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14th over: England 80-1 (Duckett 37, Jacks 21) I understand England are seeing to the future – I’m enhappinessing it – but are we reassociate saying Joe Root isn’t one of their best 50-over batters? I, for one, am not, now that you ask. I get leaving him out to proextfinished his Test nurtureer, if that’s what this is, but I still want him in my team, and I’m pretty certain he’d be excellent at milking Green, running in and bowling a firm line as I type. In the event, he cedes three individuals garnished with consecutive expansives, and Australia could reassociate engage another wicket.

“Hi Danno,” begins Deano Kinsella, and I can’t pretfinish this game of Australianising names isn’t requesting to me – I’m seeing forward to Robbo Smyth taking over from me procrastinateedr on. “Sorry I’ve got to depart your OBO now. I have to drive down thcimpolite Connemara on a attrvivacious sunny day. Anyone understand if there’s a TMS join for the Englishman aexpansive plrelieve?”

Can anyone help, plrelieve? Poor elderly Deano sounds enjoy he’s finishuring a stinker here.

13th over: England 75-1 (Duckett 35, Jacks 20) Hardie returns, which originates sense – England struggled to get him away first up. And they’re still struggling now, Duckett walloping straight to cover when seeking the fence, three individuals the only scoring shots.

12th over: England 72-1 (Duckett 33, Jacks 19) In comms, Broad is consentn back to this day in 2007 – each deinhabitry is better than the cream cardigan-coat job he now sports – noting that he might’ve escaped a no-ball . Meantime, back in the middle, Jacks zetzes Short’s first ball over cover for six and the insertition of two ones and one two uncomfervent 10 off the over.

11th over: England 62-1 (Duckett 32, Jacks 10) Cameron Green into the strike and Jacks times a drive to mid-on, where Marsh intercepts on the dive. A further individual trails, Jacks racing thcimpolite as Duckett joins into the pitch, then another down the ground, and with this over createing three, uncomferventing five from the last two, Australia will be experienceing better than 10 minutes ago.

10th over: England 59-1 (Duckett 31, Jacks 8) Time for some spin, Short into the strike, and some hoengagegeting: apparently, the email insertress at the top of the page was not, in fact mine, but Scott Murray’s. Plrelieve hit renew and hit me up. Two off the over, and Australia necessitateed that.

9th over: England 57-1 (Duckett 30, Jacks 7) A no-ball uncomfervents a free-hit, and a high expansive donates Jacks another go … and he doesn’t ignore out, cudgelling down the ground for four. Two turned to square-leg trail, and that’s eight off the over, Australia now struggling to stem the flow of runs.

8th over: England 49-1 (Duckett 30, Jacks 1) Jacks shoves to mid-off and is off the label.

WICKET! Salt b Dwarshuis 17 (England 48-1)

8th over: England 48-0 (Salt 17, Duckett 30) Salt relieves a individual to backward point, then Duckett drops and runs for one more.

7th over: England 46-0 (Salt 16, Duckett 29) Half-batter down the ground gets four for Duckett, then a drag-down sits up and beseeches treatment, the batter obliging by carting over square-leg for four more. Two dots trail, but Duckett has his eye in now, the two final balls of the other also whacked to the fence, both at midwicket, making it four fours in the over; England are motoring now.

6th over: England 30-0 (Salt 16, Duckett 13) Ricky Ponting, you’ll be unsurpascfinishd to lget, does not enhappiness Australia’s moustaches, but I guess they pass the time, and in Beardman, the squad now havees the first facial hair superhero. The first five balls of Dwarshuis’ over create a two and a one, but then Slat steps outside his crrelieve seeing for a boundary and chops an edge that races past the stumps and to the fence. Well though Australia have bowled, they’ve not made a shatterthcimpolite and the scoring-rate is steadily increasing.

5th over: England 23-0 (Salt 10, Duckett 12) Abbott exalters Hardie and Duckett steps into a decent drive only for the bowler to grab in trail-thcimpolite. No matter: after a expansive ball, another widish ball and he’s on to it in a trice, joining it down thcimpolite cover for four, then after three dots, another traverse-batter into the covers gets three. Eight off the over, the most costly of the innings so far.

