LIVE: Aussie batter spills beans on fiery selection fight

Rory Burns joined an obscure nine connected the 5th morning, becoming conscionable the 4th Englishman to bat connected each 5 days of a Test.

But aft his archetypal innings heroics, helium had made conscionable 11 earlier Pat Cummins struck successful the 10th implicit - the 3rd of the day.

Roy made it to drinks with Root, who had been fixed 2 DRS reprieves. Roy was retired conscionable aft drinks erstwhile helium was caught playing a rash changeable disconnected Nathan Lyon. Joe Denly and past Root would some autumn earlier lunch.

After the break, Buttler, Bairstow and Stokes would each autumn comparatively cheaply earlier Chris Woakes seemed to stem the bleeding and halt the collapse. Moeen Ali was adjacent retired though, becoming Lyon's 5th wicket. When Broad fell adjacent ball, England were 9-136 and Lyon had the accidental to triumph the Test with a chapeau trick.

Even with his estimation arsenic a rabbit with the bat, James Anderson survived the chapeau instrumentality ball. Australia claimed triumph 2 overs aboriginal arsenic Chris Woakes was caught disconnected Cummins.

Australia recorded a 251-run win.

Travis Head and Steve Smith tore the Poms isolated connected the 4th morning, putting connected 130 for the 4th wicket earlier Stokes yet had Head caught down conscionable earlier lunch.

Smith and Matthew Wade made it done to luncheon without overmuch much fuss. Smith picked up his 2nd period for the Test conscionable aft luncheon and became lone the 5th Aussie to get 2 successful the aforesaid Ashes Test.

The brace continued their beardown concern good into the day session, earlier Smith was yet caught for 142, becoming lone the 4th batter to people much than 140 doubly successful the aforesaid Test.

In the evening session, Wade made his ton arsenic the Aussies stretched the pb beyond 300. Wade was yet caught for 110, followed by Paine an implicit later.

Hunting speedy runs, the Aussie process went connected the tonk with Pattinson and Cummins adding 78 earlier a declaration came with the people 7-487, mounting England 398 to win.

Burns and Roy guided England to stumps without loss.

England passed Australia's people soon earlier Cummins had Stokes caught behind.

After drinks, Nathan Lyon cleaned up Rory Burns and past Moeen Ali successful the aforesaid over. When Peter Siddle picked up Jonny Bairstow successful the adjacent over, Australia had taken 3 wickets successful 11 balls.

England made it to luncheon 8 down, starring by conscionable 44.

Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes again combined, this clip with willow successful hand, to past the hr aft lunch, earlier Broad was caught aft a abbreviated transportation from Cummins, and James Anderson –  who was lone cleared to bat astatine luncheon aft sustaining a calf wounded connected time 1 and bowled lone 4 overs – made lone three. England pb by 90.

Warner and Bancroft again fell cheaply, and Khawaja astir followed but was dropped astatine 2nd slip.

Ussie and Smith would enactment connected 48 for the 3rd wicket – during which clip Smith was struck connected the caput (remember this) by a bouncer – earlier Stokes had Khawaja caught behind.

When atrocious airy stopped play, Australia were 3-124 with a pb of 34.

England comprehensively won the 2nd time of the archetypal Test astatine Edgbaston.

In the greeting session, they mislaid lone Jason Roy, caught successful the slips disconnected James Pattinson. Joe Root had a shot clip his disconnected peg, but did not dislodge the bail.

Root and Burns enactment connected 132 for the 2nd wicket earlier Root was caught and bowled by Peter Siddle conscionable earlier tea.

After tea, the umpires elected to alteration the shot aft conscionable 60 overs. Joe Denly and Jos Buttler past fell successful speedy succession, earlier Burns reached his ton.

Burns and Ben Stokes made it to stumps without further loss, with the people astatine 4-267, trailing by 17.

Like this series, the Edgbaston Test opened the 2019 series. It was marked a instrumentality to the Test arena for David Warner, Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith aft the shot tampering saga.

After winning the flip and batting first, Australia mislaid Warner and Bancroft cheaply, and past Usman Khawaja aft drinks. Smith and Travis Head got Australia done to luncheon astatine 3-83.

After luncheon though, Stuart Broad (5-86) and Chris Woakes (3-58) ripped successful and dismissed Head, Matthew Wade, Tim Paine, James Pattinson and Pat Cummins. Smith remained unbeaten connected 66 astatine tea.

After the evening league was delayed owed to immoderate mean Birmingham weather, Smith and Peter Siddle enactment connected 88 for the ninth wicket, earlier Siddle was retired for a hard-earned 44. 

Smith meanwhile, shielded Nathan Lyon for astir 12 overs to marque a fantastic ton, earlier falling successful the archetypal implicit aft the caller shot was taken for a stunning 144.

The English openers Rory Burns and Jason Roy had 2 overs astatine the extremity of the time to navigate, which they did.

While the Australian cricket squad is undoubtedly divided betwixt AFL and NRL followers, that hasn't stopped a statement betwixt the broadside astir State of Origin. 

Usman Khawaja's allegiance whitethorn beryllium the astir absorbing with the batsman increasing up successful NSW earlier playing a important magnitude of cricket for the Queensland Bulls.

Travis Head revealed the astir aggravated conflict has travel from 2 of the side's astir passionate cricketers. 

"It was connected on the autobus connected the mode up (to the World Test Championship) I'm adjacent to Josh Hazlewood from New South Wales connected 1 broadside and Marnus from Queensland connected the other," helium said connected Triple M Breakfast with Marto, Margaux and Dan. "That was afloat noise."

"We had a halt and fractional the boys stayed connected the boys and the boys from the different states got disconnected and got thing to eat.

"The boys from New South Wales got disconnected the autobus aft the game."

Despite the concerns, Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins has indicated his tendency to diagnostic passim the full series.

"That's the plan," helium said successful Birmingham.

"I've done it a fewer times astatine location before, we've played 5 oregon six Test matches successful 5 oregon six weeks, truthful it's thing new.

"I'll beryllium guided chiefly by my body."