Twitter Reactions: Smith-Marsh help Australia gain control after top order collapse
While Smith was praised, the rest of the Australian top order was trolled.
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Resuming from their overnight score of 196/4, England batted sensibly well in the first hour. Dawid Malan went on to register his third half century. On the other hand, Moeen Ali was also looking good in his 100 plus ball stay at the crease. However, both wickets fell in quick succession. While Mitchell Starc got the better of Malan, Nathan Lyon trapped Moeen in front of the stumps.
Chris Woakes was bowled for a duck as England were reduced from 246/4 to 250/7. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow their most consistent performer in the last season couldn’t make much of a difference as he was dismissed cheaply. Some contribution by Stuart Broad and Jake Ball helped them cross the 300-run mark. England managed to post 302 on the board.
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins both picked three wickets each as they were the pick amongst Australian bowlers. Lyon got a couple of wickets while Josh Hazlewood also managed to get a wicket.
As for Australia, they didn’t have a great start. Debutant Cameron Bancroft got out early. Usman Khawaja who came in at No.3 continued his susceptibility against spin was trapped by Moeen Ali leaving two of the side’s most prominent batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner at the crease.
Warner who has been in splendid form fell into Jake Balls plan and gave Malan a catch at short mid-wicket. Peter Handscomb who came in at No.5 too couldn’t prolong his stay at the crease as Australia were reeling at 76/4. That’s when both Shaun Marsh and skipper Steve Smith got together and batted brilliantly to take Australia out of trouble.
They combined for an unbeaten partnership of 89 runs for the fifth wicket as Australia were 165/4 at stumps on Day 2. Smith is batting on 64 not out while Shaun is on 44. Twitter was at it’s splendid best throughout the game. While Smith was praised, the rest of the Australian top order was trolled. As for England, Bairstow got trolled while Malan was lauded.
Here we present to you some of the best tweets from day 2 of the first Test at Gabba:
Loved today’s play … Slow pitch but it produced fantastic strategies & tactics … @root66 had a really really good day as Skipper … #Ashes
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 24, 2017
My lip-reading isn't perfect but I'm reasonably certain the Australian fielders are telling James Anderson that he's plucking grunt. Must me some sort of in joke.
— George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) November 24, 2017
Test series between two teams with weak batting line-ups are easily the best kind of Test series. #Ashes
— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) November 24, 2017
If Smith gets out here Aus won’t make 150. Massive period in the game.
— Rob Moody (@robelinda2) November 24, 2017
We are one wicket away from Glamorgan's Shaun Marsh rescuing Australia with a brilliant hundred.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) November 24, 2017
Either of these batsmen get out and Australia will press the panic button. #Ashes
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) November 24, 2017
Marsh is gonna be crucial ? I really hope so#Ashes2017 #Ashes
— ? ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ?? (@TheQueen_008) November 24, 2017
You CANNOT hit your way out of a bouncer trap….Malan is the latest to learn that. #Ashes
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 24, 2017
Starc is not nightwatchman – he is simply padded up because he is in at the wicket after next.#ashes
— Paul Dennett (@the_summer_game) November 24, 2017
ESPN Cricinfo have the title "Ball bags Warner". I have always thought Warner was a little scrote #Ashes
— Dan Whiting (@TheMiddleStump) November 24, 2017
Stuart Broad is Josh Hazlewood's first wicket in Test cricket in 67.3 overs. His previous one was Murali Vijay at Dharamsala. #Ashes
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) November 24, 2017
Poor batting by England this morning. At least get to 330 now #Ashes
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) November 24, 2017
Peter Handscomb's first-class numbers this season: 9, 34, 43, 58, 0, 13, 14 #ashes
— Andrew Wu (@wutube) November 24, 2017
Shaun Marsh's contributions today:
– Sliced Mitchell Starc's trousers and knee
– Dropped catch— CricBlog (@cric_blog) November 24, 2017
When Steve Smith passes 20 in Test matches he averages 95. How many do you think he'll score? #Ashes
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) November 24, 2017
Our parliament has more stability than our top order. #Ashes
— Titus O'Reily (@TitusOReily) November 24, 2017
It doesn't matter if Shaun Marsh makes 300 in this Test.
He will be dropped for a bowling all-rounder based on England's batting performance to date…which will be the wrong move.#Ashes
— Dennis Lyon (@DennisCricket_) November 24, 2017
YESSS MO!!!!! #Ashes
— Sarah Taylor (@Sarah_Taylor30) November 24, 2017
Jimmy is bloody good! #Ashes
— KP (@KP24) November 24, 2017
Feel for Bancroft. Shouldn't be opening. Renshaw and Warner should have been opening with no Marsh and Bancroft down the order #ashes
— Matt (@Mattys123) November 24, 2017
A whole stand of Richie Benauds made me laugh out loud this morning. #ashes pic.twitter.com/lVD9cDuLww
— Georgie Bingham (@georgiebingham) November 24, 2017
I owe Nathan Lyon an apology.
He was right when he said careers would be ended in this series.
Australian careers. #ashes— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 24, 2017
England have been magnificent this morning!
Australia have been dreadful! #Ashes— KP (@KP24) November 24, 2017
Steve Smith's story is remarkable…started as a specialist spinner and he's now one of the best test batsmen in the world.. #Ashes
— Bilal ??? (@billz_25) November 24, 2017
All 3 of England’s #ashes newbies have have scored half-centuries. That is bloody impressive. Well played Stoneman, Vince and Malan.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) November 24, 2017
Ohh Jimmy Jimmy!!!!!! #4 #Ashes
— Sarah Taylor (@Sarah_Taylor30) November 24, 2017
The India fan in me wants to watch the Nagpur test. The cricket fan in me keeps switching to the #Ashes.
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) November 24, 2017
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