{"id":104193,"date":"2019-08-01T16:04:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/08\/01\/ashes-2019-england-v-australia-first-test-day-one-live-updates\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T16:04:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:04:53","slug":"ashes-2019-england-v-australia-first-test-day-one-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=104193","title":{"rendered":"Ashes 2019: England v Australia first Test, day one \u2013 live updates!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ashes updates from opening day of the series at EdgbastonClassic YouTube: memorable Ashes moments and moreAny thoughts? Email them to Rob 3.04pm BST 45th over: Australia 123-8 (Smith 43, Siddle 0) You know what they say: you should never judge a pitch until both ropey batting sides have had a go on it. Australia bat deeper than usual today, with the inclusion of Pattinson and also Siddle, who plays out the last few deliveries of Moeen\u2019s over. \u201cFollowing here in Greece with a Sri Lankan and about 35 hairy Scots,\u201d boasts Benjie Goodhart. \u201cLoving your work!\u201d 3.02pm BST 44th over: Australia 122-8 (Smith 42, Siddle 0) \u201cLet\u2019s not get on the backs of the umpires,\u201d says Mike Daniels. \u201cUmpires are probably now making more out decisions after subsequently seeing how so many not outs would have been shaving the stumps and therefore being \u2018out\u2019, with the proviso that the review system is there for players to use if they ask for it. If the players don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t blame the umpires.\u201dYes, you\u2019re right \u2013 days like this stand out because they are usually so good. It\u2019s incredible how few howlers they make. Minor mistakes, which all of today\u2019s decisions have been, are unavoidable. I suspect that if any of us tried umpiring we\u2019d be off to Specsavers, in floods of tears, before the first drinks break. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2019\/aug\/01\/england-v-australia-ashes-2019-first-test-day-one-live-cricket\" target=\"_blank\">Ashes 2019: England v Australia first Test, day one \u2013 live updates!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashes updates from opening day of the series at EdgbastonClassic YouTube: memorable Ashes moments and moreAny thoughts? Email them to Rob 3.04pm BST 45th over: Australia 123-8 (Smith 43, Siddle 0) You know what they say: you should never judge a pitch until both ropey batting sides have had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}