2nd Ashes Test, 2015

England vs Australia, 2nd TestThursday 16th July, 2015

Lords

Day 1

Australia: 337/1

D. Warner: c Anderson b Ali 38
Rogers: Not Out 158
Smith: Not Out 129

Bowling:
JM Anderson: 0/64 (18)
SCJ Broad: 0/47 (16)
MA Wood: 0/56 (16)
MM Ali : 1/82 (22)
BA Stokes: 0/55 (13)
JE Root : 0/23 (4)
A Lyth: 0/1 (1)

Reaction:

Smith questions Bayliss' tactics
Australia's best first day since Bradman
Did Ponting change the course of the Ashes?
The secret behind Rogers' ton
Umpire grows tired of Anderson antics

Day 2

Aus: 566/8d

CJL Rogers: b Broad 173
DA Warner: c Anderson b Ali 38
SPD Smith: lbw b Root 215
MJ Clarke*: c Ballance b Wood 7
AC Voges: c †Buttler b Broad 25
MR Marsh: b Broad 12
PM Nevill†: c Ali b Root 45
MG Johnson: c Anderson b Broad 15
MA Starc not out 12

Extras (b 4, lb 18, w 1, nb 1) 24
Total (8 wickets dec; 149 overs) 566 (3.79 runs per over)

JM Anderson: 0/99 (26)
SCJ Broad: 4/83 (27)
MA Wood: 1/92 (28)
MM Ali: 1/138 (36)
BA Stokes: 0/77 (19)
JE Root: 2/55 (12)
A Lyth: 1 0/0 (1)

Eng: 4/85

A Lyth: c †Nevill b Starc 0
AN Cook*: not out 21
GS Ballance: b Johnson 23
IR Bell: b Hazlewood 1
JE Root: c †Nevill b Johnson 1
BA Stokes: not out 38

Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (4 wickets; 29 overs) 85

MA Starc: 1/29 (7)
JR Hazlewood: 1/22 (10)
MG Johnson: 2/16 (6)
NM Lyon: 0/14 (4)
MR Marsh: 0/3 (2)

Reaction:
Peter Nevill's World Record

Day 3

Eng: 312

A Lyth: c †Nevill b Starc 0
AN Cook*: b Marsh 96
GS Ballance: b Johnson 23
IR Bell: b Hazlewood 1
JE Root: c †Nevill b Johnson 1
BA Stokes: b Marsh 87
JC Buttler†: c †Nevill b Lyon 13
MM Ali: lbw b Hazlewood 39
SCJ Broad: c sub (SE Marsh) b Johnson 21
MA Wood: b Hazlewood 4
JM Anderson: not out 6
Extras (b 12, lb 8, nb 1) 21

Total (all out; 90.1 overs) 312 (3.46 runs per over)

MA Starc: 1/86 (22)
JR Hazlewood: 3/68 (22)
MG Johnson: 3/53 (20.1)
NM Lyon: 1/53 (16)
MR Marsh: 2/23 (8)
SPD Smith: 0/9 (2)

Aus: 108/0

CJL Rogers: Not Out 44
DA Warner: Not Out 60

Total (0 wickets; 26 overs) 108 (4.15 runs per over)

JM Anderson: 0/21 (4)
SCJ Broad: 0/10 (4)
MM Ali: 0/21 (7)
MA Wood: 0/23 (6)
BA Stokes: 0/20 (3)
JE Root: 0/9 (2)

Reaction:
To walk or not to walk..
Axing was on the money, Marsh says
Shane Warne slams DRS
Five things Day 3 taught us

Day 4

Aus: 252/2d

CJL Rogers: retd. hurt 49
DA Warner: c Cook b Ali 83
SPD Smith: b M Ali 58
MJ Clarke*: not out 32
MR Marsh: not out 27

Extras (lb 5) 5
Total (2 wickets; 49 overs) 254 (5.18 runs per over)

JM Anderson: 0/38 (7)
SCJ Broad: 0/42 (8)
MM Ali: 2/78 (16)
MA Wood: 0/39 (10)
BA Stokes: 0/20 (3)
JE Root: 0/32 (5)

Eng: 103

A Lyth: c †Nevill b Starc 7
AN Cook*: c †Nevill b Johnson 11
GS Ballance: c †Nevill b Marsh 14
IR Bell: c (sub)S Marsh b Lyon 11
JE Root: b Hazlewood 17
BA Stokes: run out (Johnson) 0
JC Buttler†: c †Nevill b Johnson 11
MM Ali: c (sub)S Marsh b Johnson 0
SCJ Broad: c Voges b Lyon 25
MA Wood: not out 2
JM Anderson: b Hazlewood 0

Extras (b 4, lb 1) 5
Total (all out; 37 overs) 103 (2.73 runs per over)

MA Starc: 1/16 (7)
JR Hazlewood: 2/20 (8)
MG Johnson: 3/27 (10)
MR Marsh: 1/8 (3)
NM Lyon: 2/27 (9)

Reaction:
Clarkes tribute to Rogers and Smith
Rogers suffers dizzy spell, retires hurt