I like your optimism, John. If England are going to save this match, they need to bat most of the next three days, probably with a bit of rain thrown in. Summon the spirit of Brisbane 2010?
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John Vron: Happens so often at Lord's. England will fall way short in the first innings. Follow on and then bat throughout to save the draw. Add that Sunday will be lost to rain... it's got draw written all over it!
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Stuart Broad on the mood in the England camp: "It's brighter after the application Cookie and Stokes showed. It's begun to look a bit slow and flat again.
"That's given the guys a lot of hope that's there's not too many demons in this wicket. Runs can be scored. We just need to make sure we're switched on. They always say day three is the best time to bet at Lord's...
"Whatever happens in this Test match, we can take a lot of positivity out of that fight."
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England's Stuart Broad, who took 4-83, on Sky Sports: "We mentally switched off for 20 minutes, which in Test cricket you can't afford to do.
"Credit to our bowlers on coming back today - we fought back well.
"They bowled really well tonight. When you've got a lot of scoreboard pressure and 30 overs to bowl, you can fly in for one spell."
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Sunday's weather forecast is looking more helpful for England than Australia. Although the hosts must get through Saturday first....
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"It was a poor shot from Ian Bell. I forecast it. People like Josh Hazlewood - he's a tall lad - they do you for length. Gary Ballance... it was brilliant bowling. He pushed Mitchell Johnson for four, got sucked into playing it again and was bowled."
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England bowler Stuart Broad, speaking to TMS: "We have to try our best to avoid the follow-on. We will hope for blue skies in the morning and then we have to apply ourselves. There are no demons in the pitch but we had a ropey 20 minutes earlier. We've still got a chance to bat big - we've got 16 wickets to play with in this Test. If people get in and play to their gameplan, they're going to be hard to get rid of."
"I thought we could have done a lot better with the bat. You do have heavy legs and your mind is tired but you need better application and discipline. Adam Lyth... the one thing they wanted him to do was play away from his body. You should leave anything you don't have to play. You really want to make them bowl to you. Leave as much as you can."
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Mitchell Johnson on Steve Smith, who made 215: "I've seen him since he's first started. He doesn't walk around like he's the number one or two in the world; he just works hard. I'm really proud of what he did."
On what lies in store on Saturday: "England will be having a good night's sleep and digging in. Hopefully they'll play that aggressive brand of cricket they've been talking about and we'll see where that goes."
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Australia's Mitchell Johnson, who removed Gary Ballance and Joe Root to end the day with 2-16, on Sky Sports: "We came here, won the toss and were able to put the runs on the board and put England under pressure straightaway.
"We knew the wicket would have a bit more bounce than Cardiff. The boys have done well. They've started this Test match really well after Cardiff.
"The plan was to go pretty hard at Root - be more aggressive, don't let him settle.
"In English conditions, we talk about bowling fuller than we would back home. We know Ballance is deep in the crease but it's nice when a plan comes off like that."
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Without the fight of Alastair Cook and Ben Stokes, England could have been as good as beaten tonight. Instead, the fifth-wicket pair showed England that this pitch could be just like the one Australia batted on. England dragged to 85-4 at the close. Still miles behind, but still with a glimmer of hope of saving the game. Just.
"I used to work on the basis that of the six batsmen in the team, two will get out cheaply and then it's up to two of the four who get in to get a big score. That's what happened for Australia."
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Gary Ballance bowled neck and crop by Mitchell Johnson, Ian Bell suffering the same fate to Josh Hazlewood. When Joe Root loosely flashed Johnson behind, England were deep, deep in the mire at 30-4.
"Michael Carke struggled and Stuart Broad again got him out - he's got a problem at the moment. He's one of the best batsmen in the world but averages more runs at number five than four. Whatever the reason is for that, I'd put him to number five in the next match and move Voges up to four."
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Could England make batting seem as easy as Australia did? The answer came only two balls into their innings. Adam Lyth caught behind for a duck and, from there, Australia ran riot.
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Andy Bracken: I'm all for the 'aggressive new England' approach we've enjoyed recently. But there are times when you simply have to dig in and defend. Cook has done that, and fair play to him. England need to follow their leader, and a draw is still achievable... as long as there's a bit of bad weather to assist!
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It always seemed like Australia would go big, the question was how big? Though England's bowlers stuck to it and got more rewards than day one, recovering the overnight score of 337-1 was always going to be unlikely. Steve Smith, with a maiden Test double hundred, rammed home the Aussie advantage to take the men in green to 566-8 declared.
"It started Australia's day and finished Australia's day. Steve Smith went on in his uncomplicated way and England haven't worked out the best way to bowl at him. He's gone quietly along playing in his own style and never looked in too much trouble."
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Saying it was a fantastic day for Australia might be under-selling it a touch. They have cashed in on a pitch that we thought was dead, only to extract life from the very same surface to lay waste to the England top order. Can England get out of this one with their series lead intact? It would take some effort from here.
"A fantastic day for Australia. They are all patting each other on the back. Smith and Rogers were outstanding but Starc got things going with that wicket to get rid of Lyth and then there was the Mitchell Johnson factor. They looked like the old Australian side of a few years ago. They had that menace about them again."
Close of play
Eng 85-4
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England get through with no further losses, just the, ahem, four that came in that mad hour after tea. Alastair Cook and Ben Stokes have shared 55, but that is the tiniest scratch on Australia's huge 566-8 declared. The tourists need 16 more wickets in three days to level this series.
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Over to you, skipper. Stokes takes a single and leaves Cook five balls to play. Shadows long, dead bat. One to go.
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Sebastian in Suffolk: England are getting their comeuppance for trying to control the result by ordering a nothing wicket. If they'd left well alone, they'd have had a decent first innings contest between bat and ball. As the wicket speeds up and takes spin they'll pay the price. They should have just got on with it in the first place.
Eng 84-4
Nathan Lyon to bowl the final over. Ben Stokes on strike. Four catchers.
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Jeffrey Earp: This page should be compulsory reading for every sociology student in the UK. Where else can you see the English psyche laid so utterly bare?
Eng 84-4 (Cook 21, Stokes 37)
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Mitchell Marsh, shirt untucked and flapping up his back, strives in for the final over from the Nursery End. This isn't bothering Alastair Cook, who has seen all four wickets fall at the other end this evening. In the crowd, a young chap sleeps on the shoulder of his dad, while two Aussie sub fielders prowl the boundary like bouncers in white. One over to go.
"Ben Stokes is grimacing when he runs, I'm not sure why but he's in some kind of discomfort. He's a tough kid, he doesn't normally show pain."
Eng 84-4 (trail by 482)
Eighteen balls for England to get through, probably all delivered by Mitchells. Johnson set for 12 of them, two overs from the pavilion end. He stalks in as Lord's becomes increasingly quiet, plenty of empty seats as so many head for the exit. Why would you leave early? Stokes gets in behind, but is he showing signs of an injury?
"It's the perfect time to get Mitchell Marsh into the attack, with just two overs to go in the day."
Eng 81-4 (trail by 485)
Mitchell Marsh gets his first bowl of the match, scurrying his brisk medium-fast up the slope towards the pavilion. Right-arm, haircut you can set your watch to, full length and angled across the left-handers. Sun hiding, gloomy evening, three runs from it. England, somehow, might just get to stumps four down.
"In the Test match here against New Zealand, they had a burst at the end of the day and Ben Stokes got out. That will be in the back of his mind now."
Eng 78-4 (trail by 488)
Mitchell Johnson back into the attack, three overs for him to blast down before the close. It's hard to describe how different things look to an hour or so ago. Johnson is still touching 90mph, but Stokes seems to have much more time to play it. As I said, this pitch is looking much more like the one Australia batted on. Trouble is, it took them more than four sessions to lose four wickets. England's first four fell in 63 balls.
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Rustique Chairs: Blimey. These fickle, negative wave England supporters crying on the text are the sort of wimps you don't want in a fight.
Eng 78-4 (Cook 18, Stokes 34)
Besides that quick blast of naughtiness from Nevill, it all feels rather sedate, far removed from the fireworks of earlier on. On the Aussie balcony, Darren Lehmann has a smile as wide as the Thames, brew in hand. Pity the man who goes pint for pint with him tonight.
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Eng 78-4
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Hang on... there's a little call for third umpire because Peter Nevill cheekily removed the bails while Alastair Cook wandered in his crease. A brief scare but the skip is fine.
Eng 77-4 (trail by 489)
Andy Flower sits on a balcony, looking pretty pleased that he does not have to be in the dressing room at the end of the day's play. He's got bad memories of 18 months ago. Hazlewood, who has struggled to make Cook play, comes round the wicket and keeps the England skipper honest for a maiden.
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Tom, Strasbourg: Is it just me, or does Mitchell Johnson have ridiculously white teeth in every photo the BBC use of him? Does he use special toothpaste, or are his whites not so white?
Eng 77-4
Ben Stokes has called for the physio, having a drink of something that could be designed to alleviate cramp. At the same time, Mitchell Johnson has taken himself off through the Long Room. Readying himself for one last burst tonight?
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Kumaran Ravendradas: Ben does know how to play well when the fire is Stoked. His first Test hundred at the Waca for example.
Sakriya: Get Compton back! He is the best opener to play alongside Cook.
Eng 77-4
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Ben Stokes isn't going into his shell, opting for dance and whack at Nathan Lyon. Four over mid-on. And again... all the way for... six! Stokes is fighting fire with fire, helping England tick the balls down between now and the close. Seven overs remain.
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Huseyin: If we had taken our chances we may have had four wickets at the outset too.
Eng 65-4
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Alastair Cook continues to watchfully negate the Aussie attack, a skipper's resistance as the rest fall around him. He leaves a Hazlewood maiden as Jeff Thomson quaffs something fizzy in the posh seats. The Aussie burst earlier on was something Thommo would have been proud of, 40 years on from him and Lillee terrorising England down under.
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Adrian in Bahrain: I can't stand how people are praising "new" England last week and now they have had a bad start to this match it's all negativity and doom and gloom! Maybe we will start showing some fight.... there's a lot left of this Test match. Start showing some faith!
Eng 63-4 (9 overs left today)
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It is spin for the first time, the shaven head of Nathan Lyon tweaking down his off-breaks round the wicket to Ben Stokes. Ouch! Take that. If England are being routed by the Aussies, they might try to take a few down with them. Stokes nails a sweep, straight into the hip bone of Adam Voges at short leg. Voges goes down, then pops back up. Tough lad.
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Kevin in Vancouver: The problem is in both Test matches the pitch has been different on day one from day two. Australia were 229-7 today which is nothing exceptional. Both games have been decided by the toss!
Eng 63-4 (Cook 17, Stokes 20)
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Hazlewood, angled run in the evening sunshine, dropping short for Alastair Cook to pull for four. In the last couple of overs, this pitch has started to more closely resemble the one that Australia batted on. Does that show how good the Aussie pacers were to take four early wickets, or how poor England's batting was to let them?
"There's nothing worse than when you have spent nearly two days in the field and not taken a wicket then see your own batsmen lose theirs. So for Australia to get four quick ones really piles the pressure on. Scoreboard pressure has helped bring them - Australia have bowled well but the wicket is still good."
Eng 59-4 (trail by 507)
England might just be coming through something here. It's all relative, mind, but a stand of 29 when you were 30-4 counts for something, right? Lovely from Ben Stokes, belting a straight drive back past Mitchell Starc. Remember the hundred Stokes got on this ground against new Zealand earlier this summer?
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Josh Hazlewood switches ends as Nathan Lyon goes through some loosening exercises. Might soon be time for some off-spin. It's just gone slightly calmer. The bowlers' radars not as accurate, the ball not quite as venomous. Actually, forget that. Hazlewood to Stokes, extra bounce, edged for four.
What's it like to face 90mph bowling?
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Maybe England's top order should have read our iWonder guide to fast bowling before going out there today. If you haven't, check it out here.
Eng 46-4 (trail by 520)
There's man sitting in the members area with a hat he must have pinched from his wife. Pink (no problem there), but furry and with a bow on the side. Is he off to a wedding? It's not in keeping with the predicament England find themselves in. This is more like it from an Aussie fan. Gnarled leather, Crocodile Dundee-style. Starc drifts on to Cook's pads, with the skipper taking four. The captain standing up to the Aussies. Thirteen overs to go tonight.
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Francis Ward: I have to take issue with the Bell critics. Over a number of years he has shown he can pull us out of crises. His form is poor just now, an maybe a break to re-discover it is due. It doesn't help him, or Ballance that they are often operating as openers due to the frailties at the top.
Tony Mitchell: Presumably the wicket changed between innings! What do you think?
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Eng 41-4 (trail by 525)
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Alastair Cook, an eyewitness to the carnage, waits after the break as Johnson prowls in. A short ball, a hook, missing out on runs available. Dare I say that was a less threatening over from Johnson. Let's declare that England are over the hump...
"Is there any point in preparing pitches like this when Australia can bowl with this kind of menace? They didn't get it right at Cardiff but they have got it right here. They must get their heads down and steel themselves for the fight now."
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England 41-4 (14 overs)
Not out batsmen: Cook 8 (35), Stokes 8 (10)
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Lyth 0), 28-2 (Ballance 23), 29-3 (Bell 1), 30-4 (Root 1).
Bowling: Starc 5-0-16-1, Hazlewood 6-1-12-1, Johnson 3-1-12-2.
"This is cricket out of the top draw from Australia. Aggressive and intimidating. It's high class stuff and there's real trepidation among the England batsmen how to approach it."
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Eng 41-4
Mitchell Starc switches ends, now swinging the ball up the slope as Alastair Cook waits with three slips in the grabbers. In the crowd, an Aussie fan who I swear could be Helen Daniels sits emotionless. Someone tell her England are four down. For the first time in the match, the Lord's hum can be heard. Even with England under the pump, it's thrilling stuff. Drinks. Vodka, please.
Not again...
This is not the first time in 2015 that England have suffered a top-order collapse:
First Test v Australia, Cardiff: 43-3 & 73-3.
First Test v New Zealand, Leeds: 30-4 & 25-2.
Third Test v West Indies, Bridgetown: 38-3 & 39-5.
First Test v West Indies, North Sound: 34-3 & 52-3.
Eng 40-4 (Johnson 3-1-13-2)
Didn't we say to judge this track when both teams have batted? For two days, we've said the deck has had as much life as flat lager, but now Mitchell Johnson's 90mph bullets have turned it into a snake pit. Ben Stokes is the man trying desperately to avoid a fatal bite, surviving an appeal for a catch behind off his thigh pad. Shot! Four through mid-wicket. Fight fire with fire?
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Dan Burdett: Amazing how England can make a pitch that's looked like a road for a day and a half suddenly look like an absolute minefield.
Mike Ball: Are England batting on the same pitch as Australia? Is this is the same England from Last week? Is this the same Australia?
Joe Baker: Why are we completing imploding again? Clearly didn't bowl well enough and this batting is shocking.
Eng 33-4
Are you transported back to those long nights of 18 months ago? When you went to sleep with the radio on, only for a moustachioed menace to stalk your dreams. Wake up, check the score. Three more wickets down. There's no sleeping through this, it's carnage in broad daylight. Even Alastair Cook is lucky not to inside edge Hazlewood on to his stumps. How many might be gone by the close?
"This is outstanding quick bowling. It's hostile, it's quick and there's panic in the England dressing room now. This is the old Mitchell Johnson we saw in those five Test matches Down Under."
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Eng 30-4
It feels like every single ball could bring a wicket. Ben Stokes the new man, almost inside-edging his first delivery on to his stumps. Johnson is sizzling the fajitas down at 90mph, Lord's is the Colosseum and English batsmen are being fed to rampaging Aussie lions. An appeal for a catch down the leg side, followed by a yorker that almost sneaks through. There's still another 18 overs to go tonight!
"Again that's a bad shot. It's chest high, he's playing away from his body. I love Joe's batting but that, like the others, were poor shots. The England batsmen need to look in the mirror and realise they gave it away."
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You have got to be kidding. What on earth is going on out there? After seeing Australia score runs at will, England are rolling over to have their bellies tickled. Joe Root is the latest man to join the procession, playing a very ambitious back-foot drive to a Mitchell Johnson 90mph thunderbolt. Edge behind, get yourself back to the pavilion, take your pads off. England are being routed.
"Who said it was going rain on Sunday?! Deep down, though, I think you should get yourself out of trouble on your ability not by praying for rain. If you are facing big scoreboard totals teams are going to come at you hard. You have to survive through character, mental strength and sensible cricket shots."
Eng 30-3
Lord's is finally alive with noise, but it's being made by the travelling fans. Hazlewood is applauded to his position at long leg, then a Johnson bumper to Root is cheered. Have we been transported to Brisbane? Or Melbourne? Maybe Sydney?
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Rob Meech: With his flawed technique, Gary Ballance is NOT a number three.
Merlyn: Ah, Ian Bell showing his backbone and how he is not the man for any sort of crisis. Ever.
Scott Clark: Hmmm, I have a feeling that Lyth might be batting again this evening...
Eng 30-3 (Hazlewood 5-1-10-1)
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It's a very good ball from Hazlewood, but Bell was trying to play one that hit off stump through mid-wicket. Can you remember a time when Joe Root didn't have to come to the crease when England were three for spit? Has he just got an earfull from Michael Clarke, too? He's away, with a very angry looking Alastair Cook forced to see off the rest of the over. This very much feels like the long Ashes nights of 18 months ago.
"That was a poor shot from Ian Bell. I always give credit to the bowler when they deserve it but that was a poor shot. Although I fancied Josh Hazlewood to do him - he's got a very high action the ball comes from a higher trajectory and it does you for length. And Bell got done."
"England are on the rocks here. As Ian Bell goes off his future Test career must now be in doubt."
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And another! England are in total disarray and Australia are running rampant all over Lord's. Ian Bell is the latest man to be heading back to the pavilion, bowled by an absolute rozzer from Josh Hazlewood. Full, swinging away, Bell plays all round it and loses his off stump. Is this series as good as level?
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"Here in the spaceship-like media centre, we can't hear any natural sound, but the audio from the stump microphone is pumped in through the speakers. When that ball hit the foot of Gary Ballance's off timber it sounded for all the world like a gunshot."
Eng 29-2 (Johnson 1-0-5-1)
Earlier in the over, Ballance had driven Johnson for four, but Johnson persisted with the full length that caused the left-hander so many problems against New Zealand. I said it was yorker length, it wasn't quite that, but Ballance was basically trying to play a half-volley off the back foot. It went under his bat and splattered the base of off stump. Ian Bell the new man, England's two most experienced batsmen at the crease.
"A perfect delivery from Mitchell Johnson. A couple of balls earlier Johnson got Ballance driving forward and then convinced he was comfortable playing the drive. That was wonderful cricket from Johnson - he sucked him with half volley and then got him with a fuller one."
