LIVE: Broad inflicts 'unbelievable' double blow on Aussies

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By Chris De Silva

Zachary Gates

Damien McCartney

8:40pm Jun 17, 2023

First Test teams

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Josh Hazlewood

England won the flip and elected to bat.

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Stuart Broad enactment 2 limb gullies successful spot for the hat-trick shot to Steve Smith, but helium sprayed it excessively acold down limb broadside and Smith is capable to permission it alone.

What a drawback from Jonny Bairstow!

Marnus Labuschagne with nary footwork was drawn into a mendacious changeable and edges it done to Jonny Bairstow, who with 1 manus takes a large drawback down low.

"Unbelievable theatre present astatine Edgbaston," Atherton said.

The transportation inactive looks bully to bat on, but the English bowlers are conscionable getting this Duke to determination done the aerial much than the Aussie quicks were yesterday.

Steve Smith is retired for the hat-trick shot now.

Talk astir a lawsuit of commentator's curse.

Michael Atherton was conscionable talking astir however David Warner was looking acceptable and comfy successful the mediate erstwhile helium slashed astatine a wide 1 from Stuart Broad and chopped on.

The Aussies opener throws his caput backmost and trudges disconnected the ground. Having dominated him successful 2019, Broad is showing helium inactive has Warner's bunny.

The wicket brought astir an incredibly roar from the Edgbaston crowd, and it brings Marnus Labuschagne to the crease.

The Aussies are present 1-29.

It's evident aboriginal connected present that Australia volition not beryllium warring occurrence with fire, with England bowling 3 maiden overs to commencement the day.

Khawaja and Warner precise watchful retired determination with Anderson starting to get this shot hooping astir a small bit.

We've got Andrea Bocelli playing implicit the speakers wrong Edgbaston.

Stuart Broad with the ball, David Warner facing up.

HERE. WE. GO!

There's conscionable a five-minute hold to the commencement of play contiguous arsenic the outfield is roped.

Play is acceptable to get underway successful astir 3 minutes.

Nathan Lyon says helium and his teammates are blessed with however Australia took connected BazBall connected time one.

Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor is 1 antheral who was precise impressed by Ben Stokes' captaincy connected time one.

"He said, 'I don't attraction whether we're playing Australia oregon Ireland, we're going to play the aforesaid way. We're going to play a caller marque of English cricket', truthful good done to him," helium says connected Nine's coverage.

"Australia's effect to the mode England are playing is simply a small spot defensive, truthful already I deliberation Ben Stokes has won that small caput conflict to commencement with.

"You could spot what the declaration did to Australia. When they came out, the moving betwixt the wickets betwixt Warner and Khawaja, 2 guys who person been astir a agelong time, was astir shambolic astatine times.

"There was 2 oregon 3 times wherever we astir had tally outs, each due to the fact that Australia weren't acceptable to bat."

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