Sir Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

I never got Steve Smith out, he got millions of runs against us. Khawaja probably only played one false shot yesterday. If Steve Smith gets in, England have got a long day of bowling ahead.

Thanks, Tom. We've got a big morning ahead!

The hover cover has now been taken off the pitch, it's still being kept close by on the outfield but we're all set for a 11:05 BST start.

After plenty of criticism over the past three days, England will hope to provide a response today.

As we approach start of play it is time for me to take a break.

Here to guide you through the morning session and fresh from having made an excellent round of office brews, it is Sam Drury.

Simon Mann on TMS confirms that Stuart Broad went for an X-ray overnight after he was hit on the helmet yesterday morning but it has come back okay.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

All of Australia's quick bowlers will bowl short and set the trap. If England can play pull shot, after pull shot, after baseball shot. If England think they can chase it down that way, I'll give them a clue, it won't happen.

According to CricViz's expected runs and wickets model, Australia should be 130-5 right now, based on how England bowled. They start the day on 130-2.

Simon Ashby: The best thing about Bazball is this England team will feel they can easily chase down 350 if they can bowl the Aussies out today. Super exciting Test Cricket

jambarrell: England's batting line up is ordered wrong - Bairstow should be #5, batting with Root like last summer / Brook is batting like a freewheeling #6 so put him there / Stokes should be #7 as he's slightly out of form but also is the best at working with the tail

It has stopped raining and the covers are slowly being peeled off.

Play has been delayed slightly so we will begin at 11:05 BST

Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

I think with Bazball, England would back themselves to chase down 400 on the board. They certainly aren't out of it. It is different to other Test matches and series, with the way England have talked it up, Australia will think they can bat all day and set 500. I think 350+, Australia will feel pretty secure.

Sir Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

As a Test side, you should give your bowlers at least one day off from bowling. England have bowled all four days so far and they still have a lot of bowling to do today.

Sarah Keith-Lucas
Weather presenter

It is drizzly out there at the moment, there is currently a light patch rain but it should last for the next hour at the most. It will generally get brighter. After lunchtime, the sunshine breaks through and there should be no rain after the next hour or so. Temperatures at around 23 and the weather should brighten up soon.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's

Brollies up, covers on. There’s just a bit of drizzle in the air.

England fans doing the rain dance - your efforts have have worked. It is drizzling at Lord's and the covers have come on.

It is only very light though so I don't think we will be in for any major disruption to play.

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Andy Zaltzman
Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

The answer is 26 off 56 balls.

Usman Khawaja has already faced the fourth most balls by any player in the first two Tests of a men’s Ashes series in England. David Boon (Australia, 724 balls in the first two matches of the 1993 series) and Bob Woolmer (England, 794 in 1977) are within reach for the silken left-hander today.

The record of Australia’s Bill Brown (999 balls in 1938) looks secure. In the 1998 women’s Ashes, Australia’s Joanne Broadbent faced 783 balls in the first two Tests of a three-match series, and England’s Janette Brittin an astonishing 1068.

Now you are just making me jealous, Paul.

The answer to today's ZaltzQuiz is coming right up...

Scotland are still in control in their World Cup qualifiers against West Indies, though they are launching a recovery of sorts.

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