And that's just about it, the end of a day where England moved to the brink of regaining the Ashes and of a fourth successive home series win over Australia.
Sleep well, little urn. Tomorrow, you will be won.
"I'm the first person to put my hand up and say I'm amazed at how the series has turned out. We were awful in Australia. I think the biggest change has been Bayliss saying after the defeat at Lord's, 'We want English pitches to get our fast bowlers Broad and Anderson in the game.'"
Jimmy Anderson, missing this Test because of injury, will join his old mate Graeme Swann on Radio 5 live on Saturday morning for the latest edition of Not Just Cricket.
It will be live from 09:00-11:00 from Trent Bridge with Greg James hosting. Prepare yourself for some tomfoolery.
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Craig Farr: I will see some cricket at Trent Bridge tomorrow. Thank you, bad light. Thank you.
Roger: Stumps. Looks like I'll be burning the midnight oil again tonight!
Andy Perry: Ok, so now we believe! Fabulous work by England. One of the most relaxed Ashes tests I can recall.
Player reaction
Mitchell Starc on Sky Sports: "It's been a tough couple of days of cricket but we are still alive. We'll come out again tomorrow and fight as hard as we can - that's the Australian way.
"Taking six wickets was special with this being an Ashes series, but I'd rather we were heading into day three in a better position."
"Michael Clarke's brain is scrambled. England have planned well to him and what once was there is not there any more. The short ball unsettles him - he's on the back foot constantly, looking for it."
From there it was all about if Australia could take it to three days, which they just about managed thanks to the resistance of Adam Voges and the late introduction of some bad light. When we return tomorrow, England will be three balls from the little urn.
"Probably the best thing that's happened to Stokes was that business when Marlon Samuels took the mickey out of him in the West Indies. Since then he's shut up and just let his raw talent take over. If he's got anything up top, which I think he has, he will be a great cricketer."
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And then the Aussie resistance, a century stand between Rogers and Warner, helped by a couple of dropped catches and a wicket from a no-ball - there would be another of those later too. But, get one of the Aussie top order and you're likely to get four of them. 113-0 became 136-4 thanks to Stokes the swinger.
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LimertillyWeatherwax: honestly glad that cricket will get into day three. a two day test just seems not very crickety.
Dave: All over by 11.30 tomorrow. Bring on little Urn.
Tirzah T: Massive congratulations to the Australians for taking this into the third day... Ben Stokes salutes you.
"Excellent day for England, they've had two fabulous days. Moeen Ali played splendidly, and England are blessed with tail-enders who can bat - Mark Wood was amazing, he played some crisp, clean shots. Stuart Broad bowled superbly after lunch, but didn't get anything to show for it. Stokes was the man - he got three wickets in the afternoon with beautiful swing balls and he fully deserved his five-wicket haul."
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It seems a long time ago that Alastair Cook sprung that surprise declaration, doesn't it? That was after fast-forward morning which saw England move from 274-4 to 391-9. Mitchell Starc was devastating, Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad entertained. Australia survived a tricky 10 minutes before lunch.
"I think cricket has become cool again this summer, in the way England have played and the way they've been as people. Even after the loss at Lord's, they didn't let that affect them and they kept playing their football and being open with the media. It will stand them in good stead."
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Nick Bruzon: Great work from Australia in taking the Test match to a third day. Just.
Damien Cahill: What is the point of having floodlights if they are going to go off for bad light?
Russ ⚒ Webb: I'll support Australia now for 90 more runs. Just for entertainment purposes.
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Yep, today has belonged to Ben Stokes, the Durham all-rounder has swung the ball and the Ashes a little nearer to England's grasp. Good pace, slippery lengths, inspiration for an attack that looked to be flagging late on.
"The consistency levels which England have shown here and at Edgbaston, the channels and the lengths they have bowled, have been really exciting. And I like that it's a different bowler every time who stands up for England. Australia haven't been good enough to see off England when the ball is moving, but it was high-class bowling from a brilliant young cricketer."
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How do you feel about that? Disappointed the job won't be done tonight, or pleased at the prospect of a day-long celebration tomorrow? Michael Clarke should probably sleep with the Ashes urn under his pillow. It could well be the last time he's anywhere near it.
"It's been another gripping, absorbing day. The job's not quite done but these two days have been giant steps. Ben Stokes was the hero: he swung the ball and bowled with pace and venom."
Close of play
Aus 241-7
Bad light means Australia's grip on the Ashes will last for one more day. Ben Stokes leads England off to the acclaim of the whole of Nottingham. England will return tomorrow to reclaim sport's smallest trophy.
Bad light stops play
Aus 241-7
This was always the danger. It's been dark at Trent Bridge for a while, the floodlights have long been on. The umpires get together and decide that is enough. The Ashes win will have to wait.
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Edward James: That was plumb!! What a spell from Stokes.
Ian Bradley: Centuries, 5 wicket hauls, stunning catches, Ben Stokes will be around for a very long time.
John Lenihan: Stoke five-for AND the champagne moment with THAT catch. And he still won't get Man of the Match.
Aus 236-7 (Eng need 3 wickets)
How's this going to play out? Five minutes left of normal time. Mark Wood has the ball. There might only be two overs left. There might be another eight after that.
"On a flat day, Ben Stokes is a spark cricketer. He makes things happen."
Five wickets for Ben Stokes (5-35)
Late shape is right. Round the wicket, angled towards leg stump, but pitching on a full length around off stump. Johnson, turning the bat, effectively got a leading edge to slip. Cook gathers his men together, maybe asking if they want the extra time, asking if they can give that extra push. Mitchell Starc is the new man. Ben Stokes, by the way, is the fourth different England bowler in as many innings to take a five-wicket haul.
"It could be over now tonight. It's another crackerjack of a delivery, with late shape, Mitchell Johnson's feet move to the leg side to get the bat to the ball. What a day Ben Stokes is having."
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Gone! A beauty of an away-swinger from Ben Stokes has Mitchell Johnson edging to Alastair Cook at first slip. England move closer to winning the Ashes and Stokes has his second five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Is that two-day finish still on?
"I think Johnson has just started to think 'I'm going to play a shot or two. I'm not going to get out blocking.' There are five slips awaiting the block."
Aus 235-6 (trail by 96)
How is Stuart Broad managing to miss both the outside edge and the off stump here? Johnson the batsman, the ball angling in, then nipping away, somehow getting no wood of any kind on the way through to Buttler. Is there a hole in the stumps? Johnson clubs one back down the ground for four, but immediately drops his eyes to the ground and does some gardening, almost embarrassed.
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Si Lomas: Come on Stokes get yourself a deserved 'Michelle' (Pfeiffer), good to see him finally reaping rewards after some luckless spells.
Andy Donley: Imagine how good a cricketer Ben Stokes will be when he becomes more consistent. Frightening.
Aus 231-6 (trail by 100)
Some excellent fancy dress inside Trent Bridge and there will be even more if we make it to tomorrow. A sailor, Jack Sparrow and a parrot. Johnson cops the "Mitch-ell, Mitch-ell" chants as Stokes apologises to Voges for a full toss. It's pretty dark out there.
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Aus 229-6 (Eng need 4 wickets)
In what circumstances would England take the extra half hour? If the Aussies are seven down? Eight? There are eight overs left after this Broad set, but they have to be bowled by 18:30. England need one or two more wickets in the next 20 minutes or so. Johnson takes the taunts of the newly awoken Trent Bridge crowd, not much fun when Stuart Broad is beating your outside edge. With how weary Broad looks, I'd be surprised if England take the extra time.
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Marc Gridley: Even Shane Watson wouldn't have reviewed that!
Aus 228-6 (Stokes 14-4-32-4)
Replays don't do Peter Nevill any favours, he's kicked one off middle. In fairness, the ball came back off the pitch. By the time he realised, it was too late. Stuart Broad attempts to gee the crowd as Stokes continues to hoop the ball to new man Mitchell Johnson. England racing to take wickets before the light closes in.
"It's a different bowler that keeps doing the damage for England. I like the way Stokes plays his cricket - there's going to be times when he makes mistakes, but it's really special for an England team to have that type of player who will just light up a ground."
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That is one of the most bizarre lbws that you will ever see. Peter Nevill has shouldered arms to one that would have hit the top of middle and leg. Ben Stokes the bowler, shaping the ball back in. Nevill perhaps left it on length, but has ended up looking pretty silly. That's the breakthrough England have worked so hard for. Two-day finish back on. Ben Stokes has four-fer and Trent Bridge is awake again.
"He's reviewing it, I reckon, on the grounds that it just might miss leg stump. But it's got to be out."
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Aus 224-6
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Peter Nevill, what have you done? Nevill has left one that looks to be cannoning into the stumps. He has to review it, just to justify his non-stroke...
"It's been an obdurate, adhesive partnership - it's not exactly adding entertainment, but the Australians are fighting on."
Aus 224-5 (50 partnership)
Friday night. What are your plans for the weekend? Are you just getting ready to go out? Will you be talking about the Ashes in the pub or restaurant? England are unlikely to be able to celebrate in Nottingham tonight, that will have to wait for tomorrow. Broad tails the ball in to Voges, who dabs past the slips for a triple. It feels like we're going through the motions before the real battle resumes on the morrow.
"I would think there's a fair chance that Mitchell Marsh will replace his brother Shaun for the Oval Test. I'm not sure where else Australia can go, unless they pick Pat Cummins. After that, it will be the revolving door."
Aus 220-5 (Eng need 5 wickets)
Am I right in thinking that Ian Bell is set for his fifth Ashes series win? Have any England players won more? What about Alastair Cook - there can't be many England captains that have won, lost then won Ashes series. Stokes slips in as a baby with similar red hair bites a cuddly lion in the crowd. Peter Nevill only playing when it is absolutely necessary. A loose ball is clipped fine for four. 11 overs left. Ticket-holders tomorrow will be seeing some cricket.
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Rory Allen: Let's be honest, the standard of cricket (generally) has been awful in this series. Can't recall a worse Ashes winning side.
Jez Harvey: We're literally complain that England might not win the Test in two days and secure the Ashes at least 3-1! Ridiculous!
Aus 214-5 (Voges 42, Nevill 10)
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In some ways, I'm quite pleased for Adam Voges. After waiting so long for his chance, he's finally making a contribution for Australia in an Ashes series. Some thought he would be dropped for this Test, but was retained perhaps for his knowledge of Trent Bridge. He's shown reasonable judgement and scored almost exclusively square of the wicket. His mate Stuart Broad probes the channel, but Voges is not drawn into playing.
"There is some significance to these innings. There is a Test match to be played at the Oval, and places to be played for. Adam Voges might stay in, because I'm not sure Shaun Marsh has done very much."
Aus 214-5
Indeed it is Stuart Broad. The Trent Bridge crowd is immediately lifted.
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Aus 214-5 (trail by 117)
The floodlights reflect off the shades atop Alastair Cook's cap as Stuart Broad gets loose. Thirteen overs left in the day, England summoning one final effort. Ben Stokes bangs the ball into the turf but gets little out of it. Nevill, jumping, jack-knifing, gets himself out of the way and continues to resist.
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Australia 214-5 and 60 all out - trail by 117 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 42, Nevill 10
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5), 174-5 (Clarke 13)
Ben Stokes hobbled off the field about 40 minutes ago, but he's now summoned into the attack. His spell of 3-4 before tea was quite brilliant. Can he bring some inspiration once more?
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Chris Heath: A good performance marred by sloppy play! That's five potential wickets missed! Come on lads sharpen up!!
Steve Unger: England seem to think they've won this game already and have their minds in the bar and not on the game. Getting a bit sloppy.
chloe-ann: I don't think the Ashes will be won today with the way England are playing. They need to play like they did yesterday.
Aus 214-5 (Voges 42, Nevill 10)
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The floodlights are flickering into life, meaning a team of hamsters have just been put in their wheels and told to run. Perhaps the lights will bring some life to England, who extend a sloppy 10 minutes or so when a leg-side delivery from Moeen evades Buttler and runs for four byes. Cook, seeing that his men are down, bangs his hands together and shouts some encouragement. All a little flat.
"The reason umpires don't call no balls that are tight is because they don't want to be proven wrong by the TV replays that inevitably follow. They think it's a risk not worth taking."
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Aus 209-5
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Yep, just a little subdued in Nottingham at the moment, as if the crowd are saving their energy for an Ashes-winning party tonight. It would be quite a do, but at the moment it won't be happening. Voges leaving well until he can't resist a flirt at Finn which flies over Adam Lyth at third slip. He may well have got a finger tip on that, but it would be very harsh to call it a drop. It would have been a worldie.
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Ricky: Sir Geoffrey says Steve Smith is not the best batsman in the world. Barring the last two matches, he had an excellent few months. His Test average is 56.5 and those of Root and Cook are 55 and 46.4.
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Aus 201-5
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And it very nearly has! Peter Nevill prods forward, gets an edge, which hits the gloves of Jos Buttler then balloons over Adam Lyth at first slip. Buttler will think he should have caught that, but he might well have been surprised that Moeen got it in the right area. That's three catches England have dropped today, plus two wickets off no-balls. Add those to the five wickets they already have and the Ashes could be won by now.
"Moeen hasn't had the best of days today. He's bowled plenty of boundary balls and he hasn't really offered any control at all."
Aus 201-5
Bat out of Hell! There's an obvious Meatloaf/cricket link. Anyway, Moeen Ali is bowling some dross here, long half-volley which Voges drives for four, then a rank long hop that Nevill cuts for four. Moeen not backing up the seamers. Alastair Cook not amused, chewing is nails, Moeen has his beard in his hands. TB quiet, waiting for something to happen...
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Dean Brady: Have to agree with Geraint Lloyd regarding the "Sacked in the morning" chants. Poor for cricket fans.
Wallingford Paul: Was feeling sorry for Clarke, but then remembered his 'prepare for a broken f#@ing arm' comment to Jimmy! Live by the sword...
JoElle: Wood to Clarke: "Prepare for a broken career".
Aus 189-5 (Eng need 5 wickets)
No-ball or no no-ball, Finn is still bowling deliveries miles too good for Adam Voges. Away-hoop, Voges gropes forward like a man crawling in the dark, ball goes through to the gloves of Jos Buttler. You can pretend you didn't play at that Adam, but you're not fooling anyone. I'm also told that the 17:21 entry is the second time that Meatloaf has been referenced in this match. There must be some sort of link between cricket and Mr Loaf.
"Finn's bowling all outswingers at the moment, but if he's clever he's got to bowl the inner. If he can't swing it in, he has got to get it to move in off the seam."
Aus 189-5
Just so there's no confusion, I'm not absolving Finn from blame. If you're going to urge a 6ft 7in frame 30 yards to hurl a bit of leather, you might want to get your foot behind the line. I'm just struggling to see how umpire Ravi missed the no-ball, unless he wasn't looking in the first place.
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Ira: Can someone give Joe Root a bowl... what's the worst that could happen? He's outclassed everyone in all other regards.
Tirzah T: Australia looking to build a partnership here...give the ball to Joe Root!
Aus 189-5 (trail by 142)
If Nevill had indeed been on his way, you would have had to think this match would have been over tonight. As it is, England have 19 overs to take these five wickets (plus an extra half hour if they ask nicely). Moeen Ali on, Voges looking more assured with a cover drive for four. It might not be the best time to tell Steven Finn that would have been his 100th Test wicket.
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Ayelet H Lushkov: A plague of no balls!
Jordan King: One is bad enough, two is just a disgrace, regardless of our position in the match. Why risk getting so close on the front line?
Matt Haywood: Do umpires not call no balls nowadays?!?!
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You've got to be kidding. Apologies to all, but Steven Finn has had Peter Nevill caught at first slip from one of the biggest no-balls you could see. Nevill was pretty much off the ground after edging a beauty of an away-swinger to the hands of Alastair Cook, but the replays show it wasn't even close.
One look told us that Finn was miles over. Umpire S Ravi, are you keeping an eye on the front line? You've only got about three jobs - count to six, decide if it's out or not, keep an eye on the front line. "Two out of three ain't bad" as Meatloaf would say.
"If Steve Smith is the best player in the world then there's a problem for Test cricket. I don't care what runs he gets, he's not better than AB De Villiers. He's not better than our two, Alastair Cook and Joe Root."
Drinks break
Aus 181-5
If, like me, you grew up in the 1990s, you might remember an American children's TV show called Clarissa Explains It All, starring Melissa Joan Hart. Clarissa has a brother called Ferguson, who I think grew up to bat in the Australia middle order under the name Adam Voges. Nevill, on nought for an age, gets off the mark from his 20th delivery. Wood strives, spurred on by a Barmy Army song. Not much other noise in TB, though. Time for drinks.
"If you get it up there at 86/87mph it just seems to bounce and zip more. If you are as tall as Finn and you get it down there you have something to get Test wickets, regardless of who is batting."
Aus 178-5 (Eng need five wickets)
Steven Finn is bowling some howitzers here. Arcing away-swingers, kissing the turf, 86mph. Adam Voges needs a bat twice as wide to get an edge. I'm minded of Fred Trueman's "thar's too good for thee, lad." Ben Stokes sits on the front row, sipping a bottle of water, the look of man ready to come back on. Lovely over from Finn, a maiden. Stokes indeed returns.
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AC: I hate Australia but dropping Clarke would be a mistake, look at how the ECB stuck with Cook and the benefit that's had.
Geraint Lloyd: Sad reading "Sacked in the morning" chants aimed at Clarke. Has been a great player and captain, deserves more respect I think.
Doug Russell: What's the difference between Michael Clarke and Cinderella? Cinderella knows when to leave the ball.
Aus 178-5 (trail by 153)
Thanks, James. The fans inside Trent Bridge are singing that "Ash is coming home, he's coming home". No idea who Ash is, but glad to hear he's on his way back. Wood to the watchful Nevill, leaving outside off stump. Double whirl action from Wood sees an in-swinger scoot down the leg side. Nevill is digging in here, trying to avoid the embarrassment of a two-day defeat. There are 22 overs left in the day, plus a potential eight of the extra half hour.
