First 50-run opening partnership in the Ashes series!
This was the first time in this Ashes series that a team put on 50 or more runs for the opening stand! In the first innings, Joe Denly and Rory Burns put up the then highest opening partnership of 27 runs and in the second innings today, they went one better and successfully crossed the 50-run mark.
Australian players fail to review!!It was a good length delivery from Pat Cummins to Joe Denly which pitched on a good length and hit him on his right pad which brought about a loud appeal from the Aussies. The Umpire was not satisfied with the delivery and so did not raise his finger. However, Australia did not review it and later, when the ball tracking was shown on the big screen, it was three reds! Another missed opportunity!
What was Tim Paine talking about?
Tim Paine was spotted having fun with Umpire Kumar Dharmasena during the lunch break!


Signaling boundary with footwear!!There were few among the crowd at The Oval who signaled four with their shoes in their hands! It took place when World Cup hero Ben Stokes smashed a rocket to the boundary!
Flying catch from Steve Smith!
That surely has to be the best catch of the series so far!! We saw a stunning catch from Rory Burns yesterday but Steve Smith went one better and took a stunning diving one-hander in the slip cordon today!
— The Field (@thefield_in)
As if he has not produced enough magic with the bat in his hand, takes an ABSOLUTE STUNNER at 2nd slip. What a catch!
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