{"id":322137,"date":"2025-12-18T03:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/322137\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T03:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:48:10","slug":"ashes-2025-live-score-latest-updates-and-day-two-scorecard-as-brook-and-stokes-rebuild-after-england-lose-four-cheap-wickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/322137\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes 2025 live score: Latest updates and day two scorecard as Brook and Stokes rebuild after England lose four cheap wickets"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>England 122-4<\/p>\n

Mitchell Starc returns and Brook blocks him into the offside then calls Stokes through for a quick run. <\/p>\n

Stokes then does the same and dives for the crease but doesn\u2019t really need to. <\/p>\n

Bang! Brook cuts Starc away for four and brings up the fifty partnership between these two,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s what England needed and Brook himself is closing in on a half-century. <\/p>\n

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Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:46<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 116-4<\/p>\n

Nathan Lyon is back into the attack and gets worked away by Brook and then Stokes for a single apiece. <\/p>\n

Brook takes another one off the last ball to keep the strike. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:40<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 113-4<\/p>\n

England trail Australia by 258 runs but they\u2019re chipping away at that total. <\/p>\n

This has been a good partnership, it\u2019s worth 42 now. <\/p>\n

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Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:33<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 112-4<\/p>\n

Boland continues to hone in on a length after Cummins bowls a tidy over for just one run. <\/p>\n

Brook is solid and defensive. He seems to have put those \u2018shocking shots\u2019 back in the locker during this innings. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:31<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 111-4<\/p>\n

Where has this come from?<\/p>\n

Harry Brook dances down the wicket and smashes Scott Boland over the fielder at point and knocks it for six!<\/p>\n

England take their total over 100 as well. <\/p>\n

More runs for Brook, he flicks the ball off his hip for a couple and then drives through cover for two more. <\/p>\n

Brook is starting to accelerate but he\u2019ll need to remain focused and bat long today. <\/p>\n

13 runs from the Boland over. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:23<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 98-4<\/p>\n

He\u2019s rotating his bowlers in short spells which could be down to the heat today. But, it also keeps the batters on their toes, they can\u2019t settle against a single bowler and are always resetting their mindset. <\/p>\n

Stokes ducks underneath a bouncer but already there are signs that Australia are switching things up. Cummins has bowled more variations in this over to try and test Stokes. <\/p>\n

The England captain handles it but it\u2019s a maiden. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:18<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 98-4<\/p>\n

A few more runs from Boland\u2019s latest over as Stokes collects three and Brook eases a drive wide of the man at gully for a couple more. <\/p>\n

Six come from the over and in a period where scoring runs is tough to come by that\u2019s a positive for England. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:14<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 92-4<\/p>\n

Brook takes another single from Lyon. He\u2019s now up to 20 and has reined in a lot of his natural attacking instincts. <\/p>\n

Stokes has 10 at the other end and the partnership is 21. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s a start but England will need these two to bat for as long as possible. <\/p>\n

Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:11<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 91-4<\/p>\n

He replaces Starc and finds a good length straight away which challenges Harry Brook. <\/p>\n

Brook takes him for a single. <\/p>\n

Boland then overpitches to Stokes who drives him beautifully down the ground for four!<\/p>\n

Mike Jones18 December 2025 03:09<\/p>\n

<\/a>England 86-4<\/p>\n

Stokes is facing a lot of deliveries and is finding it more difficult to find gaps and rotate the strike. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s all patient and slow build up for the tourists. One of Nathan Lyon\u2019s latest over. <\/p>\n

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