"England are bowling incredibly well. You can feel the pressure. Finn is finding good areas and moving the ball away from the bat.
"Voges is playing for his spot here. He scored a century on debut but hasn't shown much since he has been here."
Aus 177-5 (trail by 154)
It's all about grim survival for the Aussie batsman now. There is no promised land in sight. Nevill and Voges hang on as Finn sends down a probing over full of lavish away-swing. With that, I hand you back to Stephan Shemilt.
Aus 176-5 (Voges 22, Nevill 0)
This is vicious stuff from Mark Wood - digging in a zesty short ball that hits Nevill on the shoulder, then zipping one past the batsman's tentative poke. Steven Finn will surely be favourite to play at the Oval if Jimmy Anderson is fit, but the Durham seamer is making himself a hard man to leave out.
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Butlins McCarthy: Michael Clarke a class act but looks like he's playing his first Test, in what might be his last.
Evan Samuel: No doubt Clarke will be kept for The Oval... But that must be it, surely.
Dan Green: There goes Clarke's "Brian Lara" record innings. There goes the Ashes. :(.
Aus 175-5
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Chants of 'Sacked in the morning' rung around Trent Bridge as Clarke trooped disconsolately off - it's an undignified end for a brilliant batsman who seems to have suffered a terminal loss of mojo. Peter Nevill is the new batsman - he's certainly capable of a gritty fifty but Australia need something of an altogether different order here. Finn gets the ball hooping past the new man's outside edge.
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Australia 174-5 and 60 all out - trail by 157 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 20, Nevill 0
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5), 174-5 (Clarke 13)
"A very important wicket for England but not for Australia. It was a good delivery that pitched perfectly and left him to find the edge. Cook had two grabs at it and popped it up for Bell."
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Michael Clarke's battle is over. He scrapped around desperately for an hour but in truth he never looked capable of producing the sort of epic vigil that his team need. Wood gets him driving loosely, the ball flies to Alastair Cook at first slip, and the England skipper almost makes a mess of it before somehow juggling the ball into the helping hands of Ian Bell. Australia, almost unthinkably, are staring at a second-successive two-day defeat.
Aus 170-4
How relaxed does Trevor Bayliss look on the England balcony? Elbow on the balcony rail, feet up, broad grin playing across his face as his adopted country put his homeland to the sword. Clarke works Finn for a single.
"Australia looking to build a partnership here. These are two guys who desperately need some runs."
Aus 168-4 (trail by 163)
Mark Wood returns to the attack and serves up a very poor delivery which Adam Voges creams to the boundary. There's a momentary flutter of excitement as Wood then locates the edge of Voges' bat, but the ball drops just short of Joe Root in the slips.
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Mandeep Mothabandha: Great that England are going to win the Ashes back! BUT one sided home series are not great going forward. Neither team has a clue in alien conditions. Steve Smith hero at home zero away with the moving ball. Joe Root was cowering lower down the order in Australia but a champion on slower seaming pitches. I have no doubt on our next tour of Australia our batsmen will be whimpering in the changing room again. What can be done to make these series more competitive?
Aus 162-4
Steve Smith is looking pretty glum as he tucks into something on the Australia balcony. What do you eat at a time like this? There's not much that can make you feel better after you've whacked a wide ball straight to short point an over before tea.
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Duncan Saunders: My Edgbaston Saturday tickets unused: £160. My TrentBridge Saturday tickets unused: £300. Aussies getting destroyed: priceless!
Chris Regnauld: The Aussie bobsleigh team have asked the Aussie cricket team for a meeting. They want advice about going downhill so fast!
ftobloke: Hoping that England can finish this off before my phone battery runs out (19% left) #poolside
Aus 161-4 (Clarke 8, Voges 13)
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Voges tucks Broad off his pads for a single. England haven't quite hit their straps after the interval yet.
"Only Lord's has resembled what you'd call a normal Test match so far this series. And even that didn't get to the fifth day."
Aus 160-4
The England physio trots on to attend to Ben Stokes, who is ostensibly suffering with a hamstring strain, though I'm not sure that the banana he offers will do much for that. Stokes, a man who looks like he devours steaks in seconds, wolfs it down with unseemly haste. Steven Finn is called into the attack and he's immediately on the money, testing Adam Voges' forward defensive with an exacting maiden.
Aus 160-4
England's bowlers are just straining for the magic delivery here, rather than probing away with a consistent line and length - understandable with so many runs in the bank I guess. Broad hoops one onto Voges' pads and the batsman clips him away nicely for four.
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Aus 153-4 (trail by 178)
Ben Stokes makes fast bowling look like hard yakka - pounding into the crease, propelling the ball hard into the pitch, sweat dripping off his sun-bleached eyebrows. He's produced one of his best bowling performances for England here - finding real swing and menace. Clarke works a three through midwicket.
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Cliff Pike: As the Aussies flounder, I'd like to see Michael Clarke go out with a flourish. He's been cheated by his selectors & team mates.
Arthur Goddard: Perfect scenario; Clarke makes a gutsy 50 no as a fitting swansong; Australia skittled today.
Sam™: Clarke will score 100 here. Just you watch.
Aus 150-4 (Clarke 4, Voges 6)
All rather low key out there as this match plays out towards a conclusion that now feels inevitable. Broad can't hasten that end though, as he floats down a rather wide and unthreatening over.
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Gareth John: I'm so happy I want to go up to strangers and tell them the score. Is this what being in a religious cult is like?
James Moring: England have got one hand and two fingers on that beautiful little urn. Got to finish them off tonight now!
Mark L: England to win the Ashes within the hour. That's my prediction.
Aus 149-4
This has the feeling of Michael Clarke's General Custer moment. Plenty of proud victories in his past, all reduced to irrelevance as he scraps for his international life against the advancing England onslaught.
He continues watchfully against Stokes, defending and leaving stubbornly before flicking a single down to fine leg.
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Sam Rattigan: Surely time for Michael Clarke to step up and make a captain's knock so Australia have at least a glimmer of hope.
John Sullivan: As much as I want England to win I also want to see a good game of cricket. Sadly disappointed by the dismal Aussies.
Aus 148-4
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Broad takes the cherry from the other end. Adam Voges, one of many selectorial punts that just hasn't paid off for the Aussies on this Test tour, squeezes four down to third man. He, surely, is playing his last Test series, probably even his last innings. It's a sad end for a man who waited so long for his chance, but such are the cruel vicissitudes of sport.
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Aus 144-4 (Clarke 2, Voges 2)
So, Ben Stokes it is to continue after tea. Michael Clarke plays out five dots before Stokes bends his back a little too much and sends one over Jos Buttler for four byes.
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Right, we're ready to go for the evening session. Australia need a miracle. Quite frankly, shoulder pads and bubble perms have more chance of making a comeback.
Root on the rise
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Telegraph sportswriter Jonathan Liew on Twitter: Steve Smith's two failures mean that Joe Root will almost certainly become the world's No1 batsman when the new rankings come out.
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Samuel Mather: You're joking! The Australian batting coach is called Grey Blewett?? That's just too good to be true!
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It just hasn't been Steve Smith's series. He arrived on these shores as the world's number one ranked Test batsman and one of the outstanding performers of the World Cup and looked all set to cement his status as the world's best willow-wielder.
Hasn't quite worked out like that, has it? After that superb double hundred at Lord's, which sent a chill down English spines, he has gone missing - seemingly unable to adapt to English conditions.
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Richard Lancaster: Smith world's number one batsman? No chance, Root all day long.
James Aubrey: When are are going to stop referring to Steve Smith as 'the world's number 1 batsman' when he gifts his wicket under pressure?
Nick Anderton: If Smith is the best batsman in the world then my nan is third after Root.
"I can't imagine what Darren Lehmann and Greg Blewett, the batting coach for Australia, will be thinking. They looked like they had no choice but to try and attack and it is not really an option in these conditions when you come to the wicket. But England have been great this session because it was tough at the start. Stokes has been the difference."
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What a day Alastair Cook has had. Not so long ago, his captaincy was the stuff of ridicule but he's been like Napoleon and Garry Kasparov all rolled into one out there today.
His audacious declaration this morning put Australia on the back foot, his decision to turn to Ben Stokes paid dividends, and he laid a trap for Steve Smith with that funky field-placing just before the break. Absolutely brilliant from the skipper.
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Australia 138-4 and 60 all out - trail by 193 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 2, Clarke 0
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5)
And...breathe. What is it about Ben Stokes - he can go two or three days without making much of an impact on a Test match but suddenly, not for the first time, he's the man at the centre of one of the most electrifying passages of cricket of the summer.
Australia's beleaguered general can hide out in his bunker no longer - Michael Clarke is in the middle and he needs a miracle. He survives the final over before tea.
"It is brilliant from England. Great planning, great cricket. This is pathetic from Australia. They know the plans are set. Why not leave a few balls and give them half a chance? Get ready England fans, it is going to be today."
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Jack Beecroft: What a shocking shot, its as if they want to give it away.
c'est moi: Now this is how to spend a Friday afternoon. Listening to Aussie wickets starting to tumble.
Tom Rossiter: Here we go then, Aussie-implosion imminent.
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Smith c Stokes b Broad 5 (Aus 136-4)
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You can't keep Ben Stokes out of the game! No sooner has he put Shaun Marsh back in the hutch than he's there at short point to catch out the world's number-one batsman! It's brilliant, innovative captaincy from Cook, whose unusual field-setting strikes gold when Smith drives hard and uppishly at a wide one from Broad. Stokes's bucket hands do the rest, and the Ashes, surely, are coming home.
"A poor innings from Shaun Marsh. That was a poor bit of batting. He has come out, trued to play his shots and been exposed. Darren Lehmann looks on, helpless and underneath it all, very disappointed."
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S Marsh c Root b Stokes 2 (Aus 136-3)
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Australia are crumbling here, and Ben Stokes is playing the wrecking ball. He lands one full on an inviting fourth-stump line and gets Shaun Marsh to fall into the exact same trap that he stumbled into in the first innings - going hard at the ball and getting a healthy snick to Joe Root at second slip.
Aus 134-2
So, two new batsman at the crease, and Alastair Cook, a man growing into the generalship of Test captaincy, immediately shuffles his pack, and brings first-innings hero Broad back into the attack.
It's a bit of a loose over from Broad actually, and Smith is able to leave most of the deliveries alone outside off. Warner, by the way, was absolutely distraught with that dismissal - he buried his face in his sweaty wristband as he trudged disconsolately off. He knows Australia's dreams of an improbable comeback are dying here.
"We've seen this at Edgbaston and earlier today to Finn. It is a common trend for Warner playing that kind of shot. It is a gift to England."
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Warner c Broad b Stokes 64 (Aus 130-2)
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David Warner has fought tigerishly in this second innings but this is a limp, lame dismissal. Stokes's delivery is back of a length on his hip and Warner spoons it horribly up into the leg side, top hand flying off the bat handle in disgust as soon he plays the shot. Stuart Broad settles under it and comfortably collects the catch. Australia, so dogged for so long, are suddenly beginning to unravel.
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Australia 128-1 and 60 all out - trail by 203 runs
Steve Smith is the new man. Warner brings up his 50 with a two to long leg, then watches nervously as he mistimes a pull and sends a top edge spiralling high into the Nottingham sky. For a moment the crowd is interested, but Warner's meaty forearms have got enough of that one, and it drops over the rope for six.
"That is a catch like we saw earlier in the day from Steve Smith. Root flying to his left and catching with his wrong hand. He took a good one from the no ball but that was travelling quicker. Stokes is making things happen here."
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Rogers c Root b Stokes 52 (Aus 113-1)
That's the breakthrough! Full and swinging away from Stokes, Rogers drives loosely, and England's golden child Joe Root flies headlong to take a superb catch in his outstretched left mitt. There's a brief pause while the umpires check the front foot, but Stokes is fine and Rogers finally has to go.
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Evan Samuel: Deserved a wicket. Great nut, great catch. Unlucky.
50 for Rogers
Aus 110-0
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Very strange shenanigans off the next ball - Rogers misses a gentle away-swinger by a good two feet, but England go up as if Rogers nicked it. Rogers and the umpire nonplussed. What on earth was that about? The opener completes an eventful over by flaying a wide one over the slips to bring up his 50.
"That is another huge twist in what is turning out to be a remarkable game of cricket."
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Oh, that is a sickener. The slo-mo reveals that no part of Wood's boot landed behind the line, and Rogers is back from the brink. It was a terrific catch from Joe Root as well. All in vain...
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Aus 97-0 (Rogers 43, Warner 47)
Stokes continues. Frustration building for England as the all-rounder sends one zipping past the off pole for what feels like the umpteenth time this afternoon. Warner, showing uncharacteristic patience, stonewalls a maiden.
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Alastair: I am an expat in Denmark - listening in Copenhagen. Emigrated shortly after going to Edgbaston to see England getting hammered by the West Indies - 17th June 2000. Based on this display, I think it's time to come home.
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Thanks Phil. Anyone feeling nervous yet? Australia are proving harder to kill off than a particularly dogged Bond villain...
Aus 97-0
Wood returns to the attack. Smart move. Moeen was leaking too many runs and what England need now is to keep steadily turning the screw. Keep that lead looking as ominous as possible for as long as possible. And Wood does exactly that.
Apologies that I've proved to be wicket Kryptonite. I pass you over to Mr James Gheerbrant, who will hopefully have more luck.
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Aus 95-0
Stokes is getting the ball to move but he is not getting a lot of luck. Warner walks into a drive and edges wide of the skips cordon and down to the wide third-man boundary. A couple of half-hearted appeal follows after the batsman is hit on the pad but both were going down. A good over that. England building pressure.
Australia trail by 240 runs
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Rogers rocks back and slashes through backward point for four off Moeen. The opener then drives for another boundary. It is a clear sign that these two have got a grip on this pitch and the situation. There are even a few Aussie flags waving now. More out of hope than belief, you suspect.
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"Earlier on, I saw England cricket director Andrew Strauss and head selector James Whitaker walking round the ground looking understandably pleased with themselves.
"How times have changed since Strauss took over amid the Pietersen firestorm. Mind you, any more dropped catches and they might well be looking to book another fielding camp in Spain."
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82-0
Just a hint of swing from Stokes is enough to out-fox Rogers, who swings and misses. Stokes then sends Rogers tumbling to the turf as if he is about to start to break dancing with a short ball that rises past his nose. There is still enough for England to work with as long as they keep finding the right areas.
Aus 81-0
Rogers is not an attractive batsman to watch but he is certainly effective. He crouches low like a crab to try and stab a cut off Moeen's first ball and misses but two balls later opens himself up to drive through extra cover for four.
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Warner dropped on 42
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Controversy. Stokes has switched ends. And has the honour of bowling the one millionth ball bowled in Test cricket in England. However, the big screen at the ground says it is his second, while our own Andrew Samson believes it is his third. It is up to you to decide if it matters or not? What does matter, though, is that Warner has been dropped again, by Bell as he dives one-handed to try and take an edge off Stokes' away-cutter. Another chance gone.
On comes Moeen for his first bowl of the game. Rogers takes a good long look at what he has to offer, patting back five balls after Warner had nicked an early single.
"This is the sixth time that Australia have passed their first innings score without losing a wicket in their second innings. The last occasion was in Antigua in 2003, when they put on 242 for the first wicket, beating the first innings score of 240."
Ben Cook: What has happened to Australia between the 2nd Test and now?
Vaughan: The pitches have been different. The movement and swing and seam has been the downfall of their batsmen. They have not had the techniques or the minds to cope with the moving ball at Cardiff, Edgbaston and Trent Bridge.
Simon Raistrick: Who is the best player you ever played with and why were they so good?
Vaughan: KP was the best I played with as a batsman. For overall impact it would have to be Fred. What he delivered in 2005, he almost single-handedly brought us that Ashes success. Between 2004 and 2005 he was truly exceptional.
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Sam in Reading: Why have I got this horrible feeling in my stomach?
Simon Benham: Has Cook just dropped the Ashes?
Aus 70-0
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More fortune for Australia as Warner spins to try and turn a shortish ball from Finn to leg and instead top-edges over the slips for four. Warner then jumps back to play a fuller ball from the big seamer and toes the ball into the ground and to Buttler. The Aussie opener pours salt in the wound by driving through cover for four. He is now 35 in an innings that has alternated the sublime and the ridiculous. Remember, he was dropped on 10.
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Richard Seaton: For goodness sake - England has it in the bag. Just let it play out. There's no way the Aussies can retaliate :) NO WORRIES!!
Anthony Shaw: England have completely dominated this Test from the off. The Ashes are coming home!
Ian: Oh my, the doubting English Thomas' are out! Even IF Australia get 500 (they won't) England would still only need 170 to win.
Aus 61-0
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Stokes' first ball goes for four, but that tells only half the story as Rogers flicks one past the diving Buttler to the fine leg boundary. It brings the Aussie fans to their feet as their country passes their first innings total, without having lost a wicket. Nice to see they still have a sense of humour. Or is it just sheer relief?
"I think Moeen ought to be getting ready now. Surely Cook will experiment with him."
Broad 6-3-9-0
Finn creeping up to 90mph but Rogers copes comfortably. Cook decides to give Broad a rest and opts to throw Ben Stokes into the mix. Can the Durham seamer make the breakthrough?
"It's looking increasingly like a normal cricket pitch. There are no great demons."
Aus 56-0
Superb shot from Rogers as he leans into a decent Finn ball and punches it through mid-off for four. Any demons in this surface look to have been exorcised. Looks pretty tame now to me. Isn't that right Ed?
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Phil Houghton: Hmmm... Australia 20-1 to win the match. (Scratches beard and considers.)
Matt Pettit: Nothing beats been English, no other nation would have a tinge of worry after a lead being reduced to 300
Dean Moxon: 'Extras' ominously half way to his first innings total for Australia already
Aus 51-0
Four slips in along with a short mid-on as Broad charges in to the crease and has Rogers on his toes and knocking the ball back. England asking questions, Australia answering increasingly confidently.