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Bowled him! Mitchell Johnson is into the attack and strikes immediately, knocking back Gary Ballance's off stump with a yorker-length delivery touching 90mph. We have poked fun at Shane Watson's lbw problems, but Ballance's issue with the full ball is just as big. He keeps falling in similar fashion. England are in the mire.
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Ben Stephens: Adam Lyth just doesn't look cut out for Test cricket. Replacement? Anyone thought about Alex Hales? We haven't had an opening batsman that plays aggressively since Marcus Trescothick! Can't hurt to give him a go!
Tom in London: All well and good suggesting batsman in better form than Lyth but none of them can open! Moving anyone else up the order adds to the disruption, especially Joe Root. Who else have we got?
Paul Kitson: Predictable people already getting on Lyth's back, this is his fourth Test. Hopefully the selectors show more patience.
Eng 24-1 (trail by 542)
Hazlewood loses his line, getting leggy to Gary Ballance. Brad Haddin, missing this game for personal reasons, is on the Aussie balcony, while an old chap is a boater hat and questionable jacket has a a snooze in the members' area. Hazlewood now round the wicket, a couple of catchers on the leg side, Ballance warming to his task.
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Eng 23-1 (Cook 5, Ballance 18)
Starc examines the ball and sets off towards Cook, who is showing some solidity on off stump. On the England balcony, Joe Root doesn't have his pads on. Confidence. Michael Clarke is having a good old laugh at second slip - with 500 and plenty on the board, you would, wouldn't you? Didn't see him laughing much in Cardiff, mind.
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Ben Hedley: Everyone calling for Lyth to be dropped after calling for him to play West Indies series. No pleasing some people, give the guy a chance.
James Sutton: Knives out for Lyth, tough crowd. Scored a ton against New Zealand with Boult, etc and is now facing the worlds best attack and is deemed no good.
Dean Czyz: Everyone is saying drop Lyth, but they're all saying the wrong name in replacement. Alex Hales should be playing Test cricket.
Eng 21-1 (trail by 545)
A new test for Ballance, the Glenn McGrath Jr seam-bowling stylings of Josh Hazlewood. The right-armer is on a good length, a crow bar needed to get Ballance on the front foot. A squirt through backward point brings four, then Ballance looks better when leaving. If fairness to the Yorkshire left-hander, even his big scores never look pretty. At his best, he still has the potential to look like he's just come in. He's feeling his way.
"Adam Lyth could've left it. Poor. I said before the declaration, you should only play what you need to. He was two foot away from the ball and not in control of the shot. Your feet feel like lead, just leave it."
Dropped catch
Eng 17-1
If Cook would be in the Dependable XI, then Gary Ballance might have a shout for the Looking-Nervous-And-Jumping-About XI. Starc above 90mph, Ballance leaning back to guide through the slips, getting four more by luck than judgement. Was it a dropped catch? It certainly went through in the air. There's five men waiting, Ballance offering catching practice. Mitchell Marsh didn't even get a hand on it.
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Jo Elle: Lyth can't perform at this level. Bring in Bairstow. We know he can score. Forget the top order, England score from the middle down.
John M Butt: Cook has had to open with second class batsmen since Strauss left. Sort it out for goodness sake. Cook always put under pressure by this.
Rory Morris: The Cook-Lyth combination just isn't working. Bring in James Taylor.
Eng 10-1
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The Lord's crowd is hushed, spectators pushed to the edge of seats in quiet contemplation of the situation England find themselves in. Do you have the stomach to watch? If there's a man for the task, surely it's Alastair Cook? A clip off the pads for four, careful leaves outside off stump. Cook would be a contender for the Dependable XI.
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Phil Noble: Why does the inexperienced Lyth open the batting while the Englishman with the most number of Test runs/centuries stands at the other end?
Gerald Hastings: Lyth should be ashamed of himself, a deplorable stroke.
Eng 6-1 (Cook 0, Ballance 6)
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The live text desk considers if Winnie the Pooh would be an aggressive drunk. I hope not, he's a hero of mine. England's task is made harder by the gathering gloom over HQ, darkness hanging over the hosts literally and metaphorically. Starc, dark-haired and loose-limbed, is swinging the ball down the slope, towards the slips and away from Ballance, who is forced into jerky defence when the ball is short. Danger.
"Josh Hazlewood is the Glenn McGrath, the glue who holds this bowling attack together and allows the Johnsons and Starcs to steam in and do their thing."
Eng 4-1 (trail by 562)
It's almost like we're watching a different sport. For two days, this pitch has looked friendlier than Winnie the Pooh after a couple of whiskeys. Now, the Australians are making the ball sing, delivering little grenades full of danger. Josh Hazlewood to Alastair Cook, seam movement at 88mph. Once ball erroneously left and thuds into the thigh pad, another caught behind from a flick of the trousers. Hard to see how England get through without further losses.
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Stuart Mitchell: Forget the 566, the real target is 367, reach that and we secure the draw.
Charles Isere: This innings will tell us if Cook will still be leading this team in a year's time.
Matthew Vernon: Everyone knows the England innings won't get interesting until Joe Root comes to the crease. Then the real test starts.
Eng 4-1 (Starc 1-0-4-1)
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There's no real defence for Lyth, it was a flat-footed fish at a ball well wide of the off stump. It easily could have been left. However, you have slight sympathy with an opener forced to field for the best part of two days then thrust out there with only a 10-minute turnaround. That catch, by the way, was the first time Peter Nevill got the ball into his gloves in Test cricket. Gary Ballance the new man, away with a boundary.
"Tired feet, tired minds. He's been out there for a day and three-quarters and he's just fenced at it. A feather of an edge."
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It took only two balls. Australia took two days to rack up 566 and then took the first England wicket after only two balls. Adam Lyth plays a lazy waft, the shot of man ground into the dirt for 10 hours. He pokes at Mitchell Starc, giving Peter Nevill the simplest of catches behind. That's what scoreboard pressure does. England's mountain gets a little taller.
"If England can get to stumps, that'd be perfect. They can put a little marker down and say they'll come back tomorrow and give it back to Australia a bit."
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What must it feel like to skipper a team that has 566 on the board? Michael Clarke is the richest man in cricket as he takes his troops on to the field. Out come Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth, five sessions of fielding in their legs. Lyth takes guard. There are four slips and a short leg.
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Srihari: On a lifeless pitch, Broad has been the pick of the bowlers and is unlucky not to have his name on the honours board at Lord's.
Lee Harding: Should imagine Stuey Broad is the most annoyed person at Lord's right now.
Matthew Vernon: Ludicrous. Australia waste 10 minutes when they need 20 wickets because they didn't declare at tea. Silly not clever from Clarke.
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The Australia fielders wait on the boundary edge, David Warner smiling through his 'tache. Johnson gets loose by bowling, Starc is stretching. England have 29 overs to face this evening.
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Tom, NJ: This is a huge test for England's new aggressive approach. The aggressors in the team really have to apply themselves this time. 30 off 25 balls from Buttler, Bell or Stokes simply won't cut it today. Bat time boys!
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You sense this is where today really begins. Even this morning, we sort of knew this is how it would pan out. Australia to get 500+ by tea-time, then England charged with batting just as well as the tourists. Can they be no more than one down by the close? Can they repel the charge of Johnson and co?
End-of-innings scorecard
Australia 566-8 dec (149 overs)
Smith 215, Rogers 173; Broad 4-83
Fall of wickets: 78-1 (Warner 38), 362-2 (Rogers 173), 383-3 (Clarke 7), 426-4 (Voges 25), 442-5 (Marsh 12), 533-6 (Smith 215), 356-7(Nevill 45), 566-8 (Johnson 15). Not out: Starc 12
"The only reason for that is to get the English openers flustered. They didn't want them to have 20 minutes at tea to have a brew and put their pads on."
"That's strange. They only came out to bat for one over."
Declaration
Aus 566-8
The instant the catch is pouched, Michael Clarke waves them in. Was the plan to only ever have one over after tea? Give England only 10 minutes to prepare? Australia have had enough at 566-7. England have to bat a long, long time to get back in this match.
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Johnson c Anderson b Broad 15 (Aus 566-8)
Mitchell Johnson looking to hit the ball out of Lord's but can only send it high into the air and the waiting hands of James Anderson at mid-off. And then...
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Alastair Cook drags his weary men through the Long Room once more, with no real sign that Australia are planning a declaration just yet. Now, England must deal with two Mitchells that have bats in their hands. At some point this evening, the Mitchells will take the leather.
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On the plus side, it's nearly the weekend. If you've been at school, you've probably already heard the final bell (which probably signalled the summer holidays?) and, if you're at work, it's nearly time to clock off until Monday. Friday evening. No better feeling, right?
Edgbaston 2005 memories
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Ben in York: My Dad and I watched the Edgbaston test on holiday in Mallorca. We went down to the "full english" to settle the nerves (this did not help). I have never seen anyone have bacon and egg followed by half a bottle of brandy before but that is what my old man went for.
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Thanks, Marc. I've heard not heard any news of a declaration, so England are set for a sixth session in the field. Imagine that. Almost two days. 148 overs. 10 hours. Think what you can do in 10 hours. You can fly from London to Havana in that time.
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Rightio. That's my latest live text stint over and done with. With more intelligent prose, here's Stephan Shemilt.
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Jack in Southampton: Couple of good wickets for Joe Root there! Just wondering....if he cleans up the tail, then scores 100 in England's innings, would he be the first player to get on both sides of the honours board in the same Test match?
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"It's not quite St Andrews weather, but it's blowing a bit of a hoolie here at Lord's too. In fact, a female spectator had a near miss when a full glass of beer was blown off the edge of the Compton Stand and almost landed on her head before hitting the ground with a crack as loud as a Steve Smith pull shot."
Edgbaston memories - get involved
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After this Test, we move on to Edgbaston, the scene of that amazing Ashes Test 10 years ago - and Test Match Special wants your memories.
Remember Ricky Ponting and the toss? Glenn McGrath standing on a ball? Steve Harmison's slower delivery to get Michael Clarke? Andrew Flintoff's magic over to Justin Langer and Ponting? And who can forget Harmison removing Michael Kasprowicz at the end?
How did you follow the game? Were you at the ground or glued to the TV?
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Richard French: Rain forecast for Sunday. Play for the draw and Steve Smith's double ton will be a distant memory.
Andy Gould: If England were batting like this pre-declaration, commentators would be going nuts.
Fenners: Remember England declared on 550 at Adelaide in 2006 and still lost.
The TMS guest at tea is Baroness Valerie Amos, a former British High Commissioner to Australia. She is just about to become the first black women to take charge at a UK university - the School of Oriental and African studies at the University of London.
"Good session for Australia who scored at around of four an over. For England to get anything out this Test match they are going to have to bat for a long time. England's batsmen will start to wonder what Starc and Johnson are going to get out of this wicket now."
Tea - Aus 562-7
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Some respite for England, who head off for some quiche and quinoa with their tails well and truly between their legs. Australia added another 138 runs in that session for the loss of four wickets.
Aus 561-7
Cheap runs come Australia's way when Joe Root spears the ball down leg side and it runs away for four byes.
Aus 557-7
Moeen Ali round the wicket to Mitchell Starc who plants a six into the boundary edge at mid-wicket.
Aus 551-7 (Johnson 11, Starc 5)
Some smart fielding from Ben Stokes who stops a Mitchell Johnson mow to cow corner. The batsman wanted four. He gets one.
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Dan in Milton Keynes: Surely there's an argument for Joe Root to be our all-rounder spinner? Could have played Steve Finn on his home ground. We need Ian Bell to step up in this game, averaging about 17 this year in Tests I think.
"Gary Ballance has gone to cow corner. Which one of the Mitchells fancies hitting Joe Root for six?"
Aus 548-7 (run-rate 3.75)
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There are 35 overs left in the day - less two for the change in innings - so it's in England's benefit to persevere with Joe Root and whittle through some quick overs. Mark Wood has not got the memo though as he trudges back to his mark. The Aussies are picking their shots - Mitchell Johnson playing an elegant square drive through the off side.
"The hardest thing for England's batsmen after spending so long in the field will be their feet and legs feeling heavy. You're not light on your feet. So when the come to bat they should keep it simple and tight. Get yourself in and make them bowl to you. Don't play anything you have to play at outside the off stump. They don't need to be too aggressive at the top - we have plenty of natural players who score freely down the order."
Aus 542-7 (Root 10-0-51-2)
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There's a skip in Joe Root's step between deliveries. He's thinking about the last three wickets and getting on that honours board. Doubtful, Joe. Two for Mitchell Starc. Another over chalked off.
"That's brutal from Mitchell Johnson. He's a powerful man."
Aus 540-7 (Wood 27-7-87-1)
Mitchell Johnson smeared 63 at Lord's in the second innings of the 2009 series, so he's got form here. Looking every inch the macho Aussie with his tattoos, bulging muscles and grisly stare he belts Mark Wood through the covers for four. Go fetch.
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George Smith: Waiting for Australia to declare......
Aus 536-7
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Joe Root (4) now has more wickets in this Ashes series than James Anderson (3) and Mitchell Johnson (2).
"Australia will probably look at 600 and leave themselves 25 overs or so at England tonight. You'd think Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc will be given the freedom to attack now and score quickly."
"A very smart catch from Moeen Ali - that wasn't easy. A very good little knock from Peter Nevill. I think we'll see some shots played now."
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Nevill c Moeen b Root 45 (Aus 536-7)
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Root's ripping through the Aussies now - inducing a false shot from Peter Nevill who scoops a catch to Moeen Ali at mid-off. The ball was dying on him, but Moeen made no mistake.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
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"As Steve Smith walks away with the applause of a packed Lord's ringing in his ears, a plane flies over the terracotta pavilion heading west towards Heathrow. Indulge my slight leap of mind here, but has Smith's innings taken Australia one step closer to flying home with the Ashes urn?"
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Is the declaration imminent? Michael Clarke has his whites on. David Warner doesn't. Mind games.
Aus 534-6
The two fastest bowlers in the match face off: Mark Wood beating Mitchell Johnson on the outside edge twice in succession.
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James Bassett: If Australia really wanted to win and not draw this match I think they should have declared at 500.
Marty Perkins: Australia will need 20 wickets to win this, but as Graham Gooch would say - "It only takes 20 balls!".
Sean Ranson: Am I mad to think England should not be looking to bowl Australia out? Force them to pick when to declare, use up time. Can only hope for a draw.
Aus 533-6
Mitchell Johnson is booed to the crease. He's not going to hang about here. Go big or go back to the pavilion.
"Very well played Steven Smith. Has he turned the course of the Ashes with that innings? We'll see."
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Smith lbw b Root 215 (Aus 533-6)
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Steve Smith pays the price for a strange reverse-sweep. The ball kept low too and the umpire was right to raise his finger - although it was only just hitting the right-hander in line.
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Aus 533-5
That's more like it. Joe Root deceives Steve Smith, the ball smashes into the bottom of the pads and the umpire raises his finger. But the batsman refers it upstairs.
Aus 531-5 (Smith 214, Nevill 43)
Mark Wood looks about as thrilled as Posh Spice would be in a pound shop to be bowling now - there's not much to gain as Peter Nevill cuts four down to third man.
The Durham man then runs one back up the slope and into the batsman's pads but an inside edge means the umpire is not interested.
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Lee Willians: I hope Ian Bell didn't clap too hard for Smith. I seem to remember those hands dropping something yesterday.
Josh Knight: Ian Bell owes England about 150 runs. Smith looked scratchy and dropped on 50. We give him a road to bat himself into form.
Jo Elle: Very well played, Steve Smith. 200 at Lord's is a huge career moment.
Aus 527-5 (138 overs)
Is Joe Root bowling some leggies here? Peter Nevill doesn't care. The ball's in the slot and he hammers it over cow corner for four.
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Former England batsman Mark Butcher shows his appreciation for Steve Smith.
Aus 521-5 (run-rate in last 10 overs is 5.70)
Peter Nevill looks strong on his pads and dinks another busy-looking single into the leg side. That allows Smith the strike to hoick four down to long leg. It's like a one-day game for the Aussies now.
Aus 513-5
Steve Smith has scored runs in every area of the ground. Impressive.
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Aus 513-5 (Smith 207, Nevill 32)
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Joe Root stalls for time by rubbing the ball down the back of his trousers. It's easy for Australia now as the impressive Peter Nevill scampers another single.
Aus 512-5
Joe Root's mother might be in the Test Match Special commentary box, but it doesn't stop Geoffrey Boycott saying he'd like to bat against her son's bowling. The runs begin to flow more freely now as Smith drives three then Nevill hammers four.
"Steve Smith almost hurls his bat into the dressing room from long range so much is his delight at a double hundred. England's fielders also applaud as well as his Australian team-mates on the balcony."
200 for Smith
Aus 504-5
Steve Smith hits Moeen Ali for four through the leg side to bring up 200 for the first time in his career, and become the first Australian to score a double-century at Lord's since Bill Brown in 1938. He takes off his helmet and laps up the applause. Well done, young man.
Aus 500-5
Steve Smith gets a single off Moeen to move to 199. Hurry up, Smith... Boof's put down his lunch to gather on the balcony. A single for Nevill returns the strike to Smith and brings up the team 500.
Joe Root to Steve Smith. Four more. The Aussies gather on the balcony for the 200 applause. He's on 198.
Drinks break
Aus 491-5
Steve Smith can't keep still when he's at the non-striker's end. He's the type of person you'd hate to sit in front of on a long-haul flight. Drinks.
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Simon Trevor-Wright: Re talented cricketing families, don't forget Edrich and Bedser.
Drew Campbell: Talented cricketing families - how about the D'Oliveiras?
Adam Chard: The Graces from my old home of Downend in Gloucestershire. Apparently even their dogs were trained as fielders!
Aus 491-5
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Peter Nevill survives... but he's lucky. The ball was just clipping leg stump, meaning it stays with umpire's call. We're talking millimetres here.
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Aus 491-5
Moeen Ali likes the look of a leg-before shout against Peter Nevill. Looks optimistic to me but England review it.
Aus 490-5 (Anderson 26-4-99-0)
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There's an afternoon hum enveloping Lord's as patrons meet up with old friends, the ones they see once or twice a year at the Test match. Others watch intently as Steve Smith runs four down to third man. Four leg byes via Peter Nevill and the Aussies close in on 500.
Talented cricket families
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Nick: The most talented family in cricket must be the Boycotts: Geoffrey, his Mum, his Grandmother: who else?
David: The Edrich family was pretty handy. They could field an XI of family members to take on minor counties.
Aus 480-5 (Smith 187, Nevill 24)
Steve Smith has never made 200 in Test cricket. He's just 13 away now, following a slog-sweep for four off Moeen Ali.
"We have the mothers of both Joe Root and Jos Buttler in the commentary box. Two proud mothers at that. How lovely."
Aus 476-5 (130 overs)
Alastair Cook nips off, waiting to return to the action at the end of the over. He's stood in the Long Room, surrounded by members upon high oak chairs. Nobody bats an eyelid. What would you say if you were within earshot of the England skipper?
