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. Eng 112-1

    Blink-and-you'll-miss-it stuff from Nathan Lyon.

    A maiden over and he gets through it in a flash.

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    Cinimod, Dromore

    Why did the parrot fall off its perch?

    No reason, just a Dickie Bird

  3. Eng 112-1

    One of the reasons England have not been scoring so freely in the last 20 minutes or so has been this spell from Pat Cummins.

    The Australia captain is bowling at good pace and trying to take the pitch out of the equation with the odd yorker, arrowing in at the stumps.

    Ben Duckett has to dig out another midway through the over, his bat getting down just in time to save him from a broken toe!

    The left-hander gets the scoreboard moving again with a clip for two fifth ball and then pulls a bouncer for a single.

  4. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Travis Head

    Travis Head is having a much more relaxed day fielding on the boundary here than at Edgbaston last week.

  5. Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Cameron Green's had a few issues in the past but he's strong and he'll get through that. We haven't seen him in this Test match yet, I think he would be keen to make amends. For a guy as tall as he is, he moves incredibly well.

  6. Eng 108-1

    Australia have done a good job at slowing the England scoring rate since the wicket of Zak Crawley.

    And, for the time being at least, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope are happy to be patient.

  7. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Ollie PopeReuters

    England have definitely been more on it and they've had to be. If Australia had won day two as they won day one, this Test would pretty much be over.

  8. Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    That was only the second maiden of the innings.

  9. Eng 106-1

    We'll have more from man of the people, Matthew Henry, throughout the day...

    Another appeal for lbw from Pat Cummins as he strikes Ollie Pope on the pad.

    The England batter was across his stumps but - again - it looked to be going over the top. No review necessary.

    Close! Cummins, who clocked 91mph the previous delivery, goes for the yorker to finish the over. It beats Pope but just misses off stump.

  10. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    A guy has just walked past me and back to his seats with two bottles of uncorked posh-looking wine in his hand.

    I’d give you more info if I knew anything about posh wine.

  11. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Mitchell StarcGetty Images

    Australia will be delighted they've got Mitchell Starc in the side this week with the way the pitch is going.

  12. Eng 106-1

    Trail by 310

    A quiet over after that boundary from Ollie Pope.

    Just one from the remainder of the over. With half an hour until tea, England will be the happier side in this session.

  13. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Ollie PopePA Media

    I like the way Pope got on top of that one, he almost smothered it.

  14. Eng 105-1

    Good shot form Ollie Pope!

    He reaches out, makes sure he really gets on top of the ball and smears it through extra cover for four.

  15. Eng 101-1

    It turned into a fairly lengthy delay for that ball change but eventually the umpires find a ball that they're happy with. Pat Cummins looks less impressed with it.

    He is nearly won over as there is an appeal for lbw against Ollie Pope. Not out. Too high and there was an inside edge.

    Pope pulls the last delivery for a single and will be on strike to face Nathan Lyon.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Graham Thorpe is stumped in the 1993 AshesGetty Images

    Graham Thorpe is stumped in the 1993 Ashes

    England lost 21 of 100 wickets, four have been stumpings, the most England have lost in a home series since the 1993 Ashes, the second most since 1934 Ashes that they've been stumped in a series.

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    We moving away from verbs here but I like it so in it goes.

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    Eng 100-1

    The umpires change the ballGetty Images

    We've got a brief break in play because Australia have managed to convince the umpires that the ball needs changing.

    It didn't go through the rings as it should, the replacement options are brought out and so, too, are drinks for the England batters.

  19. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Conversation overhead in the stands:

    “Go steady today, Popey.”

    “Not so much Baz today, please.”

  20. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That is Ben Duckett's 100th ball this series without a leave.