"Rogers isn't going smoothly at the moment. If you watch him randomly for 10 minutes, you would never think he's a Test player. Warner is looking the more impressive of the two at the moment."
Aus 50-0
Australia get another slice of luck as Rogers awkwardly inside edges a ball past the stumps. Ian Bell, stood at slip, stares to the sky as Stuart Broad hunches, hands on knees. Everything went England's way yesterday, but Australia are getting the rub of the green at the moment.
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Vaughan: I still like the toss because it adds a bit of drama, but if we continue with this trend of teams not competing away from home, we could try a scenario where the away captain gets the choice. That way you would have to prepare good pitches. That could be a solution.
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Australia trail by 284 runs
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Two more boundaries follow as Warner flicks a loose ball narrow of Moeen Ali at fine leg before pulling over square leg for six. Warner is batting himself into some form here. That dropped catch. England - and Cook - will be hoping it doesn't prove very costly.
Aus 37-0
Wood, who hasn't quite found his groove since lunch, is removed and golden arm Steven Finn takes over. He has Warner in trouble early on, cutting one back that jabs into the batsman's ribs. Warner responds well, though, with a majestic off drive through mid-off for four. Not a bad ball, but a wonderful shot.
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John Geary: Australia are 300 runs behind still, why have I got an uneasy feeling?
Jay: Dropped catch = Warner century? Hopefully not!
Evan Samuel: Stroke of luck there. Well bowled, first failure in slips by England
"You could argue Broad has bowled a better first spell today than he did on the first morning. He has got more movement and beaten the bat more often."
"It wasn't absolutely straightforward, but it was very catchable. It was a catch that he'd take more often than not."
Warner dropped on 10
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Can you believe it?! England snared everything that came their way yesterday but when Alastair Cook is given a very claimable chance to dismiss Warner at first slip, he spills it. To be fair, he was diving to try and take the edge off Broad's bowling, but he should still have caught it. A life for Warner and Australia.
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Dan, Glasgow: Saw Cook put Australia in yesterday then I had to nip out for 26 hours. Rogers and Warner still batting at lunch on day 2. Worrying times for England. Or did I miss something?
"David Warner has left a bit more than he usually does. I wonder if someone's had a word with him. But you just get the feel that something is around the corner."
Aus 32-0
Oh, Wood almost claims a wicket with a rank wide, short ball. For some reason, Rogers decides to have a go for it and swipes just a fraction underneath. After all the great bowling that brought England their first-innings wickets that would have been an utter gift.
Australia trail by 300
After conceding the early boundary, Broad tightens his line and length and keeps the potential explosive Warner very much in check. If any pair can restore some pride to the Australians, you'd expect it to be these two. They have been the best the tourists have had to offer in the series.
Aus 31-0
Warner drops to one knee and clatters a drive through cover. It was a very rare misjudges length from Broad and Warner put it away. That will give him confidence. And boy do the Aussie's need some confidence right now.
Aus 27-0
Wood, launching himself out of the blocks towards the crease, almost makes the first in-road into the Aussie order as Rogers rocks back to a rising final ball and edges just past the diving Adam Lyth at fourth slip. It brings the batsman four but it was far from authoritative.
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Aus 21-0
Broad is making it sing again. After beating Warner repeatedly before lunch he whips a ball off a length past the outside edge of Rogers' bat. The Aussie opener responds by nicking a single off the last ball of another good over. Patience is the key for England here. Keep hitting the mark and something will happen.
20-0
Big appeal! The slips and Buttler are up as Rogers looks to flick a Broad ball down to leg. They think he got some bat on it but the umpire disagrees and the heat spot shows a little flick off the thigh pad. Pressure building on Australia here.
"I think it's going to be umpire's call, but that could have easily been given out."
Aus 20-0
Very not out. The ball was pitching outside leg to start with so we don't even need to track the ball, which would surely have shown the ball to be going down leg.
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Test Match Special are trying to make lightning strike twice as the dream team of Blowers and Tuffers - who oversaw the fall of four wickets in those remarkable first few overs yesterday - are in the box. And could we have more drama as England review a spurned lbw call from an inswinger that cracks Warner on the toe.
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Australia 14-0 and 60 all out - trail by 317 runs
Not out batsmen: Rogers 8, Warner 1
Bowling figures: Broad 2-1-1-0, Wood 1-0-8-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (85.2 overs)
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
Mark Wood is going to carry on after lunch, bowling to David Warner.
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Here we go again, then. Can England wrap this up today? Or can Australia show some fight and wipe the completely justified smug smile off the face of the chap above?
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"And then you said: 'Why don't we fly to England for the Ashes?' Smart move Brad, smart move!"
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Former England captain Mike Brearley: "The best teams are where everyone has a say and a view. You need to know who is in charge at any time but you need 11 captains. It helps not to be hated as a captain and not put people's backs up. You don't necessarily need to be liked but you need to be respected. You also need to be open to your mistakes and to comments from players."
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Kevin Taylor: Aussies largest partnership of the match so far gets them thru to lunch safely.
"Do you play a little bit of Cricket? Are you an Australian National or connected to one? Do you like to gloat? If it's yes to all three, then you little Ripper! Read on...
"To qualify… We want to hear from egocentrical Australians who can bat like Alastair Cook, bowl like Stuart Broad and field like Ben Stokes. In more detail:
You must know your Wrong'uns from your Pie Throwers;
Have perfected the art of sledging;
Can hold a bat and throw a ball;
Have the ability to remain positive at all times (especially under challenging circumstances);
Be able to cope with long stints in the field;
Have a big ego.
"If you enjoy working outdoors, like the idea of free lunches during tests (Vegemite, Tim Tams, Chiko Rolls) and can cope with a nation's slim hopes on your back then we want to hear from you."
Former England captain Mike Brearley on Joe Root: "I can't imagine he won't be captain of England. He seems to have all the qualities for it. But he needs to play in a side first and learn."
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Afternoon. Well, without wishing to reveal any allegiance here, it is a genuine delight to be in the commentators chair with England absolutely dominant and on the verge of reclaiming the Ashes. It is surely now just a matter of time.
Lunch scorecard
Australia 14-0 and 60 all out - trail by 317 runs
Not out batsmen: Rogers 8, Warner 1
Bowling figures: Broad 2-1-1-0, Wood 1-0-8-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (85.2 overs)
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
This match is bumping along. We may even see the Ashes lifted tonight. Imagine the Friday night revelry in Nottingham if it is. I'm passing the baton on to Phil Dawkes for the afternoon. Enjoy.
"It was a a wonderful morning's cricket again. Some of the shots that Wood played were fabulous, and then Moeen was the key, taking the game away from Australia and putting England in a great position. This afternoon and evening sessions are about whether Australia's batsmen are up for the fight. It's a test of their character."
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Aus 14-0
Mr Warner, Dr Broad has finished your initial examination. You may sit in the waiting room and wait for it to resume in 40 minutes. Warner somehow gets to lunch, Australia to the break unscathed. They remain so far behind that England are only a tiny dot on the horizon. Surviving 10 minutes is all well and good, their next job is to bat a whole session.
"In Ashes Tests, Warner averages 65.6 in the second innings, with two hundreds and five fifties."
Aus 13-0
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Stuart Broad is bowling spitting cobras and David Warner has ophidiophobia. Three in a row on off stump, kicking off a length, Warner fooling no one with feet all over the place and a bat that's half an hour too late. In fact, he'd play these better if he wasn't trying to hit them.
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Aus 13-0
England rush through. We're going to get another. Just time for the home side to spoil David Warner's cake and custard.
"The idea for Australia is to make 400 and leave England with that awkward total."
Aus 13-0
One minute to lunch, two balls to get in. This will probably be the last over, especially with Rogers eating more seconds by driving through the covers. The Aussie fans even feel happy enough to wave a flag.
"This is the one partnership that Australia have had some joy from in this series. They have made some very good starts."
Aus 9-0 (trail by 322)
Mark Wood sharing the new ball, David Warner getting out of the firing line by getting a leg bye off his backside. Chris Rogers trying all the tricks to waste time. Check guard, adjust screens, check guard again. Tie shoelace, do a bit of gardening. Crowd on his back, but Rogers takes four through mid-wicket. He's off a pair.
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Duncan Gates: That's not a declaration, that's trolling.
JB: I hate to be the pessimist, but has anyone started looking for large volumes of the ingredients for humble pie, just in case?
GalleryatLaurieston: Why declare? There's three days plus to play - grind them down, really grind them!
Aus 4-0
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"Oooowwwzzzaaattttt?!?!?!?" Stuart Broad is begging, imploring Aleem Dar to send Rogers on his way. It's the off stump channel that Rogers hates, the one that Broad has discovered, pitched a tent and is currently brewing up on a camp stove. Back leg, probably too high. Cook doesn't want a review, either.
End of innings scorecard
England 391-9 dec (85.2 overs) - lead by 331
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
Australia 1st inns: 60 all out (18.3 overs), Broad 8-15
Broad is being cheered to the crease, an "ooooohhhhh" of expectation, followed by a sigh of disbelief when Rogers somehow has the temerity to survive the first ball. There's the first song of the day too. The crowd are taking it to another level now England are bowling.
"Stuart Broad has dismissed Chris Rogers with three of the last five balls he's bowled to him."
Aus 0-0
As sure as night follows day, Broad is immediately round the wicket to Rogers. Rogers probably expects to see Broad every time he rounds a corner. Four slips.
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The Mighty Mojo: When was the last time we saw a surprising, attacking declaration by England? In fact, when have we ever? Credit to Cook.
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England gather on the boundary, all smiles and sunglasses. Cook is in the middle, asking his team for the effort that could see them lift sport's smallest trophy tonight. The Aussie openers follow on - both on a pair. Imagine how sweet England's lunch will taste if they snaffle one before the break.
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Kevin Ticehurst: That is a brilliant declaration, this is going to be a huge 15 minutes or so.
Neil Monahan: Like that declaration from Cook, nice and aggressive, big 20 mins before lunch.
James Bamford: Brave declaration with 3.5 days left, well done Cook! Ashes retained by tonight?
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Is anyone else as surprised as I am? I didn't think England had that much imagination. Australia need 332 just to make England bat again. More pressingly, can they make this match last until tomorrow? I think there are 67 overs left in the day, about four times as long as they batted yesterday morning.
"I thought Cook should have declared when Moeen was out. We just wasted ten minutes. If England get a couple of early wickets, they have a chance to demoralise Australia."
England declare on 391-9
Oh, Alastair Cook, you rascal. This is a wonderfully devilish declaration, giving Australia a very tricky two or three-over spell before lunch. It's come from nowhere after six dot balls in a row. Cook is sitting in his training gear, then jumps up, almost as if he's just had a lightbulb moment. Long -term plan, or flash of inspiration? Either way, he's gone for the jugular.
"We did some analysis of the Hawkeye data and the Australian batsmen are playing the ball a metre further forward than England, so snicks generally carry to the slips. England are playing the ball later, where you tend to play and miss more."
Eng 391-9
Steven Finn either has a very good idea of where his off stump is, or is just leaving everything for a laugh. I say leave, but one is a huge swipe at Mitchell Starc, trying to belt the ball to West Bridgford. He gets nothing, but survives.
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Eng 390-9 (Johnson 21-2-102-1)
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I might not have done that catch enough justice. Smith was pretty much parallel to the ground as he grasped that, managing to cling on as he landed. It's an absolute worldie, just as good as the one Stokes took yesterday because of the ground he had to cover. Steven Finn is the last man, somehow fending off a rare Johnson bouncer.
"That was just like Andrew Strauss's catch at Trent Bridge in 2005, but it was better because he caught it with his wrong hand. This has got a feeling of finishing today if the clouds stay around."
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Moeen c Smith b Johnson 38 (Eng 390-9)
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That is another superb catch, stopping the England fun. Steve Smith has leapt to his left at second slip, grabbing a thick edge from Moeen Ali in his left paw to finally give Mitchell Johnson his first victim in this innings. Remember Andrew Strauss's wonderful catch on this ground 10 years ago? It's very similar. A stand of 58 is over and Australia are almost set for a bat.
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Eng 390-8 (lead by 330)
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This England ninth-wicket pair have racked up a 50 partnership in only 42 balls. Moeen brings it up with a sliced drive off Starc that flies over the covers for four. Australia shoulders dropping now, the opposite of their bounce earlier this session. Trent Bridge well into the run fest, including a blonde lady that I think might be Stuart Broad's girlfriend.
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Sanj: Proper cricket shots these by Ali. Really good to watch. After Root, probably our most in form batsmen.
The momentum Australia built up is being reversed by the free-swinging willow of Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali. Hazlewood the bowler, Moeen a pair of boundaries through his elastic wrists. Broad's turn, a slap over the covers for four then a hook all the way for... six! 20 off the over!
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Eng 359-8
It's funny how a bowler changes his mind about taking the new ball when a number 10 drives him on the up through the covers for four. Broad gets all Brian Lara and belts Starc, prompting the bowler to call for the new nut. Even staring down the barrel, Michael Clarke and Steve Smith can have a chuckle at Starc. He wouldn't have wanted the new leather had Broad edged that behind.
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And fetch that! Moeen with a dance, a flourish and six straight back over the bowler's head. The new ball is available, but it doesn't look like Mitchell Starc wants it just yet.
Eng 346-8
Yep, impact is umpire's call, third umpire Marais Erasmus tells Aleem Dar he's done a good job. Australia will get that review back at the end of the over, which is when the new ball is also due.
Umpire review
Eng 346-8
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Freebie review for Australia here. Nathan Lyon, maybe token over of spin before the new ball. Stuart Broad sweeping. Nothing from Aleem Dar. Hit him outside the line, I fancy...
"There is an old-school air about Moeen Ali. He's very understated, he has no great preliminary movement. He's reminiscent of David Gower."
Eng 344-8 (lead by 284)
Starc after drinks, he's bowled unchanged throughout this morning session. I've just seen some footage of Stuart Broad seeing his 8-15 inked on to the Trent Bridge honours board. "Looks good, doesn't it?" he said. It does, Stuart, but not as good as this cover drive from Moeen. Four of the best, followed by a clip over square leg for another boundary. Has there even been an Ashes series where no Tests went five days? Will the fifth day soon be a rarity?
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There were widespread reports of cramp among the Aussie fans in the New Stand yesterday as they remained stunned and sedentary for the entire day. This morning, however, they have been up and down like jack-in-the-boxes, working their calf muscles and revelling in Mitchell Starc's one-man recovery act.
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Andy in Birmingham: Poor cricket from England this morning. We should be keeping them out in the field and batting them out of this game completely. As well as we've done we need to learn how to completely kill a game off.
Dan in Hampshire: This is all a bit silly by England - losing 3 wickets so quickly. We're going to win, of course, but we should be grinding the Australians down not giving wickets away like this.
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Eng 335-8
A pair of left-handers now for England, men out on the hook for Moeen as Trent Bridge tries to make sense of another dose of morning fast-forward cricket. There's a man wearing a comedy crown picked up by the cameras, waving when he sees himself on the big screen. It's impossible to look cool when you spot yourself on the big screen, isn't it? Time for drinks.
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Eng 334-8 (lead by 274)
It couldn't be all over today, could it? Starc still bowling hooping, toe-crushing missiles, forcing Stuart Broad to slide about like a man wearing slippery shoes on the dance floor. Will Australia take the new ball? They're making this old one swing around corners. New nut available in three.
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Grundy: Anyone else not mind England losing these wickets? More fun to watch the Aussies crumble again this afternoon ain't it?
James Turrell: Tomorrow I may witness England win the ashes at Trent bridge..or no cricket at all. Never wished that Australia bat well before
"Australia have got a big task in front of them, but this match is not over yet."
Eng 333-8 (Hazlewood 22-4-76-2)
Huge applause for home favourite Stuart Broad, the 8-15 hero. He's away with a single. If I was a locker in the England dressing room, I'd be a bit worried at the moment. Ben Stokes was trying to on-drive that leg-side delivery from Hazlewood and somehow contrived to inside-edge to the keeper.
Let's say Australia wrap this up quickly, a second innings score of 400 would leave England a tricky chase. Having said that, they might need about seven goes to get 400.
"It's one of those dismissals that really annoy you as a batsman. It wasn't a great delivery, it was swinging down the leg side, and Ben Stokes will be disappointed."
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Stokes c Nevill b Hazlewood 5 (Eng 332-8)
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Hmmmm... this is all getting a bit sloppy from England. Ben Stokes is strangled out, getting a tickle of an inside edge on to a Josh Hazlewood in-swinger to be caught behind by Peter Nevill. What is it about these morning sessions at Trent Bridge? That's 14 wickets in two mornings now. England still miles ahead, 272, but they are just leaving the light on for the Aussies.
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Jamie Hosie: Great to see England keen to get this test over quickly and throwing their wickets away accordingly. Good, positive cricket.
Sean Hickin: England are collapsing.
Jonathan France: Buttler fails AGAIN. Even when there's no pressure. Surely he's just as much at risk of losing his place in the side as Lyth?
Eng 328-7 (Starc 22-2-87-6)
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I say it was a beauty, and it was. But what's wrong with a good old forward defence, Joseph? Buttler might have been deceived by the very full length, but he has been bowled playing a pretty airy drive. Still, another very good in-swinger from Starc, who has Test-best figures of 6-87. Moeen Ali the next out man out of the traps.
"That is an absolute beauty from Mitchell Starc. Perfect line outside off stump, encouraging the drive, and it just swung back in. Starc is on it this morning. But England will like to see the ball is still doing it."
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Buttler b Starc 12 (Eng 320-7)
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What has Mitchell Starc had for breakfast? This is fast bowling of the highest quality, miles too good for Jos Buttler. Full of length, in-swing at high pace, stumps everywhere. It might be too little, too late to save the Ashes, but Starc is showing his teeth. Australia could be batting before lunch.
