Mark Wood completes career-best 6-37

Wood career-best 6-37

Mark Wood completes career-best 6-37
Mark Wood completes career-best 6-37
Starc bowling Stokes
Starc bowling Stokes

International Test Match Series Day 1 of 5

Australia vs England

Australia 1st innings 303 ao off 75.4ov Labuschagne 44 off 53, 9 fours, Head 84* off 88, 10 fours, Green 74 off 109, 8 fours, Carey 24 off 60, 2 fours, Lyon 31 off 27, 1 four, 3 sixes, Broad 3-59,Wood 3-115, Robinson 2-24, Woakes 2-64.

England 1st Innings 188 ao off 47.4ov, Root 34 off46, 3 fours, Malan 25 off64, 5 fours, Woakes 36 off 48, 5 fours, 1 six, Billings 29 off 48, 6 fours, Cummins 4-45, Starc 3-53, Boland 1-33, Green 1-45.

Australia 2nd Innings 155 ao off 56.3ov, Smith 27 off 62, 4 fours, Green 23 off 47, 3 fours, Carey 49 off 88, 4 fours, Wood 6-37, Broad 3-51, Woakes 1-40.

England 2nd Innings  101-4 off 31 ov,   Burns 26 of 46, 4 fours, Crawley 36 off 66, 7 fours, Green 3-21, Starc 1-30.

England need 170 to win

Mark Wood takes career-best 6-37 but Australia recover from 63-6 to 155 all out. Wood remove Boland (8) and Head (8), Smith (27), Starc (1) and Cummins 13 on day three  with aggressive bowling.  Burns and Crawley had shared  England’s first 50-run opening stand of the series.  Green removes Burns (26), Malan (10) and Crawley (36). Stokes pulls Starc to deep square leg for 5.  Chasing 271, England collapse from 68-0 to 92-4.