Ash 2019: England's First Test Against Australia, Day Two – Live! | sports

19th over: England 49-1 (Burns 27, Root 7) Pattinson is back and looks dangerous right away. He moved on to City End. Threatens the outside edge, sews the ball. Each batsman gets one, but nothing seems comfortable.

18th Over: England 47-1 (Burns 26, Root 6) Both batsman are very happy to be wary of Sidle. They don't want to see this smile light up on Edgbaston's cloud at noon. Why do they hate joy? The single from Root to back is everything.

Jonathan Oliver, who I suppose is not the one who had this television program because he is probably busy, writes: "Do I pull too many things to publish the following scenario: England vs. India 1974 Chris Old bows to Mr Gawaskar, who heads one but stays on the crease. The old man, angry, twists him, "Sunny, come on man!"

17th over: England 46-1 (Burns 26, Root 5) Rory Burns's Firewalk against Nathan Lyon continues, knocking the ball down the fence this time. I try to remember the last time I saw a top-ranked player look so bad against a bowler and survive so long. This is perversely impressive.

16th over: England 42-1 (Burns 22, Root 5) Another girl for Sid, this time by Root. It's nice to see a few more headphone enthusiasts pop up in the conversation. "Would you buy your speakers from Richer Sounds Richardson?" Asks Boris Starling. "If I remember correctly, Richie knows his music: he and Kurtley Ambrose were once in a band called Big Bad Dread and Bald Head.

Having commented with TMS with him this summer, I can confirm that Curtly Ambrose is so big that it terrifies his neighbors in near silence. However, it is very nice.

"Let's just say we have to do Beats By DRS?"

15th Over: England 42-1 (Burns 22, Root 5) There should be no burns! But he's still there. Lyon around the wicket, straightened it up the line and hit the front. Joel Wilson says no and Australians do not review it. But technology says it would be gone. Burns celebrates, almost getting the next ball.

I hadn't seen Burns bat live and … in theory, I knew his technique was weird, but it really is a chiropractic wet dream. What's goin 'on your head, buddy? Does he jump into Holly to jump in the bar?

14th Over: England 38-1 (Burns 19, Root 4) A little more comfortable against the pace for Burns, driving Seed hard to bounce back through the bowler for three, with Wade making a few serious miles to stop the border. Last ball before drinks, Siddle filed a special complaint with Siddle against Root, arms outstretched and backwards, but the ball was hit too high on the pad.

13th Over: England 35-1 (Burns 16, Root 4) Nathan Lyon comes early in the day. Burns can be a duck in a shooting gallery against off-spin moments. The root is erect first, but also he's almost swollen! The absolute beauty of Lyon, she walks miles outside, but she becomes like Murali! Missing a centimeter maybe. Travis Head though is misleading, allowing Root off to hit the next ball. Even though it drives Burns into a strike, his most memorable shot is too much to charge a wicket and then to break up in a desperate attempt to reach a ball that crashes onto it and manages to pull it off so it doesn't get hammered.

12th Over: England 33-1 (Burns 15, Root 3) Here we are. Peter Seadle, the brilliant killer. The Burns Cup and to produce the most Siddle over the imaginary. Around the wicket to the left, throwing himself at him, and Seed crashed. Makes him play every ball. Just off stump. Draw a thick outer edge for two lucky ones, then a thin inner edge that saves Burns from the leg before.

11th Over: England 31-1 (Burns 13, Root 3) Now Cummins enters the groove! A wonderful off-stump ball that attracts Burns in a shot and then beats a micron. Then Burns is hit! Folding, the ejector does not rise, and as he leans forward to get under him, the ball thrusts from behind his helmet and bounces over Pine behind the stumps. Four toes, no damage to Burns and just the kind of punch that some readers recommend Jimmy Anderson look for.

On a more serious note, various people sent emails about a subject like Nicholas Clark. "The difference with concussion is the long-term health risk. If one has a concussion, then another head injury can be extremely risky as the brain is already damaged. It's like bruising, it hurts more and causes more brain damage, so they have to take it out of the game entirely. If you replace a concussion, it means that the team is less likely to continue with a player at higher risk of long-term brain damage. The aggravation of muscle trauma is not so severe and the player can often continue in some way (eg Anderson will probably be able to bathe). "

Which is true, it's just less funny.

10th: England 26-1 (Burns 12, Root 3) James Pattinson has gone through a hot wash with fresh wax and is absolutely brilliant. Increases the scale of the past outer edge again. He then paints a distorted shot over an intermediate weekend that lifts two lucky runs for Root. Then a misleading defense that almost returns the catch to the bowler. Root eavesdrops on a single and works for him. It's some kind of spell.

9th over: England 22-1 (burns 12, root 0) Burns blocks another girl from Cumin. It's going well in the morning. He is still there.

8th Over: England 22-1 (Burns 12, Root 0) The sound around the ground is quite similar when Joe Roth comes out to bat, as it is to Steve Smith. Crowds are weird things. Pattinson is getting into his job now. There is a word about Root after beating the edge. Receives a standing ovation from Australian fans as he returns to the rope field.