"Australia need to be on the money here, otherwise it could get messy. If Jos Buttler is in form, the ball could go to all parts."
Eng 319-6 (lead by 259)
Buttler and Stokes together at the crease, Moeen to come. England will either progress quickly or be bowling soon after lunch. Speaking of quick progress, they already have 300+ in only 70-odd overs. That's only two and half sessions of cricket. Rattling along. Josh Hazlewood, built like a bus ticket, into the attack. Successive fours for Buttler, one through the covers, one through mid-on.
This is great stuff from Starc, the sort of bowling we saw him produce at the World Cup. Pace in the high-80s, shape back into Wood, middle and leg stumps splattered. Wood got his feet out of the way so quickly, it was almost as if they were yanked from underneath him. He could have ended up flat on his face. Starc's celebrations were muted. A little point of the finger, a show of the ball to the crowd. Jos Buttler the new man, in need of a score. Off the mark with a straight drive for four.
"It slightly went the other way, it might have been reverse swing. He's got that in the locker, Starc. Wood did a decent job though, he's come out and smacked a few boundaries."
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Wood b Starc 28 (Eng 306-6)
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Bowled him! What a rozzer from Mitchell Starc, uprooting the leg stump of Mark Wood, laying waste to the furniture. It was a heat-seeking yorker. If Wood hadn't got his feet out of the way, he'd be nursing a broken toe. That's five wickets for Mitchell Starc and this game is bumping along at a rapid rate.
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John: If Mark Wood hit a blistering century it would really cement this series status as absurdly brilliant.
Patrick Dickinson: If Mark Wood gets 61 I'll run naked through London.
JoElle: Mark Wood's imaginary horse to make 50.
Eng 306-5 (Wood 28 from 31 balls)
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Is Mark Wood taking the mick out of Mitchell Johnson here? A slash, wide of the leap of second slip. Four. A half-volley, lean into a drive over cover for another boundary. Even Michael Clarke is out of the slips, standing at mid-off, perhaps saying to his bowler "mate, how's about tuning up the band for some chin music?". If you're an Aussie, you might want to hire one of those planes that trail a banner. It should read "Try a short ball, Mitch".
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"An air of contentment around the Trent Bridge stands and concourses this morning, rather than the nervous anticipation the second day of an Ashes Test usually brings - pints everywhere you look, instead of the usual 50/50 split between caffeine and alcohol; broad smiles, relaxed shoulders, happy banter and talk of when, rather than if, this match and series could be won."
Eng 297-5 (Starc 20-2-78-4)
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Yep, that ball of Starc's was angled across Root and went a bit more off the seam. Lovely replays of Root's exit from the arena. Helmet off, the entire crowd on their feet to applaud. Ben Stokes the new man, doing well to dig out an in-swinging yorker. Starc, by the way, has four-fer. This has been his best bowling of the series by miles.
"He couldn't get going today, but some of his strokeplay yesterday was just magnificent. But he's not a machine. Still, if he stays fit, we're going to see a lot of Joe Root over the next decade."
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Root c Nevill b Starc 130 (Eng 297-5)
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Gone! Mitchell Starc strikes to remove century-maker Joe Root. A good ball, full of length, holding its line and maybe even moving away a touch. Root drives, getting a thin edge through to Peter Nevill. Virtual silence inside Trent Bridge, punctuated by cheers from Aussie fielders, then acclaim for a very fine hundred. "Rooooooottttt" and huge applause. Well batted, sir.
"There is bemusement on the faces of Michael Clarke and the slip fielders, as if to say, 'Let's see some aggression and pace against the nightwatchman."
Eng 297-4 (Root 130, Wood 19)
How was your Thursday evening? I watched Moonraker, classic Bond, the second with Jaws in it. Mitchell Johnson is a bit Jaws-like. Recurring villain, terrifying, numerous ways to hurt you, turns out he's a nice bloke. For some bizarre reason, Johnson remains reluctant to stick it up Wood's nose. His kindness isn't repaid and he gets driven through the covers for four then twice through the leg side for a couple of twos. Have the Aussies banned the bouncer?
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Eng 288-4 (lead by 228)
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The injured James Anderson has been present throughout this match, partly enjoying having his feet up, partly ruing the easy pickings he missed out on yesterday morning. Now he's on the England balcony, causing mischief with Stuart Broad. Starc again, very full to Wood, who is digging it out off his toes.
"He puzzles me, Mitchell Johnson. We've seen him bowl two of the best balls of the series in that first over at Edgbaston. But having been hit over mid-off by Mark Wood, I'm surprised he doesn't give him one up around the nostrils."
"Wood is a positive nightwatchman. He's not like dear old Matthew Hoggard - he can kick on."
Eng 287-4 (Root 128, Wood 11)
Is Mark Wood nightwatchman or pinch-hitter? Short from Johnson, cut for four. Pitched up from Johnson, driven over cover for four. Get him up the order! Don't bowl that filth at Woody, Mitchell. Should Wood expect many more in his own half? Johnson round the wicket, but resists the urge to knock Wood's block off. Maybe because he's worried about getting hooked for six.
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England 279-4 (67 overs) - lead by 219
Not out batsmen: Root 128, Wood 3
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74)
Bowling figures: Starc 18-1-77-3, Hazlewood 20-4-63-1, Johnson 17-2-72-0, Lyon 9-1-38-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
Australia 1st inns: 60 all out (18.3 overs), Broad 8-15
Mitchell Starc to share morning duties, trying to extract some activity from a ball that is 66 overs old. Left-arm over, loose of limb, dark hair. In the slips, Steve Smith looks to be giving Adam Voges a yarn. His first role in this Aussie side was to boost morale. Loose from Root, wafting at a shortish ball outside the off stump. A hum at Trent Bridge, expectant.
"Yesterday Alastair Cook came out, spent five minutes looking at the pitch and then went back to the dressing room. The England team then came out and played a relaxed game of football. Michael Clarke on the other hand spent half an hour examining the pitch. Australia looked like a team on edge perhaps remembering the toss at Edgbaston."
Eng 275-4 (lead by 215)
When was the last time you saw Mitchell Johnson bowling with only two slips in the first over of the day? Johnson round the wicket immediately, trying to improve on a performance that saw him go at more than four an over yesterday. Radar slightly awry, but still induces an inside edge that produces a fortunate single for Root. TB quiet to begin with, but fans warm their hands for that sole addition to the score.
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MG: When the cricket is this good who cares about football. Keep going England and lets get 400+
moff: Don't like all the folks saying "declare" early. Make the three Aussie seamers bowl for as long as possible, don't want to bat again.
Craig Johnston: Win comprehensively. Don't win quickly. Bat until we're out, skittle them a second time and show them how we felt at Lords.
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Anyway, to the present day. Slightly heavy, grey in Nottingham as Joe Root and Mark Wood stride to the middle. "Green and pleasant land" etc from Jerusalem. Mitchell Johnson will have the ball. Root, 124 to his name, is on strike.
"In international sport there is so much pressure nowadays. When you get in home conditions, you make sure that you create pitches that completely suit your side. Home advantage is more important than ever. In Australia in two years' time, I expect to see some fast, bouncy pitches."
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That will extend Australia's losing run in the UK to 14 years. They last sealed an Ashes win on these shores on 4 August 2001.
On that day, Mike Atherton was England captain, Atomic Kitten was number one and Kevin Pietersen was still South African.
Spurs have had eight managers since then.
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Thanks, James.
Shall we assume that England are on the verge of winning the Ashes? I'm happy to stick my neck out with that one.
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"I think Michael Clarke's wicket was a look at the era of cricket. These days the way batsmen get through a difficult situation is to whack it out to the boundary but when all hands are at the slips you're just waiting to be got out. That'll be the disappointment for Australians - there was nothing in terms of application."
Cracking catching
Still, despite that Nasser Hussain drop, England's catching in this series has been magnificent - it's been one of the real areas of difference between the two sides.
Ben Stokes's grab to get rid of Adam Voges yesterday - was that the best you've ever seen? Better than Andrew Strauss's Superman effort in 2005? Better than Chris Jordan's outrageous grab in the West Indies?
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Firthy: England Plan for today, bat till 12.30ish, take a few wickets by lunch, watch the team parade the Urn around Trent Bridge by tea.
Ian Lamerton: Could be carnage Trent Bridge today. Stokes and Buttler coming in with a lead already over 200...
John Kentell: If Australia bat as badly as they have in the last three innings, we will be opening the champagne this evening.
"In England wickets are slower so batsmen here are not exposed to bouncy wickets. Its a culture shock when they go to Australia. On the flip side in England the ball still swings. Even Aussie batsmen who have played county cricket can't deal with the swing. Yesterday the swing more than anything made sure the Aussies were knicking the ball to slips"
"Its always great to look back at days like yesterday but we've got a Test match to win. We need to hammer home the advantage and starts this morning with me and Woody in the middle. All we are thinking about is building the partnership and getting as many runs as possible."
Dropped catch
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Nasser Hussain has just shelled one during a slip-catching 'masterclass' on Sky Sports.
In the hands and straight out again. Brilliant.
Doing 'the Broady'
Not content with reducing the Australian batting order to rubble, Stuart Broad also managed to launch a new social media craze yesterday.
His shocked face when Ben Stokes took a magnificent catch to dismiss Adam Voges was instantly iconic...
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Er, that's it. Still, definitely iconic.
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Sam Sheringham
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Australia captain Michael Clarke had the hangdog look of a broken man at last night's press conference. There were long pauses between sentences, his answers were short and he rarely made eye contact with his interrogators.
One Australian journalist was given particularly short shrift when he asked Clarke whether Thursday's events had been embarrassing. A pause, a sigh, and angry glance then this: "I'll let you write your article. I'm not going to give you any words to use."
"When Australia play cricket in India its very one sided and vice versa. Batsmen learn to play in particular conditions and learn to adapt. Wickets used to vary from ground to ground. These days wickets are all the same and players are not challenged. They can't adapt when they play in other countries in different conditions. At the end of the day that is the difference between a good player and a great player - the ability to adapt."
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"Yesterday Michael Clarke said the wicket was the most difficult they'd come up against. It was a difficult wicket but you can't say the Australian batsmen applied themselves. From a slip fielder's point of view they played the exact strokes you'd want."
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Selectors under the microscope
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Choices, choices, choices. Australia have had plenty in this series, and they haven't always been good.
In the first Test they decided to keep the faith with veteran all-rounder and human front pad Shane Watson - a wrong call in hindsight.
And for this Test match the selectors made another curious choice - dropping Mitchell Marsh, an all-rounder, and replacing him with his big brother, batsman Shaun, leaving the side a bowler down, much to the amazement of many commentators.
Even the one decision that they have got right, jettisoning Brad Haddin for Peter Nevill, has apparently caused dressing-room ructions. Who'd be a selector, hey?
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Zach-ajewia: England winning The Ashes just before the Premier League gets back up and running again sounds like a very well organised plan.
Busways Rule: Thank you Australia for trying to get the Ashes result sorted before the football season starts.
jeff: Why do people want this over today? Declare at the close, bowl them out tomorrow by lunch, go home and watch the Premier League.
Healy goes for the WAGs
So what could be to blame for Australia's abject showing so far? A failure of good ol'-fashioned test batsmanship? The inability of the bowling attack to adapt to English conditions? A divided dressing-room?
No, it would be too simple to blame cricketing weaknesses for the fiasco. Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy has found the answer - it's all the fault of the Australian wives and girlfriends.
"All their partners are here and some of the most respected cricketers I played with hated that distraction," Healy said during his commentary for Australia's Channel Nine yesterday. "Your mind needs to be completely focused on it. Cricket is a sport that requires complete concentration."
Aussie misery
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But while England bathes in the glory of one of its greatest ever days, Australia has been plunged into darkness - and not just because of the time difference.
The Aussies are on the brink of losing their fourth consecutive Ashes tour, despite having arrived on these shores with a fearsome reputation and a World Cup trophy.
Skipper Michael Clarke has endured a miserable series with the bat and his captaincy looks in serious peril.
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Redoubtable Root
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Mind you, it wasn't just Broad who shone yesterday. England's star of the summer Joe Root was once again on sublime form. He stroked a magnificent 124 off just 158 balls despite barely seeming to hit a ball in anger.
Root's Test average has now moved on to 57.65, and in 11 innings this summer he has two centuries and four fifties. His average this year? A princely 75.23.
The Yorkshire batsman is in the middle of a purple patch purpler than Barney the dinosaur. Treading grapes. In a Fiorentina shirt.
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Jarleth Eaton: It wasn't a dream. Yesterday did actually happen. England to win the game by the time I start work today (5pm).
Charles Mullineux: Today's agenda: Declare. Bowl out Aussies. Win the Ashes. Early lunch. Home for long weekend in the sun.
Record breaker
It wasn't just the Australian batting line-up that Broad destroyed - he ripped up the record books too.
Here's a look at just some of the statistical highlights of StuBro's epic display.
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Brilliant Broad
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So come on then, just how good was that spell from Stuart Broad? He tore through the Aussie batting line-up like an unstoppable hurricane through a matchstick factory, sending batsman after batsman packing with a probing length and lethal seam movement. He was, quite simply, unplayable.
Where does it rank among the great England bowling performances? Better than Bob Willis's 8-43 at Headingley '81? Up there with Devon Malcolm's 9-57 against South Africa in 1994?
Well, in global terms, it was something pretty special. 8-15 are the best figures recorded by a pace bowler this century - only Muttiah Muralitharan and Rangana Herath have managed better in the last 21 years, and those were both on raging turners.
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It might have been England's day yesterday, but there's still a long way to go in this series, and this morning's papers have reflected that in their measured and non-triumphalist coverage of yesterday's events.
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Will the weather gods ride to Australia's rescue? BBC Weather's Louise Lear has all the answers.
She says: "It's a dry picture, with cloud breaking up to decent sunny spells, light winds and highs of 22C/72F."
Better still, Louise informs us that tomorrow will be much the same. It loos like those Aussie rain dances haven't worked...
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So come on then, what do you make of those bullish words from the Aussie captain? He's talking up Australia's chances of an incredible comeback, but surely that couldn't happen? Could it?
We want to hear what you think. Can Australia get back in this game, or is an Aussie win about as likely as a Premier League season without a tedious handshake controversy?
"We don't give up, that's the Australian way," he said. "We can still find a way to save Ashes, but we've got to fight.
"I'm really disappointed with how the day turned out, but it's only one day down. We've got to find a way."
'Australia will fight back'
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But this is England we're talking about. It's never over until it's over. And while the fat lady might be having a salt gargle and going through her vocal warm-ups, she hasn't quite burst into song just yet.
Just ask yesterday's hero of the hour, Stuart Broad. "Australia will fight back," he said last night. "That's the sort of characters they are and we want to try to bat them out of the game.
"It was the perfect day for us but it all starts again tomorrow."
Indeed it does, Stu - play begins, as ever, at 11:00 BST.
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Morning all. Yep, yesterday was perhaps the most unbelievable day of Test cricket in England's recent history.
From ball one, everything went right for Alastair Cook's men - bowlers found the edge of swishing Aussie bats, batsmen feasted on some loose bowling from the tourists, and slip fielders swallowed catches like hungry sea-lions snapping up fish-heads at the zoo.
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And that's just about it, the end of a day where England moved to the brink of regaining the Ashes and of a fourth successive home series win over Australia.
Sleep well, little urn. Tomorrow, you will be won.
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"I'm the first person to put my hand up and say I'm amazed at how the series has turned out. We were awful in Australia. I think the biggest change has been Bayliss saying after the defeat at Lord's, 'We want English pitches to get our fast bowlers Broad and Anderson in the game.'"
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Jimmy Anderson, missing this Test because of injury, will join his old mate Graeme Swann on Radio 5 live on Saturday morning for the latest edition of Not Just Cricket.
It will be live from 09:00-11:00 from Trent Bridge with Greg James hosting. Prepare yourself for some tomfoolery.
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Craig Farr: I will see some cricket at Trent Bridge tomorrow. Thank you, bad light. Thank you.
Roger: Stumps. Looks like I'll be burning the midnight oil again tonight!
Andy Perry: Ok, so now we believe! Fabulous work by England. One of the most relaxed Ashes tests I can recall.
Player reaction
Mitchell Starc on Sky Sports: "It's been a tough couple of days of cricket but we are still alive. We'll come out again tomorrow and fight as hard as we can - that's the Australian way.
"Taking six wickets was special with this being an Ashes series, but I'd rather we were heading into day three in a better position."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Michael Clarke's brain is scrambled. England have planned well to him and what once was there is not there any more. The short ball unsettles him - he's on the back foot constantly, looking for it."
Day two scorecard
Australia 241-7 and 60 all out - trail by 90 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 48, Starc 0
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5), 174-5 (Clarke 13), 224-6 (Nevill 17), 236-7 (Johnson 5)
Bowling figures: Broad 16-5-36-1, Wood 12.2-0-63-1, Finn 12-4-42-0, Stokes 16-4-35-5, Moeen 6-0-34-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Moeen 38, Starc 6-111)
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From there it was all about if Australia could take it to three days, which they just about managed thanks to the resistance of Adam Voges and the late introduction of some bad light. When we return tomorrow, England will be three balls from the little urn.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Probably the best thing that's happened to Stokes was that business when Marlon Samuels took the mickey out of him in the West Indies. Since then he's shut up and just let his raw talent take over. If he's got anything up top, which I think he has, he will be a great cricketer."
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And then the Aussie resistance, a century stand between Rogers and Warner, helped by a couple of dropped catches and a wicket from a no-ball - there would be another of those later too. But, get one of the Aussie top order and you're likely to get four of them. 113-0 became 136-4 thanks to Stokes the swinger.
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LimertillyWeatherwax: honestly glad that cricket will get into day three. a two day test just seems not very crickety.
Dave: All over by 11.30 tomorrow. Bring on little Urn.
