Australia vs England 2nd Test at Adelaide, 16 Dec, 2021

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Australia 473/9 (150.4)  &  230/9 (61)
England 236/10 (84.1)  &  192/10 (113.1)
Australia won by 275 runs
Man of the Match: Marnus Labuschagne

    Over 23.1 Joe Root tossed up delivery to David Warner,1 run, gets forward and defends it to cover point and picks up a single.

    Over 23.2 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Marnus Labuschagne,1 run, gets forward and whip-drives it towards mid-off for a single

    Over 23.3 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to David Warner, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 23.4 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to David Warner, no run, hangs back due to the trajectory that's flat, straightens, and gets a leading edge into the off-side

    Over 23.5 Joe Root tossed up delivery to David Warner, no run, gets forward and  pushes this with the spin towards cover

    Over 23.6 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to David Warner, no run, stays low and has a go at the cut, misses

    Over 35.1: Boundary!. Joe Root to David Warner,

    Over 35.2: No runs. Joe Root to David Warner,

    Over 35.3: Single. Joe Root to David Warner,

    Over 35.4: No runs. Joe Root to Marnus Labuschagne,

    Over 35.5: No runs. Joe Root to Marnus Labuschagne,

    Over 35.6: Single. Joe Root to Marnus Labuschagne,

    Over 37.1: No runs. Joe Root to Marnus Labuschagne,

    Over 37.2: Single. Joe Root to Marnus Labuschagne,

    Over 37.3: No runs. Joe Root to David Warner,

    Over 37.4: Two runs. Joe Root to David Warner,

    Over 37.5: Single. Joe Root to David Warner,

    Over 37.6: Single. Joe Root to Marnus Labuschagne,

    Over 50.1 Joe Root tossed up delivery to David Warner,1 run, gets forward and , nudged in front of square leg and they run hard for the single. 

    Over 50.2 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Marnus Labuschagne, 2 runs,  premeditates the paddle sweep, gets it away very fine down the leg-side. A couple more

    Over 50.3 Joe Root bowls it flat in the air to Marnus Labuschagne, 3 runs,  playing back and trying to work with the spin. Caught the inside edge and beat Stokes at first slip to his right, just past his hand

    Over 50.4 Joe Root tossed up delivery to David Warner, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 50.5 Joe Root tossed up delivery to David Warner, no run, gets forward and once again lets it go through to the keeper.

    Over 50.6 Joe Root bowls a quicker arm ball to David Warner, no run, gets inside the line and , defended off the front foot

    Over 52.1 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Marnus Labuschagne,1 run, gets forward and driven firmly to mid-off who is a touch deep and allows the single

    Over 52.2 Joe Root tossed up delivery to David Warner,1 run,  makes room to cut this away to sweeper cover

    Over 52.3 Joe Root bowls it flat in the air to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, gets  reaches out and drives hard, but straight to cover

    Over 52.4 Joe Root tossed up delivery to Marnus Labuschagne,1 run, gets forward and  clips it forward of square

    Over 52.5 Joe Root bowls it short of length to David Warner,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and controls the pull to deep square leg

    Over 52.6 Joe Root bowls a good length delivery to Marnus Labuschagne, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and defends it.

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