'Another miracle please, Ben!'published at 08:39 British Summer Time 2 July 2023
No pressure, Ben. But the nation is hoping for more heroics.
Australia win by 43 runs to take 2-0 series lead
England dismissed for 327
Stokes skies Hazlewood to be caught by Carey for sublime 155
Bairstow controversially given stumped by Carey after leaving his crease - Australia booed throughout
MCC apologise after members confront Khawaja & Warner in Long Room
Third Test at Headingley starts on Thursday
Tom Mallows and Sam Drury
No pressure, Ben. But the nation is hoping for more heroics.
The Sunday Telegraph Sport page leads with a wonderful picture of Ollie Pope being clean bowled by Mitchell Starc.
Starc's 'catch' (or is that drop?) also features. If England do go onto win that incident will be talked about for years.
The Daily Star
The word 'miracle' features at lot on the back pages. Unfortunately they do not come around very often.
The Daily Express
There is not much optimism for England's chances this morning's back pages.
Andy Zaltzman
Cricket statistician on Test Match Special
Josh Tongue has taken five wickets in an impressive match at Lord's, all of them batters in Australia's top four – a rare achievement. Tongue dismissed David Warner and Steve Smith in both innings, as well as Usman Khawaja in the first.
The last England bowler to take five or more top-four Australia wickets in a men’s Ashes Test was Stuart Broad, at Brisbane in November 2013.
But which current or former member of the Test Match Special commentary team was the last England bowler to take five top-four Australian wickets in a men’s Ashes Test in this country?
It is time for you to test those brain cells this Sunday morning by having a go at TMS statistician Andy Zaltzman's daily ZaltzQuiz.
You can tweet your answers using #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply).
We will reveal the answer at 10:30 BST.
It doesn't matter what side of the fence you sit, this is pure, undiluted Ashes cricket at its very best from Pat Cummins.
Absolutely superb.
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If Starc had 'complete control of the ball' as McGrath suggests why did he chose to rub it along the floor then? Quite clearly he was not in full control of the situation. In reality, the decision will not change the outcome of this match. But if these two build a partnership then who knows.
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Here is that piece of fielding from Ahmed by the way. An absolutely incredible piece of athleticism.
Things took a turn for the surreal when Nathan Lyon limped out to bat despite barely being able to walk because of a calf injury.
The spinner was seen hopping down the stairs and into the Long Room at Lord's before number 10 Josh Hazlewood went out to bat, likely knowing that he would be timed out if he attempted the journey from the Australia dressing room when the ninth wicket fell.
Remarkably, he managed to hook Stuart Broad for four and hobble through for a single after an incredible piece of fielding from Rehan Ahmed denied Mitchell Starc a six.
When Lyon eventually fell to Broad he received a standing ovation as he hobbled from the field.
He added 15 for the 10th wicket with Starc - they may yet be crucial runs.
The relevant part of cricket's laws is section 33:
The striker is out caught if the ball is subsequently held by a fielder as a fair catch before it touches the ground.
The act of making a catch shall start from the time when the ball first comes into contact with a fielder's person and shall end when a fielder obtains complete control over both the ball and his/her own movement.
The relevant part here, therefore, is whether Starc was in full control of the ball AND his movement by the time the ball touched the ground.
After play, cricket's lawmakers, the Marylebone Cricket Club, tweeted to back the umpire's decision.
"Law 33.3 clearly states that a catch is only completed when the fielder has 'complete control over the ball and his/her own movement,'" they said.
Glenn McGrath was incandescent with rage after Mitchell Starc's catch on the boundary to remove Ben Duckett was overturned by the third umpire late on Saturday.
Starc grounded the ball and slid it along the ground after taking a running catch on the boundary, but it was ruled to not be a clean catch, sparking this outburst from the former Aussie pace bowler on TMS:
"I'm sorry, that is the biggest load of rubbish I've ever seen. He's got that under control, the ball is under control. I'm sorry, I've seen everything this game has to offer, if that is not out, then every other catch that has ever been taken should not be out. That is a disgrace. I'm sorry, that is a disgrace. I've seen everything now. I cannot believe that. That is ridiculous. If that ball is not under control, that is ridiculous."
Take a look for yourself and decide:
The presence of Ben Stokes will make Australia wary of another England Ashes comeback in the second Test at Lord's, says batting coach Marcus Trescothick.
Stokes famously scored 135 not out in England's incredible win in the Ashes Test at Headingley four years ago, one of the greatest innings of all time.
"We know the history, don't we?" said Trescothick.
"We've talked many times about Headingley and other occasions when he's held it together.
"While Ben is there, with Ben Duckett, Jonny Bairstow and the tailenders, we're still pretty hopeful.
"Whenever he is ready to go and up for the fight, he's in the contest. It's great to have someone like that in your team. Everybody around the world is wary of him when he's in that frame of mind."
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Lord's
Given recent Ashes results, the sight of rampant Australian pace bowlers tearing through England's batting brought a sense of normality on a truly bizarre day of Test cricket.
It was always likely that England would be chasing a target by the close, but the way the match reached that point was surreal, monotonous and theatrical in equal measure.
Once England started bowling bouncers, they did not stop. The manner in which Australia struggled against the short ball on the two-paced pitch at least adds some context to England's wastefulness in their first innings.
Nathan Lyon limping through a 25-minute stay at the crease was dramatic, but nothing compared to the way in which Australia's attack badly wounded England's hope of creating another moment of Ashes history before the late defiance and Ben Duckett reprieve.
Never before have England chased this many runs to win an Ashes Test and have done so only once against all-comers. It would also be a record pursuit in a Test at Lord's.
Under Stokes England have developed a penchant for run-chases and the skipper himself has single-handedly pulled off some of the greatest rescue acts the game has ever seen.
Winning this would top them all.
It is difficult to know where to start when reviewing Saturday's action. It was a truly extraordinary day of cricket for myriad reasons.
England spent most of the day bowling bouncers to try and tempt the Australia batters into a loose shot.
As per CricViz's data, in the morning session, their average bowling length of 9.71m from the batter was the shortest length of any session in Test cricket since those records began in 2006.
England then smashed that record in the afternoon session, bowling an average length of 11.05m.
Remarkably, however, it worked, with Australia bowled out for 279 before tea, setting England a Lord's record target of 371.
A flurry of wickets in the evening session, including two absolute beauties from Pat Cummins reduced England to 45-4 before Duckett and Stokes launched a mini recovery.
Welcome to our coverage of day five of the second men's Ashes Test at Lord's, with England's hopes hanging by a thread.
They will begin the day on 114-4, needing a further 257 runs for victory. Ben Duckett is unbeaten on 50, while a certain Ben Stokes is 29 not out.
England will need something special on a par with Headingley 2019 if they are to avoid going 2-0 down in the series.
All eyes will be on the skipper to see if he can repeat that miracle.
He couldn't do it again, could he?