Tirzah T: Massive congratulations to the Australians for taking this into the third day... Ben Stokes salutes you.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Excellent day for England, they've had two fabulous days. Moeen Ali played splendidly, and England are blessed with tail-enders who can bat - Mark Wood was amazing, he played some crisp, clean shots. Stuart Broad bowled superbly after lunch, but didn't get anything to show for it. Stokes was the man - he got three wickets in the afternoon with beautiful swing balls and he fully deserved his five-wicket haul."
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It seems a long time ago that Alastair Cook sprung that surprise declaration, doesn't it? That was after fast-forward morning which saw England move from 274-4 to 391-9. Mitchell Starc was devastating, Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad entertained. Australia survived a tricky 10 minutes before lunch.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I think cricket has become cool again this summer, in the way England have played and the way they've been as people. Even after the loss at Lord's, they didn't let that affect them and they kept playing their football and being open with the media. It will stand them in good stead."
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Nick Bruzon: Great work from Australia in taking the Test match to a third day. Just.
Damien Cahill: What is the point of having floodlights if they are going to go off for bad light?
Russ ⚒ Webb: I'll support Australia now for 90 more runs. Just for entertainment purposes.
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Yep, today has belonged to Ben Stokes, the Durham all-rounder has swung the ball and the Ashes a little nearer to England's grasp. Good pace, slippery lengths, inspiration for an attack that looked to be flagging late on.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Ben Stokes is just the third English all-rounder to get two centuries and two five-fors in his first 15 Tests, after Len Braund and Ian Botham."
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"The consistency levels which England have shown here and at Edgbaston, the channels and the lengths they have bowled, have been really exciting. And I like that it's a different bowler every time who stands up for England. Australia haven't been good enough to see off England when the ball is moving, but it was high-class bowling from a brilliant young cricketer."
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How do you feel about that? Disappointed the job won't be done tonight, or pleased at the prospect of a day-long celebration tomorrow? Michael Clarke should probably sleep with the Ashes urn under his pillow. It could well be the last time he's anywhere near it.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It's been another gripping, absorbing day. The job's not quite done but these two days have been giant steps. Ben Stokes was the hero: he swung the ball and bowled with pace and venom."
Close of play
Aus 241-7
Bad light means Australia's grip on the Ashes will last for one more day. Ben Stokes leads England off to the acclaim of the whole of Nottingham. England will return tomorrow to reclaim sport's smallest trophy.
Bad light stops play
Aus 241-7
This was always the danger. It's been dark at Trent Bridge for a while, the floodlights have long been on. The umpires get together and decide that is enough. The Ashes win will have to wait.
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Edward James: That was plumb!! What a spell from Stokes.
Ian Bradley: Centuries, 5 wicket hauls, stunning catches, Ben Stokes will be around for a very long time.
John Lenihan: Stoke five-for AND the champagne moment with THAT catch. And he still won't get Man of the Match.
Aus 236-7 (Eng need 3 wickets)
How's this going to play out? Five minutes left of normal time. Mark Wood has the ball. There might only be two overs left. There might be another eight after that.
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Australia 236-7 and 60 all out - trail by 95 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 47, Starc 0
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5), 174-5 (Clarke 13), 224-6 (Nevill 17), 236-7 (Johnson 5)
Bowling figures: Broad 16-5-36-1, Wood 12-0-62-1, Finn 12-4-42-0, Stokes 16-4-35-5, Moeen 6-0-34-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Moeen 38, Starc 6-111)
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"On a flat day, Ben Stokes is a spark cricketer. He makes things happen."
Five wickets for Ben Stokes (5-35)
Late shape is right. Round the wicket, angled towards leg stump, but pitching on a full length around off stump. Johnson, turning the bat, effectively got a leading edge to slip. Cook gathers his men together, maybe asking if they want the extra time, asking if they can give that extra push. Mitchell Starc is the new man. Ben Stokes, by the way, is the fourth different England bowler in as many innings to take a five-wicket haul.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It could be over now tonight. It's another crackerjack of a delivery, with late shape, Mitchell Johnson's feet move to the leg side to get the bat to the ball. What a day Ben Stokes is having."
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Johnson c Cook b Stokes 5 (Aus 236-7)
Gone! A beauty of an away-swinger from Ben Stokes has Mitchell Johnson edging to Alastair Cook at first slip. England move closer to winning the Ashes and Stokes has his second five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Is that two-day finish still on?
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I think Johnson has just started to think 'I'm going to play a shot or two. I'm not going to get out blocking.' There are five slips awaiting the block."
Aus 235-6 (trail by 96)
How is Stuart Broad managing to miss both the outside edge and the off stump here? Johnson the batsman, the ball angling in, then nipping away, somehow getting no wood of any kind on the way through to Buttler. Is there a hole in the stumps? Johnson clubs one back down the ground for four, but immediately drops his eyes to the ground and does some gardening, almost embarrassed.
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Si Lomas: Come on Stokes get yourself a deserved 'Michelle' (Pfeiffer), good to see him finally reaping rewards after some luckless spells.
Andy Donley: Imagine how good a cricketer Ben Stokes will be when he becomes more consistent. Frightening.
Aus 231-6 (trail by 100)
Some excellent fancy dress inside Trent Bridge and there will be even more if we make it to tomorrow. A sailor, Jack Sparrow and a parrot. Johnson cops the "Mitch-ell, Mitch-ell" chants as Stokes apologises to Voges for a full toss. It's pretty dark out there.
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Aus 229-6 (Eng need 4 wickets)
In what circumstances would England take the extra half hour? If the Aussies are seven down? Eight? There are eight overs left after this Broad set, but they have to be bowled by 18:30. England need one or two more wickets in the next 20 minutes or so. Johnson takes the taunts of the newly awoken Trent Bridge crowd, not much fun when Stuart Broad is beating your outside edge. With how weary Broad looks, I'd be surprised if England take the extra time.
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Marc Gridley: Even Shane Watson wouldn't have reviewed that!
Aus 228-6 (Stokes 14-4-32-4)
Replays don't do Peter Nevill any favours, he's kicked one off middle. In fairness, the ball came back off the pitch. By the time he realised, it was too late. Stuart Broad attempts to gee the crowd as Stokes continues to hoop the ball to new man Mitchell Johnson. England racing to take wickets before the light closes in.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's a different bowler that keeps doing the damage for England. I like the way Stokes plays his cricket - there's going to be times when he makes mistakes, but it's really special for an England team to have that type of player who will just light up a ground."
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Nevill lbw Stokes 17 (Aus 224-6)
That is one of the most bizarre lbws that you will ever see. Peter Nevill has shouldered arms to one that would have hit the top of middle and leg. Ben Stokes the bowler, shaping the ball back in. Nevill perhaps left it on length, but has ended up looking pretty silly. That's the breakthrough England have worked so hard for. Two-day finish back on. Ben Stokes has four-fer and Trent Bridge is awake again.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"He's reviewing it, I reckon, on the grounds that it just might miss leg stump. But it's got to be out."
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Aus 224-6
Peter Nevill, what have you done? Nevill has left one that looks to be cannoning into the stumps. He has to review it, just to justify his non-stroke...
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Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special
"It's been an obdurate, adhesive partnership - it's not exactly adding entertainment, but the Australians are fighting on."
Aus 224-5 (50 partnership)
Friday night. What are your plans for the weekend? Are you just getting ready to go out? Will you be talking about the Ashes in the pub or restaurant? England are unlikely to be able to celebrate in Nottingham tonight, that will have to wait for tomorrow. Broad tails the ball in to Voges, who dabs past the slips for a triple. It feels like we're going through the motions before the real battle resumes on the morrow.
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Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special
"I would think there's a fair chance that Mitchell Marsh will replace his brother Shaun for the Oval Test. I'm not sure where else Australia can go, unless they pick Pat Cummins. After that, it will be the revolving door."
Aus 220-5 (Eng need 5 wickets)
Am I right in thinking that Ian Bell is set for his fifth Ashes series win? Have any England players won more? What about Alastair Cook - there can't be many England captains that have won, lost then won Ashes series. Stokes slips in as a baby with similar red hair bites a cuddly lion in the crowd. Peter Nevill only playing when it is absolutely necessary. A loose ball is clipped fine for four. 11 overs left. Ticket-holders tomorrow will be seeing some cricket.
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Rory Allen: Let's be honest, the standard of cricket (generally) has been awful in this series. Can't recall a worse Ashes winning side.
Jez Harvey: We're literally complain that England might not win the Test in two days and secure the Ashes at least 3-1! Ridiculous!
Aus 214-5 (Voges 42, Nevill 10)
In some ways, I'm quite pleased for Adam Voges. After waiting so long for his chance, he's finally making a contribution for Australia in an Ashes series. Some thought he would be dropped for this Test, but was retained perhaps for his knowledge of Trent Bridge. He's shown reasonable judgement and scored almost exclusively square of the wicket. His mate Stuart Broad probes the channel, but Voges is not drawn into playing.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"There is some significance to these innings. There is a Test match to be played at the Oval, and places to be played for. Adam Voges might stay in, because I'm not sure Shaun Marsh has done very much."
Aus 214-5
Indeed it is Stuart Broad. The Trent Bridge crowd is immediately lifted.
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Aus 214-5 (trail by 117)
The floodlights reflect off the shades atop Alastair Cook's cap as Stuart Broad gets loose. Thirteen overs left in the day, England summoning one final effort. Ben Stokes bangs the ball into the turf but gets little out of it. Nevill, jumping, jack-knifing, gets himself out of the way and continues to resist.
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Australia 214-5 and 60 all out - trail by 117 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 42, Nevill 10
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5), 174-5 (Clarke 13)
Bowling figures: Broad 12-3-28-1, Wood 12-0-62-1, Finn 12-4-42-0, Stokes 11-2-26-3, Moeen 6-0-34-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Moeen 38, Starc 6-111)
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Aus 214-5
Ben Stokes hobbled off the field about 40 minutes ago, but he's now summoned into the attack. His spell of 3-4 before tea was quite brilliant. Can he bring some inspiration once more?
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Chris Heath: A good performance marred by sloppy play! That's five potential wickets missed! Come on lads sharpen up!!
Steve Unger: England seem to think they've won this game already and have their minds in the bar and not on the game. Getting a bit sloppy.
chloe-ann: I don't think the Ashes will be won today with the way England are playing. They need to play like they did yesterday.
Aus 214-5 (Voges 42, Nevill 10)
The floodlights are flickering into life, meaning a team of hamsters have just been put in their wheels and told to run. Perhaps the lights will bring some life to England, who extend a sloppy 10 minutes or so when a leg-side delivery from Moeen evades Buttler and runs for four byes. Cook, seeing that his men are down, bangs his hands together and shouts some encouragement. All a little flat.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"The reason umpires don't call no balls that are tight is because they don't want to be proven wrong by the TV replays that inevitably follow. They think it's a risk not worth taking."
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Aus 209-5
Yep, just a little subdued in Nottingham at the moment, as if the crowd are saving their energy for an Ashes-winning party tonight. It would be quite a do, but at the moment it won't be happening. Voges leaving well until he can't resist a flirt at Finn which flies over Adam Lyth at third slip. He may well have got a finger tip on that, but it would be very harsh to call it a drop. It would have been a worldie.
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Ricky: Sir Geoffrey says Steve Smith is not the best batsman in the world. Barring the last two matches, he had an excellent few months. His Test average is 56.5 and those of Root and Cook are 55 and 46.4.
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Aus 201-5
And it very nearly has! Peter Nevill prods forward, gets an edge, which hits the gloves of Jos Buttler then balloons over Adam Lyth at first slip. Buttler will think he should have caught that, but he might well have been surprised that Moeen got it in the right area. That's three catches England have dropped today, plus two wickets off no-balls. Add those to the five wickets they already have and the Ashes could be won by now.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Moeen hasn't had the best of days today. He's bowled plenty of boundary balls and he hasn't really offered any control at all."
Aus 201-5
Bat out of Hell! There's an obvious Meatloaf/cricket link. Anyway, Moeen Ali is bowling some dross here, long half-volley which Voges drives for four, then a rank long hop that Nevill cuts for four. Moeen not backing up the seamers. Alastair Cook not amused, chewing is nails, Moeen has his beard in his hands. TB quiet, waiting for something to happen...
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Dean Brady: Have to agree with Geraint Lloyd regarding the "Sacked in the morning" chants. Poor for cricket fans.
Wallingford Paul: Was feeling sorry for Clarke, but then remembered his 'prepare for a broken f#@ing arm' comment to Jimmy! Live by the sword...
JoElle: Wood to Clarke: "Prepare for a broken career".
Aus 189-5 (Eng need 5 wickets)
No-ball or no no-ball, Finn is still bowling deliveries miles too good for Adam Voges. Away-hoop, Voges gropes forward like a man crawling in the dark, ball goes through to the gloves of Jos Buttler. You can pretend you didn't play at that Adam, but you're not fooling anyone. I'm also told that the 17:21 entry is the second time that Meatloaf has been referenced in this match. There must be some sort of link between cricket and Mr Loaf.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Finn's bowling all outswingers at the moment, but if he's clever he's got to bowl the inner. If he can't swing it in, he has got to get it to move in off the seam."
Aus 189-5
Just so there's no confusion, I'm not absolving Finn from blame. If you're going to urge a 6ft 7in frame 30 yards to hurl a bit of leather, you might want to get your foot behind the line. I'm just struggling to see how umpire Ravi missed the no-ball, unless he wasn't looking in the first place.
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Ira: Can someone give Joe Root a bowl... what's the worst that could happen? He's outclassed everyone in all other regards.
Tirzah T: Australia looking to build a partnership here...give the ball to Joe Root!
Aus 189-5 (trail by 142)
If Nevill had indeed been on his way, you would have had to think this match would have been over tonight. As it is, England have 19 overs to take these five wickets (plus an extra half hour if they ask nicely). Moeen Ali on, Voges looking more assured with a cover drive for four. It might not be the best time to tell Steven Finn that would have been his 100th Test wicket.
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Ayelet H Lushkov: A plague of no balls!
Jordan King: One is bad enough, two is just a disgrace, regardless of our position in the match. Why risk getting so close on the front line?
Matt Haywood: Do umpires not call no balls nowadays?!?!
Finn no-ball
You've got to be kidding. Apologies to all, but Steven Finn has had Peter Nevill caught at first slip from one of the biggest no-balls you could see. Nevill was pretty much off the ground after edging a beauty of an away-swinger to the hands of Alastair Cook, but the replays show it wasn't even close.
One look told us that Finn was miles over. Umpire S Ravi, are you keeping an eye on the front line? You've only got about three jobs - count to six, decide if it's out or not, keep an eye on the front line. "Two out of three ain't bad" as Meatloaf would say.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"If Steve Smith is the best player in the world then there's a problem for Test cricket. I don't care what runs he gets, he's not better than AB De Villiers. He's not better than our two, Alastair Cook and Joe Root."
Drinks break
Aus 181-5
If, like me, you grew up in the 1990s, you might remember an American children's TV show called Clarissa Explains It All, starring Melissa Joan Hart. Clarissa has a brother called Ferguson, who I think grew up to bat in the Australia middle order under the name Adam Voges. Nevill, on nought for an age, gets off the mark from his 20th delivery. Wood strives, spurred on by a Barmy Army song. Not much other noise in TB, though. Time for drinks.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"If you get it up there at 86/87mph it just seems to bounce and zip more. If you are as tall as Finn and you get it down there you have something to get Test wickets, regardless of who is batting."
Aus 178-5 (Eng need five wickets)
Steven Finn is bowling some howitzers here. Arcing away-swingers, kissing the turf, 86mph. Adam Voges needs a bat twice as wide to get an edge. I'm minded of Fred Trueman's "thar's too good for thee, lad." Ben Stokes sits on the front row, sipping a bottle of water, the look of man ready to come back on. Lovely over from Finn, a maiden. Stokes indeed returns.
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AC: I hate Australia but dropping Clarke would be a mistake, look at how the ECB stuck with Cook and the benefit that's had.
Geraint Lloyd: Sad reading "Sacked in the morning" chants aimed at Clarke. Has been a great player and captain, deserves more respect I think.
Doug Russell: What's the difference between Michael Clarke and Cinderella? Cinderella knows when to leave the ball.
Aus 178-5 (trail by 153)
Thanks, James. The fans inside Trent Bridge are singing that "Ash is coming home, he's coming home". No idea who Ash is, but glad to hear he's on his way back. Wood to the watchful Nevill, leaving outside off stump. Double whirl action from Wood sees an in-swinger scoot down the leg side. Nevill is digging in here, trying to avoid the embarrassment of a two-day defeat. There are 22 overs left in the day, plus a potential eight of the extra half hour.
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Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"England are bowling incredibly well. You can feel the pressure. Finn is finding good areas and moving the ball away from the bat.
"Voges is playing for his spot here. He scored a century on debut but hasn't shown much since he has been here."
Aus 177-5 (trail by 154)
It's all about grim survival for the Aussie batsman now. There is no promised land in sight. Nevill and Voges hang on as Finn sends down a probing over full of lavish away-swing. With that, I hand you back to Stephan Shemilt.
Aus 176-5 (Voges 22, Nevill 0)
This is vicious stuff from Mark Wood - digging in a zesty short ball that hits Nevill on the shoulder, then zipping one past the batsman's tentative poke. Steven Finn will surely be favourite to play at the Oval if Jimmy Anderson is fit, but the Durham seamer is making himself a hard man to leave out.
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Butlins McCarthy: Michael Clarke a class act but looks like he's playing his first Test, in what might be his last.
Evan Samuel: No doubt Clarke will be kept for The Oval... But that must be it, surely.
Dan Green: There goes Clarke's "Brian Lara" record innings. There goes the Ashes. :(.
Aus 175-5
Chants of 'Sacked in the morning' rung around Trent Bridge as Clarke trooped disconsolately off - it's an undignified end for a brilliant batsman who seems to have suffered a terminal loss of mojo. Peter Nevill is the new batsman - he's certainly capable of a gritty fifty but Australia need something of an altogether different order here. Finn gets the ball hooping past the new man's outside edge.
