Welcome to news.com.au’s protection of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.
Australia have taken a well-known 1-0 lead within the Ashes sequence after a two-wicket win at Edgbaston however it’s anticipated to be a lot totally different at Lord’s.
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While Edgbaston was lifeless for the bowlers, the Lord’s pitch is predicted to be a inexperienced monster and aided by overcast situations.
Day one might be important as climate experiences have already instructed that day two might be utterly washed out.
Although that is still to be seen, followers are already bracing for a a lot totally different match at Lord’s.
10pm — Khawaja bowled off final ball earlier than lunch
Australia’s good first session caught its first blemish with the final ball of the primary session after Usman Khawaja left a ball that decked again sharply off Josh Tongue for 17.
But it was nonetheless Australia’s session, going to lunch at 1/73 with David Warner nonetheless not out for 53.
It was a win for the Aussies after each openers had a robust begin and a life after each surviving edges into the slips.
Khawaja was dropped in a troublesome likelihood to Joe Root, whereas Warner’s life got here when Ollie Pope dropped a catch he ought to have taken on daily basis of the week.
Warner was on 20 on the time however has raced to a half-century.
Playing beneath overcast skies and on what was believed to be a inexperienced high, it was anticipated to be a batters nightmare however there have been few worries for the Aussies within the first session.
England have been lulled into false sense of safety by the inexperienced wicket, sending Australia into bat.
Before the day began, Mark Taylor stated England had already modified its techniques, having reportedly requested for “flat, fast” wickets to assist their Bazball model of batting earlier than the sequence.
But in simply the second match of the sequence, England have been wanting to make first use of the ball.
“The pitch is fairly green, which is a change of tactics for me for England,” Taylor stated.
“They said they wanted flat, even pitches. This one is even, but it’s even with plenty of grass on it.
“All of a sudden they’re now thinking about more aggressive bowling than they were about aggressive batting so a slight change in the England tactics but I don’t mind seeing that.”
9.50pm — Warner will get a 50
David Warner has flown to 52 off 66 balls as Australia get off to a belter of a begin.
At the tip of the twenty second over, Australia are 0/71 having introduced up his 50 with a six.
It’s Warner’s eighth in England and, even higher for Australia, it was accomplished after the guests have been despatched in to bat.
9.15pm — ‘Got to take those’: Warner will get a life
Last sequence, David Warner acquired nothing going his method.
This Ashes, the Aussie opener has recieved a a lot wanted life, having been dropped by Ollie Pope at third slip.
The edge went at a great peak to Pope off Stuart Broad with former England star Andrew Strauss claiming Pope snatched on the ball.
“You’ve got to take those,” Strauss stated. “It hit Ollie Pope very hard. But he should take those. That is as simple as it gets at third slip. Massive moment for David Warner. Massive moment for Australia.”
Warner was on 20 on the time.
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8.56pm — And we’re again
Not too lengthy a break fortunately.
While it’s very darkish on the floor, it’s not anticipated to rain for the remainder of the day.
8.46pm — The rains are right here
It’d been an awesome morning up to now by Australia’s requirements shifting to 0/20 off 9 overs.
David Warner is 14 not out, whereas Usman Khawaja is on six not out.
But it’s not what the cricket world needs to see after an absorbing first Test.
While Australia isn’t scoring too shortly, the inexperienced wicket and overcast situations haven’t been too difficult for the Aussies to deal with regardless of a little bit of lateral motion.
Khawaja was fortunate that an edge didn’t go at hand however in any other case there have been few worries for the Aussies, which is nice after being despatched into bat.
8.11pm — Wild scenes as star manhandles pitch invader
Just one over into the Lord’s Test match, protesters have stopped the sport, operating onto the sector with orange flares.
But England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow hasn’t stood idly by, carrying one off the sector.
The commentators stated it was Andrew Symonds-esque, after the late Australian allrounder who shoulder charged a pitch invader again in 2008.
Aaron Finch stated on Nine that it was one thing “You never want to see”.
Nine host Roz Kelly known as it an “extraordinary” begin.
After Bairstow acquired modified and the groundstaff acquired the leaf blower out for the orange powder, the sport acquired again underway.
7.30pm — Pat Cummins loses one other toss
And England will bowl first.
This is frightening on the inexperienced monster with the overhead situations being overcast.
But nearer to sport time, it’s much less and fewer inexperienced — will that change the way it performs?
Cummins additionally confirmed Scott Boland was out with Mitchell Starc coming in.
“We were happy with how Scott Boland has been going, but unfortunately he misses out this week,” Cummins stated. “Excited to have some of Mitchell Starc’s class back in.”
Nathan Lyon has additionally turn out to be the primary specialist bowler to have performed 100 straight Tests.
He’ll be a part of Alastair Cook (159 Tests), Allan Border (153), Mark Waugh (107), Sunil Gavaskar (106) and Brendan McCullum (101) within the elite membership.
“Incredible,” Cummins stated. “Not only in terms of fitness and form but getting picked in all conditions around the world for 100 Test matches, phenomenal. So he’s a special player and I’m very lucky to have him as a captain.”
Lyon might additionally turn out to be the eighth man in historical past to assert 500 Test wickets if he can declare 5 scalps.
AUS XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Patrick Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
ENG XI: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joes Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, Jimmy Anderson.
7pm — Sight nobody in cricket needs to see
Rain rain, go away, come once more in 5 days.
The English climate is already having a say with the drizzle round London forcing the hovercraft covers onto the pitch.
With the climate experiences pointing to play on day two being uncertain, it’s not what the cricket world needs to see.
We need as a lot time as potential to make sure a outcome – although the inexperienced strip is mouthwatering for each groups’ bowling shares.
6.30pm — Aussie’s shock axing as Lord’s roasted
Australia have left the cricket world hanging once more as Pat Cummins prepares to call his facet on the toss once more.
At 6pm on Wednesday News Corp reported Mitchell Starc was in for Scott Boland for the match, though will probably be formally introduced on the toss.
Yesterday captain Pat Cummins stated the 12 males had been picked with Starc becoming a member of the 11 from the primary Test, however he wouldn’t be pressed additional on who would play.
While Edgbaston as gradual and lifeless for probably the most half, Lord’s seems to be a inexperienced monster with overcast situations predicted for the match.
So a lot so the official Twitter web page of the Icelandic Cricket Association couldn’t assist itself.
But the inexperienced pitch has continued to drive the hypothesis on who Australia will choose for the match.
Starc was overlooked of the primary Test but when the ball is shifting, his inswinging yorker might be deadly on a greentop.
Boland impressed within the World Test Championship Final was however the costliest bowler for Australia within the first Test, whereas Josh Hazlewood is just one Test again from an Achilles damage that stored him out of the WTC.
England have gone all out tempo for the match with 25-year-old fast Josh Tongue coming in for his second Test after Moeen Ali made method.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan informed the Fox Cricket Ashes Preview {that a} cloudy day and a inexperienced wicket can be a potent mixture.
“Lord’s is all about the overheads,” Vaughan stated.
“If the clouds are around, the ball might move around a bit. A dry week and blue sky, it’ll be pretty flat. You’ve just got to be able to use the slope.
“If it’s flat, I can’t see them (Australia) not getting 600 runs in the Test match.
“If I was England, I’d be trying to make it into a 500-run Test match where the ball’s nipping around and you might get 350 in one innings but you might get them for 150 in the other.”
Source: www.news.com.au
