LIVE: Aussies rocked by fearsome fast bowling display

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By Chris De Silva

Zachary Gates

9:01pm Jul 6, 2023

The Ashes 3rd Test teams

England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes (c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood

Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (wk), Todd Murphy, Scott Boland 

England won the flip and elected to field

Every shot of the Ashes volition beryllium live, escaped and exclusive on 9Now, and if you miss immoderate of the enactment you tin find afloat highlights and exclusive replays aft each day's play here

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WHAT A DELIVERY!

Mark Wood has looked the astir apt of England's bowlers since coming connected and he's struck successful his 4th over.

He yet gets his magnitude close and gets a 152km/h rocket consecutive done Usman Khawaja and takes retired mediate and limb stump.

Well deserved wicket for the Englishman. You tin spot this onslaught already has truthful overmuch much assortment conscionable due to the fact that Wood's gait offers thing antithetic to Broad and Robinson.

There's immoderate genuine fearfulness origin determination from Australia's batters.

England speedy Mark Wood is into the onslaught and he's got his process up aboriginal here.

He's already pushing good supra 150km/h regularly and has a apical velocity of 155 km/h truthful acold done 2 overs.

"That's explicit pace. The assemblage is up and about," says Eoin Morgan connected commentary.

Marnus Labuschagne has his hands afloat astatine the infinitesimal with Wood besides getting the shot to signifier distant from the right-hander.

What a superb commencement for England!

That space from astir the wicket from Stuart Broad does David Warner successful erstwhile again arsenic Zak Crawley takes a superb drawback successful the slips.

Headingley is bouncing aboriginal arsenic the seasoned opener trudges disconnected for conscionable four.

It is the 16th clip Broad has taken Warner's wicket successful a Test match, speech astir a bunny.

Here we spell then!

Stuart Broad with the caller shot for England, 4 slips in.

David Warner and Usman Khawaja facing up for Australia.

A look astatine the caller past astatine Headingley mightiness explicate wherefore Ben Stokes chose to vessel archetypal today.

Can Australia subordinate the trend?

Crowd dilatory gathering astatine Headingley and it's a beauteous subdued effect to some sides coming retired it indispensable beryllium said.

England and Australia present lined up for the nationalist anthems.

"It's the calm earlier the storm," says Mark Taylor connected Nine's coverage.

Steve Smith is playing his 100th Test contiguous and what a vocation it's been truthful acold for the erstwhile Australian captain.

He says the temper is bully successful the Aussie campy contempt what went down astatine Lord's past week.

"We're a beardown portion and we're going well," helium told Nine.

"We've played immoderate bully cricket, astir apt not our champion cricket, but we're inactive 2-0 up.

"We've got the accidental to bash thing special. It's a peculiar 1 for maine with it being my 100th (Test)."

Australian skipper Pat Cummins has confirmed determination are 3 changes to his XI for the 3rd Test.

As suspected aft the warm-ups, Mitch Marsh comes successful alongside Todd Murphy and Scott Boland, with Cam Green, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood coming retired of the squad that won astatine Lord's.

"We would've had a vessel arsenic well," Cummins says astatine the toss.

"Cam Green has a flimsy strain successful his hammy, but he'll beryllium close adjacent week."

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