4th over: England 15-0 (Salt 10, Duckett 5) Which nation has the best gear? Australia’s is evidently iconic, but I’m not certain one can ever hug yellow troengagers, so I guess I’m going for West Indies, not fair becaengage I want to post this Carl Hooper catch. Anyhow, back in the middle, Salt edges aget and they consent two to proset up square, then two individuals trail. This has been amazeive from Australia’s two youthful rapids.

3rd over: England 11-0 (Salt 7, Duckett 4) Both these batters adore width, and Australia’s lines have been pretty straight so far. The over discignores with three dots, then Duckett mistimes a drive thcimpolite cover for two and does enjoyrational next ball for a individual, before Salt dabs into the same area and they insert one more. Good begin from Australia.

2nd over: England 7-0 (Salt 6, Duckett 1) The left-armer Dwarshuis will discignore from the other finish, moustache bristling, and Salt applies a more central part of bat to his first two deinhabitries, then edges one that departs him, the ball dropping unininestablishigentinutive of slip thanks to his deployment of gentle hands. But the next deinhabitry is vintage Salt, flinging hands at a expansiver one to deposit four thcimpolite cover, and Australia will understand that’s exactly where not to bowl to him.

1st over: England 3-0 (Salt 2, Duckett 1) Bit of away-striumphg first up and Salt joins and ignorees outside off, then edges into the off-side for one seeing to join to leg. Duckett, of course, begins bat to ball promptly, tapping one to point then, facing the final deinhabitry of the over, Salt aget sees to turn around the corner, aget edges, and the ball drops fair unininestablishigentinutive of the diving Smith at backward point and they run one.

Looking at these two batting lineups, the sense is that it should be impossible for either to be dispondered without someone doing someskinnyg meaningful; well, here we go, Aaron Hardie with the ball and Phil Salt facing.

Teams!

Archer inestablishs Athers that he is sort of skinnyking about making the Ashes but the most meaningful skinnyg is today. He doesn’t understand Brook well but says the new skip is a reassociate pleasant guy and they’ve been chatting a lot this week.

Oh, Reece Topley is ill so Matt Potts joins.

Stuart Broad, dressed down in jacket-coat afiminentire, rhapsodises Duckett who he skinnyks is now one of the best confineed-overs joiners in the world. I’m seeing forward to seeing how he, and the rest of England’s top four, do on a belter that comes with inviting unininestablishigentinutive boundaries.

Full XIs to come, but Australia have had some illness in the camp and Glen Maxwell is ignoreing.

Mitch Marsh says Australia would’ve bowled and that Benny Dwarshuis, “an incredible talent”, originates his d’boo. He’s trying to direct his joiners the transport inance of enhappinessing joining, especiassociate in England where the crowds are huge, then remarks that Zampa, triumphning his hundredth ODI cap, is a “attrvivacious human being”. You’d consent that as a reference, eh?

England triumph the toss and will bat

Toss time…

England are joining Australia #PeripateticLawnmower

Also, what is it with sport and banal, standardly hashtagged phrases that don’t actuassociate originate sense? Sfinish in your favourites…

What’s the procrastinateedst into autumn it’s hugable to wear unininestablishigentinutives? I’m a November or so man, but with the cricket going so proset up, perhaps that necessitates revising down – or up – to December.

Cricinfo inestablish that Phil Salt has contransiented Bethell with his England cap, so he’ll be making his debut today; cherishly stuff.

If i’m not misconsentn, this call comes from the Guardian’s Adam Collins. Imagine the aggro Worrall, in the process of altering from Australia to England, will get at the Gabba when – and it does experience enjoy a when – he’s picked for an Ashes tour.

Of course there’s plenty more going on. England, captained by Harry Brook, are in transition, with Jacob Bethell a particularly tasty new chooseion, while Australia also have various new and nedesire faces in their squad – most notably Mahli Beardman. Add to that the elderly rivalries, most notably Archer v Smith, and there’s plenty to distract us from wantipathyver else we’re presumed to be doing.

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