Summary

  • Australia grind down England, who are made to pay for missed chances

  • Broad bowls Khawaja for 112 off a no-ball; left-hander ends day on 126 not out

  • Bairstow misses stumping chance to remove Green for 0, then fails to take edge off Carey's bat

  • Broad takes two wickets in two balls in morning session - removing Warner & Labuschagne

  1. Goodbyepublished at 19:04 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Australia's Usman KhawajaImage source, Reuters

    That's your lot for today, folks. Another brilliant day of Ashes cricket!

    England made a fantastic start in removing Warner, Labuschagne and Smith before lunch but Australia probably end day two slightly the happier of the sides.

    Read Stephan Shemilt's report from Edgbaston here.

    Usman Khawaja scored a fabulous hundred and he will continue tomorrow morning as the two teams battle it out for the first-innings lead.

    BBC Test Match Special coverage starts at 10:00 BST tomorrow on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra but we'll be back from 08:00 - join us then!

  2. 'It has been hard work for the seamers'published at 19:00 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    More from England bowler Stuart Broad to BBC TMS: "It is a very slow, low surface that zaps the energy out of the ball. It is pretty characterless so far, pretty soulless, but you can only judge a surface towards the end of the match and see how it develops.

    "It is difficult to create a mistake from a good length but that can change in a day, that's the exciting thing about Test match cricket. The conditions keep evolving and changing. We have had two days of sunshine, we come back tomorrow we may have cloud and it could swing a little bit.

    "It is certainly one of the slowest pitches I can remember bowling on in England. It has been hard work for the seamers and ultimately we are looking to entertain, have fun and get the crowd jumping and it is quite a difficult pitch to get play and misses on and nicks to slip on. So hopefully it is not a trend for the whole series."

    Media caption,

    Broad gets wickets of Warner and Labuschagne with back-to-back deliveries

  3. Postpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Disastrous is more than a bit strong, Michael. England still have an 80-run lead!

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    Michael: The Stokes declaration looks even more disastrous now.

  5. 'More no-balls today than in my career'published at 18:58 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    More from Broad, speaking to Sky Sports...

    On his hat-trick ball: "Execution zero, the plan was a yorker or full toss. To be honest, he shocked me a little with how much he moved. I was disappointed not to get my third Test hat-trick."

    On Smith plans: "I think it’s going to have to vary with each condition we get. He’s a great player. Without giving away too much, I’m going to try and change it all the time. If the ball misbehaves, maybe bring out the outside edge."

    On his no-ball 'wicket': "It was a great ball. I felt like I had slid, today I probably bowled more no-balls than I did in my career. It’s close. I’ve not bowled as many as that in a day, striving, the outfield is soft."

  6. 'Labuschagne wicket was the perfect ball'published at 18:55 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    England bowler Stuart Broad, speaking to Sky Sports: "You don’t want to look there, the toe nail has just come off. A pretty good day, Baz has just mentioned it’s still a pretty slow, turgid pitch. With 82 runs and Pat Cummins and the tail to come, we feel pretty good. To pick up their cheap batters relatively cheaply. Hopefully, it keeps deteriorating."

    On the Warner wicket: "It’s the sort of pitch that as a bowler, you can drag on."

    On the Labuschagne wicket: "That was the perfect ball, I’ve been looking to bowl that to Marnus by design, a couple of policemen did me a favour behind Marnus to slow things down a bit. It was a plan I wanted to do, so to do it was really nice."

    On the outswinger: "Wobble seam is my favourite delivery, I always think nipping back onto the stumps is best. Trying to beat them on the inside edge on slower pitches was really tough. I played three out of four games for Notts was really slow, so I wanted to bring the outside edge in more. It’s something you do need to focus on. I’m not going to focus on it too much."

  7. 'A hard gruelling day'published at 18:53 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    England bowler Stuart Broad, speaking to BBC TMS: "We had a really good day. The game is nicely poised. We are 90 runs ahead, one or two wickets away from the tail. It has been a hard gruelling day on a pitch that offered very little but being in this position is a really positive place to be I think."

  8. Postpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I was a bit concerned with Ollie Robinson today. He seemed to go off the pitch a lot. I'm not sure if there is an issue with his ankle. The problem is this pitch is so slow and hard for the seamers, when you are asked to bowl bouncers, it takes it out of you.

    If they are going to be playing on these pitches for the next six weeks then some of these seamers are going to be in a hole.

  9. 'I think we'll see more spin'published at 18:51 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    More from Travis Head, speaking to Sky Sports...

    On managing England's fields: "As a batter, you don't want to overplay the situation. There were others I felt I could've gone for and I didn't. I don't want to give off an easy dismissal. I felt my process and not trying to overplay it was good. I felt my scoring zones were really good."

