03:1599th over: England 315-6 (Cook 152, Woakes 2) Cook hooks another run, and the Melbourne crowd cheers! And nearly costs him his wicket, as a nasty short ball snorts up at the splice of the bat and lobs away over short leg. Square leg ran in, and the short man ran back, but it landed between them. Woakes tries to be more proactive next time it’s short, with a pull shot of his own, but it’s a smeary impressionist interpretation of the stroke. Last ball of the over, Cummins goes short again, Cook gets the pull shot pretty solidly, connects well but it’s in the air.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2017 22:46 UTC