Sorry for the slow updates at times, the website is lagging pretty hard. There must be millions of readers who load the page.

Welcome back to Test cricket, James Pattinson! It was starting to look like a matter of time against Roy, and the third was charm. Rear in length, at an angle to the batsman, but perhaps farther away by touching the surface. Roy tries to defend himself with his back weight and slams into the bat's shoulder, where he lowers toward Smith.

7th Over: England 22-0 (Burns 12, Roy 10) Cummins is not the best he is today, and he gives Burns another coat of his pads, which Burns properly cashes.

6th Over: England 18-0 (Burns 8, Roy 10) These are nice things from Pattinson. He moves the ball enough to take Roy's edge, but it jumps on the road to Smith when it slides. Then the other way, passing the inner edge and leaving the juicy bruises of the dukes on Roy's thigh. He survives with an intact wicket girl over.

William Matuman continues on the headset topic: "I suppose Skull Candy will be the name of the opening batsman for Kolkata Knight riders after 50 years, when T20 players have enough rock stars to have stage names."

William, it's almost the nickname of Carrie O'Keefe from the 70's. The road ahead of this curve.

5th Over: England 18-0 (Burns 8, Roy 10) There was only one Burns in this ash test and that was Rory. A great shot from captain Surrey as Cummins goes astray with a full wide ball allowing square drive behind the point. Cool, on the grass, rolling like glass. He burns his banks the first ball of luck and sees everything else.

"With the new concussion rules that allow for such a replacement, why not send Jimmy to hit with specific instructions for getting a head kick? This way we can substitute Joffra for the second passes. "

Sly. If anyone can see any flaws in Tom Briggs' master plan, please fill them out in triplicate and print them on Tom.

4th Over: England 14-0 (Burns 4, Roy 10) Swing, swing, edge! Four! Pattinson in attack and bowling very attractive outsiders with tempo right away. Jason Roy throws his hands at one and his luck rises, into the abyss in the sliding boundary before the ravine. Pattinson hits him with another, then nails a yorker. The switch is set to "on".

3rd Over: England 10-0 (Burns 4, Roy 6) And we are far away. First of the day, third of the match. Initially, after all the accumulation, as England fans sing Jerusalem and Rory Burns blocks Pat Cummins around a stump. It will be a pleasure for Rory Burns.

"Your comment for a post-mortem injury replacement is out of place. Given that Test cricket has the longest playing time of any professional sport (probably!) Surely at least one alternate should be allowed? If a tactical change can be made, when will you use it? "

Interesting, Neil Bowen. There are many reasons why this does not happen that I am sure readers can count. Supersub (remember that) failed in one-day cricket as it could become useless depending on whether teams beat second or first. Maybe if there was a bench to choose from. But the consequences for the structure of the game can be huge.

Steve Hudson takes care of the pessimistic side. "I saw Roy bat at Lord when he was 50 and I really don't think he has a game when the ball is moving and there isn't a lot of pace on the pitch. (I think we may also lose a few earlier.)

"I'm not sure about the heaphones," writes Richard Williams, "but I'm almost sure Bang & Olufson were a great double-speed / spin attack in the 1950s and '60s. Bowers and Wilkins are probably the opening bats that handle them best.

I don't think there is any fault anywhere. He thought he was fit; he could almost play against Ireland. He went through his steps like he did every other time. You just don't know if injuries will happen and sometimes they happen. Every team has these moments. This raises the question of why you can now have shock substitutes when you cannot inflict other types of injuries.

Julie siren, I just noticed that the main blog clean has been updated. That Ben Stokes mask montage is truly a haunted image. Someone exorcism on any editor who chooses this.

"I may have forgotten to charge my wireless headset overnight, so I'm counting on you to keep me posted," Max Cornell writes. "I just hope at the end of the day England is still bathing."

Surely the only cricket writer who can replace headphones will be … Mihir Bose?

England's football players are already gathering in the middle and kicking football around. Ben Stokes finishes his downloads and wanders, his clean white socks dangling high over his black tights. Now everyone is lying on their back, impressed by Bertie Brum, waving her legs in the air. "Oh, I was sprayed with an insecticide, ooooh!" Here's how the pros do it.

All Australians throw training stumps and do their best to look focused and rigorous and impressive.

"Virender Sehwag for all his qualities could never make a smooth transition to the ODI side," writes Amod Paranjape. "He was deadly in the tests, but I think he thought he should go even faster. It's interesting to see what the reverse transition is for Jason Roy.

I'm watching Jason Roy now pull some drop outs in the middle. The sun has broken out and everything looks joyous. A great day for Roy and Burns, England's openers have something to offer. I'm not sure they will do it – my pointless prediction is that two or three cheap ones will fall, then there will be mid-range releases. It's a nice bathing day and you think England will need 350 at least with Lyon to buy last.

For the moment, Moine has a corpse and he literally lands the ball on a tea towel. They spread a small white cloth of good length and he tries to hit it. Joe Delhi actually landed a little more than Mo.

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