Ashes 2021-22: Australia v England first Test, day two – live!
by Daniel Harris (now) and Sam Perry (earlier) from on (#5STZN)
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2nd over: Australia 4-0 (Warner 1, Harris 3)
It's Robinson at the other end and he's beating Harris outside off immediately. Perfect length, perfect shape. Harris is inside the line of it but that's exactly where Robinson will want to stay. The second is in the same spot - it takes the outside half of Harris's blade, neither forward nor back. England have three slips and a gully, and Robinson beats Harris again. The Australian opener is playing down the line but this is encouraging for the Ashes debutant. The only gripe? it's slow: high 120s at this point. It's a maiden to finish, an excellent start for Robinson.
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