Live Cricket Score, England vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 3
Australia will resume Day 3 on 264/5 with Shane Watson and Nathan Lyon and will look to overhaul England first innings total of 430 in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff. Catch the live cricket score and live cricket updates from the first Ashes Test between England and Australia here. (Full Coverage | Fixtures | Photos)
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Live Cricket Score, Ashes 2015, England vs Australia: Australia ended the Day 2 on 264/5, still trailing England by 166 runs (Source: AP)
Chris Rogers fell for 95, failing to turn a half-century into a hundred for the seventh Test innings in a row as Australia ended the second day of the first Test on 264 for five, 166 behind England on Thursday.
The tourists, replying to England’s 430 all out, also lost David Warner (17), Steve Smith (33), captain Michael Clarke (38) and Adam Voges (31). (Read full report here)
‘That last wicket put us into pole position a bit more’
Live Cricket score, Ashes 2015, England vs Australia: Ali picked the wickets of Smith and Clarke. (Source: Reuters)
Moeen Ali reckoned England were in “pole position” after impressing with both bat and ball on the second day of the first Ashes Test against Australia at Sophia Gardens.
Batting at No 8, Ali, who made his name as a top-order shotmaker, struck a rapid 77 to help boost England’s first innings total to 430 all out — the first time they had passed 400 in three Ashes series.
