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Australia amass 187-3 against Pakistan on opening day of second Test

A stubborn Marnus Labuschagne weathered a storm to help steer Australia to 187-3 on a rain-disrupted opening day of the second Test in Melbourne Tuesday against a probing and resilient Pakistan attack.

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Australia's Labuschagne relieved after being cleared for second Test - Sports

MELBOURNE: With Cameron Green eager to break back into Australia’s starting XI, Marnus Labuschagne felt a rush of...

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bazball: As 'Bazball' enters dictionary, Labuschagne takes a hilarious swipe

'Bazball' was coined to describe the aggressive style of cricket played by England under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, revitalizing the team after a challenging period under Joe Root's captaincy. The 2022 Ashes series showcased the clash between England's 'Bazball' and Australia's more traditional Test cricket, resulting in a 2-2 draw.

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Sportsday

course, england's bowlers are pretty good. this show you the one moment that lit up the moment two morning's session. joe root fielding that first slip. ruud has been frustrated with catching in the series are times and i think what we saw here was a slip catch as good as any. labuschagne has faced 82 balls and made just nine. labuschagne has faced 82 balls and madejust nine. i think it was really a relief for everybody to see the back of him. as we go back into the back of him. as we go back into the afternoon, bowlerfriendly conditions and england will hope for a bit more luck but in terms of their spin bowling options, this interesting because we don't think moeen ali is fit enough to play any part today. growing problem picked up part today. growing problem picked up yesterday but, sarah, joe root in spain and joe root can do anything. you can keep right across that on bbc sport website.

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Nicky Campbell

them when... 0h, what's his chops, the spin bowler, what's his name? came on yesterday?— the spin bowler, what's his name? came on yesterday? gideon haigh, the cricket writer- — came on yesterday? gideon haigh, the cricket writer. no, _ came on yesterday? gideon haigh, the cricket writer. no, nathan _ came on yesterday? gideon haigh, the cricket writer. no, nathan lyon. - came on yesterday? gideon haigh, the cricket writer. no, nathan lyon. i- cricket writer. no, nathan lyon. i know that — cricket writer. no, nathan lyon. i know that wasn't _ cricket writer. no, nathan lyon. i know that wasn't gideon - cricket writer. no, nathan lyon. i know that wasn't gideon haigh, i | cricket writer. no, nathan lyon. i- know that wasn't gideon haigh, i was trying to remember to bring gideon haigh into tell us. but listen, it's the ashes, not a village green match. it the ashes, not a village green match. ., , �* ., . match. it doesn't matter. when nathan lyon — match. it doesn't matter. when nathan lyon came _ match. it doesn't matter. when nathan lyon came on _ match. it doesn't matter. when nathan lyon came on yesterday match. it doesn't matter. when l nathan lyon came on yesterday i admired him. he played hard, he played fair. you know, one of your earlier callers was criticising ben stokes in 2019 when the ball went off his bat for the boundary. there was nothing he could do about that. in fact in yesterday's match, the ball did 08085 ping off him from labuschagne. we have to do set a

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Breakfast

australia began their second innings with a sizeable lead but when it is gloomy up above it is a good time to bowl. england urgently had to create chances and take them. an early opportunity to dismiss 0sman kavala, no. england did get rid of david warner lbw and who is the bowler who is impressed on his ashes debut? josh tongue, it is you. khawaja watches and waits a ball to hit. yeah, and he hits it. classic test cricket. it is the way he got to another 50. cricket. it is the way he got to another50. labuschagne cricket. it is the way he got to another 50. labuschagne is out but steve smith remains, scoring that way, scoring his way. australia 130 42. 221 ahead stop before long they might seem out of sight. joe wilson, bbc news, lords. england's women, will be hoping for a change in theirfortunes when they play australia, in the first t20, match

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The Context

a brief feature of friday. harry brook did exactly what australia wanted him to. jonny bairstow hit the ball into the waiting hands of australia's captain. even the gentle, occasional spin bowling of travis head claimed two wickets. it all amounted to just 325 all out, all over very quickly. so australia began their second innings with a sizeable lead. but when it's gloomy up above, it's a good time to bowl. england urgently had to create chances and take them. an early opportunity to dismiss usman khawaja? no. england did get rid of david warner lbw, and who's the bowler who's impressed on his ashes debut? josh tongue, it's you. while khawaja watches, waits, a ball to hit? yeah. then he hits it. classic test cricket. it's the way he got to another 50. labuschagne is out but steve smith remains, scoring that

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Sportsday

of play, but getting very close to the wicket itself, very close to the middle where they did spread some orange powder. it was cleaned up quickly, but alarming, perhaps, notable, certainly, that it was the england players, lead in particular byjonny bairstow, who disposed those protesters. bairstow is a strong lad. he is a wicket—keeper. he is not supposed to be security. in terms of the cricket itself, england put australia into about hoping that the conditions would help their bowlers. didn't really take advantage of it. we saw david warner dropped on 20. went on to make 66. the platform of the innings for australia was labuschagne and smith. out cheaply in the first test, almost inevitable they were gassing today. travis head scored very quickly. it was joe root of all people struck late on with two wickets in particular to bring england into the matchjust a little bit. it did not go as england planned. on day two perhaps we should

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Sportsday

great. it was a bit up and down, not so much this morning, better in the evening. that could be important this match. how much of a gamble could that early declaration prove, given that australia are digging in and fighting — despite those crucial early losses? they believe in taking risks, they say it is playing on instinct. they make these decisions all the time and back themselves. as i say, when they did take those early wickets and got free before lunch, when they got australia five down, they have a chance and since terry put down by bairstow, khawaja out off that noble by stuart broad. had all of those going their way, they would be any good position. and that declaration looks like a great decision. you can only tell in hindsight, but england will needles wickets quickly, otherwise australia could get up and be on their first week's total, and it switches back on the pressure. is it a psychological advantage for england, taking warner, labuschagne and smith early in the day? how much will that prove an england's favour? it was a day of

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