England's approach to Test cricket was always going to provide some hectic moments in the Ashes, and so it proved on day one of the first Test.
Harry Brook came out firing, smacking fours and charging Scott Boland, among others.
He rode his luck getting dropped on 24 by Travis Head, but when he was dismissed, it was borderline farcical.Nathan Lyon was the bowler, Brook shouldered arms, the ball hitting him in the thigh and looping up into the air.Loading Twitter content Nobody knew where that ball had gone or was going, not least Brook, who would have shuddered when he heard the ball somehow, inexplicably, thud to earth behind him.
The ball landed in front of the stumps and knocked off the bails, bowling him and sending him on his way for a 37-ball 32."If he tried to do that 1,000 times, he wouldn't do it again."Joe Root and his style is something of an anachronism when it comes to Bazball, an uncomfortable conformist to the all out attack most believe England's new batting style entails.
However, with England struggling at 5-176 and the skipper back in the sheds after playing a decidedly rash shot, Root needed to stay in the middle as long as possible.
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