Scorecard
Australia 174-5 and 60 all out - trail by 157 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 20, Nevill 0
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5), 174-5 (Clarke 13)
Bowling figures: Broad 12-3-28-1, Wood 9-0-58-1, Finn 6-1-32-0, Stokes 11-2-26-3, Moeen 3-0-15-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Moeen 38, Starc 6-111)
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Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"A very important wicket for England but not for Australia. It was a good delivery that pitched perfectly and left him to find the edge. Cook had two grabs at it and popped it up for Bell."
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Clarke c Bell b Wood 13 (Aus 174-5)
Michael Clarke's battle is over. He scrapped around desperately for an hour but in truth he never looked capable of producing the sort of epic vigil that his team need. Wood gets him driving loosely, the ball flies to Alastair Cook at first slip, and the England skipper almost makes a mess of it before somehow juggling the ball into the helping hands of Ian Bell. Australia, almost unthinkably, are staring at a second-successive two-day defeat.
Aus 170-4
How relaxed does Trevor Bayliss look on the England balcony? Elbow on the balcony rail, feet up, broad grin playing across his face as his adopted country put his homeland to the sword. Clarke works Finn for a single.
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Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"Australia looking to build a partnership here. These are two guys who desperately need some runs."
Aus 168-4 (trail by 163)
Mark Wood returns to the attack and serves up a very poor delivery which Adam Voges creams to the boundary. There's a momentary flutter of excitement as Wood then locates the edge of Voges' bat, but the ball drops just short of Joe Root in the slips.
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Mandeep Mothabandha: Great that England are going to win the Ashes back! BUT one sided home series are not great going forward. Neither team has a clue in alien conditions. Steve Smith hero at home zero away with the moving ball. Joe Root was cowering lower down the order in Australia but a champion on slower seaming pitches. I have no doubt on our next tour of Australia our batsmen will be whimpering in the changing room again. What can be done to make these series more competitive?
Aus 162-4
Steve Smith is looking pretty glum as he tucks into something on the Australia balcony. What do you eat at a time like this? There's not much that can make you feel better after you've whacked a wide ball straight to short point an over before tea.
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Duncan Saunders: My Edgbaston Saturday tickets unused: £160. My TrentBridge Saturday tickets unused: £300. Aussies getting destroyed: priceless!
Chris Regnauld: The Aussie bobsleigh team have asked the Aussie cricket team for a meeting. They want advice about going downhill so fast!
ftobloke: Hoping that England can finish this off before my phone battery runs out (19% left) #poolside
Aus 161-4 (Clarke 8, Voges 13)
Voges tucks Broad off his pads for a single. England haven't quite hit their straps after the interval yet.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Only Lord's has resembled what you'd call a normal Test match so far this series. And even that didn't get to the fifth day."
Aus 160-4
The England physio trots on to attend to Ben Stokes, who is ostensibly suffering with a hamstring strain, though I'm not sure that the banana he offers will do much for that. Stokes, a man who looks like he devours steaks in seconds, wolfs it down with unseemly haste. Steven Finn is called into the attack and he's immediately on the money, testing Adam Voges' forward defensive with an exacting maiden.
Aus 160-4
England's bowlers are just straining for the magic delivery here, rather than probing away with a consistent line and length - understandable with so many runs in the bank I guess. Broad hoops one onto Voges' pads and the batsman clips him away nicely for four.
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Aus 153-4 (trail by 178)
Ben Stokes makes fast bowling look like hard yakka - pounding into the crease, propelling the ball hard into the pitch, sweat dripping off his sun-bleached eyebrows. He's produced one of his best bowling performances for England here - finding real swing and menace. Clarke works a three through midwicket.
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Cliff Pike: As the Aussies flounder, I'd like to see Michael Clarke go out with a flourish. He's been cheated by his selectors & team mates.
Arthur Goddard: Perfect scenario; Clarke makes a gutsy 50 no as a fitting swansong; Australia skittled today.
Sam™: Clarke will score 100 here. Just you watch.
Aus 150-4 (Clarke 4, Voges 6)
All rather low key out there as this match plays out towards a conclusion that now feels inevitable. Broad can't hasten that end though, as he floats down a rather wide and unthreatening over.
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Gareth John: I'm so happy I want to go up to strangers and tell them the score. Is this what being in a religious cult is like?
James Moring: England have got one hand and two fingers on that beautiful little urn. Got to finish them off tonight now!
Mark L: England to win the Ashes within the hour. That's my prediction.
Aus 149-4
This has the feeling of Michael Clarke's General Custer moment. Plenty of proud victories in his past, all reduced to irrelevance as he scraps for his international life against the advancing England onslaught.
He continues watchfully against Stokes, defending and leaving stubbornly before flicking a single down to fine leg.
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Sam Rattigan: Surely time for Michael Clarke to step up and make a captain's knock so Australia have at least a glimmer of hope.
John Sullivan: As much as I want England to win I also want to see a good game of cricket. Sadly disappointed by the dismal Aussies.
Aus 148-4
Broad takes the cherry from the other end. Adam Voges, one of many selectorial punts that just hasn't paid off for the Aussies on this Test tour, squeezes four down to third man. He, surely, is playing his last Test series, probably even his last innings. It's a sad end for a man who waited so long for his chance, but such are the cruel vicissitudes of sport.
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Aus 144-4 (Clarke 2, Voges 2)
So, Ben Stokes it is to continue after tea. Michael Clarke plays out five dots before Stokes bends his back a little too much and sends one over Jos Buttler for four byes.
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Right, we're ready to go for the evening session. Australia need a miracle. Quite frankly, shoulder pads and bubble perms have more chance of making a comeback.
Root on the rise
Telegraph sportswriter Jonathan Liew on Twitter: Steve Smith's two failures mean that Joe Root will almost certainly become the world's No1 batsman when the new rankings come out.
Stokes finally fires
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Samuel Mather: You're joking! The Australian batting coach is called Grey Blewett?? That's just too good to be true!
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It just hasn't been Steve Smith's series. He arrived on these shores as the world's number one ranked Test batsman and one of the outstanding performers of the World Cup and looked all set to cement his status as the world's best willow-wielder.
Hasn't quite worked out like that, has it? After that superb double hundred at Lord's, which sent a chill down English spines, he has gone missing - seemingly unable to adapt to English conditions.
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Richard Lancaster: Smith world's number one batsman? No chance, Root all day long.
James Aubrey: When are are going to stop referring to Steve Smith as 'the world's number 1 batsman' when he gifts his wicket under pressure?
Nick Anderton: If Smith is the best batsman in the world then my nan is third after Root.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I can't imagine what Darren Lehmann and Greg Blewett, the batting coach for Australia, will be thinking. They looked like they had no choice but to try and attack and it is not really an option in these conditions when you come to the wicket. But England have been great this session because it was tough at the start. Stokes has been the difference."
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What a day Alastair Cook has had. Not so long ago, his captaincy was the stuff of ridicule but he's been like Napoleon and Garry Kasparov all rolled into one out there today.
His audacious declaration this morning put Australia on the back foot, his decision to turn to Ben Stokes paid dividends, and he laid a trap for Steve Smith with that funky field-placing just before the break. Absolutely brilliant from the skipper.
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Australia 138-4 and 60 all out - trail by 193 runs
Not out batsmen: Voges 2, Clarke 0
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52), 130-2 (Warner 64), 136-3 (Marsh 2), 136-4 (Smith 5)
Bowling figures: Broad 8-3-15-1, Wood 7-0-47-0, Finn 3-0-30-0, Stokes 8-2-20-3, Moeen 3-0-15-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Moeen 38, Starc 6-111)
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Aus 138-4
And...breathe. What is it about Ben Stokes - he can go two or three days without making much of an impact on a Test match but suddenly, not for the first time, he's the man at the centre of one of the most electrifying passages of cricket of the summer.
Australia's beleaguered general can hide out in his bunker no longer - Michael Clarke is in the middle and he needs a miracle. He survives the final over before tea.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It is brilliant from England. Great planning, great cricket. This is pathetic from Australia. They know the plans are set. Why not leave a few balls and give them half a chance? Get ready England fans, it is going to be today."
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Jack Beecroft: What a shocking shot, its as if they want to give it away.
c'est moi: Now this is how to spend a Friday afternoon. Listening to Aussie wickets starting to tumble.
Tom Rossiter: Here we go then, Aussie-implosion imminent.
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Smith c Stokes b Broad 5 (Aus 136-4)
You can't keep Ben Stokes out of the game! No sooner has he put Shaun Marsh back in the hutch than he's there at short point to catch out the world's number-one batsman! It's brilliant, innovative captaincy from Cook, whose unusual field-setting strikes gold when Smith drives hard and uppishly at a wide one from Broad. Stokes's bucket hands do the rest, and the Ashes, surely, are coming home.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"A poor innings from Shaun Marsh. That was a poor bit of batting. He has come out, trued to play his shots and been exposed. Darren Lehmann looks on, helpless and underneath it all, very disappointed."
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S Marsh c Root b Stokes 2 (Aus 136-3)
Australia are crumbling here, and Ben Stokes is playing the wrecking ball. He lands one full on an inviting fourth-stump line and gets Shaun Marsh to fall into the exact same trap that he stumbled into in the first innings - going hard at the ball and getting a healthy snick to Joe Root at second slip.
Aus 134-2
So, two new batsman at the crease, and Alastair Cook, a man growing into the generalship of Test captaincy, immediately shuffles his pack, and brings first-innings hero Broad back into the attack.
It's a bit of a loose over from Broad actually, and Smith is able to leave most of the deliveries alone outside off. Warner, by the way, was absolutely distraught with that dismissal - he buried his face in his sweaty wristband as he trudged disconsolately off. He knows Australia's dreams of an improbable comeback are dying here.
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Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"We've seen this at Edgbaston and earlier today to Finn. It is a common trend for Warner playing that kind of shot. It is a gift to England."
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Warner c Broad b Stokes 64 (Aus 130-2)
David Warner has fought tigerishly in this second innings but this is a limp, lame dismissal. Stokes's delivery is back of a length on his hip and Warner spoons it horribly up into the leg side, top hand flying off the bat handle in disgust as soon he plays the shot. Stuart Broad settles under it and comfortably collects the catch. Australia, so dogged for so long, are suddenly beginning to unravel.
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Australia 128-1 and 60 all out - trail by 203 runs
Not out batsmen: Warner 63, Smith 0
Fall of wickets: 113-1 (Rogers 52)
Bowling figures: Broad 6-3-9-0, Wood 7-0-47-0, Finn 3-0-30-0, Stokes 6-2-16-1, Moeen 3-0-15-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
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Aus 128-1
Steve Smith is the new man. Warner brings up his 50 with a two to long leg, then watches nervously as he mistimes a pull and sends a top edge spiralling high into the Nottingham sky. For a moment the crowd is interested, but Warner's meaty forearms have got enough of that one, and it drops over the rope for six.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"That is a catch like we saw earlier in the day from Steve Smith. Root flying to his left and catching with his wrong hand. He took a good one from the no ball but that was travelling quicker. Stokes is making things happen here."
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Rogers c Root b Stokes 52 (Aus 113-1)
That's the breakthrough! Full and swinging away from Stokes, Rogers drives loosely, and England's golden child Joe Root flies headlong to take a superb catch in his outstretched left mitt. There's a brief pause while the umpires check the front foot, but Stokes is fine and Rogers finally has to go.
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Evan Samuel: Deserved a wicket. Great nut, great catch. Unlucky.
50 for Rogers
Aus 110-0
Very strange shenanigans off the next ball - Rogers misses a gentle away-swinger by a good two feet, but England go up as if Rogers nicked it. Rogers and the umpire nonplussed. What on earth was that about? The opener completes an eventful over by flaying a wide one over the slips to bring up his 50.
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Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special
"That is another huge twist in what is turning out to be a remarkable game of cricket."
Not out
Oh, that is a sickener. The slo-mo reveals that no part of Wood's boot landed behind the line, and Rogers is back from the brink. It was a terrific catch from Joe Root as well. All in vain...
Third umpire
Mark Wood has had Chris Rogers caught at slip, but it looks like he may have overstepped...
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Aus 97-0 (Rogers 43, Warner 47)
Stokes continues. Frustration building for England as the all-rounder sends one zipping past the off pole for what feels like the umpteenth time this afternoon. Warner, showing uncharacteristic patience, stonewalls a maiden.
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Alastair: I am an expat in Denmark - listening in Copenhagen. Emigrated shortly after going to Edgbaston to see England getting hammered by the West Indies - 17th June 2000. Based on this display, I think it's time to come home.
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Aus 97-0
Wood returns to the attack. Smart move. Moeen was leaking too many runs and what England need now is to keep steadily turning the screw. Keep that lead looking as ominous as possible for as long as possible. And Wood does exactly that.
Apologies that I've proved to be wicket Kryptonite. I pass you over to Mr James Gheerbrant, who will hopefully have more luck.
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Aus 95-0
Stokes is getting the ball to move but he is not getting a lot of luck. Warner walks into a drive and edges wide of the skips cordon and down to the wide third-man boundary. A couple of half-hearted appeal follows after the batsman is hit on the pad but both were going down. A good over that. England building pressure.
Australia trail by 240 runs
Rogers rocks back and slashes through backward point for four off Moeen. The opener then drives for another boundary. It is a clear sign that these two have got a grip on this pitch and the situation. There are even a few Aussie flags waving now. More out of hope than belief, you suspect.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Trent Bridge
"Earlier on, I saw England cricket director Andrew Strauss and head selector James Whitaker walking round the ground looking understandably pleased with themselves.
"How times have changed since Strauss took over amid the Pietersen firestorm. Mind you, any more dropped catches and they might well be looking to book another fielding camp in Spain."
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82-0
Just a hint of swing from Stokes is enough to out-fox Rogers, who swings and misses. Stokes then sends Rogers tumbling to the turf as if he is about to start to break dancing with a short ball that rises past his nose. There is still enough for England to work with as long as they keep finding the right areas.
Aus 81-0
Rogers is not an attractive batsman to watch but he is certainly effective. He crouches low like a crab to try and stab a cut off Moeen's first ball and misses but two balls later opens himself up to drive through extra cover for four.
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Warner dropped on 42
Controversy. Stokes has switched ends. And has the honour of bowling the one millionth ball bowled in Test cricket in England. However, the big screen at the ground says it is his second, while our own Andrew Samson believes it is his third. It is up to you to decide if it matters or not? What does matter, though, is that Warner has been dropped again, by Bell as he dives one-handed to try and take an edge off Stokes' away-cutter. Another chance gone.
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Australia 71-0 and 60 all out - trail by 260 runs
Not out batsmen: Rogers 28, Warner 36
Bowling figures: Broad 6-3-9-0, Wood 4-0-21-0, Finn 3-0-30-0, Stokes 1-0-4-0, Moeen 1-0-1-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (85.2 overs)
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
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Aus 71-0
On comes Moeen for his first bowl of the game. Rogers takes a good long look at what he has to offer, patting back five balls after Warner had nicked an early single.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"This is the sixth time that Australia have passed their first innings score without losing a wicket in their second innings. The last occasion was in Antigua in 2003, when they put on 242 for the first wicket, beating the first innings score of 240."
Michael Vaughan Q&A
BBC Radio Test Match Special
Ben Cook: What has happened to Australia between the 2nd Test and now?
Vaughan: The pitches have been different. The movement and swing and seam has been the downfall of their batsmen. They have not had the techniques or the minds to cope with the moving ball at Cardiff, Edgbaston and Trent Bridge.
Simon Raistrick: Who is the best player you ever played with and why were they so good?
Vaughan: KP was the best I played with as a batsman. For overall impact it would have to be Fred. What he delivered in 2005, he almost single-handedly brought us that Ashes success. Between 2004 and 2005 he was truly exceptional.
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Sam in Reading: Why have I got this horrible feeling in my stomach?
Simon Benham: Has Cook just dropped the Ashes?
Aus 70-0
More fortune for Australia as Warner spins to try and turn a shortish ball from Finn to leg and instead top-edges over the slips for four. Warner then jumps back to play a fuller ball from the big seamer and toes the ball into the ground and to Buttler. The Aussie opener pours salt in the wound by driving through cover for four. He is now 35 in an innings that has alternated the sublime and the ridiculous. Remember, he was dropped on 10.
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Richard Seaton: For goodness sake - England has it in the bag. Just let it play out. There's no way the Aussies can retaliate :) NO WORRIES!!
Anthony Shaw: England have completely dominated this Test from the off. The Ashes are coming home!
Ian: Oh my, the doubting English Thomas' are out! Even IF Australia get 500 (they won't) England would still only need 170 to win.
Aus 61-0
Stokes' first ball goes for four, but that tells only half the story as Rogers flicks one past the diving Buttler to the fine leg boundary. It brings the Aussie fans to their feet as their country passes their first innings total, without having lost a wicket. Nice to see they still have a sense of humour. Or is it just sheer relief?
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"I think Moeen ought to be getting ready now. Surely Cook will experiment with him."
Broad 6-3-9-0
Finn creeping up to 90mph but Rogers copes comfortably. Cook decides to give Broad a rest and opts to throw Ben Stokes into the mix. Can the Durham seamer make the breakthrough?
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It's looking increasingly like a normal cricket pitch. There are no great demons."
Aus 56-0
Superb shot from Rogers as he leans into a decent Finn ball and punches it through mid-off for four. Any demons in this surface look to have been exorcised. Looks pretty tame now to me. Isn't that right Ed?
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Phil Houghton: Hmmm... Australia 20-1 to win the match. (Scratches beard and considers.)