Aus 474-5
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James Anderson bowls a beautiful outswinger which beats Peter Nevill's groping outside edge. Welcome to the big playground, Pete.
Boycott Bingo
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Paul Thompson: The Aussies may not get to 550 as expected. That'd be a result for England but I'd worry about the Aussie bowling attack now.
Aaron Campbell: Let the Australians bat as long as they like. Taking 20 English wickets in three-and-a-half days on this pitch will be difficult.
Jo Elle: Lord's pitch coming to life as England get within sight of having a bat. Cunning plan.
Aus 472-5 (Smith 183 off 320)
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There's a touch of the Matt Priors about Peter Nevill. The Australian number seven is quite frenetic at the crease - determined to get things moving - and he uses his feet before playing a nice on-drive off Moeen Ali which brings three.
"That flew off the bat. Did Root get half a finger on that? The ball went fizzing through."
Aus 468-5
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Shane Watson looks to have had a net, and he makes his way back round the perimeter of the ground to the Australia dressing room. He's still wearing his pads. *Insert your own joke here*.
James Anderson is back into the England bowling attack and Peter Nevill slices him over Joe Root at gully - the Yorkshireman might have got his hands to it if he wasn't wrong-footed.
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Jason Whitley: Talented cricketing families: the surnames Waugh, Cowdrey, Headley and not forgetting Grace either.
Gerry Rugby: Talented cricketing families. The Hadlees - Walter and his three sons (Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry) playing for New Zealand.
Rupert Charkham: C T Studd and his five brothers; talented family.
Aus 464-5 (run-rate: 3.65)
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Two orthodox slips and two leg-slips in place for Peter Nevill, who shuffles across his crease and clips three into the leg side. Already scoring at more than a run a ball, he's injected a bit of energy into the Australian effort. Steve Smith follows in his slipstream with a late cut for four.
Aus 457-5
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I'm putting it out there that Steve Smith is the best player of short-pitched bowling in the world at present. He's in his element at the Waca - the bounciest of all pitches - and his wristy technique allows him to get over the ball. He pulls Stuart Broad for a single and then the busy Peter Nevill adds five in two. Time for an assault?
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Tim in Kent: Regarding talented cricketing families? The Cowdreys must be up there Sir Colin, Chris, Graham and now Fabian.
Owen in Derbyshire: Can I put a stake in for the Cowdreys as most talented cricket family? Three generations of first-class county cricketers, two internationals and maybe a third to come.
Gary in Paisley: Most talented family got to be the Boycotts. Geoff, his mum and his nan. His mum could even bat with a stick of rhubarb.
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Former Australia seamer Damien Fleming doffs his cap to Broad.
Aus 451-5 (Smith 175, Nevill 7)
Steve Smith, a leg-spinning all-rounder, is eyeing up a double century here. And he loves bowling at Lord's too - he's taken seven wickets in 41 overs at HQ. The most he's got anywhere else is two in Abu Dhabi. Just something to be wary about here as Moeen Ali gets one to grip and spit at the batsman. Peter Nevill gets the first boundary of his career with a late cut for four. Nine from the over.
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Fran Clarkson: I've got a packet of sweets resting on my prediction that Aus will be 'Skittled' for under 480!
How good is Nevill?
Allow me to introduce Australia's new batsman, debutant Peter Nevill...
"Mitch Marsh chopped it on to is stumps and another wicket for Stuart Broad. Australia's bowlers will be taking a keen interest in this - maybe there's a little bit more in the pitch than we first thought?"
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Another one gone. England are halfway there now - Mitchell Marsh being deceived by one which keeps low and he gets an inside edge onto the timbers. Shane Watson would've reviewed that.
Aus 442-4
Moeen Ali to Steve Smith. Six dots. Let's move on.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
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"With the sun beating down on north-west London, it's a good day for a long lunch. That certainly seems to be the attitude taken by the vast majority of the Lord's crowd, with the notable exception of our Australian friends. They seem to be rather enjoying this."
Aus 442-4 (Broad 24-4-73-2)
Mitchell Marsh also gets in on the third man action by thick-edging a boundary. Stuart Broad looks about as miffed as a bloke who's just lit the barbecue only for the heavens to open.
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Chris in Leeds: The most talented family in cricketing history? Surely the Pollocks, hands down.
Aus 436-4 (Smith 173 off 300)
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Alastair Cook continues with his inventive field placings - positioning a short mid-off and short mid-on to Steve Smith. That leaves gaps elsewhere and Smith angles three down to third man.
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Evan Samuel: Re talented family in cricket history. Might be hard to go past Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell and grandad Vic Richardson - three Aussie captains in there.
Aus 433-4 (Moeen 28-3-100-1)
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Moeen Ali continues to drift the ball into the right-hander's pads but he's now gone for 100 runs in this first innings. It seems a long time ago that he got rid of David Warner on that first morning.
Batting in glasses
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Viv Edwards, Croydon: Thought you would like to see this autographed photo of Geoff Boycott, wearing specs in 1963 after being elected "Best Young Cricketer of 1963". He stopped after a day's play at Swansea and signed for every one of us young Glamorgan fans. A proper signature too!
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What is the most talented family in cricketing history? I ask because Mitchell Marsh's brother Shaun is also in Australia's Ashes squad, and his Dad, Geoff, broke a few records at the top of the order in his time too.
Mitchell, 23, has 262 runs in his first four Tests and a single wicket.
"An inventive field from Alastair Cook for Stuart Broad to Adam Voges, and Broad's deserved that wicket. He's been the best of England's bowlers. The pitch looks to have quickened up a bit - which will not only give Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc encouragement but will move the game along."
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Seam bowling perfection. Stuart Broad brings the ball back into the right-handed Adam Voges and the veteran batsman tentatively gets a little tickle onto it before wicketkeeper Jos Buttler does the rest.
Aus 426-3 (Smith 169, Voges 25)
I bet Steve Smith plumped for the meatballs at lunch time. With fries. He continues where he left off by using his feet to Moeen Ali and driving a single into the off side. A single too for Adam Voges.
"I think England will be pretty happy with what they did this morning and it will be the same this afternoon. Put the ball in the right areas, build pressure and try to hang in the game."
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Ready for the afternoon session? This gentleman is. Let's play.
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Ryan in Barnsley: Not sure what's more upsetting - Australia's current scorecard, or mindlessly staring at the Lord's lunch menu while I force down my tinned mackerel and packet rice at work. Chargrilled steak would be my first choice as would another seven quick wickets.
Anyone for a lunch-time game of bingo?
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Thank you, Stephan. It's got the makings of being a good afternoon, hasn't it? If you're Australian.
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I'm out of here for the summer (or just the middle session). Marc Higginson has lunched well and is ready to take the hotseat for the afternoon session.
Beginner's guide to the Ashes
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What is the Ashes urn? Do you know your yorker from your googly? And what on earth does Liz Hurley have to do with it all?
Peter Rushbrook: Re TMS lunch debate about glasses. I keep wicket for Chevening Amblers in the Kent County village league I wear contacts and sunglasses in every game. Sometimes sunglasses when batting but always with a helmet.
Andy in London: Re glasses and eye wear: I took the only five-for of my amateur career wearing just a single contact lens.
Tim in Didsbury: Daniel Vettori, a legend of the modern game was always bespectacled.
Ashes quiz: You're the captain
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Think you're cut out for captaincy? Are you a Mike Brearley? Or more of a Michael Vaughan?
Have a go at our light-hearted quiz to see whether you'd be leading the team to Ashes glory.
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Marc Gridley: Agree with Geoff Boycott. We have best bowlers in English conditions yet blunting our own attack with slow pitches.
John Burke: What do these pitches say about the mindset of the English hierarchy? That they don't trust the ability of their batsmen?
Ian Bradley: Be surprised if the Aussies chose to go on past 550, have to be proactive. England must rein in positive mindset.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"Just paid my annual visit to the real tennis court at Lord's where a couple of members in pressed whites were thrashing away with wooden rackets in a game that carries similarities with tennis and squash. England will hope this scoreline from a recent match is not a portent for the Ashes."
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Weather forecast
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Looks like you won't need your sweater at Lord's this afternoon.
Famished?
Friday's lunch menu at Lord's
Cricketing endurance
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Sam in Farnborough: Had an U15 school match where we got 400-1, then our opening bowlers proceeded to bowl them all out for 29. However I was slightly miffed as was supposed to come in at 4, and was an unused first-change bowler. Alas.
What's it like to face a 90mph bowler?
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If you're not a fan of these long lunch breaks they have at the cricket, why not have a look at our latest iWonder guide, which is all about facing the fastest bowlers in the world.
Simon Hughes has just arrived in the Test Match Special box, ready for lunch-time chat about batting, specifically the importance of eyesight. Which leads us nicely to...
"The pitch has been pretty easy for Australia. Stuart Broad is the only bowler who's really looked a threat on this pitch in the morning. England have two top class opening bowlers in Broad and Jimmy Anderson, but this pitch has neutered their impact. England can't complain because a slow pitch is probably what they ordered to negate Australia's tall quick bowlers. I think Australia will look to bash on in the afternoon, but it looks like we're going towards a stalemate."
Lunch scorecard
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Lunch - Aus 424-3
The end of another tough morning for England, albeit one that brought twice as many wickets as the whole of yesterday. Australia take lunch on 424-3, still powering on to an impregnable position in this match. Maybe they will let England have a bat at some point today.
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"Isn't making Shane Watson sit near the boundary in the most vivid orange singlet - whilst the batsmen help themselves - just rubbing it in?"
Aus 424-3
Too short from Moeen, pulled for four by Smith, who is closing in on the 173 made by Rogers. He's one of the great fidgeters, Smith. Touch of the pads, gloves, adjustment of the box. He must be shattered by the end of an innings. Last over of the session coming up.
"Looking at the comparisons between Mark Wood and Ben Stokes, Wood seems to gain pace as he powers through the crease. Ben Stokes pulls up at the crease and almost stops."
Aus 420-3 (Smith 164, Voges 24)
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The wind flutters the shirt of Steve Smith as he faces up to new bowler Mark Wood. Smith, not the tallest, blond hair, a grown-up Milky Bar Kid, goes back a couple of times to force through the off side. Three runs from the over. Maybe a couple of sets before the break.
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Andy Wynne: Baffling Lord's. Bottled fizzy wine and unattended picnic bags - fine. At Old Trafford last year, even pork pies were contraband!
Aus 417-3 (115 overs)
Still Moeen as we speed towards lunch, a meal that Australia will enjoy more than England. Shane Watson is again seen with a sub-fielder's bib on. "If I was playing in this match, I wouldn't have batted or been out lbw yet. Nobody would have been talking about it." Such is life, Watto.
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AG Ford: "Let's rock and roll that" means move the still image back and then forward a few frames to check for contact etc.
Pete C: "Lets rock and roll.." is the instruction given to play video back and forth, on hotspot or snicko, to see if ball makes contact.
Luke Bradshaw: Re "Rock and roll it". Roll on the video tape forward, but then rock it back and repeat, to see a few frames over and over.
Think that's answered what third umpire Chris Gaffaney is getting at.
Aus 416-3 (partnership 33)
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Adam Voges is playing the aggressor in this stand, shovelling everything to the leg side. Once again he has helped by Stokes, a wayward delivery worked for a couple. When Stokes gets on to off stump, Voges has to defend. Voges has scored 20 of his 24 runs on the leg side.
Punter's view
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Ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting, speaking on Sky Sports, reckons Australia will want to reach 550 by mid-afternoon so they can have a bowl before tea. They'll have to put their foot down after lunch if that's to happen.
Aus 413-3 (Smith 159, Voges 22)
Moeen in the sunshine, throwing his arms out before delivering his off-breaks with a reasonable amount of loop. One, two, three paces then a jog to the crease. Nice, before Voges manufactures a sweep that goes fine for four. ngland have bowled well this morning, deserving their two wickets, but the Aussie march towards 500+ will be unstoppable.
"Ben Stokes has to learn not to bowl so many bad balls - he bowls too many hittable balls at this level. He's got a lovely action, and it might just be concentration. In county cricket you're bowling at good players, but in international cricket it's up a level. I think it's discipline and patience at this level for Stokes. It's not always about coaching, it's not about his action. Sometimes it's just a little word of advice and management that's needed."
Aus 408-3 (Stokes 18-2-74-0)
Adam Voges looks like a leg-side player and England have fed his pads early on. Ben Stokes drifts on to the hip, allowing a clip fine for four. Australia bring up the 400. How many do they want? 550? 600? Will they bowl today?
How's stat?!
OptaJim: After hitting consecutive tons in 2013-14, Michael Clarke's highest Test score in nine Ashes innings is the 38 he hit at Cardiff.
Aus 399-3 (Smith 157, Voges 10)
Moeen Ali to twirl his off-breaks down the slope, met by the dreamiest of on-drives by Adam Voges, bisecting a field that looked impenetrable. I've said it lots in this match, but there doesn't seem to be much atmos inside Lord's. If you're there, tell me if I'm right or wrong. Then again, the home fans aren't going to be bouncing at 399-3.
Ravi's got a plan
Aus 394-3
On the the subject of reviews, third umpire Chris Gaffaney can often be heard saying "let's rock and roll that". I'd love to know what that means. Time for some spin...
Aus 394-3
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Forget about the inside edge, it was umpire's call for both point of impact and where it would have hit the stumps. Not out, but at least England have got close enough to review an lbw shout. They barely hit the pads yesterday.
Umpire review
Aus 394-3
Hang on. There's no bat...
Umpire review
Aus 394-3
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This hasn't got a lot going for it, but England haven't reviewed in this match, so probably want to check if the system still works. Ben Stokes to Adam Voges. Inside edge?
"Adam Voges has played at Lord's before for Middlesex and won't be overawed by the situation or the occasion. There's enough in the wicket to excite the England bowlers that they can nick another one out before lunch, though."
Aus 389-3 (Smith 151, Voges 6)
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Wood to new man Voges, who England are targetting in the style of Shane Watson - hunting the front pad. In the posh seats, all manner of drinks and pre-lunch appetisers are served. You know the type, tiny canapes that look like a main course for The Borrowers. Too short from Wood, Voges hammers a pull shot to get off the mark.
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Evan Samuel: Oh dear, Pup - bait trap, fall for trap. Mind you, he looked like he was batting with his eyes shut anyway.
Richie O'Hara: Mark Wood is already looking at home, at this level, great wicket.
James Gaunt: An Aussie skipper that can't play the short ball?
Aus 383-3 (last 10 overs 19-1)
This is a decent spell for England, still managing to exert some control even though Australia are racking up a mountain of runs. Stokes again, once more keeping Smith watchful on off stump. Another maiden. Two more quick wickets could have Australia 400-5 - you never know...
"That was a funny old shot from Michael Clarke, he just went with and picked it out the square leg fielder. Certainly he will be disappointed with seven runs off 32. You have to give England's bowlers some credit, though. They have bowled with a little more control, built some pressure and that brought about Clarke's wicket. Since Chris Rogers fell they really tightened up."
Aus 383-3 (Wood 20-5-62-1)
Gary Ballance pocketed that chance as easy as you like, casually lobbing the ball to the square leg umpire. In the same Wood over, Clarke missed with a loose drive, almost chipped Wood to the same fielder, then nailed the ball straight at Ballance's chest. Adam Voges the new man, he played for Middlesex here earlier this season.
"Lots to think about for the Australian captain after that dismissal. He laboured on a flat wicket and was a long way short of his best in that innings."
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The fact that Australia have the best part of 400 has masked the fact that Michael Clarke has been pretty loose this morning. Lots of playing and missing, popping up a chance on the leg side and now hooking Mark Wood straight to Gary Ballance at square leg. After watching that gigantic partnership, the skipper manages only seven and has softly given England their third wicket.
"I don't think too many English fans had seen Steve Smith at his peak before this game so this is good to see."
150 for Steve Smith
Aus 383-2
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Could Steve Smith's idiosyncratic technique be copied? Huge backlift, a shuffle across the stumps, anything straight is on his pads, wide balls are under his eyes. If he misses, he's sure to be lbw - but he never does. Those balls he defends look wide enough to be edged - only he never does. A drive for four off Ben Stokes takes the Australia vice-captain to 150. If you can think of a way to get him out, drop a note to the home dressing room.
"Mark Wood is like a cross between Simon Jones and Graham Onions."
Aus 378-2
Mark Wood after drinks. Whatever he had has tightened up his line, keeping Smith honest on and around off stump. Sun poking through again at HQ, playing a constant game of hide and seek that keeps us on our toes. A maiden.
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Australia 378-2 (103 overs)
Batsmen: Smith 147* (258), Clarke 6* (25)
Fall of wickets: 78-1 (Warner 38), 362-2 (Rogers 173)
Matt Arnerich: What I wouldn't do for a bit of blue on this BBC Sport live feed. Think the whole coffee shop I'm in would know about it.
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Aus 378-2
So let me get this straight. It's OK to put a blanket out to reserve your picnic spot? Is this Lord's, or the pool-side of an all-inclusive resort? Does one of those blankets belong to you? Own up...
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Sam Sheringham
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"The calm before the lunchtime storm at the Coronation Garden behind the pavilion. The imposing figure of WG Grace is on guard to ward off any imposters to one of England's most prized picnic spots."
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Drinks
Aus 378-2
Indeed Broad is withdrawn, replaced by the flame-haired Ben Stokes. Stokes slips in as the sunshine reappears, keeping a decent line outside off stump. A maiden takes us to drinks.
"England are bowling nicely but Australia are doing the right thing. They are just hanging in there knowing there will be plenty of scoring opportunities later on."
Aus 378-2
I see there's a bottled of something fizzy about to be opened in the crowd. If you've never been to Lord's, the sight of popped corks landing on the outfield is not uncommon. Baffling. If they were beach balls at any other ground, you'd be thrown out. Wood, short run, perhaps not as threatening so far in this match. A leg-side over milked for seven runs.
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Aus 371-2 (Broad 22-4-58-1)
The sun dips behind the clouds as Broad - probably England's stand-out bowler of the series so far - continues to tease this Aussie pair with the help of the Lord's slope. It's windy at HQ, so windy that the TV broadcaster hasn't been able to use the blimp that gives them aerial shots. Two from it. I wonder if that might be the end of Broad for a little while?
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Aus 369-2 (Smith 144, Clarke 2)
The first bowling change of the day, Mark Wood on to replace James Anderson, wiping his eyes as if he's been dragged out of bed to have a bowl. Lord's becalmed, the hum that was absent yesterday still not showing itself. Catchers on the leg side, Wood slipping the ball down the slope to Smith, who is content with a single to long leg.
"I thought Michael Clarke was ratty in an interview on Wednesday. He was asked about Stuart Broad and if he had problems against him, but he was very defensive about it. There's clearly something about Broad he doesn't like."
