Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, Wednesday 8th – Sunday 12th December 2021.
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Australia v England 1st Test, Brisbane
Wednesday 8th – Sunday 12th December 2021 England won the toss and elected to bat Australia won by 9 wickets |
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** 1st Test Brisbane Reports **
A new era for Australia, an Ashes to define Root’s England
Relaxed and empowered: Let the Cummins era begin
Joe Root’s England out to defy expectations and regain urn in Australia
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Wednesday 8th December 2021
Rain intervenes after Pat Cummins rolls England for 147
England have no choice but to cling to the positives
Cummins claims five, England routed before rain
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Thursday 9th December 2021
Head century piles pain on England after Warner, Labuschagne fifties
Ben Stokes in no-ball drama with front-foot technology broken
Head’s late brilliance drives Aussies into ascendancy
Wood stands out as England tick all the wrong checkboxes
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Friday 10th December 2021
Malan and Root put up big third-wicket stand as England fight back
Missing technology continues to hamper Brisbane Test
Root and Malan drag England back into first Test
Jack Leach, naked at the Gabba
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Saturday 11th December 2021
Australia romp to nine-wicket win and 1-0 lead
Milestone man Lyon drives Australia to 1-0 lead
Gabba power failure causes TV broadcast blackout
We are not scared of a challenge
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