Matt Pettit: Nothing beats been English, no other nation would have a tinge of worry after a lead being reduced to 300
Dean Moxon: 'Extras' ominously half way to his first innings total for Australia already
Aus 51-0
Four slips in along with a short mid-on as Broad charges in to the crease and has Rogers on his toes and knocking the ball back. England asking questions, Australia answering increasingly confidently.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Rogers isn't going smoothly at the moment. If you watch him randomly for 10 minutes, you would never think he's a Test player. Warner is looking the more impressive of the two at the moment."
Aus 50-0
Australia get another slice of luck as Rogers awkwardly inside edges a ball past the stumps. Ian Bell, stood at slip, stares to the sky as Stuart Broad hunches, hands on knees. Everything went England's way yesterday, but Australia are getting the rub of the green at the moment.
Michael Vaughan Q&A
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Michael Vaughan has been answering your questions on the Test Match Special Facebook page.
Darran Tunnah: Do you think that a toss of a coin is the best way to decide the start of a test match? If not how else could it be done?
Vaughan: I still like the toss because it adds a bit of drama, but if we continue with this trend of teams not competing away from home, we could try a scenario where the away captain gets the choice. That way you would have to prepare good pitches. That could be a solution.
Australia trail by 284 runs
Two more boundaries follow as Warner flicks a loose ball narrow of Moeen Ali at fine leg before pulling over square leg for six. Warner is batting himself into some form here. That dropped catch. England - and Cook - will be hoping it doesn't prove very costly.
Aus 37-0
Wood, who hasn't quite found his groove since lunch, is removed and golden arm Steven Finn takes over. He has Warner in trouble early on, cutting one back that jabs into the batsman's ribs. Warner responds well, though, with a majestic off drive through mid-off for four. Not a bad ball, but a wonderful shot.
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John Geary: Australia are 300 runs behind still, why have I got an uneasy feeling?
Jay: Dropped catch = Warner century? Hopefully not!
Evan Samuel: Stroke of luck there. Well bowled, first failure in slips by England
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"You could argue Broad has bowled a better first spell today than he did on the first morning. He has got more movement and beaten the bat more often."
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It wasn't absolutely straightforward, but it was very catchable. It was a catch that he'd take more often than not."
Warner dropped on 10
Can you believe it?! England snared everything that came their way yesterday but when Alastair Cook is given a very claimable chance to dismiss Warner at first slip, he spills it. To be fair, he was diving to try and take the edge off Broad's bowling, but he should still have caught it. A life for Warner and Australia.
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Dan, Glasgow: Saw Cook put Australia in yesterday then I had to nip out for 26 hours. Rogers and Warner still batting at lunch on day 2. Worrying times for England. Or did I miss something?
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"David Warner has left a bit more than he usually does. I wonder if someone's had a word with him. But you just get the feel that something is around the corner."
Aus 32-0
Oh, Wood almost claims a wicket with a rank wide, short ball. For some reason, Rogers decides to have a go for it and swipes just a fraction underneath. After all the great bowling that brought England their first-innings wickets that would have been an utter gift.
Australia trail by 300
After conceding the early boundary, Broad tightens his line and length and keeps the potential explosive Warner very much in check. If any pair can restore some pride to the Australians, you'd expect it to be these two. They have been the best the tourists have had to offer in the series.
Aus 31-0
Warner drops to one knee and clatters a drive through cover. It was a very rare misjudges length from Broad and Warner put it away. That will give him confidence. And boy do the Aussie's need some confidence right now.
Aus 27-0
Wood, launching himself out of the blocks towards the crease, almost makes the first in-road into the Aussie order as Rogers rocks back to a rising final ball and edges just past the diving Adam Lyth at fourth slip. It brings the batsman four but it was far from authoritative.
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Aus 21-0
Broad is making it sing again. After beating Warner repeatedly before lunch he whips a ball off a length past the outside edge of Rogers' bat. The Aussie opener responds by nicking a single off the last ball of another good over. Patience is the key for England here. Keep hitting the mark and something will happen.
20-0
Big appeal! The slips and Buttler are up as Rogers looks to flick a Broad ball down to leg. They think he got some bat on it but the umpire disagrees and the heat spot shows a little flick off the thigh pad. Pressure building on Australia here.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"I think it's going to be umpire's call, but that could have easily been given out."
Aus 20-0
Very not out. The ball was pitching outside leg to start with so we don't even need to track the ball, which would surely have shown the ball to be going down leg.
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Test Match Special are trying to make lightning strike twice as the dream team of Blowers and Tuffers - who oversaw the fall of four wickets in those remarkable first few overs yesterday - are in the box. And could we have more drama as England review a spurned lbw call from an inswinger that cracks Warner on the toe.
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Australia 14-0 and 60 all out - trail by 317 runs
Not out batsmen: Rogers 8, Warner 1
Bowling figures: Broad 2-1-1-0, Wood 1-0-8-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (85.2 overs)
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
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Aus 14-0
Mark Wood is going to carry on after lunch, bowling to David Warner.
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Here we go again, then. Can England wrap this up today? Or can Australia show some fight and wipe the completely justified smug smile off the face of the chap above?
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"And then you said: 'Why don't we fly to England for the Ashes?' Smart move Brad, smart move!"
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Former England captain Mike Brearley: "The best teams are where everyone has a say and a view. You need to know who is in charge at any time but you need 11 captains. It helps not to be hated as a captain and not put people's backs up. You don't necessarily need to be liked but you need to be respected. You also need to be open to your mistakes and to comments from players."
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Kevin Taylor: Aussies largest partnership of the match so far gets them thru to lunch safely.
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The fun at the Aussies' expense continues...
"Do you play a little bit of Cricket? Are you an Australian National or connected to one? Do you like to gloat? If it's yes to all three, then you little Ripper! Read on...
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"If you enjoy working outdoors, like the idea of free lunches during tests (Vegemite, Tim Tams, Chiko Rolls) and can cope with a nation's slim hopes on your back then we want to hear from you."
Root leads the way
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Former England captain Mike Brearley: "Maybe the Australians have found the answer in the second innings, by playing and missing?"
David Warner certainly did plenty of that to Stuart Broad in the final over before lunch. It looked like he'd drilled a hole in the middle of his bat.
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The art of captaincy
BBC Radio Test Match Special
Over on TMS now you can while away the lunchtime minutes by tuning in for a converstaion between Aggers and Mike Brearley, who know a thing or two about winning the Ashes. His book 'The Art of Captaincy' has been re-issued and I'm sure he'll have plenty to say about this current series.
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Afternoon. Well, without wishing to reveal any allegiance here, it is a genuine delight to be in the commentators chair with England absolutely dominant and on the verge of reclaiming the Ashes. It is surely now just a matter of time.
Lunch scorecard
Australia 14-0 and 60 all out - trail by 317 runs
Not out batsmen: Rogers 8, Warner 1
Bowling figures: Broad 2-1-1-0, Wood 1-0-8-0
England first innings: 391-9 dec (85.2 overs)
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
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This match is bumping along. We may even see the Ashes lifted tonight. Imagine the Friday night revelry in Nottingham if it is. I'm passing the baton on to Phil Dawkes for the afternoon. Enjoy.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It was a a wonderful morning's cricket again. Some of the shots that Wood played were fabulous, and then Moeen was the key, taking the game away from Australia and putting England in a great position. This afternoon and evening sessions are about whether Australia's batsmen are up for the fight. It's a test of their character."
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Aus 14-0
Mr Warner, Dr Broad has finished your initial examination. You may sit in the waiting room and wait for it to resume in 40 minutes. Warner somehow gets to lunch, Australia to the break unscathed. They remain so far behind that England are only a tiny dot on the horizon. Surviving 10 minutes is all well and good, their next job is to bat a whole session.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"In Ashes Tests, Warner averages 65.6 in the second innings, with two hundreds and five fifties."
Aus 13-0
Stuart Broad is bowling spitting cobras and David Warner has ophidiophobia. Three in a row on off stump, kicking off a length, Warner fooling no one with feet all over the place and a bat that's half an hour too late. In fact, he'd play these better if he wasn't trying to hit them.
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Aus 13-0
England rush through. We're going to get another. Just time for the home side to spoil David Warner's cake and custard.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"The idea for Australia is to make 400 and leave England with that awkward total."
Aus 13-0
One minute to lunch, two balls to get in. This will probably be the last over, especially with Rogers eating more seconds by driving through the covers. The Aussie fans even feel happy enough to wave a flag.
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Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special
"This is the one partnership that Australia have had some joy from in this series. They have made some very good starts."
Aus 9-0 (trail by 322)
Mark Wood sharing the new ball, David Warner getting out of the firing line by getting a leg bye off his backside. Chris Rogers trying all the tricks to waste time. Check guard, adjust screens, check guard again. Tie shoelace, do a bit of gardening. Crowd on his back, but Rogers takes four through mid-wicket. He's off a pair.
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Duncan Gates: That's not a declaration, that's trolling.
JB: I hate to be the pessimist, but has anyone started looking for large volumes of the ingredients for humble pie, just in case?
GalleryatLaurieston: Why declare? There's three days plus to play - grind them down, really grind them!
Aus 4-0
"Oooowwwzzzaaattttt?!?!?!?" Stuart Broad is begging, imploring Aleem Dar to send Rogers on his way. It's the off stump channel that Rogers hates, the one that Broad has discovered, pitched a tent and is currently brewing up on a camp stove. Back leg, probably too high. Cook doesn't want a review, either.
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England 391-9 dec (85.2 overs) - lead by 331
Not out batsmen: Broad 24, Finn 0
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28), 320-7 (Buttler 12), 332-8 (Stokes 5), 390-9 (Ali 38)
Bowling figures: Starc 27-2-111-6, Hazlewood 24-4-97-2, Johnson 21.2-2-102-1, Lyon 10-1-47-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
Australia 1st inns: 60 all out (18.3 overs), Broad 8-15
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Aus 0-0
Broad is being cheered to the crease, an "ooooohhhhh" of expectation, followed by a sigh of disbelief when Rogers somehow has the temerity to survive the first ball. There's the first song of the day too. The crowd are taking it to another level now England are bowling.
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Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special
"Stuart Broad has dismissed Chris Rogers with three of the last five balls he's bowled to him."
Aus 0-0
As sure as night follows day, Broad is immediately round the wicket to Rogers. Rogers probably expects to see Broad every time he rounds a corner. Four slips.
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The Mighty Mojo: When was the last time we saw a surprising, attacking declaration by England? In fact, when have we ever? Credit to Cook.
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England gather on the boundary, all smiles and sunglasses. Cook is in the middle, asking his team for the effort that could see them lift sport's smallest trophy tonight. The Aussie openers follow on - both on a pair. Imagine how sweet England's lunch will taste if they snaffle one before the break.
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Kevin Ticehurst: That is a brilliant declaration, this is going to be a huge 15 minutes or so.
Neil Monahan: Like that declaration from Cook, nice and aggressive, big 20 mins before lunch.
James Bamford: Brave declaration with 3.5 days left, well done Cook! Ashes retained by tonight?
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Is anyone else as surprised as I am? I didn't think England had that much imagination. Australia need 332 just to make England bat again. More pressingly, can they make this match last until tomorrow? I think there are 67 overs left in the day, about four times as long as they batted yesterday morning.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I thought Cook should have declared when Moeen was out. We just wasted ten minutes. If England get a couple of early wickets, they have a chance to demoralise Australia."
England declare on 391-9
Oh, Alastair Cook, you rascal. This is a wonderfully devilish declaration, giving Australia a very tricky two or three-over spell before lunch. It's come from nowhere after six dot balls in a row. Cook is sitting in his training gear, then jumps up, almost as if he's just had a lightbulb moment. Long -term plan, or flash of inspiration? Either way, he's gone for the jugular.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"We did some analysis of the Hawkeye data and the Australian batsmen are playing the ball a metre further forward than England, so snicks generally carry to the slips. England are playing the ball later, where you tend to play and miss more."
Eng 391-9
Steven Finn either has a very good idea of where his off stump is, or is just leaving everything for a laugh. I say leave, but one is a huge swipe at Mitchell Starc, trying to belt the ball to West Bridgford. He gets nothing, but survives.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Trent Bridge
"Better late than never. Looks like Notts Police have finally turned up to deal with yesterday's reports of "Aussies in trouble"."
Eng 390-9 (Johnson 21-2-102-1)
I might not have done that catch enough justice. Smith was pretty much parallel to the ground as he grasped that, managing to cling on as he landed. It's an absolute worldie, just as good as the one Stokes took yesterday because of the ground he had to cover. Steven Finn is the last man, somehow fending off a rare Johnson bouncer.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"I'd be thinking about declaring now and having a bowl."
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"That was just like Andrew Strauss's catch at Trent Bridge in 2005, but it was better because he caught it with his wrong hand. This has got a feeling of finishing today if the clouds stay around."
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Moeen c Smith b Johnson 38 (Eng 390-9)
That is another superb catch, stopping the England fun. Steve Smith has leapt to his left at second slip, grabbing a thick edge from Moeen Ali in his left paw to finally give Mitchell Johnson his first victim in this innings. Remember Andrew Strauss's wonderful catch on this ground 10 years ago? It's very similar. A stand of 58 is over and Australia are almost set for a bat.
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Eng 390-8 (lead by 330)
This England ninth-wicket pair have racked up a 50 partnership in only 42 balls. Moeen brings it up with a sliced drive off Starc that flies over the covers for four. Australia shoulders dropping now, the opposite of their bounce earlier this session. Trent Bridge well into the run fest, including a blonde lady that I think might be Stuart Broad's girlfriend.
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Sanj: Proper cricket shots these by Ali. Really good to watch. After Root, probably our most in form batsmen.
Warren Swaine: Moeen Ali, stop stop they're already dead.
Eng 379-8 (Wide-4-4-1-4-6-0)
The momentum Australia built up is being reversed by the free-swinging willow of Stuart Broad and Moeen Ali. Hazlewood the bowler, Moeen a pair of boundaries through his elastic wrists. Broad's turn, a slap over the covers for four then a hook all the way for... six! 20 off the over!
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New ball taken
Eng 359-8
It's funny how a bowler changes his mind about taking the new ball when a number 10 drives him on the up through the covers for four. Broad gets all Brian Lara and belts Starc, prompting the bowler to call for the new nut. Even staring down the barrel, Michael Clarke and Steve Smith can have a chuckle at Starc. He wouldn't have wanted the new leather had Broad edged that behind.
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353-8
And fetch that! Moeen with a dance, a flourish and six straight back over the bowler's head. The new ball is available, but it doesn't look like Mitchell Starc wants it just yet.
Eng 346-8
Yep, impact is umpire's call, third umpire Marais Erasmus tells Aleem Dar he's done a good job. Australia will get that review back at the end of the over, which is when the new ball is also due.
Umpire review
Eng 346-8
Freebie review for Australia here. Nathan Lyon, maybe token over of spin before the new ball. Stuart Broad sweeping. Nothing from Aleem Dar. Hit him outside the line, I fancy...
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"There is an old-school air about Moeen Ali. He's very understated, he has no great preliminary movement. He's reminiscent of David Gower."
Eng 344-8 (lead by 284)
Starc after drinks, he's bowled unchanged throughout this morning session. I've just seen some footage of Stuart Broad seeing his 8-15 inked on to the Trent Bridge honours board. "Looks good, doesn't it?" he said. It does, Stuart, but not as good as this cover drive from Moeen. Four of the best, followed by a clip over square leg for another boundary. Has there even been an Ashes series where no Tests went five days? Will the fifth day soon be a rarity?
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Trent Bridge
There were widespread reports of cramp among the Aussie fans in the New Stand yesterday as they remained stunned and sedentary for the entire day. This morning, however, they have been up and down like jack-in-the-boxes, working their calf muscles and revelling in Mitchell Starc's one-man recovery act.
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Andy in Birmingham: Poor cricket from England this morning. We should be keeping them out in the field and batting them out of this game completely. As well as we've done we need to learn how to completely kill a game off.
Dan in Hampshire: This is all a bit silly by England - losing 3 wickets so quickly. We're going to win, of course, but we should be grinding the Australians down not giving wickets away like this.
Drinks break
Eng 335-8
A pair of left-handers now for England, men out on the hook for Moeen as Trent Bridge tries to make sense of another dose of morning fast-forward cricket. There's a man wearing a comedy crown picked up by the cameras, waving when he sees himself on the big screen. It's impossible to look cool when you spot yourself on the big screen, isn't it? Time for drinks.
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Eng 334-8 (lead by 274)
It couldn't be all over today, could it? Starc still bowling hooping, toe-crushing missiles, forcing Stuart Broad to slide about like a man wearing slippery shoes on the dance floor. Will Australia take the new ball? They're making this old one swing around corners. New nut available in three.
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Grundy: Anyone else not mind England losing these wickets? More fun to watch the Aussies crumble again this afternoon ain't it?
James Turrell: Tomorrow I may witness England win the ashes at Trent bridge..or no cricket at all. Never wished that Australia bat well before
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Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"Australia have got a big task in front of them, but this match is not over yet."
Eng 333-8 (Hazlewood 22-4-76-2)
Huge applause for home favourite Stuart Broad, the 8-15 hero. He's away with a single. If I was a locker in the England dressing room, I'd be a bit worried at the moment. Ben Stokes was trying to on-drive that leg-side delivery from Hazlewood and somehow contrived to inside-edge to the keeper.
Let's say Australia wrap this up quickly, a second innings score of 400 would leave England a tricky chase. Having said that, they might need about seven goes to get 400.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It's one of those dismissals that really annoy you as a batsman. It wasn't a great delivery, it was swinging down the leg side, and Ben Stokes will be disappointed."
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Stokes c Nevill b Hazlewood 5 (Eng 332-8)
Hmmmm... this is all getting a bit sloppy from England. Ben Stokes is strangled out, getting a tickle of an inside edge on to a Josh Hazlewood in-swinger to be caught behind by Peter Nevill. What is it about these morning sessions at Trent Bridge? That's 14 wickets in two mornings now. England still miles ahead, 272, but they are just leaving the light on for the Aussies.
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Jamie Hosie: Great to see England keen to get this test over quickly and throwing their wickets away accordingly. Good, positive cricket.
