Yesterday, Jofra Archer floored Steve Smith with a ferocious bouncer which hit him on the neck and today, before the start of the game, Cricket Australia announced Marnus Labuschagne as a concussion substitute for the former Aussie skipper. Jofra Archer being Jofra Archer hit Labuschagne too with a lightning fast bouncer. 

Ben Stokes pulled it over point as he decided to accelerate the run rate in the last five overs before declaring the innings. The ball spun in front of Mathew Wade who was fielding in the deep and Wade showed quick reflexes to stop the boundary.

In the 66th over of England’s 2nd innings, Ben Stokes attempted a pull shot off Hazlewood’s quick delivery but was beaten by the pace. It hit him where it hurts the most but Ben Stokes continued and went on to score a century.

These expressions from member’s pavilion clearly tell how hard it is to watch Australia batting without the best Test batsman.

In the 58th over, Nathan Lyon trapped Ben Stokes in front of the wickets and Aussies started appealing for plumb but the umpire wasn’t convinced with that. Tim Paine decided to review and it turned out to be a funny one as ball tracking got stuck midway and became unresponsive.  

Fewest Tests to 100 dismissals as WK:



22 A Gilchrist/ Q de Kock

23 M Boucher/ TIM PAINE

24 W Grout/ D Richardson#Ashes19

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) August 17, 2019