Aus 368-2 (100 overs)
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Even at 300 and plenty for two, a new batsman has to get set. That task is a little harder when you're facing a bowler who has the wood over you. Clarke facing up to Broad, the England seamer bowling an excellent line outside off stump, moving the ball away to beat the grope of the Aussie skipper. Broad might have to stick a bell in it for him. Hello, how's this for a celeb spot? The Duke of Edinburgh is in the stands. Surely the most famous man at Lord's today?
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Ben Sutton: Just reward for some excellent bowling with no luck from Stuart Broad. Another three quicksmart please, Stuart!
Charles Coldman: Is that the longest time between wickets in the same innings without any delay to play? Nearly 24 hours.
Aus 368-2 (Anderson 23-4-86-0)
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So, England have got rid of Rogers, but the next job is to remove the run-hungry Steve Smith. With Anderson still round the wicket, Smith goes on the hook to pick up another boundary. On the England balcony, the injured Chris Jordan appears in a black hoodie. He's got the smile of a man who didn't have to bowl yesterday.
"I don't know if it's the heavy roller or the intensity of the England bowlers but the ball has gone through a lot better today. Look at the first over of the day - James Anderson struck Chris Rogers on the head with a bouncer."
Aus 364-2 (Smith 139, Clarke 2)
England had to wait 484 deliveries between wickets. At that rate, the next will come just before the close, by which time Australia will have about 650. Then again, if Stuart Broad keeps bowling like this, the next wicket will not be far away. Good length, pace in the mid-80s, nipping away from Clarke down the slope and towards the slips.
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What an innings from Chris Rogers...
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Aus 362-2
Clarke, the Australia captain, has had his pads on for a long time. He spent most of yesterday prowling the dressing room and probably had a rash on his shins when he took them off last night. Anderson goes to Plan B for Steve Smith, round the wicket with catchers on the leg side. It's successful enough to yield a maiden.
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Aus 362-2 (Broad 19-3-54-1)
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As you can imagine, Rogers got a wonderful ovation from the Lord's crowd. He raised his bat to the whole ground as he skipped up the steps, then had more noise as he returned through the Long Room. What an effort from the Aussie opener, who has played so much cricket here for Middlesex. Replays show he was stuck in the crease and got an inside edge on to his pad, then into middle and leg stumps. Michael Clarke the new man.
"He'll be delighted. He has set Australia up and it's a job well done. A good delivery from Broad too, he got the batsman driving and snuck one through the gate up the hill."
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This is not a mistake. Do not just adjust your screen or rub your eyes. England finally have a wicket and have removed the immovable Chris Rogers. It's a very good delivery from Stuart Broad, one delivery after being driven for four. Full, nipping back, Rogers not quite to the pitch and seeing his furniture removed. Almost a day after taking their first wicket, England have a second.
Cricketing endurance
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Tom Palmer: Had a game where the opposition scored 550-1 and we were fined for a slow over rate because the ball kept going missing.
Aus 357-1 (Rogers 169, Smith 138)
Lovely from Smith, driving straight for four. James Anderson, the bowler, is already looking hacked off, taking out his frustration with a bumper that Rogers this time gets underneath. On the Aussie balcony, Mitchell Johnson sits with his bare feet up. There's all number of plasters on his sole, heels and toes. Is that normal for a fast bowler?
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Cricket Australia's Andrew Ramsey: Australia start at 1-337. Only team to lose a Lord's Test batting 1st and scoring 400-plus was Eng 1930. Made 425 then some fella Bradman got 254
Aus 352-1
By any definition, either playing in or watching a day's cricket where your team has conceded 300+ for one wicket is a feat of cricketing endurance. I'm trying to think of a day that's ever felt longer. I'm struggling. Do let me know your tales of cricketing endurance. Have you sat all day in the rain for no play? Travelled by planes, trains and camels to watch? Fielded while the oppo has racked up 400-0? Broad to Rogers, another optimistic, leg-side appeal.
"England have got to be careful here - there is a manner which England can concede their runs. Don't let them know you're on the floor. Make them fight for every run."
Aus 350-1 (Rogers 167, Smith 133)
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Lord's is a picture. Lush green surrounding a 22-yard straw-coloured strip, all under blue sky and fluffy cloud. Anderson kicks in towards the Media Centre, that spaceship that looms over the old ground, a slice of modernity amongst the tradition. Smith drives for four, then is incredulous when England ask for a very optimistic lbw. They are allowed to appeal, Steve, even if they hardly did it yesterday.
ECB denies Rashid story
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"The ECB is denying reports of a rift with Adil Rashid. The Yorkshire leg-spinner reported for training on Tuesday with an injury to the ring finger of his right hand. And while the England medical staff were surprised not to have been alerted to the injury beforehand, they were never required to make a final call on his fitness to play because Moeen Ali was on course to make a full recovery from his side strain.
"Rashid then returned to Yorkshire on Wednesday. Contrary to reports, the ECB insists it would be very happy for Rashid to play in Yorkshire's County Championship match against Worcestershire at Scarborough on Monday because it would give him a chance to prove his fitness before the squad for the third Test is announced on Tuesday."
Aus 345-1 (partnership 267)
Stuart Broad shares morning duties, the England plan to Steve Smith very clear early on. There are seven fielders on the off side, the home side looking to test his patience. A bit defensive first thing in the morning with a ball only 10 overs old? It's very wide from Broad, with Smith not interested in playing.
"This is now the highest Australia partnership for any wicket at Lord's, beating the 260-run opening stand between Mark Taylor and Michael Slater in 1993."
Aus 345-1 (Rogers 166, Smith 129)
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It's deja vu all over again. Last ball of the over, full from Anderson, Rogers steering behind square on the off side for four. If the first ball offered some encouragement for England, the rest of the over might have sucked it away.
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Swifty: I've been for a pint (actually, quite a few) with Lehmann (10:36), a while ago after a Test match at Headers - he is a top bloke (nicked my lighter though, the rotter). Lots of great stories about the Aussie dressing room. A brilliant night (I think - memory's a bit hazy on the later events of the session...)
Aus 341-1
There can't be too much wrong with Chris Rogers. Helmet back on, two balls later a drive through the covers for four. Normal service is resumed.
Aus 337-1
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Rogers looks to be alright, he is just receiving treatment for a cut behind his ear. The left-hander is wearing a new-style helmet, one that has protection at the back of the head. It hit him there. As the physio comes on, Steve Smith has a drink. He's only been there one ball.
"It was a bit of a loosener but it hit him flush on the helmet. He took his eyes off it and played it poorly."
Aus 337-1
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Eeessshhh, what a way to start the day. First ball, Rogers has ducked into an Anderson short ball, taking a painful blow on the side of the head. Rogers is dazed, Anderson immediately checking if he's OK. There will be a delay here, the physio is coming on.
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Chris Rogers, just the 158 to his name, is having the sightscreen adjusted, facing up to James Anderson. Play.
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Still, the players look as though yesterday didn't happen. Freshly laundered whites, bending and stretching, blinking in the sunshine that currently covers HQ. Once again, both teams were applauded through the Long Room, Alastair Cook wearing a mean look as he led his troops.
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There's no two ways about it, England need wickets this morning. Even if they do make use of a ball that is only nine overs old, it's pretty hard not to imagine Australia racking up 500+. Then, England will have plenty of batting to do.
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Thanks, Marc. As they sing in the musical The Book of Mormon, "tomorrow is a latter day". England will certainly hope so.
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Right then. Let's see if England can get a few more wickets today. Stephan Shemilt is the man in the hot-seat for the morning session.
"The Aussies could still be batting by the end of the day - they could be about 650. Why not get them in the first innings? Almost put it out of England's reach and say, you've got to hang on against our bowling attack, which we think is the best in world cricket."
'Plan A stays the same'
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England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on Sky Sports: "Yesterday was a tough day, but we just have to think about today. Hopefully the pitch quickens up and the nicks will carry.
"Plan A stays the same - try to dominate the off stump. In Cardiff we asked the bowlers to be fuller. There was no nip here, so it's harder to bowl that fuller length."
Determined Aussies
Australia's Chris Rogers on Test Match Special: "We want to give England nothing. We were really disappointed with the last game, so we're not going to be like that for the rest of the series."
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Martin Everitt: Remembering 2nd Test, Adelaide 2006, chin up Anderson, Wood, Broad, Stokes and Ali.
Lee, Warne and McGrath only managed 2 wickets between them in the first innings and England posted 551 yet the Aussies still managed to win. Let's do this….
View from the Aussie camp
Australia coach Darren Lehmann on Sky Sports: "The hunger pleased me most, driving the game, scoring at a decent rate and the way they wanted to keep batting.
"We spoke about it after Cardiff and it was about getting back to do what we've been doing over the past 18 months. We have to keep doing our things as we do, backing ourselves.
"Today, we have to get through the new ball, then push on as quickly as we can. You can get 20 wickets on any surface, that's something we've done well over the past seven or eight Test matches."
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"I'm not sure I've ever seen so many ticket touts around a sports venue. Walking down the Wellington Road from St John's Wood this morning, I came across one about every 30 paces. Some brazenly occupy the middle of the pavement, offering to buy or sell tickets, while others perch on walls and whisper about their wares from behind newspapers."
Boof!
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Australia's Darren Lehmann has been talking Sky's Nasser Hussain through some of his coaching techniques. Clutching a long plastic stick which holds a ball at the end - like something you'd use when exercising your dog - he can replicate different bowling on demand.
"What do you want next?" bellows Boof. "A Mitchell Johnson yorker." Lehmann nails it. Strike!
Nasser tries his hand. Beamer.
I've got a lot of time for Boof. Would love to go for a pint with him.
Guide to fielding positions
Do you know your fine leg from your mid-off? If not, this might help.
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For those not familiar with the nuances of cricket, Steve Smith is referring to the fact that many cricket wickets break up as the game goes on - bringing the spinner more into the game. If we have a few hot days, those cracks get bigger and it could be an uncomfortable time for the English batsmen on days four and five.
What will the Aussies do?
Steve Smith on Australia's plans: "We'll probably keep batting for a little while and try and post a big first-innings total.
"There's a little bit of rough starting to form. Hopefully Nathan Lyon can come into the game later."
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"I haven't seen anything yet that tells me this won't be good for batting when it's England's turn. But there's scoreboard pressure and we don't know if the ball will keep low and turn appreciably as it goes on."
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Joe Wilson
BBC News sports correspondent
"If yesterday's play was a sign of Australian resurgence and a toughening up of attitude then the feeling continued in media conference at the end of the day. Chris Rogers was passionate, honest and measured as he always is. In fact his most serious criticism was basically levelled at his opening partner David Warner for the way he tried to hit Moeen Ali out of the attack.
"Steve Smith's criticism of England's defensive fielding - his 'deep point, point' - was, however, a departure. He was surprised Trevor Bayliss allowed it, adding that Australia never would adopt such a defensive stance. This felt like the creative and aggressive use of post play media opportunity. A premeditated slog sweep with the microphone. Good fun."
"I don't think it's clear cut that Australia will get 600 and England will be three down by the close today. Let's just wait and see."
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If Chris Rogers reaches 200 today, he will be the third oldest Australian to do so behind Don Bradman (twice) and Allan Border. Dame Edna has not achieved the feat yet.
Ashes quiz: You're the captain
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Luke Parker: Opinions are split on the train now, 1/2 reckon Aussies all out by lunch, the others, Aussies posting around 600 mark.
View from Australia
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There was one Aussie who felt a little sorry for England yesterday: journalist Greg Baum. Just a little, mind.
Writing in The Age, he said: "England did not bowl badly, nor ever resign themselves to impotence. They maintained their Cardiff discipline. The day was replete with tactical intrigues. Jimmy Anderson swung the ball in and out, from over and around the wicket, at both ends, with the slope and against, and came away wicketless. That's bowling for you.
"Moeen tried to trick Rogers into a catch at leg slip. Mark Wood tried to bounce him out. Stuart Broad fancied the merest of reverse swing, using the slope. All were worth a try. None worked."
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Mike Walker: Have just been snorkelling in the Red Sea. Can confirm pitch as flat as a stingray's belly. Hopefully a sting in the tail too!
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Smith's little barb at Bayliss & Cook
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Once Australia got themselves on top yesterday, they decided it was the right time to begin what they affectionately refer to as 'mental disintegration'. To you and me, it's sledging.
Steve Smith managed to take down the England captain and coach in one sentence: "I was a little bit surprised that Trevor Bayliss would allow Alastair Cook to have a deep point for as long as he did today to be honest."
Smith added: "I think it was a good pitch to bat on but they got defensive quite quickly."
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No complaints from Jimmy
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England bowler James Anderson refused to criticise the pitch yesterday, saying: "I probably wouldn't choose to bowl on that wicket, but that's what we've been given for the week and Test cricket is all about adapting your game to be able to take wickets on any kind of pitch.
"It's always difficult to judge a pitch when only one side has batted on it. We're going to come with a positive attitude that we can still win this game but we know we have to play much better to do that."
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Freddie Neve: Hoping this gloomy weather can do England's bowlers some favours. Otherwise I feel we're going to see Australia declare on 650+.
Shannon McKee: I hope this match is nothing like what will happen at Trent Bridge, as I am due to be there for all five days!
'We came to take England down'
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"We came into this series riding this crest of a wave," said Rogers. "To suffer a heavy loss like that (at Cardiff) kind of put us back in our place and made us question ourselves a little bit."
Meanwhile at Lord's...
Is this gentleman texting his mates to remind them about the pastel green trousers dress code memo?
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Weather forecast
BBC Weather's Jake Cope is here with a weather forecast for Lord's: "It's a bit drizzly out there at the moment but that should clear up soon and after that it's looking like another dry day at Lord's. After a cloudy start to proceedings we should see some good sunny spells develop in the afternoon as temperatures reach 24 degrees. A brisk south westerly wind will be blustery at times and could sap the energy of anyone charging in from the Nursery End.
"There's more of the same on the way for tomorrow too, bright and breezy but staying dry. On Sunday there will be a band of rain to the south which at the moment looks like staying away until after tea but watch this space for updates on that one. By Monday that rain should have cleared away to the north leaving a dry, cloudy and windy final day."
Cheeky chaps
David Warner pokes fun at stories he and team-mate Chris Rogers don't get along...
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This game isn't a draw yet - Agnew
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Jonathan Agnew certainly believes it is wrong to suggest the game will be a draw based on the first day's play.
Writing in his BBC Sport column, he says: "That each contest is different is part of the richness of the game and I'm certainly not writing this match off as a dull, stultifying draw just because of what we've seen on the first day.
"When Australia come to bowl, their mindset will be different from Cardiff, when England were going after them in the first innings, and building on a healthy lead in the second.
"This time, the tourists will have runs on the board, which means the likes of Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc can afford to run in and give it everything."
Remember Adelaide?
One of my colleagues suggested that an Australia win is good for the series - 1-1 with three to play. Except England haven't lost yet. And neither is the game guaranteed to be a draw. Back in 2006, England piled up 551-6 declared in their first innings and lost. That was the exception rather than the rule... but there is a precedent.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"Warm and sticky in London this morning with a covering of light grey cloud. Might be a bit of movement through the air for England's bowlers with this ball only 10 overs old."
'It doesn't matter if there's a dramatic finale'
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Cricinfo's George Dobell pulled no punches in his frank assessment of the Lord's pitch. In an article headlined 'A pitch to damage Test cricket', he wrote: "It does not matter if there is, at some stage, a dramatic finale. A rock fall can be dramatic: it does not mean the 30,000 years of erosion that preceded it is great television. If the administrators are really serious about combating falling attendances and worrying viewing figures, they must combat the pitch problem."
Rightly or wrongly, the pitch served up by the Lord's ground staff has been heavily criticised. Rather like the M6, it was straight up and down and had plenty of speed restrictions in place. There was nothing in it for the bowlers, and it showed.
Australia gave three chances all day - one of them was taken, one was dropped and one flashed over the slip cordon.
England would have got more joy out of a service station arcade.
"England have got to stay strong, get some early wickets and make it come down to how well they bat on this pitch - England will have to bat for three days and the Aussies will need 20 wickets.
"England bowled alright and beat the bat on a couple of occasions. Lord's doesn't really crack up. The spinner will come into the game because of Australia's two left-armers and the foot holes they will create but if England get their heads down and bat well they can draw this game."
Nagpur-like?
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Do you like a road with plenty of runs in it? What about a green seamer? Or a slow sub-Continental turner?
Which ground in world cricket produces the best pitches? I'd have to say I always like Tests at Old Trafford and the Waca.
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No blame attached to England
To be fair to England, they stuck at their task well. They bowled in a disciplined manner and Alastair Cook's captaincy could not be faulted. They were just up against two very good batsmen on a wicket flatter than a stingray's belly.
Two centurions
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Opener Chris Rogers compiled a patient 158 and Steve Smith weighed in with 129 to more than play his part in an unbroken 259-run partnership for the second wicket.
It was not just Tiger Woods who had a Thursday to forget. The England cricket team will want to forget it all in a hurry too.
State of play
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Benjamin Franklin, you may know, is the face of the one hundred dollar bill Stateside.
Anyway, history lesson over... let's talk Ashes. Day one at Lord's was all about Australia, who showed mongrel-like fighting spirit to wrestle back any momentum England thought they had after that crushing victory in the first Test at Cardiff.
They begin the second day with two centurions at the crease and 337-1 on the scoreboard.
Morning!
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Maybe he wasn't a cricket fan.
Surely it should have been 'death, taxes and the ability of the Australian cricket team to bounce back from adversity'?
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I like your optimism, John. If England are going to save this match, they need to bat most of the next three days, probably with a bit of rain thrown in. Summon the spirit of Brisbane 2010?
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John Vron: Happens so often at Lord's. England will fall way short in the first innings. Follow on and then bat throughout to save the draw. Add that Sunday will be lost to rain... it's got draw written all over it!
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Stuart Broad on the mood in the England camp: "It's brighter after the application Cookie and Stokes showed. It's begun to look a bit slow and flat again.
"That's given the guys a lot of hope that's there's not too many demons in this wicket. Runs can be scored. We just need to make sure we're switched on. They always say day three is the best time to bet at Lord's...
"Whatever happens in this Test match, we can take a lot of positivity out of that fight."
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England's Stuart Broad, who took 4-83, on Sky Sports: "We mentally switched off for 20 minutes, which in Test cricket you can't afford to do.
"Credit to our bowlers on coming back today - we fought back well.
"They bowled really well tonight. When you've got a lot of scoreboard pressure and 30 overs to bowl, you can fly in for one spell."
Could the weather help England?
Sunday's weather forecast is looking more helpful for England than Australia. Although the hosts must get through Saturday first....
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It was a poor shot from Ian Bell. I forecast it. People like Josh Hazlewood - he's a tall lad - they do you for length. Gary Ballance... it was brilliant bowling. He pushed Mitchell Johnson for four, got sucked into playing it again and was bowled."
