Relive ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary as Australia seal a 4-0 series win
ESPNcricinfo staff16-Jan-202216.1, Green to Burns, OUT
Chopped on! Australia have the breakthrough and it’s a familiar type of dismissal for Burns, on the stroke of tea/dinner. Angling in from around the wicket, unsure whether to play or leave. He opts for the latter, but too late to get his bat out of the way, and he only manages to deflect it onto his own stumps! Green strikes, England’s highest opening stand of the series is broken.
20.5, Green to Malan, OUT
Brilliant bowling! This has been outstanding from Green. It’s an inside edge in the end, but Malan has been worked over. Short of a length from round the wicket, Malan is late bringing his bat down and it deflects into the stumps.
Dawid Malan chops onto his own stumps•CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images22.2, Green to Crawley, OUT
Edged, gone! Magical spell from Green. Full at off stump, lures the drive and Carey dives to his right to grab a neat one.
27.5, Starc to Stokes, OUT
Taken at deep square leg! Superb catch running in from Lyon. Starc dropped in the short ball and Stokes went after it. He didn’t try to keep it down. Lyon makes good ground in off the rope and takes it diving forward.
Stokes departs, Cummins and Starc celebrate•AFP/Getty Images31.4, Boland to Root, OUT
Keeps low, smashes into off stump! Root doesn’t hit a single ball with his new bat after drinks. This is a real grubber, shooting through low and crashing into the bottom of the stump, underneath the toe-end of his bat. Root’s series is over, another without a hundred in Australia. Not much he could have done about that one!
Root loses his off stump to a shooter•AFP/Getty Images
If England are quick they could still make Djokovic’s flight.
— Daniel Cherny (@DanielCherny) January 16, 2022
35.1, Boland to Billings, OUT
Feeble chip to mid-on! Boland has another and England are imploding again. Normal service for Boland, pitching on a good line and length. The ball stops a little in the pitch as Billings looks to clip through midwicket, but he can only spoon it up, straight to Cummins.
36.2, Cummins to Pope, OUT
Bowled around his legs! How has Pope managed that? Cummins gets in on the act, and the wheels are off. Nip-backer, keeps a touch low from a good length as Pope shuffles across, looking to work to leg. It nibbles past his front pad and into middle-and-leg. Terrible dismissal to end a gruesome series for England’s most promising young batter.
Cummins celebrates with 4-0 within touching distance•Getty Images37.6, Boland to Woakes, OUT
Blinder from Carey! Woakes decides it’s time to tee off and throws the bat at it, looking to slog through the leg side. Fullish length, thick outside edge, and Carey clings onto it, flinging himself to his right. It sticks in the webbing between his thumb and index finger… Australia are two wickets away from 4-0!
38.3, Cummins to Wood, OUT
Pulled into his own stumps! An undignified end to a solid series from Wood. He knew it would be short, jumping across to the off side, but was rushed on the hook and bottom-edged it straight into the base of middle. England have lost 9 for 55.
Pat Cummins is mobbed by his team-mates•Getty Images38.5, Cummins to Robinson, OUT
Cleaned up by a full-bunger! England lose nine wickets in the nighttime session, and 10 for 56 all told. Robinson backed away to leg and threw the bat. Cummins’ yorker was overpitched, but Robinson had stepped too far back to reach it, watching it miss the toe and crash into the base of off stump.
