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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
I reckon another six or seven overs of batting - a lead of 250...
Summary
Second Ashes Test drawn at Lord's
Australia survive tense final hour
Archer 3-32, Leach 3-37
Concussion sub Labuschagne 59
Head 42* - dropped on 22 by Roy
England 258-5 dec: Stokes 115*
10 overs lost after morning rain
Australia lead 1-0 in five-Test series
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Eng 224-5published at 67 overs
232 lead
Four more to England but they are not given to Stokes, they are leg byes so the all-rounder is still nine short of his century. It's a good lead isn't it? Especially without Smith.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialIt's a full house and if England get a couple of early ones, this crowd will get going - it will be like the World Cup final. Australia will be under so much pressure.
Eng 220-5published at 66.4 overs
lead by 228
Lovely stroke from Bairstow, using the pace of Siddle and angling to bat to place the ball between slip and gully to the Third Man boundary.
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I'm with Vaughany. Declare NOW! Put Australia in and trust your bowlers. Go for the win.
Matt the Aussie, Sheffield
Eng 215-5published at 66 overs
lead by 223
The sun out again at the Home of Cricket and Stokes shows there is no damage from that earlier inconvenience with a savage cut to the cover boundary, his ninth four in addition to his two sixes. He is into the 90's now, nine short of three figures. A minimum of 55 overs remain.
Postpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 18 August 2019
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondentDown he went, poleaxed.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialIt's just the left edge of his box.
Eng 211-5published at 65.4 overs
lead by 219
A Stokes sashay - will he be the next cricketer to win Strictly? No contact this time, but contact of a more painful manner later in the over sees him drop to his haunches. Could have been worse though.
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The partnership is 40 in seven overs.
Postpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 18 August 2019
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialSince Bairstow has arrived out there, it has been a more aggressive England. They've been told a target or a certain number of overs to bat.
Eng 209-5published at 65 overs
lead by 217
Stokes down the wicket to Peter Siddle and hammering it through the covers for four. Super stuff. Then with the field spread Bairstow scurries through for two. Is the declaration imminent?
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statisticianNathan Lyon has been hit for more sixes than anyone else in Test history, up to 213 now.
Eng 201-5published at 64 overs
Lead by 209
Super shot this one, a Stokes sweep at Lyon all the way into the Mound Stand. In fact he's done it again - consecutive sixes and Stokes to 80.
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Steve Smith on his injuries: "The neck didn’t have any real pain yesterday when I touched it or when anyone else touched it. Today I do have a bit of pain there – whether that’s some swelling or what, I’m not sure, so perhaps that’s leading to me having a headache and feeling a bit groggy.
"The arm feels pretty good today, actually. It’s quite a good bruise and bump I have on it but it’s feeling a lot better. The movement I have on it is far greater than what I had yesterday and that feels really good."
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Lord'sThree more babies have joined us in the Warner Stand. Never seen so many infants at a Test. The Lord's creche.
Eng 187-5published at 63 overs
lead by 195
Definite no ball from Cummins there, not given. Bairstow's pull shot is safely along the perfectly manicured turf in any case.
Postpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 18 August 2019
Bit of a delay here. Eventually the players discover that the ball was not going to hit the stumps. At least the Australians were in good spirits, despite burning their final review.
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