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England bowler Stuart Broad, speaking to TMS: "We have to try our best to avoid the follow-on. We will hope for blue skies in the morning and then we have to apply ourselves. There are no demons in the pitch but we had a ropey 20 minutes earlier. We've still got a chance to bat big - we've got 16 wickets to play with in this Test. If people get in and play to their gameplan, they're going to be hard to get rid of."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I thought we could have done a lot better with the bat. You do have heavy legs and your mind is tired but you need better application and discipline. Adam Lyth... the one thing they wanted him to do was play away from his body. You should leave anything you don't have to play. You really want to make them bowl to you. Leave as much as you can."
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Mitchell Johnson on Steve Smith, who made 215: "I've seen him since he's first started. He doesn't walk around like he's the number one or two in the world; he just works hard. I'm really proud of what he did."
On what lies in store on Saturday: "England will be having a good night's sleep and digging in. Hopefully they'll play that aggressive brand of cricket they've been talking about and we'll see where that goes."
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Australia's Mitchell Johnson, who removed Gary Ballance and Joe Root to end the day with 2-16, on Sky Sports: "We came here, won the toss and were able to put the runs on the board and put England under pressure straightaway.
"We knew the wicket would have a bit more bounce than Cardiff. The boys have done well. They've started this Test match really well after Cardiff.
"The plan was to go pretty hard at Root - be more aggressive, don't let him settle.
"In English conditions, we talk about bowling fuller than we would back home. We know Ballance is deep in the crease but it's nice when a plan comes off like that."
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Without the fight of Alastair Cook and Ben Stokes, England could have been as good as beaten tonight. Instead, the fifth-wicket pair showed England that this pitch could be just like the one Australia batted on. England dragged to 85-4 at the close. Still miles behind, but still with a glimmer of hope of saving the game. Just.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I used to work on the basis that of the six batsmen in the team, two will get out cheaply and then it's up to two of the four who get in to get a big score. That's what happened for Australia."
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Gary Ballance bowled neck and crop by Mitchell Johnson, Ian Bell suffering the same fate to Josh Hazlewood. When Joe Root loosely flashed Johnson behind, England were deep, deep in the mire at 30-4.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Michael Carke struggled and Stuart Broad again got him out - he's got a problem at the moment. He's one of the best batsmen in the world but averages more runs at number five than four. Whatever the reason is for that, I'd put him to number five in the next match and move Voges up to four."
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Could England make batting seem as easy as Australia did? The answer came only two balls into their innings. Adam Lyth caught behind for a duck and, from there, Australia ran riot.
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Andy Bracken: I'm all for the 'aggressive new England' approach we've enjoyed recently. But there are times when you simply have to dig in and defend. Cook has done that, and fair play to him. England need to follow their leader, and a draw is still achievable... as long as there's a bit of bad weather to assist!
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It always seemed like Australia would go big, the question was how big? Though England's bowlers stuck to it and got more rewards than day one, recovering the overnight score of 337-1 was always going to be unlikely. Steve Smith, with a maiden Test double hundred, rammed home the Aussie advantage to take the men in green to 566-8 declared.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It started Australia's day and finished Australia's day. Steve Smith went on in his uncomplicated way and England haven't worked out the best way to bowl at him. He's gone quietly along playing in his own style and never looked in too much trouble."
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Saying it was a fantastic day for Australia might be under-selling it a touch. They have cashed in on a pitch that we thought was dead, only to extract life from the very same surface to lay waste to the England top order. Can England get out of this one with their series lead intact? It would take some effort from here.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"A fantastic day for Australia. They are all patting each other on the back. Smith and Rogers were outstanding but Starc got things going with that wicket to get rid of Lyth and then there was the Mitchell Johnson factor. They looked like the old Australian side of a few years ago. They had that menace about them again."
Close of play
Eng 85-4
England get through with no further losses, just the, ahem, four that came in that mad hour after tea. Alastair Cook and Ben Stokes have shared 55, but that is the tiniest scratch on Australia's huge 566-8 declared. The tourists need 16 more wickets in three days to level this series.
Eng 85-4
Over to you, skipper. Stokes takes a single and leaves Cook five balls to play. Shadows long, dead bat. One to go.
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Sebastian in Suffolk: England are getting their comeuppance for trying to control the result by ordering a nothing wicket. If they'd left well alone, they'd have had a decent first innings contest between bat and ball. As the wicket speeds up and takes spin they'll pay the price. They should have just got on with it in the first place.
Eng 84-4
Nathan Lyon to bowl the final over. Ben Stokes on strike. Four catchers.
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Jeffrey Earp: This page should be compulsory reading for every sociology student in the UK. Where else can you see the English psyche laid so utterly bare?
Eng 84-4 (Cook 21, Stokes 37)
Mitchell Marsh, shirt untucked and flapping up his back, strives in for the final over from the Nursery End. This isn't bothering Alastair Cook, who has seen all four wickets fall at the other end this evening. In the crowd, a young chap sleeps on the shoulder of his dad, while two Aussie sub fielders prowl the boundary like bouncers in white. One over to go.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Ben Stokes is grimacing when he runs, I'm not sure why but he's in some kind of discomfort. He's a tough kid, he doesn't normally show pain."
Eng 84-4 (trail by 482)
Eighteen balls for England to get through, probably all delivered by Mitchells. Johnson set for 12 of them, two overs from the pavilion end. He stalks in as Lord's becomes increasingly quiet, plenty of empty seats as so many head for the exit. Why would you leave early? Stokes gets in behind, but is he showing signs of an injury?
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's the perfect time to get Mitchell Marsh into the attack, with just two overs to go in the day."
Eng 81-4 (trail by 485)
Mitchell Marsh gets his first bowl of the match, scurrying his brisk medium-fast up the slope towards the pavilion. Right-arm, haircut you can set your watch to, full length and angled across the left-handers. Sun hiding, gloomy evening, three runs from it. England, somehow, might just get to stumps four down.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"In the Test match here against New Zealand, they had a burst at the end of the day and Ben Stokes got out. That will be in the back of his mind now."
Eng 78-4 (trail by 488)
Mitchell Johnson back into the attack, three overs for him to blast down before the close. It's hard to describe how different things look to an hour or so ago. Johnson is still touching 90mph, but Stokes seems to have much more time to play it. As I said, this pitch is looking much more like the one Australia batted on. Trouble is, it took them more than four sessions to lose four wickets. England's first four fell in 63 balls.
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Rustique Chairs: Blimey. These fickle, negative wave England supporters crying on the text are the sort of wimps you don't want in a fight.
Eng 78-4 (Cook 18, Stokes 34)
Besides that quick blast of naughtiness from Nevill, it all feels rather sedate, far removed from the fireworks of earlier on. On the Aussie balcony, Darren Lehmann has a smile as wide as the Thames, brew in hand. Pity the man who goes pint for pint with him tonight.
Third umpire
Eng 78-4
Hang on... there's a little call for third umpire because Peter Nevill cheekily removed the bails while Alastair Cook wandered in his crease. A brief scare but the skip is fine.
Eng 77-4 (trail by 489)
Andy Flower sits on a balcony, looking pretty pleased that he does not have to be in the dressing room at the end of the day's play. He's got bad memories of 18 months ago. Hazlewood, who has struggled to make Cook play, comes round the wicket and keeps the England skipper honest for a maiden.
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Tom, Strasbourg: Is it just me, or does Mitchell Johnson have ridiculously white teeth in every photo the BBC use of him? Does he use special toothpaste, or are his whites not so white?
Eng 77-4
Ben Stokes has called for the physio, having a drink of something that could be designed to alleviate cramp. At the same time, Mitchell Johnson has taken himself off through the Long Room. Readying himself for one last burst tonight?
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Kumaran Ravendradas: Ben does know how to play well when the fire is Stoked. His first Test hundred at the Waca for example.
Sakriya: Get Compton back! He is the best opener to play alongside Cook.
Eng 77-4
Ben Stokes isn't going into his shell, opting for dance and whack at Nathan Lyon. Four over mid-on. And again... all the way for... six! Stokes is fighting fire with fire, helping England tick the balls down between now and the close. Seven overs remain.
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Huseyin: If we had taken our chances we may have had four wickets at the outset too.
Eng 65-4
Alastair Cook continues to watchfully negate the Aussie attack, a skipper's resistance as the rest fall around him. He leaves a Hazlewood maiden as Jeff Thomson quaffs something fizzy in the posh seats. The Aussie burst earlier on was something Thommo would have been proud of, 40 years on from him and Lillee terrorising England down under.
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Adrian in Bahrain: I can't stand how people are praising "new" England last week and now they have had a bad start to this match it's all negativity and doom and gloom! Maybe we will start showing some fight.... there's a lot left of this Test match. Start showing some faith!
Eng 63-4 (9 overs left today)
It is spin for the first time, the shaven head of Nathan Lyon tweaking down his off-breaks round the wicket to Ben Stokes. Ouch! Take that. If England are being routed by the Aussies, they might try to take a few down with them. Stokes nails a sweep, straight into the hip bone of Adam Voges at short leg. Voges goes down, then pops back up. Tough lad.
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Kevin in Vancouver: The problem is in both Test matches the pitch has been different on day one from day two. Australia were 229-7 today which is nothing exceptional. Both games have been decided by the toss!
Eng 63-4 (Cook 17, Stokes 20)
Hazlewood, angled run in the evening sunshine, dropping short for Alastair Cook to pull for four. In the last couple of overs, this pitch has started to more closely resemble the one that Australia batted on. Does that show how good the Aussie pacers were to take four early wickets, or how poor England's batting was to let them?
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Glenn McGrath
BBC Test Match Special
"There's nothing worse than when you have spent nearly two days in the field and not taken a wicket then see your own batsmen lose theirs. So for Australia to get four quick ones really piles the pressure on. Scoreboard pressure has helped bring them - Australia have bowled well but the wicket is still good."
Eng 59-4 (trail by 507)
England might just be coming through something here. It's all relative, mind, but a stand of 29 when you were 30-4 counts for something, right? Lovely from Ben Stokes, belting a straight drive back past Mitchell Starc. Remember the hundred Stokes got on this ground against new Zealand earlier this summer?
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Eng 50-4 (Cook 12, Stokes 12)
Josh Hazlewood switches ends as Nathan Lyon goes through some loosening exercises. Might soon be time for some off-spin. It's just gone slightly calmer. The bowlers' radars not as accurate, the ball not quite as venomous. Actually, forget that. Hazlewood to Stokes, extra bounce, edged for four.
What's it like to face 90mph bowling?
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Eng 46-4 (trail by 520)
There's man sitting in the members area with a hat he must have pinched from his wife. Pink (no problem there), but furry and with a bow on the side. Is he off to a wedding? It's not in keeping with the predicament England find themselves in. This is more like it from an Aussie fan. Gnarled leather, Crocodile Dundee-style. Starc drifts on to Cook's pads, with the skipper taking four. The captain standing up to the Aussies. Thirteen overs to go tonight.
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Francis Ward: I have to take issue with the Bell critics. Over a number of years he has shown he can pull us out of crises. His form is poor just now, an maybe a break to re-discover it is due. It doesn't help him, or Ballance that they are often operating as openers due to the frailties at the top.
Tony Mitchell: Presumably the wicket changed between innings! What do you think?
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Eng 41-4 (trail by 525)
Alastair Cook, an eyewitness to the carnage, waits after the break as Johnson prowls in. A short ball, a hook, missing out on runs available. Dare I say that was a less threatening over from Johnson. Let's declare that England are over the hump...
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Is there any point in preparing pitches like this when Australia can bowl with this kind of menace? They didn't get it right at Cardiff but they have got it right here. They must get their heads down and steel themselves for the fight now."
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England 41-4 (14 overs)
Not out batsmen: Cook 8 (35), Stokes 8 (10)
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Lyth 0), 28-2 (Ballance 23), 29-3 (Bell 1), 30-4 (Root 1).
Bowling: Starc 5-0-16-1, Hazlewood 6-1-12-1, Johnson 3-1-12-2.
Australia 566-8 dec (149 overs)
Smith 215, Rogers 173; Broad 4-83
Australia won toss
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"This is cricket out of the top draw from Australia. Aggressive and intimidating. It's high class stuff and there's real trepidation among the England batsmen how to approach it."
Drinks
Eng 41-4
Mitchell Starc switches ends, now swinging the ball up the slope as Alastair Cook waits with three slips in the grabbers. In the crowd, an Aussie fan who I swear could be Helen Daniels sits emotionless. Someone tell her England are four down. For the first time in the match, the Lord's hum can be heard. Even with England under the pump, it's thrilling stuff. Drinks. Vodka, please.
Not again...
This is not the first time in 2015 that England have suffered a top-order collapse:
First Test v Australia, Cardiff: 43-3 & 73-3.
First Test v New Zealand, Leeds: 30-4 & 25-2.
Third Test v West Indies, Bridgetown: 38-3 & 39-5.
First Test v West Indies, North Sound: 34-3 & 52-3.
Eng 40-4 (Johnson 3-1-13-2)
Didn't we say to judge this track when both teams have batted? For two days, we've said the deck has had as much life as flat lager, but now Mitchell Johnson's 90mph bullets have turned it into a snake pit. Ben Stokes is the man trying desperately to avoid a fatal bite, surviving an appeal for a catch behind off his thigh pad. Shot! Four through mid-wicket. Fight fire with fire?
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Dan Burdett: Amazing how England can make a pitch that's looked like a road for a day and a half suddenly look like an absolute minefield.
Mike Ball: Are England batting on the same pitch as Australia? Is this is the same England from Last week? Is this the same Australia?
Joe Baker: Why are we completing imploding again? Clearly didn't bowl well enough and this batting is shocking.
Eng 33-4
Are you transported back to those long nights of 18 months ago? When you went to sleep with the radio on, only for a moustachioed menace to stalk your dreams. Wake up, check the score. Three more wickets down. There's no sleeping through this, it's carnage in broad daylight. Even Alastair Cook is lucky not to inside edge Hazlewood on to his stumps. How many might be gone by the close?
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"This is outstanding quick bowling. It's hostile, it's quick and there's panic in the England dressing room now. This is the old Mitchell Johnson we saw in those five Test matches Down Under."
Close!
Eng 30-4
It feels like every single ball could bring a wicket. Ben Stokes the new man, almost inside-edging his first delivery on to his stumps. Johnson is sizzling the fajitas down at 90mph, Lord's is the Colosseum and English batsmen are being fed to rampaging Aussie lions. An appeal for a catch down the leg side, followed by a yorker that almost sneaks through. There's still another 18 overs to go tonight!
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Again that's a bad shot. It's chest high, he's playing away from his body. I love Joe's batting but that, like the others, were poor shots. The England batsmen need to look in the mirror and realise they gave it away."
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Root c Nevill b Johnson 1 (Eng 30-4)
You have got to be kidding. What on earth is going on out there? After seeing Australia score runs at will, England are rolling over to have their bellies tickled. Joe Root is the latest man to join the procession, playing a very ambitious back-foot drive to a Mitchell Johnson 90mph thunderbolt. Edge behind, get yourself back to the pavilion, take your pads off. England are being routed.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Who said it was going rain on Sunday?! Deep down, though, I think you should get yourself out of trouble on your ability not by praying for rain. If you are facing big scoreboard totals teams are going to come at you hard. You have to survive through character, mental strength and sensible cricket shots."
Eng 30-3
Lord's is finally alive with noise, but it's being made by the travelling fans. Hazlewood is applauded to his position at long leg, then a Johnson bumper to Root is cheered. Have we been transported to Brisbane? Or Melbourne? Maybe Sydney?
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Rob Meech: With his flawed technique, Gary Ballance is NOT a number three.
Merlyn: Ah, Ian Bell showing his backbone and how he is not the man for any sort of crisis. Ever.
Scott Clark: Hmmm, I have a feeling that Lyth might be batting again this evening...
Eng 30-3 (Hazlewood 5-1-10-1)
It's a very good ball from Hazlewood, but Bell was trying to play one that hit off stump through mid-wicket. Can you remember a time when Joe Root didn't have to come to the crease when England were three for spit? Has he just got an earfull from Michael Clarke, too? He's away, with a very angry looking Alastair Cook forced to see off the rest of the over. This very much feels like the long Ashes nights of 18 months ago.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"That was a poor shot from Ian Bell. I always give credit to the bowler when they deserve it but that was a poor shot. Although I fancied Josh Hazlewood to do him - he's got a very high action the ball comes from a higher trajectory and it does you for length. And Bell got done."
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Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special
"England are on the rocks here. As Ian Bell goes off his future Test career must now be in doubt."
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Bell b Hazlewood 1 (Eng 29-3)
And another! England are in total disarray and Australia are running rampant all over Lord's. Ian Bell is the latest man to be heading back to the pavilion, bowled by an absolute rozzer from Josh Hazlewood. Full, swinging away, Bell plays all round it and loses his off stump. Is this series as good as level?
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"Here in the spaceship-like media centre, we can't hear any natural sound, but the audio from the stump microphone is pumped in through the speakers. When that ball hit the foot of Gary Ballance's off timber it sounded for all the world like a gunshot."
Eng 29-2 (Johnson 1-0-5-1)
Earlier in the over, Ballance had driven Johnson for four, but Johnson persisted with the full length that caused the left-hander so many problems against New Zealand. I said it was yorker length, it wasn't quite that, but Ballance was basically trying to play a half-volley off the back foot. It went under his bat and splattered the base of off stump. Ian Bell the new man, England's two most experienced batsmen at the crease.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"A perfect delivery from Mitchell Johnson. A couple of balls earlier Johnson got Ballance driving forward and then convinced he was comfortable playing the drive. That was wonderful cricket from Johnson - he sucked him with half volley and then got him with a fuller one."
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Ballance b Johnson 23 (Eng 28-2)
Bowled him! Mitchell Johnson is into the attack and strikes immediately, knocking back Gary Ballance's off stump with a yorker-length delivery touching 90mph. We have poked fun at Shane Watson's lbw problems, but Ballance's issue with the full ball is just as big. He keeps falling in similar fashion. England are in the mire.
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Ben Stephens: Adam Lyth just doesn't look cut out for Test cricket. Replacement? Anyone thought about Alex Hales? We haven't had an opening batsman that plays aggressively since Marcus Trescothick! Can't hurt to give him a go!
Tom in London: All well and good suggesting batsman in better form than Lyth but none of them can open! Moving anyone else up the order adds to the disruption, especially Joe Root. Who else have we got?
Paul Kitson: Predictable people already getting on Lyth's back, this is his fourth Test. Hopefully the selectors show more patience.
Eng 24-1 (trail by 542)
Hazlewood loses his line, getting leggy to Gary Ballance. Brad Haddin, missing this game for personal reasons, is on the Aussie balcony, while an old chap is a boater hat and questionable jacket has a a snooze in the members' area. Hazlewood now round the wicket, a couple of catchers on the leg side, Ballance warming to his task.
