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Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's

Nathan Lyon is hobbling around on crutches again today.

The poor guy is currently propping himself up at the end of the pitch just staring at it.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's

Steve Smith is the first of the Australians to head over to the nets. Ben Duckett is there too, bucket hat on of course.

Both good points. Everyone loves the aggressive approach, but is it nuanced enough to be able to go up and down the gears? Ben Stokes showed that was possible late on day two.

Things have got even better for Scotland in their World Cup qualifier against West Indies, they have just taken another wicket to reduce their opponents to 81-6.

Follow live text coverage from our colleagues at BBC Scotland here.

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The crowd is building at Lord's with around 75 minutes to go until start of play.

There's plenty of white cloud up ahead but it is dry, with the wicket uncovered and several ground staff working hard to get the square ready.

Every session has felt important this series but if England do not have a good morning, you fear the match may be taken away from them.

Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath has been previewing today's play and says England need to be patient as they chase early wickets this morning, but believes they will chase any total set to them anyway.

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From the start of the 2017 Test summer, up to the start of this Ashes series (a total of 40 matches), what has been the average innings by visiting Test openers in England, in terms of runs and balls faced per dismissal?

We will give you the answer at 10:00 BST.

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Callum Matthews
BBC Sport cricket writer

England will go into the T20 series against Australia in the Women's Ashes with no left-handed batters in their 16-player squad.

It is a continuing trend, with a lack of options available to head coach Jon Lewis and captain Heather Knight.

It leaves a "huge gap" in England's skillset says Lewis, with a combination of left and right-handers often picked so bowlers are unable to get into a rhythm and batters can capitalise on any short boundaries.

BBC Sport have worked with data analysts CricViz to crunch the numbers and work out if the issue is isolated to England.

Read more here.

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England captain Heather Knight says cricket has made progress but has "a long way to go" after a damning independent report released this week.

The report found "widespread" discrimination in English and Welsh cricket.

Knight said: "I started out playing men's club cricket and being asked: 'Do you do the ironing for the men when you're finished?'

"Now I lead my team-mates out in front of a near-full house with 85,000 tickets sold for the whole series.

"Cricket has come far, but still has a long way to go."

Read more of Heather Knight's reaction to the ICEC report here.

Today is a double Ashes day as England women take on Australia in the first of three T20s at Edgbaston, a match you can see live on BBC Two from 18:35 BST.

Australia lead the multi-format Ashes 4-0 on points after they wrapped up an 89-run victory over England in the Test match segment of the series on Monday.

To regain the Ashes from Australia, England must win five of the remaining six games - three one-day internationals follow the three T20s, all worth two points each.

Nat Sciver-Brunt will be fit enough to play in the first T20 as a batter but a decision will be made on her ability to bowl in the match.

Seamer Kate Cross is also available for selection after dislocating her thumb during the Test match.

Are Scotland on course for a shock victory?

They are currently taking on West Indies in a World Cup qualifier in Harare and have their opponents 63-5 from 14 overs, with Brandon McMullen taking three wickets.

You can follow the live text commentary for our colleagues in BBC Scotland right here

As Matthew says it is cloudy at Lord's but there is no rain around and the covers are off, so we are on course for an on-time start.

We will bring you a more detailed forecast from a member of the BBC Weather team before start of play.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's

New day, new England?

There are at least still clouds around to help them, somehow, get back into this.

Gideon Haigh in the Australian, external was equally scathing of England's approach:

"If ever a Test match occasion cried out for a speck of a smidgen of a soupcon of restraint, this was it. One wicketless hour, and Nathan Lyon might have been warming up in a moon boot. But after Mitchell Starc removed Ben Stokes with a swift delivery into the armpit, the rest followed, not so much bullishly as naively.

"Harry Brook has probably guaranteed he will not get another ball in his half this summer; Jonny Bairstow exhibited all the patience of a boiling kettle; and Ollie Robinson, he of the ‘three numbers XIs’, batted like one of four, running down the wicket to Green then to Head.

"Stuart Broad perished in the same over, and instead of Australia’s bowlers being denied respite it was England’s, including its forty-year-old figurehead, back on duty less than twenty-four hours after a 100-over first innings.

"Did it ‘feel’ to England like they had a first innings lead, as it felt to them like they won at Birmingham? It should not have: this cricket was careless not carefree, with a touch of arrogance too."