Michael Neser is back, replacing Scott Boland, and ball three is a boundary from Zac Crawley.
But ball four … is out! The umpire gives a really strong appeal by Australia for lbw, and it will be appealed. We are going upstairs. The question is height, and how far out of his crease Crawley was when the ball hit his pads.
It hit him on his knee roll… but the Australians are correct. Ball-tracker shows it was hitting the top of leg stump. So that’s out.
Both openers are gone, now, and it’ll be time for a drinks break.
England 2-51 (Crawley 16, Bethell 4*)
That, good friends of blog land, is how you burn a review.
Felt like ball-tracking was being a bit generous there with the bounce, that looked plumb to my dodgy eyes.
Both England openers back in the shed at the first drinks break, definitely Australia’s hour with Zak Crawley on his way.
