LIVE: Aussies on top after lunch after double-strike

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MASSIVE BLOW!

Pat Cummins takes retired his other fig lbw from astir the wicket.

Now Australia does spot England's tail!

This lucifer turns erstwhile again. 

"It looked similar England were conscionable astir to tally distant with it," Aaron Finch says connected Nine's coverage.

"Australia volition fancy themselves here. If they tin wrapper this up quickly, they'll fancy their chances."

Ollie Robinson walks out, I reckon immoderate chin euphony isn't excessively acold away.

Another unsafe concern comes to an end!

It's Nathan Lyon erstwhile again for Australia, and conscionable arsenic they've done each Test, whenever England look similar being afloat connected top, the tourists claw their mode backmost in.

Bairstow goes for the reverse expanse but misses it this clip and aft an agonisingly agelong wait, Marais Erasmus gives him out.

He sends it upstairs but gets the dreaded 3 reds.

The Aussies volition anticipation to effort and tally done the process now, Moeen Ali strides to the wicket.

Lead of 203 present for the location broadside with 4 wickets successful hand. Lyon has been fantabulous aft helium was attacked aboriginal connected contiguous by Harry Brook. 

By Chris De Silva and Zachary Gates13:26

The Aussies deliberation they've got Stokes!

The England skipper attempts a reverse expanse disconnected Nathan Lyon and it balloons to Scott Boland astatine backward point, who claims the catch.

There's no determination connected the tract from either umpire, but replays amusement that Stokes caught the shot connected the afloat and deed it into the turf earlier it bounced to Boland.

Stokes has been playing with tremendous flare since lunch, helium adjacent charged down the wicket and hacked a Pat Cummins transportation for four.

Nathan Lyon has the shot and Ben Stokes is connected onslaught arsenic the 2nd league begins.

England is 5-155 and starring by 162 runs.

Scott Boland bowls different terrific transportation that has Jonny Bairstow successful each sorts, rapping his backmost leg, but the umpire rejects the Aussies' entreaty and the visitors opt against reviewing.

The hostility is precocious arsenic luncheon is taken with England starring by 162 runs.

Ben Stokes has made 13 and Jonny Bairstow one.

Drama!

Scott Boland is bowling beautifully arsenic luncheon approaches and raps Jonny Bairstow connected the beforehand pad arsenic helium tries to defend.

The Aussies spell up, the umpire turns them down and the visitors review, but DRS shows the shot would person gone over.

Bairstow, who's connected 1 run, fights connected astatine Edgbaston.

It's Zachary Gates taking implicit the unrecorded blogging duties for the remainder of time 4 — conscionable arsenic Marnus Labuschagne takes a superb catch!

Harry Brook gets down connected 1 genu to propulsion a Nathan Lyon delivery, but Labuschagne dives to his close and takes a magnificent catch.

It's a debased drawback and helium takes the shot with some hands.

"An fantabulous catch," says Eoin Morgan connected Nine's coverage.

"Low and to his right, diving, Marnus takes a beauty."

The English are starring by 157 arsenic they autumn to 5-150, Brook departing for 46.

Nathan Lyon strikes backmost and it's the large wicket of Joe Root!

The England prima runs down the wicket and swings wildly to the limb side, but doesn't get anyplace adjacent the ball.

Alex Carey whips disconnected the bails and Root's got to go.

That's a monolithic wicket for the Aussies.

"It truly came retired of the blue," says Mark Taylor connected commentary.

"Just erstwhile you deliberation England is going to waltz distant with the game, thing similar this happens.

"It's different hold of this England mode of playing. They mightiness beryllium dominating, but you're lone 1 mistake distant from a wicket."

England's skipper Ben Stokes retired there, he'll beryllium looking to marque amends for his people of conscionable 1 from the archetypal innings.

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