Ball by Ball Commentary & Live Score

Well, thanks to all and sundry for joining us for the first live ball-by-ball commentary since mid-March. It's been a lot of fun, even if England haven't necessarily learned all that much from it. We'll bring you all the latest from tomorrow's squad announcement tomorrow morning on the site, and will have some post-match reaction for you later this evening. But other than that, from me, Miller and Alan, it's goodbye - and see you on Wednesday morning!

5.42pm: And with that, it looks like they're bumping fists! What an anti-climax after all that! But it seems as though that will be that, as the groundsman heads out there with a broom.

30.2

Bess to Moeen Ali, OUT

skids on with the angle as Moeen tries to reverse this through point. He's struck on the pad, Bess goes up, and he's given! Thought that might have hit him outside the line, but Moeen is on his way

Moeen Ali lbw b Bess 6 (5b 1x4 0x6 9m) SR: 120

30.1

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Bess to Moeen Ali, no run

has a waft at one outside off and is beaten

This is definitely on, you know. 98 off 96 balls, by my count. Bess continues from round the wicket, with slip in place

Over30

7 runs, 1 wicket

TS 157/3CRR: 5.23

Moeen Ali 6 (3b 1x4)Ben Stokes 33 (17b 2x4 3x6)

Mark Wood1/19 (4)

29.6

Wood to Moeen Ali, 1 run

flicked off the pads down to deep square to keep the strike

Slip moves out

29.5

Wood to Moeen Ali, FOUR runs

length outside off, driven elegantly through cover for Moeen's first boundary. 99 needed...

29.4

Wood to Stokes, 1 run

length outside leg stump, Stokes clears the front leg and chips it out to cover point

29.3

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Wood to Stokes, no run

short ball aimed at the left shoulder, Stokes sways inside the line

29.2

Wood to Moeen Ali, 1 run

back of a length outside off, steered down to third man

Wood is round the wicket

Moeen Ali is the new man, presumably with license to have a whack. And meanwhile, the PM has confirmed that recreational cricket is back next weekend, or so I'm told

29.1

Wood to Crawley, OUT

hit on the back pad trying to work to leg, big shout, given! Looked good to the naked eye, smashed dead in front and Crawley trudges off after a useful cameo

Zak Crawley lbw b Wood 34 (43b 6x4 0x6 62m) SR: 79.06

Over29

14 runs

TS 150/2CRR: 5.17

Zak Crawley 34 (42b 6x4)Ben Stokes 32 (15b 2x4 3x6)

Dom Bess0/12 (1)

28.6

Bess to Crawley, 1 run

heaved up and over midwicket, Stokes doesn't bother running because he's sure it's four but it doesn't go, and they only get one as a result

28.5

2lb

Bess to Crawley, 2 leg byes

full on fifth stump, shapes to sweep and is beaten. It ricochets off a mixture of his and Buttler's pads to Burns at wide slip who throws to the non-striker's end with Stokes wandering down the pitch, and away for overthrows. Mayhem!

28.4

Bess to Crawley, FOUR runs

full and straight, reverse-swept deftly past backward point and away for four! Crawley joins in on the fun

28.3

Bess to Stokes, 1 run

tossed up, slapped out to deep cover

28.2

Bess to Stokes, FOUR runs

tossed up full, Stokes lofts it inside-out over cover and it runs away to the boundary

28.1

Bess to Stokes, 2 runs

speared in round-arm, and slugged out to deep midwicket. They take on a risky second, but the throw to the keeper's end is wild

Parkinson is hauled out of the attack, with Dom Bess coming on for the first time today. He did well yesterday, but this is a tricky time to enter the fray. 120 off 108 is the nominal equation.

Over28

5 runs

TS 136/2CRR: 4.85

Ben Stokes 25 (12b 1x4 3x6)Zak Crawley 29 (39b 5x4)

Mark Wood0/12 (3)

Tim M: "Is Denly keeping wicket at the moment or is Jos just wearing his shirt..? Hard to tell when there are no close-ups!" Can confirm it's Buttler in Denly's shirt!

27.6

1lb

Wood to Stokes, 1 leg bye

fired in full at the pads, clipped away for one into the leg side

Another mini-conference between Buttler and Wood. Get on with it! He goes round the wicket now

27.5

Wood to Crawley, 1 run

hard length, tucked off the hip for one

"England have become so white ball focused recently even their test warm up games end up like this," grumbles Sam K. Embrace the chaos!

27.4

Wood to Stokes, 1 run

short ball, pulled hard round the corner but only to long leg

27.4

Wood to Stokes, 1 wide

bumper, angled across Stokes but it's very wayward, sailing way over him, and is called wide

27.3

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Wood to Stokes, no run

back of a length on the hip, looks to pull but again can't get anything on it

27.2

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Wood to Stokes, no run

back of a length, Stokes looks to pull but can't get anything on it, apparently from possibly a skim off the bottom of the bat on the way through

What's Wood's plan to Stokes? Buttler runs down to have a chat with him. Bit of a hold-up here as Buttler hatches a plan. Wood stays over the wicket, and a load of fielders have just run across the screen - must be a packed leg-side field, I think. Slip moves out

Team Buttler vs Team Stokes, Tour Match at Southampton, Jul 01 2020 - Ball by Ball Commentary