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Eng 23-1 (Cook 5, Ballance 18)
Starc examines the ball and sets off towards Cook, who is showing some solidity on off stump. On the England balcony, Joe Root doesn't have his pads on. Confidence. Michael Clarke is having a good old laugh at second slip - with 500 and plenty on the board, you would, wouldn't you? Didn't see him laughing much in Cardiff, mind.
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Ben Hedley: Everyone calling for Lyth to be dropped after calling for him to play West Indies series. No pleasing some people, give the guy a chance.
James Sutton: Knives out for Lyth, tough crowd. Scored a ton against New Zealand with Boult, etc and is now facing the worlds best attack and is deemed no good.
Dean Czyz: Everyone is saying drop Lyth, but they're all saying the wrong name in replacement. Alex Hales should be playing Test cricket.
Eng 21-1 (trail by 545)
A new test for Ballance, the Glenn McGrath Jr seam-bowling stylings of Josh Hazlewood. The right-armer is on a good length, a crow bar needed to get Ballance on the front foot. A squirt through backward point brings four, then Ballance looks better when leaving. If fairness to the Yorkshire left-hander, even his big scores never look pretty. At his best, he still has the potential to look like he's just come in. He's feeling his way.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Adam Lyth could've left it. Poor. I said before the declaration, you should only play what you need to. He was two foot away from the ball and not in control of the shot. Your feet feel like lead, just leave it."
Dropped catch
Eng 17-1
If Cook would be in the Dependable XI, then Gary Ballance might have a shout for the Looking-Nervous-And-Jumping-About XI. Starc above 90mph, Ballance leaning back to guide through the slips, getting four more by luck than judgement. Was it a dropped catch? It certainly went through in the air. There's five men waiting, Ballance offering catching practice. Mitchell Marsh didn't even get a hand on it.
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Jo Elle: Lyth can't perform at this level. Bring in Bairstow. We know he can score. Forget the top order, England score from the middle down.
John M Butt: Cook has had to open with second class batsmen since Strauss left. Sort it out for goodness sake. Cook always put under pressure by this.
Rory Morris: The Cook-Lyth combination just isn't working. Bring in James Taylor.
Eng 10-1
The Lord's crowd is hushed, spectators pushed to the edge of seats in quiet contemplation of the situation England find themselves in. Do you have the stomach to watch? If there's a man for the task, surely it's Alastair Cook? A clip off the pads for four, careful leaves outside off stump. Cook would be a contender for the Dependable XI.
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Phil Noble: Why does the inexperienced Lyth open the batting while the Englishman with the most number of Test runs/centuries stands at the other end?
Gerald Hastings: Lyth should be ashamed of himself, a deplorable stroke.
Eng 6-1 (Cook 0, Ballance 6)
The live text desk considers if Winnie the Pooh would be an aggressive drunk. I hope not, he's a hero of mine. England's task is made harder by the gathering gloom over HQ, darkness hanging over the hosts literally and metaphorically. Starc, dark-haired and loose-limbed, is swinging the ball down the slope, towards the slips and away from Ballance, who is forced into jerky defence when the ball is short. Danger.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special
"Josh Hazlewood is the Glenn McGrath, the glue who holds this bowling attack together and allows the Johnsons and Starcs to steam in and do their thing."
Eng 4-1 (trail by 562)
It's almost like we're watching a different sport. For two days, this pitch has looked friendlier than Winnie the Pooh after a couple of whiskeys. Now, the Australians are making the ball sing, delivering little grenades full of danger. Josh Hazlewood to Alastair Cook, seam movement at 88mph. Once ball erroneously left and thuds into the thigh pad, another caught behind from a flick of the trousers. Hard to see how England get through without further losses.
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Stuart Mitchell: Forget the 566, the real target is 367, reach that and we secure the draw.
Charles Isere: This innings will tell us if Cook will still be leading this team in a year's time.
Matthew Vernon: Everyone knows the England innings won't get interesting until Joe Root comes to the crease. Then the real test starts.
Eng 4-1 (Starc 1-0-4-1)
There's no real defence for Lyth, it was a flat-footed fish at a ball well wide of the off stump. It easily could have been left. However, you have slight sympathy with an opener forced to field for the best part of two days then thrust out there with only a 10-minute turnaround. That catch, by the way, was the first time Peter Nevill got the ball into his gloves in Test cricket. Gary Ballance the new man, away with a boundary.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special
"Tired feet, tired minds. He's been out there for a day and three-quarters and he's just fenced at it. A feather of an edge."
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Lyth c Nevill b Starc 0 (Eng 0-1)
It took only two balls. Australia took two days to rack up 566 and then took the first England wicket after only two balls. Adam Lyth plays a lazy waft, the shot of man ground into the dirt for 10 hours. He pokes at Mitchell Starc, giving Peter Nevill the simplest of catches behind. That's what scoreboard pressure does. England's mountain gets a little taller.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special
"If England can get to stumps, that'd be perfect. They can put a little marker down and say they'll come back tomorrow and give it back to Australia a bit."
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What must it feel like to skipper a team that has 566 on the board? Michael Clarke is the richest man in cricket as he takes his troops on to the field. Out come Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth, five sessions of fielding in their legs. Lyth takes guard. There are four slips and a short leg.
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Srihari: On a lifeless pitch, Broad has been the pick of the bowlers and is unlucky not to have his name on the honours board at Lord's.
Lee Harding: Should imagine Stuey Broad is the most annoyed person at Lord's right now.
Matthew Vernon: Ludicrous. Australia waste 10 minutes when they need 20 wickets because they didn't declare at tea. Silly not clever from Clarke.
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The Australia fielders wait on the boundary edge, David Warner smiling through his 'tache. Johnson gets loose by bowling, Starc is stretching. England have 29 overs to face this evening.
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Tom, NJ: This is a huge test for England's new aggressive approach. The aggressors in the team really have to apply themselves this time. 30 off 25 balls from Buttler, Bell or Stokes simply won't cut it today. Bat time boys!
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You sense this is where today really begins. Even this morning, we sort of knew this is how it would pan out. Australia to get 500+ by tea-time, then England charged with batting just as well as the tourists. Can they be no more than one down by the close? Can they repel the charge of Johnson and co?
End-of-innings scorecard
Australia 566-8 dec (149 overs)
Smith 215, Rogers 173; Broad 4-83
Fall of wickets: 78-1 (Warner 38), 362-2 (Rogers 173), 383-3 (Clarke 7), 426-4 (Voges 25), 442-5 (Marsh 12), 533-6 (Smith 215), 356-7(Nevill 45), 566-8 (Johnson 15). Not out: Starc 12
Bowling figures: Anderson 26-4-99-0, Broad 27-5-83-4, Wood 28-7-92-1, Moeen 36-4-138-1, Stokes 19-2-77-0, Root 12-0-55-2, Lyth 1-1-0-0
Australia won toss
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James McHale: Time wasting - we've got them running scared.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special
"The only reason for that is to get the English openers flustered. They didn't want them to have 20 minutes at tea to have a brew and put their pads on."
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"That's strange. They only came out to bat for one over."
Declaration
Aus 566-8
The instant the catch is pouched, Michael Clarke waves them in. Was the plan to only ever have one over after tea? Give England only 10 minutes to prepare? Australia have had enough at 566-7. England have to bat a long, long time to get back in this match.
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Johnson c Anderson b Broad 15 (Aus 566-8)
Mitchell Johnson looking to hit the ball out of Lord's but can only send it high into the air and the waiting hands of James Anderson at mid-off. And then...
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Alastair Cook drags his weary men through the Long Room once more, with no real sign that Australia are planning a declaration just yet. Now, England must deal with two Mitchells that have bats in their hands. At some point this evening, the Mitchells will take the leather.
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On the plus side, it's nearly the weekend. If you've been at school, you've probably already heard the final bell (which probably signalled the summer holidays?) and, if you're at work, it's nearly time to clock off until Monday. Friday evening. No better feeling, right?
Edgbaston 2005 memories
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Ben in York: My Dad and I watched the Edgbaston test on holiday in Mallorca. We went down to the "full english" to settle the nerves (this did not help). I have never seen anyone have bacon and egg followed by half a bottle of brandy before but that is what my old man went for.
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Thanks, Marc. I've heard not heard any news of a declaration, so England are set for a sixth session in the field. Imagine that. Almost two days. 148 overs. 10 hours. Think what you can do in 10 hours. You can fly from London to Havana in that time.
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Rightio. That's my latest live text stint over and done with. With more intelligent prose, here's Stephan Shemilt.
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Jack in Southampton: Couple of good wickets for Joe Root there! Just wondering....if he cleans up the tail, then scores 100 in England's innings, would he be the first player to get on both sides of the honours board in the same Test match?
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"It's not quite St Andrews weather, but it's blowing a bit of a hoolie here at Lord's too. In fact, a female spectator had a near miss when a full glass of beer was blown off the edge of the Compton Stand and almost landed on her head before hitting the ground with a crack as loud as a Steve Smith pull shot."
Edgbaston memories - get involved
After this Test, we move on to Edgbaston, the scene of that amazing Ashes Test 10 years ago - and Test Match Special wants your memories.
Remember Ricky Ponting and the toss? Glenn McGrath standing on a ball? Steve Harmison's slower delivery to get Michael Clarke? Andrew Flintoff's magic over to Justin Langer and Ponting? And who can forget Harmison removing Michael Kasprowicz at the end?
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Richard French: Rain forecast for Sunday. Play for the draw and Steve Smith's double ton will be a distant memory.
Andy Gould: If England were batting like this pre-declaration, commentators would be going nuts.
Fenners: Remember England declared on 550 at Adelaide in 2006 and still lost.
Tea guest
BBC Radio Test Match Special
The TMS guest at tea is Baroness Valerie Amos, a former British High Commissioner to Australia. She is just about to become the first black women to take charge at a UK university - the School of Oriental and African studies at the University of London.
Tea scorecard
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Good session for Australia who scored at around of four an over. For England to get anything out this Test match they are going to have to bat for a long time. England's batsmen will start to wonder what Starc and Johnson are going to get out of this wicket now."
Tea - Aus 562-7
Some respite for England, who head off for some quiche and quinoa with their tails well and truly between their legs. Australia added another 138 runs in that session for the loss of four wickets.
Aus 561-7
Cheap runs come Australia's way when Joe Root spears the ball down leg side and it runs away for four byes.
Aus 557-7
Moeen Ali round the wicket to Mitchell Starc who plants a six into the boundary edge at mid-wicket.
Aus 551-7 (Johnson 11, Starc 5)
Some smart fielding from Ben Stokes who stops a Mitchell Johnson mow to cow corner. The batsman wanted four. He gets one.
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Dan in Milton Keynes: Surely there's an argument for Joe Root to be our all-rounder spinner? Could have played Steve Finn on his home ground. We need Ian Bell to step up in this game, averaging about 17 this year in Tests I think.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Gary Ballance has gone to cow corner. Which one of the Mitchells fancies hitting Joe Root for six?"
Aus 548-7 (run-rate 3.75)
There are 35 overs left in the day - less two for the change in innings - so it's in England's benefit to persevere with Joe Root and whittle through some quick overs. Mark Wood has not got the memo though as he trudges back to his mark. The Aussies are picking their shots - Mitchell Johnson playing an elegant square drive through the off side.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"The hardest thing for England's batsmen after spending so long in the field will be their feet and legs feeling heavy. You're not light on your feet. So when the come to bat they should keep it simple and tight. Get yourself in and make them bowl to you. Don't play anything you have to play at outside the off stump. They don't need to be too aggressive at the top - we have plenty of natural players who score freely down the order."
Aus 542-7 (Root 10-0-51-2)
There's a skip in Joe Root's step between deliveries. He's thinking about the last three wickets and getting on that honours board. Doubtful, Joe. Two for Mitchell Starc. Another over chalked off.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"That's brutal from Mitchell Johnson. He's a powerful man."
Aus 540-7 (Wood 27-7-87-1)
Mitchell Johnson smeared 63 at Lord's in the second innings of the 2009 series, so he's got form here. Looking every inch the macho Aussie with his tattoos, bulging muscles and grisly stare he belts Mark Wood through the covers for four. Go fetch.
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George Smith: Waiting for Australia to declare......
Aus 536-7
Joe Root (4) now has more wickets in this Ashes series than James Anderson (3) and Mitchell Johnson (2).
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Australia will probably look at 600 and leave themselves 25 overs or so at England tonight. You'd think Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc will be given the freedom to attack now and score quickly."
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"A very smart catch from Moeen Ali - that wasn't easy. A very good little knock from Peter Nevill. I think we'll see some shots played now."
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Nevill c Moeen b Root 45 (Aus 536-7)
Root's ripping through the Aussies now - inducing a false shot from Peter Nevill who scoops a catch to Moeen Ali at mid-off. The ball was dying on him, but Moeen made no mistake.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"As Steve Smith walks away with the applause of a packed Lord's ringing in his ears, a plane flies over the terracotta pavilion heading west towards Heathrow. Indulge my slight leap of mind here, but has Smith's innings taken Australia one step closer to flying home with the Ashes urn?"
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Is the declaration imminent? Michael Clarke has his whites on. David Warner doesn't. Mind games.
Aus 534-6
The two fastest bowlers in the match face off: Mark Wood beating Mitchell Johnson on the outside edge twice in succession.
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James Bassett: If Australia really wanted to win and not draw this match I think they should have declared at 500.
Marty Perkins: Australia will need 20 wickets to win this, but as Graham Gooch would say - "It only takes 20 balls!".
Sean Ranson: Am I mad to think England should not be looking to bowl Australia out? Force them to pick when to declare, use up time. Can only hope for a draw.
Aus 533-6
Mitchell Johnson is booed to the crease. He's not going to hang about here. Go big or go back to the pavilion.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Very well played Steven Smith. Has he turned the course of the Ashes with that innings? We'll see."
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Smith lbw b Root 215 (Aus 533-6)
Steve Smith pays the price for a strange reverse-sweep. The ball kept low too and the umpire was right to raise his finger - although it was only just hitting the right-hander in line.
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Aus 533-5
That's more like it. Joe Root deceives Steve Smith, the ball smashes into the bottom of the pads and the umpire raises his finger. But the batsman refers it upstairs.
Aus 531-5 (Smith 214, Nevill 43)
Mark Wood looks about as thrilled as Posh Spice would be in a pound shop to be bowling now - there's not much to gain as Peter Nevill cuts four down to third man.
The Durham man then runs one back up the slope and into the batsman's pads but an inside edge means the umpire is not interested.
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Lee Willians: I hope Ian Bell didn't clap too hard for Smith. I seem to remember those hands dropping something yesterday.
Josh Knight: Ian Bell owes England about 150 runs. Smith looked scratchy and dropped on 50. We give him a road to bat himself into form.
Jo Elle: Very well played, Steve Smith. 200 at Lord's is a huge career moment.
Aus 527-5 (138 overs)
Is Joe Root bowling some leggies here? Peter Nevill doesn't care. The ball's in the slot and he hammers it over cow corner for four.
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Former England batsman Mark Butcher shows his appreciation for Steve Smith.
Aus 521-5 (run-rate in last 10 overs is 5.70)
Peter Nevill looks strong on his pads and dinks another busy-looking single into the leg side. That allows Smith the strike to hoick four down to long leg. It's like a one-day game for the Aussies now.
Aus 513-5
Steve Smith has scored runs in every area of the ground. Impressive.
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Aus 513-5 (Smith 207, Nevill 32)
Joe Root stalls for time by rubbing the ball down the back of his trousers. It's easy for Australia now as the impressive Peter Nevill scampers another single.
Aus 512-5
Joe Root's mother might be in the Test Match Special commentary box, but it doesn't stop Geoffrey Boycott saying he'd like to bat against her son's bowling. The runs begin to flow more freely now as Smith drives three then Nevill hammers four.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Steve Smith almost hurls his bat into the dressing room from long range so much is his delight at a double hundred. England's fielders also applaud as well as his Australian team-mates on the balcony."
200 for Smith
Aus 504-5
Steve Smith hits Moeen Ali for four through the leg side to bring up 200 for the first time in his career, and become the first Australian to score a double-century at Lord's since Bill Brown in 1938. He takes off his helmet and laps up the applause. Well done, young man.
Aus 500-5
Steve Smith gets a single off Moeen to move to 199. Hurry up, Smith... Boof's put down his lunch to gather on the balcony. A single for Nevill returns the strike to Smith and brings up the team 500.
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Australia 498-5 (134 overs)
Batsmen: Smith 198* (333), Nevill 26* (36)
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Warner, 38 14.6 ov), 2-362 (Rogers, 173 95.4 ov), 3-383 (Clarke, 7 106.5 ov), 4-426 (Voges, 25 119.3 ov), 5-442 (Marsh, 12 123.3 ov)
Bowling figures: Anderson 26-4-99-0, Broad 26-5-79-3, Wood 23-6-71-1, Moeen 34-4-125-1, Stokes 19-2-77-0, Root 4-0-23-0, Lyth 1-1-0-0
Australia won toss
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Aus 498-5
Joe Root to Steve Smith. Four more. The Aussies gather on the balcony for the 200 applause. He's on 198.
Drinks break
Aus 491-5
Steve Smith can't keep still when he's at the non-striker's end. He's the type of person you'd hate to sit in front of on a long-haul flight. Drinks.
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Simon Trevor-Wright: Re talented cricketing families, don't forget Edrich and Bedser.
Drew Campbell: Talented cricketing families - how about the D'Oliveiras?
Adam Chard: The Graces from my old home of Downend in Gloucestershire. Apparently even their dogs were trained as fielders!
Aus 491-5
Peter Nevill survives... but he's lucky. The ball was just clipping leg stump, meaning it stays with umpire's call. We're talking millimetres here.
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Aus 491-5
Moeen Ali likes the look of a leg-before shout against Peter Nevill. Looks optimistic to me but England review it.
Aus 490-5 (Anderson 26-4-99-0)
There's an afternoon hum enveloping Lord's as patrons meet up with old friends, the ones they see once or twice a year at the Test match. Others watch intently as Steve Smith runs four down to third man. Four leg byes via Peter Nevill and the Aussies close in on 500.
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Nick: The most talented family in cricket must be the Boycotts: Geoffrey, his Mum, his Grandmother: who else?
David: The Edrich family was pretty handy. They could field an XI of family members to take on minor counties.
Aus 480-5 (Smith 187, Nevill 24)
Steve Smith has never made 200 in Test cricket. He's just 13 away now, following a slog-sweep for four off Moeen Ali.
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Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special
"We have the mothers of both Joe Root and Jos Buttler in the commentary box. Two proud mothers at that. How lovely."
Aus 476-5 (130 overs)
Alastair Cook nips off, waiting to return to the action at the end of the over. He's stood in the Long Room, surrounded by members upon high oak chairs. Nobody bats an eyelid. What would you say if you were within earshot of the England skipper?
