Summary

  • England close on 278-4, 138 runs behind Australia

  • England lose three wickets playing shots against short balls - falling from 188-1 to 222-4

  • Duckett falls for 98, hooking bouncer to fine leg

  • Root, who was reprieved by Green no-ball on 1, lobs up catch to square leg

  • Pope caught on boundary playing rash shot on 42

  • Brook dropped by Labuschagne after pulling a Cummins bouncer

  • Australia spinner Lyon goes off limping with apparent calf injury

  • Duckett & Crawley put on 91 for first wicket - England's best Ashes opening stand since 2013

  • Australia bowled out for 416 - losing last seven wickets for 100 runs

  • Smith brings up 32nd Test hundred, off 169 balls, before being dismissed by Tongue

Live Reporting

Sam Drury, Tom Mallows and Callum Matthews

  1. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    To the kind people of #bbccricket, I owe you one.

    Laptop

  2. Get Involved - fix Matthew Henry's laptop

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    To Matthew Henry, have you tried plugging the charger in and then powering up siesta seemed to work for me?

    Sam Pounder, Newton Aycliffe

    Matt - try pressing Windows key + Ctrl + Shift + B. This command usually restarts the graphics driver.

    Anon (please include your name on messages)

  3. How's stat?!

    England's three wickets from pace bowling in this first innings so far have come at an average of 98.67. Their two from pace, helped by Joe Root's over last night, is just 9.5.

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    More debate in our radio studio this morning for the ZaltzQuiz... we're worried it might be 0.

    Rich, Teddy, and Trev in Oxfordshire

    I'm going to say 7, although that does feel a touch optimistic. Hoping to be proven wrong.

    Freddie in London

  5. 'Smith will want to make it a painful day'

    David Gower
    Ex-England captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Steve Smith always looks in good touch. He is certainly not out of form and certainly when he's in form and in the runs, we all know his reputation, he'll have been shadow batting all night.

    He'll probably have had 20 minutes sleep and he'll be intent on making it a painful day for England.

    He is one of those men that you have to fear, he is just a very, very good batsman.

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    I'll say 6 but I really do hope it's higher...

    Leo

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    George in London

  7. Daily ZaltzQuiz

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Here's a reminder of Thursday's ZaltzQuiz question if you're just joining us:

    Wednesday was the 105th time that England have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.

    If Australia score 11 more runs, it will be the 37th time out of those 105 innings in which England have conceded at least 350 runs.

    In how many of the previous 36 occasions have England gone on to win the match?

    Send in your answers (guesses, educated predictions, whatever they may be!) via #bbccricket, by texting 81111 (UK only - standard rates apply) or sending a Whats App to 03301231826.

    I'll reveal the answer at 10:45 BST.

  8. I'd be happy to share, Dan.

    But, Matt might struggle to reach my laptop in Manchester from Lord's!

    Have you got one you can drop off for him?

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    Can't Matt just use your laptop, Callum? Sharing's caring and all that?

    Dan, London

  10. On the back of that from Andrew Strauss, let's try and think of some positives:

    • England have a new ball that is only two overs old this morning
    • The damp overnight and morning conditions should make it bowler friendly conditions this morning
    • The weather is due to improve throughout the day and it should be sunny this afternoon/evening when England will be hoping to bat

    Is that enough?

  11. 'A travesty if Australia get 500'

    Andrew Strauss
    Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

    England need early inroads with the new ball this morning.

    It would be a travesty if Australia get up to 500 in the first innings here, especially with England not having a spinner for the second innings.

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    Is it a case of like England's energy levels yesterday - just gone into sleep mode?

    Warren, Cambridge

    Re. Matt’s Laptop: Tell it to believe in itself, to go out there and be positive… and forget about classical operating speeds.

    B Ball, St John’s Wood

  13. 'Whole mood of Ashes could slide downhill'

    David Gower
    Ex-England captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

    James Anderson needs to set an example to himself and the rest of the team.

    If you're Ben Stokes, who is the most positive man we've seen lead an England cricket team, you have to find a way to bring people together.

    We know that England have had a very good team spirit in 12 months. Team spirit is one of those things that can go in both directions.

    This is the absolute crunch. If there isn't a mini miracle today and England fight themselves back into the game then the whole mood of the Ashes will start to slide downhill.

  14. I think Joe may have just made Matt's heart drop...

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    For Matt on the cricket feed, beeping and not getting as far as Windows Login screen is usually a very bad sign. The specific beep code does mean something and can be googled, but usually it is a hardware failure. Hopefully just RAM but could be the whole device

    Joe, Surrey

  16. 'Australia earned the right to get on top'

    Andrew Strauss
    Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Day one wasn't really a day for BazBall, there was plenty of movement in the pitch and therefore England just needed to do the simple things well.

    I don't think they did it as well as they could have done.

    It felt like they were slow off the mark. It felt very subdued here yesterday surprisingly.

    Australia were excellent and had a huge stomach for the fight. They earned the right to get on top of England.

    But it was day one of a Test match, there is a long time to go.

  17. Matt has now logged into our live text system on his phone to keep us all updated.

    An ultimate pro.

  18. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    I’m not sure if S Mason (9:51) was winding me up but I’ve just been gently tapping my laptop in the press box…

  19. England have to win day two - Vaughan

    Former England captain Michael Vaughan says England need a big improvement on day two of the second Ashes Test at Lord's, after a "casual" first day.

    He says that England need to win day two or they risk going 2-0 down in the five-match series, and "there is no coming back from that", he adds.

    England need to be sharper - Vaughan previews day two

  20. Time for us to bring you more analysis and focus on the game as it stands at the moment and how England can turn things around on day two...