00:00Richardson now, though, moves in bowls and Root's on the back foot, playing into the offside.
00:04Not quite that square stroke off the back foot that he plays so well, it's quite a little bit straighter.
00:10Here's Nisa, bowling, and that's nicely played by Root, driving just to the onside of straight, a long chase for Stark.
00:17It's within about 15 yards perhaps of that boundary down at the far end, a very long straight boundary here at Adelaide.
00:24And they come back for three.
00:30Richardson past umpire Wilson, now he has got it away this time.
00:37Quite fine through third man, but it's very much Root territory, all those who know how the England captain bats.
00:45Up on his toes, sometimes even off the ground, and forcing the ball off the back foot.
00:50It went a little finer than perhaps he was anticipating, but you also know where that gap is and where Green is and where Lyon is.
01:00Here's Lyon, Root's down the pitch, and hitting him over mid-arm, out towards the long arm boundary, two bounces for four.
01:12It's a big boundary straight here at the Adelaide Oval.
01:16That was Lyon's first ball of this over to Root, and Root taking him on, as if to say, I'm not going to let you bowl at me.
01:22And goes in, bowls to Root, reverse sweep from Root, and he makes decent contact, and it's going down towards the boundary.
01:32Ball outside the off stump, chases on, is the ball going to win in the distance?
01:37There's a tumble, and it's unsuccessful, and the ball was gone for four.
01:43Well, there we go, that was Root's response to Lyon, we've seen him hitting down the ground, and we've seen him reverse sweeping for four as well.
01:5288 for two.
01:53Well, there's a little sweep shot, but he's missed that one.
01:58There's a peel flag before the wicket, which doesn't interest umpire Wilson very much.
02:03And they're not going to review that by the look of it.
02:07And the grey-bearded umpire Wilson says no.
02:1198 for two.
02:13The timer ticks away, so no review of that one.
02:18The field has changed over, there's more drinks being brought out for...
02:24His knees up, Bowles with a grunt, that's beautifully played by Root, a dive and a miss from Lyon this time.
02:30And that is the favoured Root area, square drive off the back foot.
02:35Beautifully timed and perfectly placed, and Lyon diving full-length to his right, couldn't get there.
02:41You can just picture it lying there in bed, how Root has played that.
02:45Just up on his toes, forcing stroke, absolutely square.
02:49And again in bright sunshine, Bowles, and oh, Root plays and misses at that.
02:53No question, there was a howl from behind the wickets as Carey took it.
02:58He absolutely committed himself to playing at that.
03:01Lured probably by the ball, a couple of balls of four that came back at him.
03:05And he's pushed at one there that kept straight.
03:08So cunning bowling from Richards, set him up for that rather.
03:12Richardson goes in, Bowles to Root.
03:14Short, pulled away by Root, and it's gone away before.
03:17Threw deep backwards, square leg. Emphatic pull shot.
03:20Richardson testing out the middle of the pitch, and Root was on to it.
03:24Only one fielder back, that was Nisa at fine leg.
03:26So a perfectly safe shot, as long as he didn't top edge it.
03:30And he didn't, that came pretty much out the middle of the bat from Joe.
03:35Richardson, Bowles, and a little fine flick.
03:38Just evades Carey, and comes down for four.
03:41It's down to our left-hand side.
03:43Just missing the side screen, so really very fine.
03:46And now it's Joe Root's turn to raise his bat.
03:50And you can hear the Balmy army there.
03:53It's not booing, it's that call of Root.
03:58That echoes round, and has echoed a lot round cricket grounds this year.
04:01Green bowls, and that's edged.
04:04Edged by Root, definitely, but through second slip.
04:07And Warner can chase that all he likes, but he won't get there.
04:10There's no third man.
04:13And Root's played plenty of late, but he certainly wouldn't have intended
04:16to have run it down through.
04:17Second slip, quite as fine as that.
04:27Green, nice edge, of course!
04:28And that rather came from nowhere, except Green has been probing away at that full length.
04:38And he's dismissed Joe Root for the second time in the series now,
04:41with a foolish ball which Root might have come forward to,
04:45rather than playing off his preferred back foot.
04:47But he's edged it to slip, and England lose their captain for 62,
04:51and England are 150 for three.
04:56And so, for five seconds in time of laughing,
04:58earlier on the front of the telegraph control show,
05:00he says,
05:01he has more giveaway for the second龍 roots.
05:03So, over here,
05:06I have to judge gums and that's a different point and the
05:21event where I am going to walk to town.
05:22We just went for six months and eight months.
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