Summary

  • Root takes two wickets in an over but Australia close on 339-5

  • Smith, who ends 85 not out, involved in century stands with Labuschagne and Head

  • Head stumped after brilliant 77 off 73 balls

  • Pope off the field with a shoulder injury

  • Tongue bowls both Khawaja and Warner

  • England won toss; Starc replaces Boland for Australia

  • Australia lead five-match series 1-0

  1. Rain stops playpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Oh dear. Dark clouds have been hovering menacingly around Lord's for a while and now the rain is starting to fall.

    Off come the players and on comes the hover cover.

    Let's hope it is only a brief delay.

  2. Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    He's getting some sideways movement and that one just shaped to Labuschagne. Just failed to get that outside edge. That just seems to have woken up the crowd a little bit.

  3. Aus 79-1published at 26 overs

    He very nearly has a second wicket!

    Josh Tongue gets one to jag back into Marnus Labuschagne, who shoulders arms and watches the ball fizz over his stumps.

    Tongue then ends the over with a beauty that flashes past Labuschagne's outside edge.

    A warm applause ripples around Lord's.

  4. Postpublished at 25.2 overs

    Thanks, Sam. Top stint as ever.

    Josh Tongue has the ball in hand. Can he find another breakthrough?

  5. Postpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Right then, time for an early change for us in this afternoon session.

    While I head off for a spot of lunch - it's unlikely to be of the standard of the Lord's lunches but I'll survive - I'll leave you in the ever-capable hands of Tom Mallows.

  6. How's stat?!published at 13:48 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    David Warner (1,988) now has more Test runs in Ashes cricket than Ian Bell (1,983) and Ian Chappell (1,986).

  7. Aus 79-1published at 25 overs

    Another good ball to finish from Jimmy Anderson as David Warner shoulders arms and the ball goes just over the top of off.

    Warner did get a couple with a firm push through the covers. He's been proactive in his innings so far, despite the challenging conditions.

  8. Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    The slips are just moving forward now as the one to Joe Root earlier didn't carry either.

  9. Aus 74-1published at 24.2 overs

    Encouragement for Jimmy Anderson early in the session but frustration as well.

    He finds Marnus Labuschagne's outside edge but the ball bounces a good foot short of Zak Crawley at second slip.

    The slip cordon moves closer as a result.

  10. Aus 74-1published at 24 overs

    Warner 53, Labuschagne 1

    Marnus Labuschagne gets off the mark with a thick inside edge that slides away through backward square leg.

    Not entirely convincing but after a golden duck in the first innings at Edgbaston, he'll just be glad to get a run to his name early.

    Jimmy Anderson will bowl the first over from the other end...

  11. Postpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    I spent my lunch break trying to teach Phil Tufnell how to use Dropbox. An experience...

  12. Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    LabuschagneImage source, Getty Images

    Labuschagne is going to be under a bit of pressure but boy, did England need that wicket before lunch!

  13. Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    We'll bring you more from Dean and Isa at tea.

    For now, though, the players are back out and we're ready for the afternoon session.

    Josh Tongue has five balls left in the over he started before lunch. Marnus Labuschagne is the new batter and it's still looking very gloomy at Lord's...

  14. Postpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It has been a game for a particular type of person and that is how it has been in the past. But for cricket to survive, we have to open the doors to other communities and make it completely inclusive and have a sense of belonging.

    It is complex. There are a lot of complexities to what we're seeing and what we've heard. We all have individual experiences. You can't just put me in and a box and say, 'south Asian girl, grew up in England, she had this type of experience' because my experience is very different to another south Asian girl who grew up in a different part of the country.

    So we can't do that. But I do think we have to simplify things and say can we just be respectful to each other. Can we just look at another human being and respect that they love cricket too and we want to support them as best they can to make sure they can play the game they love.

  15. Postpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Daily Mirror cricket correspondent Dean Wilson: "When you do read through it, and I've read plenty but still going back over it, it is so robust and an incredibly detailed piece of work. You can't read it in a day or two, you have to keep going back to it and every time I do pick it up there are more stories and details.

    "It is so disheartening when you see it written down. I spoke to my dad about it and he said 'this is England. This is cricket and this is how it has always been'.

    "He is right, but it still hurts when you see it in such stark terms.

  16. Postpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been a long time coming and we've had many different conversations over the past few years about the experiences that people have faced. It's been quite damning and hard to listen to.

    For people that are in the sport, they want to see it thrive. I don't think anyone in cricket wants to hear that people are having negative experiences. but sadly, they are there and we cannot look away from that.

    We cannot be in denial that this is going on. We can't be surprised that this is all happening and we can't brush it all under the carpet anymore. This is here, it's real and that's why it was a necessity to have the report: so people can see it in the clear light of day, exactly what's going on under the surface.

    Now we can see it, we can't look away. We have to come together as people who love our sport and work together to find solutions going forward.

  17. Postpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Daily Mirror cricket correspondent Dean Wilson: "I wasn't surprised because I think a lot of the content in it is quite familiar to me and lot of the people who are affected by the stories. But I was at times overwhelmed by it. Coming to Lord's this week for this game, which I usually look forward to so much, I was full of the joys of summer and enthusiasm. But this report drained that away from me."

  18. Protest disrupts second Testpublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    If you're just joining us, protestors wearing Just Stop Oil t-shirts ran onto the Lord's outfield after the first over of today's second Test and threw an orange substance onto the grass.

    The video of the incident can be viewed below and the full story on the incident is here.

    Media caption,

    Play interrupted by protest

  19. Postpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    England did eventually get the wicket they wanted.

    Josh Tongue, on his Ashes debut, struck with the last ball of the session. A beauty to Usman Khawaja that clattered into off stump...