Aus 474-5
James Anderson bowls a beautiful outswinger which beats Peter Nevill's groping outside edge. Welcome to the big playground, Pete.
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Paul Thompson: The Aussies may not get to 550 as expected. That'd be a result for England but I'd worry about the Aussie bowling attack now.
Aaron Campbell: Let the Australians bat as long as they like. Taking 20 English wickets in three-and-a-half days on this pitch will be difficult.
Jo Elle: Lord's pitch coming to life as England get within sight of having a bat. Cunning plan.
Aus 472-5 (Smith 183 off 320)
There's a touch of the Matt Priors about Peter Nevill. The Australian number seven is quite frenetic at the crease - determined to get things moving - and he uses his feet before playing a nice on-drive off Moeen Ali which brings three.
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Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special
"That flew off the bat. Did Root get half a finger on that? The ball went fizzing through."
Aus 468-5
Shane Watson looks to have had a net, and he makes his way back round the perimeter of the ground to the Australia dressing room. He's still wearing his pads. *Insert your own joke here*.
James Anderson is back into the England bowling attack and Peter Nevill slices him over Joe Root at gully - the Yorkshireman might have got his hands to it if he wasn't wrong-footed.
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Jason Whitley: Talented cricketing families: the surnames Waugh, Cowdrey, Headley and not forgetting Grace either.
Gerry Rugby: Talented cricketing families. The Hadlees - Walter and his three sons (Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry) playing for New Zealand.
Rupert Charkham: C T Studd and his five brothers; talented family.
Aus 464-5 (run-rate: 3.65)
Two orthodox slips and two leg-slips in place for Peter Nevill, who shuffles across his crease and clips three into the leg side. Already scoring at more than a run a ball, he's injected a bit of energy into the Australian effort. Steve Smith follows in his slipstream with a late cut for four.
Aus 457-5
I'm putting it out there that Steve Smith is the best player of short-pitched bowling in the world at present. He's in his element at the Waca - the bounciest of all pitches - and his wristy technique allows him to get over the ball. He pulls Stuart Broad for a single and then the busy Peter Nevill adds five in two. Time for an assault?
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Tim in Kent: Regarding talented cricketing families? The Cowdreys must be up there Sir Colin, Chris, Graham and now Fabian.
Owen in Derbyshire: Can I put a stake in for the Cowdreys as most talented cricket family? Three generations of first-class county cricketers, two internationals and maybe a third to come.
Gary in Paisley: Most talented family got to be the Boycotts. Geoff, his mum and his nan. His mum could even bat with a stick of rhubarb.
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Former Australia seamer Damien Fleming doffs his cap to Broad.
Aus 451-5 (Smith 175, Nevill 7)
Steve Smith, a leg-spinning all-rounder, is eyeing up a double century here. And he loves bowling at Lord's too - he's taken seven wickets in 41 overs at HQ. The most he's got anywhere else is two in Abu Dhabi. Just something to be wary about here as Moeen Ali gets one to grip and spit at the batsman. Peter Nevill gets the first boundary of his career with a late cut for four. Nine from the over.
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Fran Clarkson: I've got a packet of sweets resting on my prediction that Aus will be 'Skittled' for under 480!
How good is Nevill?
Allow me to introduce Australia's new batsman, debutant Peter Nevill...
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Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special
"Mitch Marsh chopped it on to is stumps and another wicket for Stuart Broad. Australia's bowlers will be taking a keen interest in this - maybe there's a little bit more in the pitch than we first thought?"
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M Marsh b Broad 12 (Aus 442-5)
Another one gone. England are halfway there now - Mitchell Marsh being deceived by one which keeps low and he gets an inside edge onto the timbers. Shane Watson would've reviewed that.
Aus 442-4
Moeen Ali to Steve Smith. Six dots. Let's move on.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"With the sun beating down on north-west London, it's a good day for a long lunch. That certainly seems to be the attitude taken by the vast majority of the Lord's crowd, with the notable exception of our Australian friends. They seem to be rather enjoying this."
Aus 442-4 (Broad 24-4-73-2)
Mitchell Marsh also gets in on the third man action by thick-edging a boundary. Stuart Broad looks about as miffed as a bloke who's just lit the barbecue only for the heavens to open.
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Chris in Leeds: The most talented family in cricketing history? Surely the Pollocks, hands down.
Aus 436-4 (Smith 173 off 300)
Alastair Cook continues with his inventive field placings - positioning a short mid-off and short mid-on to Steve Smith. That leaves gaps elsewhere and Smith angles three down to third man.
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Evan Samuel: Re talented family in cricket history. Might be hard to go past Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell and grandad Vic Richardson - three Aussie captains in there.
Aus 433-4 (Moeen 28-3-100-1)
Moeen Ali continues to drift the ball into the right-hander's pads but he's now gone for 100 runs in this first innings. It seems a long time ago that he got rid of David Warner on that first morning.
Batting in glasses
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Viv Edwards, Croydon: Thought you would like to see this autographed photo of Geoff Boycott, wearing specs in 1963 after being elected "Best Young Cricketer of 1963". He stopped after a day's play at Swansea and signed for every one of us young Glamorgan fans. A proper signature too!
Aus 432-4
What is the most talented family in cricketing history? I ask because Mitchell Marsh's brother Shaun is also in Australia's Ashes squad, and his Dad, Geoff, broke a few records at the top of the order in his time too.
Mitchell, 23, has 262 runs in his first four Tests and a single wicket.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"A beautiful way to get off the mark from Mitch Marsh - it was an Andrew Flintoff-esque shot in the manner he punched it the boundary."
Aus 430-4
Sublime from Mitchell Marsh who punches his first ball in Ashes cricket through extra cover for four.
Aus 426-4
Mitchell Marsh is the new batsman. We're into the tail now, England fans. This guy only has three hundreds on tour so far this summer.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"An inventive field from Alastair Cook for Stuart Broad to Adam Voges, and Broad's deserved that wicket. He's been the best of England's bowlers. The pitch looks to have quickened up a bit - which will not only give Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc encouragement but will move the game along."
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Voges c Buttler b Broad 25 (Aus 426-4)
Seam bowling perfection. Stuart Broad brings the ball back into the right-handed Adam Voges and the veteran batsman tentatively gets a little tickle onto it before wicketkeeper Jos Buttler does the rest.
Aus 426-3 (Smith 169, Voges 25)
I bet Steve Smith plumped for the meatballs at lunch time. With fries. He continues where he left off by using his feet to Moeen Ali and driving a single into the off side. A single too for Adam Voges.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special
"I think England will be pretty happy with what they did this morning and it will be the same this afternoon. Put the ball in the right areas, build pressure and try to hang in the game."
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Ready for the afternoon session? This gentleman is. Let's play.
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Ryan in Barnsley: Not sure what's more upsetting - Australia's current scorecard, or mindlessly staring at the Lord's lunch menu while I force down my tinned mackerel and packet rice at work. Chargrilled steak would be my first choice as would another seven quick wickets.
Anyone for a lunch-time game of bingo?
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Thank you, Stephan. It's got the makings of being a good afternoon, hasn't it? If you're Australian.
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I'm out of here for the summer (or just the middle session). Marc Higginson has lunched well and is ready to take the hotseat for the afternoon session.
Beginner's guide to the Ashes
What is the Ashes urn? Do you know your yorker from your googly? And what on earth does Liz Hurley have to do with it all?
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Peter Rushbrook: Re TMS lunch debate about glasses. I keep wicket for Chevening Amblers in the Kent County village league I wear contacts and sunglasses in every game. Sometimes sunglasses when batting but always with a helmet.
Andy in London: Re glasses and eye wear: I took the only five-for of my amateur career wearing just a single contact lens.
Tim in Didsbury: Daniel Vettori, a legend of the modern game was always bespectacled.
Ashes quiz: You're the captain
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Marc Gridley: Agree with Geoff Boycott. We have best bowlers in English conditions yet blunting our own attack with slow pitches.
John Burke: What do these pitches say about the mindset of the English hierarchy? That they don't trust the ability of their batsmen?
Ian Bradley: Be surprised if the Aussies chose to go on past 550, have to be proactive. England must rein in positive mindset.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"Just paid my annual visit to the real tennis court at Lord's where a couple of members in pressed whites were thrashing away with wooden rackets in a game that carries similarities with tennis and squash. England will hope this scoreline from a recent match is not a portent for the Ashes."
Weather forecast
Looks like you won't need your sweater at Lord's this afternoon.
Famished?
Friday's lunch menu at Lord's
Cricketing endurance
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Sam in Farnborough: Had an U15 school match where we got 400-1, then our opening bowlers proceeded to bowl them all out for 29. However I was slightly miffed as was supposed to come in at 4, and was an unused first-change bowler. Alas.
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BBC Radio Test Match Special
Simon Hughes has just arrived in the Test Match Special box, ready for lunch-time chat about batting, specifically the importance of eyesight. Which leads us nicely to...
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"The pitch has been pretty easy for Australia. Stuart Broad is the only bowler who's really looked a threat on this pitch in the morning. England have two top class opening bowlers in Broad and Jimmy Anderson, but this pitch has neutered their impact. England can't complain because a slow pitch is probably what they ordered to negate Australia's tall quick bowlers. I think Australia will look to bash on in the afternoon, but it looks like we're going towards a stalemate."
Lunch scorecard
Lunch - Aus 424-3
The end of another tough morning for England, albeit one that brought twice as many wickets as the whole of yesterday. Australia take lunch on 424-3, still powering on to an impregnable position in this match. Maybe they will let England have a bat at some point today.
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Joe Wilson
BBC News sports correspondent
"Isn't making Shane Watson sit near the boundary in the most vivid orange singlet - whilst the batsmen help themselves - just rubbing it in?"
Aus 424-3
Too short from Moeen, pulled for four by Smith, who is closing in on the 173 made by Rogers. He's one of the great fidgeters, Smith. Touch of the pads, gloves, adjustment of the box. He must be shattered by the end of an innings. Last over of the session coming up.
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Glenn McGrath
BBC Test Match Special
"Looking at the comparisons between Mark Wood and Ben Stokes, Wood seems to gain pace as he powers through the crease. Ben Stokes pulls up at the crease and almost stops."
Aus 420-3 (Smith 164, Voges 24)
The wind flutters the shirt of Steve Smith as he faces up to new bowler Mark Wood. Smith, not the tallest, blond hair, a grown-up Milky Bar Kid, goes back a couple of times to force through the off side. Three runs from the over. Maybe a couple of sets before the break.
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Andy Wynne: Baffling Lord's. Bottled fizzy wine and unattended picnic bags - fine. At Old Trafford last year, even pork pies were contraband!
Aus 417-3 (115 overs)
Still Moeen as we speed towards lunch, a meal that Australia will enjoy more than England. Shane Watson is again seen with a sub-fielder's bib on. "If I was playing in this match, I wouldn't have batted or been out lbw yet. Nobody would have been talking about it." Such is life, Watto.
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AG Ford: "Let's rock and roll that" means move the still image back and then forward a few frames to check for contact etc.
Pete C: "Lets rock and roll.." is the instruction given to play video back and forth, on hotspot or snicko, to see if ball makes contact.
Luke Bradshaw: Re "Rock and roll it". Roll on the video tape forward, but then rock it back and repeat, to see a few frames over and over.
Think that's answered what third umpire Chris Gaffaney is getting at.
Aus 416-3 (partnership 33)
Adam Voges is playing the aggressor in this stand, shovelling everything to the leg side. Once again he has helped by Stokes, a wayward delivery worked for a couple. When Stokes gets on to off stump, Voges has to defend. Voges has scored 20 of his 24 runs on the leg side.
Punter's view
Ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting, speaking on Sky Sports, reckons Australia will want to reach 550 by mid-afternoon so they can have a bowl before tea. They'll have to put their foot down after lunch if that's to happen.
Aus 413-3 (Smith 159, Voges 22)
Moeen in the sunshine, throwing his arms out before delivering his off-breaks with a reasonable amount of loop. One, two, three paces then a jog to the crease. Nice, before Voges manufactures a sweep that goes fine for four. ngland have bowled well this morning, deserving their two wickets, but the Aussie march towards 500+ will be unstoppable.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Ben Stokes has to learn not to bowl so many bad balls - he bowls too many hittable balls at this level. He's got a lovely action, and it might just be concentration. In county cricket you're bowling at good players, but in international cricket it's up a level. I think it's discipline and patience at this level for Stokes. It's not always about coaching, it's not about his action. Sometimes it's just a little word of advice and management that's needed."
Aus 408-3 (Stokes 18-2-74-0)
Adam Voges looks like a leg-side player and England have fed his pads early on. Ben Stokes drifts on to the hip, allowing a clip fine for four. Australia bring up the 400. How many do they want? 550? 600? Will they bowl today?
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OptaJim: After hitting consecutive tons in 2013-14, Michael Clarke's highest Test score in nine Ashes innings is the 38 he hit at Cardiff.
Aus 399-3 (Smith 157, Voges 10)
Moeen Ali to twirl his off-breaks down the slope, met by the dreamiest of on-drives by Adam Voges, bisecting a field that looked impenetrable. I've said it lots in this match, but there doesn't seem to be much atmos inside Lord's. If you're there, tell me if I'm right or wrong. Then again, the home fans aren't going to be bouncing at 399-3.
Ravi's got a plan
Aus 394-3
On the the subject of reviews, third umpire Chris Gaffaney can often be heard saying "let's rock and roll that". I'd love to know what that means. Time for some spin...
Aus 394-3
Forget about the inside edge, it was umpire's call for both point of impact and where it would have hit the stumps. Not out, but at least England have got close enough to review an lbw shout. They barely hit the pads yesterday.
Umpire review
Aus 394-3
Hang on. There's no bat...
Umpire review
Aus 394-3
This hasn't got a lot going for it, but England haven't reviewed in this match, so probably want to check if the system still works. Ben Stokes to Adam Voges. Inside edge?
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Glenn McGrath
BBC Test Match Special
"Adam Voges has played at Lord's before for Middlesex and won't be overawed by the situation or the occasion. There's enough in the wicket to excite the England bowlers that they can nick another one out before lunch, though."
Aus 389-3 (Smith 151, Voges 6)
Wood to new man Voges, who England are targetting in the style of Shane Watson - hunting the front pad. In the posh seats, all manner of drinks and pre-lunch appetisers are served. You know the type, tiny canapes that look like a main course for The Borrowers. Too short from Wood, Voges hammers a pull shot to get off the mark.
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Evan Samuel: Oh dear, Pup - bait trap, fall for trap. Mind you, he looked like he was batting with his eyes shut anyway.
Richie O'Hara: Mark Wood is already looking at home, at this level, great wicket.
James Gaunt: An Aussie skipper that can't play the short ball?
Aus 383-3 (last 10 overs 19-1)
This is a decent spell for England, still managing to exert some control even though Australia are racking up a mountain of runs. Stokes again, once more keeping Smith watchful on off stump. Another maiden. Two more quick wickets could have Australia 400-5 - you never know...
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Glenn McGrath
BBC Test Match Special
"That was a funny old shot from Michael Clarke, he just went with and picked it out the square leg fielder. Certainly he will be disappointed with seven runs off 32. You have to give England's bowlers some credit, though. They have bowled with a little more control, built some pressure and that brought about Clarke's wicket. Since Chris Rogers fell they really tightened up."
Aus 383-3 (Wood 20-5-62-1)
Gary Ballance pocketed that chance as easy as you like, casually lobbing the ball to the square leg umpire. In the same Wood over, Clarke missed with a loose drive, almost chipped Wood to the same fielder, then nailed the ball straight at Ballance's chest. Adam Voges the new man, he played for Middlesex here earlier this season.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Lots to think about for the Australian captain after that dismissal. He laboured on a flat wicket and was a long way short of his best in that innings."
WICKET
Clarke c Ballance b Wood 7 (Aus 383-3)
The fact that Australia have the best part of 400 has masked the fact that Michael Clarke has been pretty loose this morning. Lots of playing and missing, popping up a chance on the leg side and now hooking Mark Wood straight to Gary Ballance at square leg. After watching that gigantic partnership, the skipper manages only seven and has softly given England their third wicket.
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Glenn McGrath
BBC Test Match Special
"I don't think too many English fans had seen Steve Smith at his peak before this game so this is good to see."
150 for Steve Smith
Aus 383-2
Could Steve Smith's idiosyncratic technique be copied? Huge backlift, a shuffle across the stumps, anything straight is on his pads, wide balls are under his eyes. If he misses, he's sure to be lbw - but he never does. Those balls he defends look wide enough to be edged - only he never does. A drive for four off Ben Stokes takes the Australia vice-captain to 150. If you can think of a way to get him out, drop a note to the home dressing room.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Mark Wood is like a cross between Simon Jones and Graham Onions."
Aus 378-2
Mark Wood after drinks. Whatever he had has tightened up his line, keeping Smith honest on and around off stump. Sun poking through again at HQ, playing a constant game of hide and seek that keeps us on our toes. A maiden.
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Australia 378-2 (103 overs)
Batsmen: Smith 147* (258), Clarke 6* (25)
Fall of wickets: 78-1 (Warner 38), 362-2 (Rogers 173)
Bowling figures: Anderson 23-4-86-0, Broad 22-4-58-1, Wood 18-3-62-0, Moeen 22-3-82-1, Stokes 13-0-55-0, Root 4-0-23-0, Lyth 1-1-0-0
Australia won toss
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Matt Arnerich: What I wouldn't do for a bit of blue on this BBC Sport live feed. Think the whole coffee shop I'm in would know about it.
Is this enough blue for you, Matt?
Aus 378-2
So let me get this straight. It's OK to put a blanket out to reserve your picnic spot? Is this Lord's, or the pool-side of an all-inclusive resort? Does one of those blankets belong to you? Own up...
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"The calm before the lunchtime storm at the Coronation Garden behind the pavilion. The imposing figure of WG Grace is on guard to ward off any imposters to one of England's most prized picnic spots."
Drinks
Aus 378-2
Indeed Broad is withdrawn, replaced by the flame-haired Ben Stokes. Stokes slips in as the sunshine reappears, keeping a decent line outside off stump. A maiden takes us to drinks.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"England are bowling nicely but Australia are doing the right thing. They are just hanging in there knowing there will be plenty of scoring opportunities later on."
Aus 378-2
I see there's a bottled of something fizzy about to be opened in the crowd. If you've never been to Lord's, the sight of popped corks landing on the outfield is not uncommon. Baffling. If they were beach balls at any other ground, you'd be thrown out. Wood, short run, perhaps not as threatening so far in this match. A leg-side over milked for seven runs.
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Aus 371-2 (Broad 22-4-58-1)
The sun dips behind the clouds as Broad - probably England's stand-out bowler of the series so far - continues to tease this Aussie pair with the help of the Lord's slope. It's windy at HQ, so windy that the TV broadcaster hasn't been able to use the blimp that gives them aerial shots. Two from it. I wonder if that might be the end of Broad for a little while?