Sean Hickin: England are collapsing.
Jonathan France: Buttler fails AGAIN. Even when there's no pressure. Surely he's just as much at risk of losing his place in the side as Lyth?
Eng 328-7 (Starc 22-2-87-6)
I say it was a beauty, and it was. But what's wrong with a good old forward defence, Joseph? Buttler might have been deceived by the very full length, but he has been bowled playing a pretty airy drive. Still, another very good in-swinger from Starc, who has Test-best figures of 6-87. Moeen Ali the next out man out of the traps.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"That is an absolute beauty from Mitchell Starc. Perfect line outside off stump, encouraging the drive, and it just swung back in. Starc is on it this morning. But England will like to see the ball is still doing it."
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Buttler b Starc 12 (Eng 320-7)
What has Mitchell Starc had for breakfast? This is fast bowling of the highest quality, miles too good for Jos Buttler. Full of length, in-swing at high pace, stumps everywhere. It might be too little, too late to save the Ashes, but Starc is showing his teeth. Australia could be batting before lunch.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Australia need to be on the money here, otherwise it could get messy. If Jos Buttler is in form, the ball could go to all parts."
Eng 319-6 (lead by 259)
Buttler and Stokes together at the crease, Moeen to come. England will either progress quickly or be bowling soon after lunch. Speaking of quick progress, they already have 300+ in only 70-odd overs. That's only two and half sessions of cricket. Rattling along. Josh Hazlewood, built like a bus ticket, into the attack. Successive fours for Buttler, one through the covers, one through mid-on.
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England 310-6 (73 overs) - lead by 250
Not out batsmen: Stokes 0, Buttler 4
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74), 297-5 (Root 130), 306-6 (Wood 28)
Bowling figures: Starc 21-2-82-5, Hazlewood 20-4-63-1, Johnson 20-2-98-0, Lyon 9-1-38-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
Australia 1st inns: 60 all out (18.3 overs), Broad 8-15
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Five wickets for Mitchell Starc
Eng 310-6
This is great stuff from Starc, the sort of bowling we saw him produce at the World Cup. Pace in the high-80s, shape back into Wood, middle and leg stumps splattered. Wood got his feet out of the way so quickly, it was almost as if they were yanked from underneath him. He could have ended up flat on his face. Starc's celebrations were muted. A little point of the finger, a show of the ball to the crowd. Jos Buttler the new man, in need of a score. Off the mark with a straight drive for four.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It slightly went the other way, it might have been reverse swing. He's got that in the locker, Starc. Wood did a decent job though, he's come out and smacked a few boundaries."
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Wood b Starc 28 (Eng 306-6)
Bowled him! What a rozzer from Mitchell Starc, uprooting the leg stump of Mark Wood, laying waste to the furniture. It was a heat-seeking yorker. If Wood hadn't got his feet out of the way, he'd be nursing a broken toe. That's five wickets for Mitchell Starc and this game is bumping along at a rapid rate.
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John: If Mark Wood hit a blistering century it would really cement this series status as absurdly brilliant.
Patrick Dickinson: If Mark Wood gets 61 I'll run naked through London.
JoElle: Mark Wood's imaginary horse to make 50.
Eng 306-5 (Wood 28 from 31 balls)
Is Mark Wood taking the mick out of Mitchell Johnson here? A slash, wide of the leap of second slip. Four. A half-volley, lean into a drive over cover for another boundary. Even Michael Clarke is out of the slips, standing at mid-off, perhaps saying to his bowler "mate, how's about tuning up the band for some chin music?". If you're an Aussie, you might want to hire one of those planes that trail a banner. It should read "Try a short ball, Mitch".
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Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Edgbaston
"An air of contentment around the Trent Bridge stands and concourses this morning, rather than the nervous anticipation the second day of an Ashes Test usually brings - pints everywhere you look, instead of the usual 50/50 split between caffeine and alcohol; broad smiles, relaxed shoulders, happy banter and talk of when, rather than if, this match and series could be won."
Eng 297-5 (Starc 20-2-78-4)
Yep, that ball of Starc's was angled across Root and went a bit more off the seam. Lovely replays of Root's exit from the arena. Helmet off, the entire crowd on their feet to applaud. Ben Stokes the new man, doing well to dig out an in-swinging yorker. Starc, by the way, has four-fer. This has been his best bowling of the series by miles.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"With 443 runs at an average of 78.83, Joe Root is the leading run-scorer in the series."
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"He couldn't get going today, but some of his strokeplay yesterday was just magnificent. But he's not a machine. Still, if he stays fit, we're going to see a lot of Joe Root over the next decade."
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Root c Nevill b Starc 130 (Eng 297-5)
Gone! Mitchell Starc strikes to remove century-maker Joe Root. A good ball, full of length, holding its line and maybe even moving away a touch. Root drives, getting a thin edge through to Peter Nevill. Virtual silence inside Trent Bridge, punctuated by cheers from Aussie fielders, then acclaim for a very fine hundred. "Rooooooottttt" and huge applause. Well batted, sir.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"There is bemusement on the faces of Michael Clarke and the slip fielders, as if to say, 'Let's see some aggression and pace against the nightwatchman."
Eng 297-4 (Root 130, Wood 19)
How was your Thursday evening? I watched Moonraker, classic Bond, the second with Jaws in it. Mitchell Johnson is a bit Jaws-like. Recurring villain, terrifying, numerous ways to hurt you, turns out he's a nice bloke. For some bizarre reason, Johnson remains reluctant to stick it up Wood's nose. His kindness isn't repaid and he gets driven through the covers for four then twice through the leg side for a couple of twos. Have the Aussies banned the bouncer?
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Eng 288-4 (lead by 228)
The injured James Anderson has been present throughout this match, partly enjoying having his feet up, partly ruing the easy pickings he missed out on yesterday morning. Now he's on the England balcony, causing mischief with Stuart Broad. Starc again, very full to Wood, who is digging it out off his toes.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"He puzzles me, Mitchell Johnson. We've seen him bowl two of the best balls of the series in that first over at Edgbaston. But having been hit over mid-off by Mark Wood, I'm surprised he doesn't give him one up around the nostrils."
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Wood is a positive nightwatchman. He's not like dear old Matthew Hoggard - he can kick on."
Eng 287-4 (Root 128, Wood 11)
Is Mark Wood nightwatchman or pinch-hitter? Short from Johnson, cut for four. Pitched up from Johnson, driven over cover for four. Get him up the order! Don't bowl that filth at Woody, Mitchell. Should Wood expect many more in his own half? Johnson round the wicket, but resists the urge to knock Wood's block off. Maybe because he's worried about getting hooked for six.
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England 279-4 (67 overs) - lead by 219
Not out batsmen: Root 128, Wood 3
Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74)
Bowling figures: Starc 18-1-77-3, Hazlewood 20-4-63-1, Johnson 17-2-72-0, Lyon 9-1-38-0, Warner 3-0-18-0
Australia 1st inns: 60 all out (18.3 overs), Broad 8-15
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Eng 279-4 (lead by 219)
Mitchell Starc to share morning duties, trying to extract some activity from a ball that is 66 overs old. Left-arm over, loose of limb, dark hair. In the slips, Steve Smith looks to be giving Adam Voges a yarn. His first role in this Aussie side was to boost morale. Loose from Root, wafting at a shortish ball outside the off stump. A hum at Trent Bridge, expectant.
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Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"Yesterday Alastair Cook came out, spent five minutes looking at the pitch and then went back to the dressing room. The England team then came out and played a relaxed game of football. Michael Clarke on the other hand spent half an hour examining the pitch. Australia looked like a team on edge perhaps remembering the toss at Edgbaston."
Eng 275-4 (lead by 215)
When was the last time you saw Mitchell Johnson bowling with only two slips in the first over of the day? Johnson round the wicket immediately, trying to improve on a performance that saw him go at more than four an over yesterday. Radar slightly awry, but still induces an inside edge that produces a fortunate single for Root. TB quiet to begin with, but fans warm their hands for that sole addition to the score.
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MG: When the cricket is this good who cares about football. Keep going England and lets get 400+
moff: Don't like all the folks saying "declare" early. Make the three Aussie seamers bowl for as long as possible, don't want to bat again.
Craig Johnston: Win comprehensively. Don't win quickly. Bat until we're out, skittle them a second time and show them how we felt at Lords.
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Anyway, to the present day. Slightly heavy, grey in Nottingham as Joe Root and Mark Wood stride to the middle. "Green and pleasant land" etc from Jerusalem. Mitchell Johnson will have the ball. Root, 124 to his name, is on strike.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"In international sport there is so much pressure nowadays. When you get in home conditions, you make sure that you create pitches that completely suit your side. Home advantage is more important than ever. In Australia in two years' time, I expect to see some fast, bouncy pitches."
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That will extend Australia's losing run in the UK to 14 years. They last sealed an Ashes win on these shores on 4 August 2001.
On that day, Mike Atherton was England captain, Atomic Kitten was number one and Kevin Pietersen was still South African.
Spurs have had eight managers since then.
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Thanks, James.
Shall we assume that England are on the verge of winning the Ashes? I'm happy to stick my neck out with that one.
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Time for Stephan Shemilt to move into the hotseat - he will guide you through the morning session.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I think Michael Clarke's wicket was a look at the era of cricket. These days the way batsmen get through a difficult situation is to whack it out to the boundary but when all hands are at the slips you're just waiting to be got out. That'll be the disappointment for Australians - there was nothing in terms of application."
Cracking catching
Still, despite that Nasser Hussain drop, England's catching in this series has been magnificent - it's been one of the real areas of difference between the two sides.
Ben Stokes's grab to get rid of Adam Voges yesterday - was that the best you've ever seen? Better than Andrew Strauss's Superman effort in 2005? Better than Chris Jordan's outrageous grab in the West Indies?
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Firthy: England Plan for today, bat till 12.30ish, take a few wickets by lunch, watch the team parade the Urn around Trent Bridge by tea.
Ian Lamerton: Could be carnage Trent Bridge today. Stokes and Buttler coming in with a lead already over 200...
John Kentell: If Australia bat as badly as they have in the last three innings, we will be opening the champagne this evening.
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"In England wickets are slower so batsmen here are not exposed to bouncy wickets. Its a culture shock when they go to Australia. On the flip side in England the ball still swings. Even Aussie batsmen who have played county cricket can't deal with the swing. Yesterday the swing more than anything made sure the Aussies were knicking the ball to slips"
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England batsman, Joe Root on TMS
BBC Radio Test Match Special
"Its always great to look back at days like yesterday but we've got a Test match to win. We need to hammer home the advantage and starts this morning with me and Woody in the middle. All we are thinking about is building the partnership and getting as many runs as possible."
Dropped catch
Nasser Hussain has just shelled one during a slip-catching 'masterclass' on Sky Sports.
In the hands and straight out again. Brilliant.
Doing 'the Broady'
Not content with reducing the Australian batting order to rubble, Stuart Broad also managed to launch a new social media craze yesterday.
His shocked face when Ben Stokes took a magnificent catch to dismiss Adam Voges was instantly iconic...
And by the close of play everyone was doing it. Kieran Gibbs was doing it...
Edvard Munch's The Scream was doing it...
Erm, Broad did it again...
Er, that's it. Still, definitely iconic.
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Sam Sheringham
BBC Sport at Trent Bridge
Australia captain Michael Clarke had the hangdog look of a broken man at last night's press conference. There were long pauses between sentences, his answers were short and he rarely made eye contact with his interrogators.
One Australian journalist was given particularly short shrift when he asked Clarke whether Thursday's events had been embarrassing. A pause, a sigh, and angry glance then this: "I'll let you write your article. I'm not going to give you any words to use."
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Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia seamer on BBC Test Match Special
"When Australia play cricket in India its very one sided and vice versa. Batsmen learn to play in particular conditions and learn to adapt. Wickets used to vary from ground to ground. These days wickets are all the same and players are not challenged. They can't adapt when they play in other countries in different conditions. At the end of the day that is the difference between a good player and a great player - the ability to adapt."
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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Yesterday Michael Clarke said the wicket was the most difficult they'd come up against. It was a difficult wicket but you can't say the Australian batsmen applied themselves. From a slip fielder's point of view they played the exact strokes you'd want."
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Test Match Special is now on air, so tune to BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra to hear the team's thoughts ahead of the morning session.
Selectors under the microscope
Choices, choices, choices. Australia have had plenty in this series, and they haven't always been good.
In the first Test they decided to keep the faith with veteran all-rounder and human front pad Shane Watson - a wrong call in hindsight.
And for this Test match the selectors made another curious choice - dropping Mitchell Marsh, an all-rounder, and replacing him with his big brother, batsman Shaun, leaving the side a bowler down, much to the amazement of many commentators.
Even the one decision that they have got right, jettisoning Brad Haddin for Peter Nevill, has apparently caused dressing-room ructions. Who'd be a selector, hey?
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Zach-ajewia: England winning The Ashes just before the Premier League gets back up and running again sounds like a very well organised plan.
Busways Rule: Thank you Australia for trying to get the Ashes result sorted before the football season starts.
jeff: Why do people want this over today? Declare at the close, bowl them out tomorrow by lunch, go home and watch the Premier League.
Healy goes for the WAGs
So what could be to blame for Australia's abject showing so far? A failure of good ol'-fashioned test batsmanship? The inability of the bowling attack to adapt to English conditions? A divided dressing-room?
No, it would be too simple to blame cricketing weaknesses for the fiasco. Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy has found the answer - it's all the fault of the Australian wives and girlfriends.
"All their partners are here and some of the most respected cricketers I played with hated that distraction," Healy said during his commentary for Australia's Channel Nine yesterday. "Your mind needs to be completely focused on it. Cricket is a sport that requires complete concentration."
Aussie misery
But while England bathes in the glory of one of its greatest ever days, Australia has been plunged into darkness - and not just because of the time difference.
The Aussies are on the brink of losing their fourth consecutive Ashes tour, despite having arrived on these shores with a fearsome reputation and a World Cup trophy.
Skipper Michael Clarke has endured a miserable series with the bat and his captaincy looks in serious peril.
Pint-sized Ashes
Do you want to relive it all again? England's jubilation? The clatter of Australian wickets? Phil Tufnell yelping excitedly?
Well you can, thanks to our brilliant Pint-sized Ashes video. Three and a half minutes of pure viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
Redoubtable Root
Mind you, it wasn't just Broad who shone yesterday. England's star of the summer Joe Root was once again on sublime form. He stroked a magnificent 124 off just 158 balls despite barely seeming to hit a ball in anger.
Root's Test average has now moved on to 57.65, and in 11 innings this summer he has two centuries and four fifties. His average this year? A princely 75.23.
The Yorkshire batsman is in the middle of a purple patch purpler than Barney the dinosaur. Treading grapes. In a Fiorentina shirt.
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Jarleth Eaton: It wasn't a dream. Yesterday did actually happen. England to win the game by the time I start work today (5pm).
Charles Mullineux: Today's agenda: Declare. Bowl out Aussies. Win the Ashes. Early lunch. Home for long weekend in the sun.
Record breaker
It wasn't just the Australian batting line-up that Broad destroyed - he ripped up the record books too.
Here's a look at just some of the statistical highlights of StuBro's epic display.
Brilliant Broad
So come on then, just how good was that spell from Stuart Broad? He tore through the Aussie batting line-up like an unstoppable hurricane through a matchstick factory, sending batsman after batsman packing with a probing length and lethal seam movement. He was, quite simply, unplayable.
Where does it rank among the great England bowling performances? Better than Bob Willis's 8-43 at Headingley '81? Up there with Devon Malcolm's 9-57 against South Africa in 1994?
Well, in global terms, it was something pretty special. 8-15 are the best figures recorded by a pace bowler this century - only Muttiah Muralitharan and Rangana Herath have managed better in the last 21 years, and those were both on raging turners.
Back pages
Mind you, Australia's press was just as uncompromising in its reaction to the tourists' capitulation...
Back pages
It might have been England's day yesterday, but there's still a long way to go in this series, and this morning's papers have reflected that in their measured and non-triumphalist coverage of yesterday's events.
Oh.
Weather forecast
Will the weather gods ride to Australia's rescue? BBC Weather's Louise Lear has all the answers.
She says: "It's a dry picture, with cloud breaking up to decent sunny spells, light winds and highs of 22C/72F."
Better still, Louise informs us that tomorrow will be much the same. It loos like those Aussie rain dances haven't worked...
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'We won't give up'
And what about Aussie skipper Michael Clarke? Well, he's not throwing in the towel just yet.
"We don't give up, that's the Australian way," he said. "We can still find a way to save Ashes, but we've got to fight.
"I'm really disappointed with how the day turned out, but it's only one day down. We've got to find a way."
'Australia will fight back'
But this is England we're talking about. It's never over until it's over. And while the fat lady might be having a salt gargle and going through her vocal warm-ups, she hasn't quite burst into song just yet.
Just ask yesterday's hero of the hour, Stuart Broad. "Australia will fight back," he said last night. "That's the sort of characters they are and we want to try to bat them out of the game.
"It was the perfect day for us but it all starts again tomorrow."
Indeed it does, Stu - play begins, as ever, at 11:00 BST.
Good morning
Morning all. Yep, yesterday was perhaps the most unbelievable day of Test cricket in England's recent history.
From ball one, everything went right for Alastair Cook's men - bowlers found the edge of swishing Aussie bats, batsmen feasted on some loose bowling from the tourists, and slip fielders swallowed catches like hungry sea-lions snapping up fish-heads at the zoo.
It puts England within touching distance of regaining the Ashes. Now can they finish the job?
The morning after...
What a day. What. A. Day.
Stuart Broad tearing through the Australian batting line-up with the best spell of fast bowling seen in a Test match this century.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow piling on the runs to take England to a scarcely believable 214-run lead.
Even the usually mild-mannered Jonathan Agnew worked up into such a patriotic fervour as to pronounce the Ashes "in the bag".
How do you follow that, Day Two?