    On Khawaja's celebration: "He's given us the dab, the shuffle, now the bat throw. It's a huge weight off his shoulders, the first thing people talk about is hundreds overseas. Once he got off the mark, it was his day."

    On the pitch: "It's a very good batting wicket, it's on the slower side of things. I think we will see more spin come into it. There will be more bumper plans."

    On the Lyon effect: "If we can get Gaz into the game, again, there's another chapter of how this game will go. If we can get close, get past and then go again in the third innings."

  10. 'Two unbelievable days of cricket'published at 18:49 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Australia batter Travis Head, speaking to Sky Sports: "It was challenging throughout and we knew that. Two days of unbelievable days of cricket so far and it's set the tone for the next six weeks."

    On the game so far: "Every Ashes series is ramped up. We knew how England were going to go into it, we had to stay calm. It's been fascinating and interesting as a Test cricketer."

    On the tempo: "I'm enjoying that and I enjoyed today. I think Mo [Ali] has got unbelievable skill and has got some good balls in him. I unfortunately got out to that."

    On his own performance: "I was really pleased with how I started, with the spin I've tried to have a more positive approach. The ball only beat the bat a few times. I thought India would do it last week, they didn't really do it. It's a good challenge."

    On facing Bazball: "I'm just trying to analyse the field and where they are trying to attack. I'm trying to be as positive as I can be. If I can get time into the bowlers and time into the ball, if we can get those plans in it would be interesting to see how this series go."

  11. Postpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    It hasn't been all bad for England today, though.

    Stuart Broad got David Warner - again - and then removed Marnus Labuschagne next ball.

    Ben Stokes trapped Steve Smith lbw before lunch and then Moeen Ali, after dismissing Travis Head, produced a beauty to bowl Cameron Green.

    Media caption,

    Broad gets wickets of Warner and Labuschagne with back-to-back deliveries

  12. Postpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps, Joe Root late in the day. The concentration element. You get that by playing cricket and that's my only concern.

    The freedom of the mind and the culture England have is fantastic. But having the body prepared for longer periods, you only get that by playing cricket.

  13. Postpublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    A bruising day for England. They will be kicking themselves, a dropped catch, missed stumping, a wicket off a no-ball. They could have got Australia seven or eight down.

    They must get a lead otherwise Nathan Lyon will be licking his lips. He will fancy getting stuck into this positive England side.

  14. How's stat?!published at 18:43 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    • Usman Khawaja has the highest average as an opener in Test history (68.72, min. 20 innings as opener).
    • Khawaja scored 34% of his runs in the 'V' straight down the ground. His career average for runs in that area is just 14%.
    • England will need to bowl out Australia's tail tomorrow. In the 'Bazball' era, they have a collective bowling average of 14.17 against batters 8-11, the second best in the world in that time, behind India's 12.20.
    • Jimmy Anderson went wicketless in his first 15 overs. Only once in the last five years has he gone so long in the first innings of a Test in England without picking up a wicket.
  15. Postpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Ben Stokes is great to watch. He created doubt in the batters mind. I get trying to help Moeen Ali with a fielder back or two but by setting the field like that he created opportunities.

    England will be rueing four missed chances. And on this pitch, which is very flat, my concern is their bodies. They looked jaded and this is their first day in the dirt of a five-match series over six weeks.

  16. Postpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    What a day it has been for Usman Khawaja. A first Test century in England, a 15th in total, and he barely gave a chance before he reached three figures.

  17. Postpublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    Usman Khawaja press conference

    Usman Khawaja has just come into the press conference with his young daughter and is sitting with her on his knee.

  18. Postpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Let's look at those missed chances then.

    Cameron Green had a let-off second ball when he skipped past a Moeen Ali delivery, only for Jonny Bairstow to fumble and miss the stumping.

    Bairstow then put down a catch after a thin edge from Alex Carey off the bowling of Joe Root.

    In the very next over, Stuart Broad bowled Usman Khawaja but the Australia opener was called back when the third umpire confirmed it was a no-ball.

  19. Postpublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    When there is not a lot going on you do have to look after your bowler a little bit. It is Moeen Ali's first match back. They could have put one fielder back for him.

    They won the battle with the wicket of Travis Head but it did give Australia a bit of momentum.

    Moeen was unlucky though. He will bowl worse than that and get a five-fer.

  20. Postpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 17 June 2023

    England's Stuart Broad reacts after bowling out Australia's Usman Khawaja with a no ballImage source, Reuters

    There will be disappointment from England players and fans that they have not been able to force home their advantage after getting those key wickets in the morning session.

    However, they could still come out with a first-innings lead and it's worth remembering that the reason the declaration last night was so unexpected was because it's a flat pitch and most people expected Australia to post a decent total.

    The frustration will be the missed chances in the afternoon and evening sessions.