neser to Brook, FOUR, tickled! Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Brook glances it fine to the fine leg fence

Neser to Brook, no run, appeal for caught behind, Neser shakes his head to suggest it only clipped the pad. Short of a length delivery nipping back in, oh yes, hits the flap of the pad and goes to Carey, who took it so neat again. That is outstanding wicket keeping standing up to the stumps to a pacer

Neser to Crawley, out Caught&Bowled!! Michael Neser and his return catches! First Pope, now Crawley. He's given two breakthroughs when things looked good for England. Length delivery just outside off stump, Crawley looks to drive, loses control of the shot and chips it back to the bowler for another soft dismissal. Crawley looks at the bottom of the bat and walks off. Yet again the bat turned in the hands of a batter to force a false shot. Crawley c and b Neser 44(59) [4s-6]

Neser to Crawley, 2 runs, lets this short of length delivery come to him and clips through backward square leg

Neser to Crawley, no run, covers the sticks and lets this short of length delivery go through to the keeper

Neser to Crawley, no run, fullish delivery, Crawley defends from the crease

Neser to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Crawley defends

Neser to Crawley, no run, short of length delivery, Crawley defends off the back foot

Neser to Root, 1 run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Root tries to defend, ball takes the inside edge and rolls to fine leg

Neser to Root, no run, short of length delivery, Root defends off the back foot

Neser to Root, 1 run, short of length delivery on the leg stump, Root glances it to fine leg

Neser to Root, no run, great take by Carey as this rises tall from good length. Had to get his hands high to the right of his chest and was absolutely neat with the glovework

Neser to Root, 2 runs, clipped away through backward square leg and Root is off the mark

Neser to Root, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Root defends

Neser to Root, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, Root defends

Neser to Pope, out Caught&Bowled!! His ground fielding was impressive this innings (runout attempts and sliding saves) and now he grabs a smart catch off his own bowling. Almost had Duckett early on as well. Pope will be livid with this soft dismissal as he was getting into some flow despite the half-chances he gave. Fullish delivery from Neser, Pope early into the shot so no control. Ball nipped back in to catch him on the inner half of the bat. Neser had to switch his hands high to the left in his followthrough and he got both hands to it. Australia have another opening. Pope c and b Neser 26(32) [4s-4]

Neser to Crawley, no run, good length outside off, Crawley gets forward to defend to cover and that will be dinner

Neser to Crawley, no run, full outside off, Crawley gets forward to push it back with a full face

Neser to Crawley, no run, good length and angled in on off and middle, Crawley goes on the back foot to tuck, probably got an inside-edge on to the pad, no he didn't, missed it, but hit high on both the front and back thigh pads

Neser to Crawley, no run, good length outside off, Crawley gets forward to defend to cover

Neser to Duckett, 3 runs, full outside off, Duckett is early into the drive, almost chips it to mid-off but Head is very square and on the dive it beats him, they take three more

Neser to Crawley, 3 runs, full and angled in on the pads, Crawley gets forward and flicks wide of deep mid-wicket, Doggett the fielder and they come back for three

Neser to Duckett, 4 runs, they run four! Full on the pads, flicked away through mid-wicket, the fielder who is Boland, chases and slides to pull it back, but they run all four. In Australia you can do that with such massive boundaries, well-run

Neser to Duckett, no run, good length outside off, angled across, left alone

Neser to Duckett, byes, FOUR, slung well down leg, no chance for Carey to his right, who doesn't even attempt to go for it, four byes

Neser to Duckett, no run, dropped by Neser, but it was a tough chance. Full outside off, Duckett gets forward to drive and the thick inside half is found, Neser was in his followthrough, goes down and it came at pace to him, Neser just puts his hands in the reverse-cup position, palms it to the mid-wicket region, if there was a short mid-wicket in place, he could have caught that

Neser to Duckett, no run, way outside off, easy leave

Neser to Duckett, no run, short of length outside off, angling away, Duckett goes on the back foot and punches it to backward point

Neser to Crawley, no run, good length outside off, holds its line, left alone

Neser to Crawley, no run, now the outswinger, good length outside off, shapes away, left alone

Neser to Crawley, no run, short of length just outside off, nips back in a tad, Crawley lets it go, left it on bounce

Neser to Crawley, FOUR, tries the inswinger and pays the price. Length and on the pads, Crawley flicks and sends it nicely over the square-leg umpire, races away

Neser to Crawley, no run, doesn't carry to Carey. On a good length outside off, Crawley lets it go, no bounce at all

Neser to Crawley, no run, shape for Neser. Length outside off, shapes away, easy leave