Cricketing endurance
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Mike: In the '60s I was picked for the Club Cricket Conference to play the MCC in a 2 day game at Lords, probably my only ever chance of playing there. It poured with rain for 2 days. Didn't even get changed……
Aus 369-2 (Smith 144, Clarke 2)
The first bowling change of the day, Mark Wood on to replace James Anderson, wiping his eyes as if he's been dragged out of bed to have a bowl. Lord's becalmed, the hum that was absent yesterday still not showing itself. Catchers on the leg side, Wood slipping the ball down the slope to Smith, who is content with a single to long leg.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I thought Michael Clarke was ratty in an interview on Wednesday. He was asked about Stuart Broad and if he had problems against him, but he was very defensive about it. There's clearly something about Broad he doesn't like."
Aus 368-2 (100 overs)
Even at 300 and plenty for two, a new batsman has to get set. That task is a little harder when you're facing a bowler who has the wood over you. Clarke facing up to Broad, the England seamer bowling an excellent line outside off stump, moving the ball away to beat the grope of the Aussie skipper. Broad might have to stick a bell in it for him. Hello, how's this for a celeb spot? The Duke of Edinburgh is in the stands. Surely the most famous man at Lord's today?
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Ben Sutton: Just reward for some excellent bowling with no luck from Stuart Broad. Another three quicksmart please, Stuart!
Charles Coldman: Is that the longest time between wickets in the same innings without any delay to play? Nearly 24 hours.
Aus 368-2 (Anderson 23-4-86-0)
So, England have got rid of Rogers, but the next job is to remove the run-hungry Steve Smith. With Anderson still round the wicket, Smith goes on the hook to pick up another boundary. On the England balcony, the injured Chris Jordan appears in a black hoodie. He's got the smile of a man who didn't have to bowl yesterday.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I don't know if it's the heavy roller or the intensity of the England bowlers but the ball has gone through a lot better today. Look at the first over of the day - James Anderson struck Chris Rogers on the head with a bouncer."
Aus 364-2 (Smith 139, Clarke 2)
England had to wait 484 deliveries between wickets. At that rate, the next will come just before the close, by which time Australia will have about 650. Then again, if Stuart Broad keeps bowling like this, the next wicket will not be far away. Good length, pace in the mid-80s, nipping away from Clarke down the slope and towards the slips.
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What an innings from Chris Rogers...
Aus 362-2
Clarke, the Australia captain, has had his pads on for a long time. He spent most of yesterday prowling the dressing room and probably had a rash on his shins when he took them off last night. Anderson goes to Plan B for Steve Smith, round the wicket with catchers on the leg side. It's successful enough to yield a maiden.
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Liam McShane: My wicket alert thing DOES work!
Aus 362-2 (Broad 19-3-54-1)
As you can imagine, Rogers got a wonderful ovation from the Lord's crowd. He raised his bat to the whole ground as he skipped up the steps, then had more noise as he returned through the Long Room. What an effort from the Aussie opener, who has played so much cricket here for Middlesex. Replays show he was stuck in the crease and got an inside edge on to his pad, then into middle and leg stumps. Michael Clarke the new man.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special
"He'll be delighted. He has set Australia up and it's a job well done. A good delivery from Broad too, he got the batsman driving and snuck one through the gate up the hill."
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Rogers b Broad 173 (Aus 362-2)
This is not a mistake. Do not just adjust your screen or rub your eyes. England finally have a wicket and have removed the immovable Chris Rogers. It's a very good delivery from Stuart Broad, one delivery after being driven for four. Full, nipping back, Rogers not quite to the pitch and seeing his furniture removed. Almost a day after taking their first wicket, England have a second.
Cricketing endurance
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Tom Palmer: Had a game where the opposition scored 550-1 and we were fined for a slow over rate because the ball kept going missing.
Aus 357-1 (Rogers 169, Smith 138)
Lovely from Smith, driving straight for four. James Anderson, the bowler, is already looking hacked off, taking out his frustration with a bumper that Rogers this time gets underneath. On the Aussie balcony, Mitchell Johnson sits with his bare feet up. There's all number of plasters on his sole, heels and toes. Is that normal for a fast bowler?
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Cricket Australia's Andrew Ramsey: Australia start at 1-337. Only team to lose a Lord's Test batting 1st and scoring 400-plus was Eng 1930. Made 425 then some fella Bradman got 254
Aus 352-1
By any definition, either playing in or watching a day's cricket where your team has conceded 300+ for one wicket is a feat of cricketing endurance. I'm trying to think of a day that's ever felt longer. I'm struggling. Do let me know your tales of cricketing endurance. Have you sat all day in the rain for no play? Travelled by planes, trains and camels to watch? Fielded while the oppo has racked up 400-0? Broad to Rogers, another optimistic, leg-side appeal.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special
"England have got to be careful here - there is a manner which England can concede their runs. Don't let them know you're on the floor. Make them fight for every run."
Aus 350-1 (Rogers 167, Smith 133)
Lord's is a picture. Lush green surrounding a 22-yard straw-coloured strip, all under blue sky and fluffy cloud. Anderson kicks in towards the Media Centre, that spaceship that looms over the old ground, a slice of modernity amongst the tradition. Smith drives for four, then is incredulous when England ask for a very optimistic lbw. They are allowed to appeal, Steve, even if they hardly did it yesterday.
ECB denies Rashid story
Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"The ECB is denying reports of a rift with Adil Rashid. The Yorkshire leg-spinner reported for training on Tuesday with an injury to the ring finger of his right hand. And while the England medical staff were surprised not to have been alerted to the injury beforehand, they were never required to make a final call on his fitness to play because Moeen Ali was on course to make a full recovery from his side strain.
"Rashid then returned to Yorkshire on Wednesday. Contrary to reports, the ECB insists it would be very happy for Rashid to play in Yorkshire's County Championship match against Worcestershire at Scarborough on Monday because it would give him a chance to prove his fitness before the squad for the third Test is announced on Tuesday."
Aus 345-1 (partnership 267)
Stuart Broad shares morning duties, the England plan to Steve Smith very clear early on. There are seven fielders on the off side, the home side looking to test his patience. A bit defensive first thing in the morning with a ball only 10 overs old? It's very wide from Broad, with Smith not interested in playing.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"This is now the highest Australia partnership for any wicket at Lord's, beating the 260-run opening stand between Mark Taylor and Michael Slater in 1993."
Aus 345-1 (Rogers 166, Smith 129)
It's deja vu all over again. Last ball of the over, full from Anderson, Rogers steering behind square on the off side for four. If the first ball offered some encouragement for England, the rest of the over might have sucked it away.
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Swifty: I've been for a pint (actually, quite a few) with Lehmann (10:36), a while ago after a Test match at Headers - he is a top bloke (nicked my lighter though, the rotter). Lots of great stories about the Aussie dressing room. A brilliant night (I think - memory's a bit hazy on the later events of the session...)
Aus 341-1
There can't be too much wrong with Chris Rogers. Helmet back on, two balls later a drive through the covers for four. Normal service is resumed.
Aus 337-1
Rogers looks to be alright, he is just receiving treatment for a cut behind his ear. The left-hander is wearing a new-style helmet, one that has protection at the back of the head. It hit him there. As the physio comes on, Steve Smith has a drink. He's only been there one ball.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"It was a bit of a loosener but it hit him flush on the helmet. He took his eyes off it and played it poorly."
Aus 337-1
Eeessshhh, what a way to start the day. First ball, Rogers has ducked into an Anderson short ball, taking a painful blow on the side of the head. Rogers is dazed, Anderson immediately checking if he's OK. There will be a delay here, the physio is coming on.
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Chris Rogers, just the 158 to his name, is having the sightscreen adjusted, facing up to James Anderson. Play.
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Still, the players look as though yesterday didn't happen. Freshly laundered whites, bending and stretching, blinking in the sunshine that currently covers HQ. Once again, both teams were applauded through the Long Room, Alastair Cook wearing a mean look as he led his troops.
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There's no two ways about it, England need wickets this morning. Even if they do make use of a ball that is only nine overs old, it's pretty hard not to imagine Australia racking up 500+. Then, England will have plenty of batting to do.
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Thanks, Marc. As they sing in the musical The Book of Mormon, "tomorrow is a latter day". England will certainly hope so.
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Right then. Let's see if England can get a few more wickets today. Stephan Shemilt is the man in the hot-seat for the morning session.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC 5 live Breakfast
"The Aussies could still be batting by the end of the day - they could be about 650. Why not get them in the first innings? Almost put it out of England's reach and say, you've got to hang on against our bowling attack, which we think is the best in world cricket."
'Plan A stays the same'
England bowling coach Ottis Gibson on Sky Sports: "Yesterday was a tough day, but we just have to think about today. Hopefully the pitch quickens up and the nicks will carry.
"Plan A stays the same - try to dominate the off stump. In Cardiff we asked the bowlers to be fuller. There was no nip here, so it's harder to bowl that fuller length."
Determined Aussies
Australia's Chris Rogers on Test Match Special: "We want to give England nothing. We were really disappointed with the last game, so we're not going to be like that for the rest of the series."
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Martin Everitt: Remembering 2nd Test, Adelaide 2006, chin up Anderson, Wood, Broad, Stokes and Ali.
Lee, Warne and McGrath only managed 2 wickets between them in the first innings and England posted 551 yet the Aussies still managed to win. Let's do this….
View from the Aussie camp
Australia coach Darren Lehmann on Sky Sports: "The hunger pleased me most, driving the game, scoring at a decent rate and the way they wanted to keep batting.
"We spoke about it after Cardiff and it was about getting back to do what we've been doing over the past 18 months. We have to keep doing our things as we do, backing ourselves.
"Today, we have to get through the new ball, then push on as quickly as we can. You can get 20 wickets on any surface, that's something we've done well over the past seven or eight Test matches."
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"I'm not sure I've ever seen so many ticket touts around a sports venue. Walking down the Wellington Road from St John's Wood this morning, I came across one about every 30 paces. Some brazenly occupy the middle of the pavement, offering to buy or sell tickets, while others perch on walls and whisper about their wares from behind newspapers."
Boof!
Australia's Darren Lehmann has been talking Sky's Nasser Hussain through some of his coaching techniques. Clutching a long plastic stick which holds a ball at the end - like something you'd use when exercising your dog - he can replicate different bowling on demand.
"What do you want next?" bellows Boof. "A Mitchell Johnson yorker." Lehmann nails it. Strike!
Nasser tries his hand. Beamer.
I've got a lot of time for Boof. Would love to go for a pint with him.
Guide to fielding positions
Do you know your fine leg from your mid-off? If not, this might help.
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For those not familiar with the nuances of cricket, Steve Smith is referring to the fact that many cricket wickets break up as the game goes on - bringing the spinner more into the game. If we have a few hot days, those cracks get bigger and it could be an uncomfortable time for the English batsmen on days four and five.
What will the Aussies do?
Steve Smith on Australia's plans: "We'll probably keep batting for a little while and try and post a big first-innings total.
"There's a little bit of rough starting to form. Hopefully Nathan Lyon can come into the game later."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I haven't seen anything yet that tells me this won't be good for batting when it's England's turn. But there's scoreboard pressure and we don't know if the ball will keep low and turn appreciably as it goes on."
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Joe Wilson
BBC News sports correspondent
"If yesterday's play was a sign of Australian resurgence and a toughening up of attitude then the feeling continued in media conference at the end of the day. Chris Rogers was passionate, honest and measured as he always is. In fact his most serious criticism was basically levelled at his opening partner David Warner for the way he tried to hit Moeen Ali out of the attack.
"Steve Smith's criticism of England's defensive fielding - his 'deep point, point' - was, however, a departure. He was surprised Trevor Bayliss allowed it, adding that Australia never would adopt such a defensive stance. This felt like the creative and aggressive use of post play media opportunity. A premeditated slog sweep with the microphone. Good fun."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I don't think it's clear cut that Australia will get 600 and England will be three down by the close today. Let's just wait and see."
How's stat?!
If Chris Rogers reaches 200 today, he will be the third oldest Australian to do so behind Don Bradman (twice) and Allan Border. Dame Edna has not achieved the feat yet.
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Luke Parker: Opinions are split on the train now, 1/2 reckon Aussies all out by lunch, the others, Aussies posting around 600 mark.
View from Australia
There was one Aussie who felt a little sorry for England yesterday: journalist Greg Baum. Just a little, mind.
Writing in The Age, he said: "England did not bowl badly, nor ever resign themselves to impotence. They maintained their Cardiff discipline. The day was replete with tactical intrigues. Jimmy Anderson swung the ball in and out, from over and around the wicket, at both ends, with the slope and against, and came away wicketless. That's bowling for you.
"Moeen tried to trick Rogers into a catch at leg slip. Mark Wood tried to bounce him out. Stuart Broad fancied the merest of reverse swing, using the slope. All were worth a try. None worked."
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Mike Walker: Have just been snorkelling in the Red Sea. Can confirm pitch as flat as a stingray's belly. Hopefully a sting in the tail too!
Fashion faux pas?
Smith's little barb at Bayliss & Cook
Once Australia got themselves on top yesterday, they decided it was the right time to begin what they affectionately refer to as 'mental disintegration'. To you and me, it's sledging.
Steve Smith managed to take down the England captain and coach in one sentence: "I was a little bit surprised that Trevor Bayliss would allow Alastair Cook to have a deep point for as long as he did today to be honest."
Smith added: "I think it was a good pitch to bat on but they got defensive quite quickly."
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No complaints from Jimmy
England bowler James Anderson refused to criticise the pitch yesterday, saying: "I probably wouldn't choose to bowl on that wicket, but that's what we've been given for the week and Test cricket is all about adapting your game to be able to take wickets on any kind of pitch.
"It's always difficult to judge a pitch when only one side has batted on it. We're going to come with a positive attitude that we can still win this game but we know we have to play much better to do that."
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Freddie Neve: Hoping this gloomy weather can do England's bowlers some favours. Otherwise I feel we're going to see Australia declare on 650+.
Shannon McKee: I hope this match is nothing like what will happen at Trent Bridge, as I am due to be there for all five days!
'We came to take England down'
Speaking last night, Chris Rogers says Australia went into the Ashes thinking they were going "to come in and take England down".
"We came into this series riding this crest of a wave," said Rogers. "To suffer a heavy loss like that (at Cardiff) kind of put us back in our place and made us question ourselves a little bit."
Meanwhile at Lord's...
Is this gentleman texting his mates to remind them about the pastel green trousers dress code memo?
Weather forecast
BBC Weather's Jake Cope is here with a weather forecast for Lord's: "It's a bit drizzly out there at the moment but that should clear up soon and after that it's looking like another dry day at Lord's. After a cloudy start to proceedings we should see some good sunny spells develop in the afternoon as temperatures reach 24 degrees. A brisk south westerly wind will be blustery at times and could sap the energy of anyone charging in from the Nursery End.
"There's more of the same on the way for tomorrow too, bright and breezy but staying dry. On Sunday there will be a band of rain to the south which at the moment looks like staying away until after tea but watch this space for updates on that one. By Monday that rain should have cleared away to the north leaving a dry, cloudy and windy final day."
Cheeky chaps
David Warner pokes fun at stories he and team-mate Chris Rogers don't get along...
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This game isn't a draw yet - Agnew
Jonathan Agnew certainly believes it is wrong to suggest the game will be a draw based on the first day's play.
Writing in his BBC Sport column, he says: "That each contest is different is part of the richness of the game and I'm certainly not writing this match off as a dull, stultifying draw just because of what we've seen on the first day.
"When Australia come to bowl, their mindset will be different from Cardiff, when England were going after them in the first innings, and building on a healthy lead in the second.
"This time, the tourists will have runs on the board, which means the likes of Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc can afford to run in and give it everything."
Remember Adelaide?
One of my colleagues suggested that an Australia win is good for the series - 1-1 with three to play. Except England haven't lost yet. And neither is the game guaranteed to be a draw. Back in 2006, England piled up 551-6 declared in their first innings and lost. That was the exception rather than the rule... but there is a precedent.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Lord's
"Warm and sticky in London this morning with a covering of light grey cloud. Might be a bit of movement through the air for England's bowlers with this ball only 10 overs old."
'It doesn't matter if there's a dramatic finale'
Cricinfo's George Dobell pulled no punches in his frank assessment of the Lord's pitch. In an article headlined 'A pitch to damage Test cricket', he wrote: "It does not matter if there is, at some stage, a dramatic finale. A rock fall can be dramatic: it does not mean the 30,000 years of erosion that preceded it is great television. If the administrators are really serious about combating falling attendances and worrying viewing figures, they must combat the pitch problem."
A good read if you've got a moment.
Pitch problems
Rightly or wrongly, the pitch served up by the Lord's ground staff has been heavily criticised. Rather like the M6, it was straight up and down and had plenty of speed restrictions in place. There was nothing in it for the bowlers, and it showed.
Australia gave three chances all day - one of them was taken, one was dropped and one flashed over the slip cordon.
England would have got more joy out of a service station arcade.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC 5 live Breakfast
"England have got to stay strong, get some early wickets and make it come down to how well they bat on this pitch - England will have to bat for three days and the Aussies will need 20 wickets.
"England bowled alright and beat the bat on a couple of occasions. Lord's doesn't really crack up. The spinner will come into the game because of Australia's two left-armers and the foot holes they will create but if England get their heads down and bat well they can draw this game."
Nagpur-like?
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Of course, we should wait to pass a more solid judgement on the pitch until England have batted on it, but I'd love to know what you think a perfect cricket wicket should be like.
Do you like a road with plenty of runs in it? What about a green seamer? Or a slow sub-Continental turner?
Which ground in world cricket produces the best pitches? I'd have to say I always like Tests at Old Trafford and the Waca.
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No blame attached to England
To be fair to England, they stuck at their task well. They bowled in a disciplined manner and Alastair Cook's captaincy could not be faulted. They were just up against two very good batsmen on a wicket flatter than a stingray's belly.
Two centurions
Opener Chris Rogers compiled a patient 158 and Steve Smith weighed in with 129 to more than play his part in an unbroken 259-run partnership for the second wicket.
It was not just Tiger Woods who had a Thursday to forget. The England cricket team will want to forget it all in a hurry too.
State of play
Benjamin Franklin, you may know, is the face of the one hundred dollar bill Stateside.
Anyway, history lesson over... let's talk Ashes. Day one at Lord's was all about Australia, who showed mongrel-like fighting spirit to wrestle back any momentum England thought they had after that crushing victory in the first Test at Cardiff.
They begin the second day with two centurions at the crease and 337-1 on the scoreboard.
Morning!
In 1789, Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, noted that "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes".
Maybe he wasn't a cricket fan.
Surely it should have been 'death, taxes and the ability of the Australian cricket team to bounce back from adversity'?