LIVE: 'Massive moment' as England fumble chances

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England could rue that dropped accidental disconnected Warner by the looks of it!

The Aussie opener races past 50 by plonking English debutant Josh Tongue into the stands with a terrific hook shot.

He's raced to 52 disconnected conscionable 68 deliveries, portion Khawaja has been much than blessed to instrumentality the backmost spot connected 16 disconnected 65.

England needs a wicket successful a hurry.

Another accidental goes begging!

Stuart Broad looked arsenic if helium had David Warner caught astatine 3rd gaffe from Ollie Pope, nevertheless helium was done for gait and went astatine the shot with hard hands.

"It went quickly, but should've been taken," Mark Taylor said connected Nine's commentary.

Former England skipper Andrew Strauss added to Taylor's criticism.

"It deed Ollie Pope precise hard but you've got to instrumentality those ... monolithic infinitesimal for Australia," helium said. 

That's 2 chances present dropped by England!

Could this beryllium costly?

Keep this successful the backmost of your mind: David Warner was dropped connected 20 in the 13th over.

Australia and England are walking backmost connected to the tract aft a abbreviated interruption owed to rain.

Conditions are believed to beryllium clearing astatine London, fingers crossed!

After 9 overs, we're disconnected owed to rain.

How disappointing.

Australia are 0/18 with David Warner connected 14 and Usman Khawaja connected six. 

A dropped accidental from Joe Root successful the slips has cruelled a bully commencement for England.

Diving to his right, the shot deed the thenar of Root's close manus aft an Usman Khawaja edge, successful what would've been a singular instrumentality if helium pulled it off. 

Australia present 0-9 from 5 overs. 

We person a hold present aft invaders stormed the ground.

Jonny Bairstow dragged 1 of the protestors disconnected the tract in genuinely bizarre circumstances.

Orange pulverization appeared to beryllium deployed by the invaders.

The wicket-keeper past near the tract to presumably get changed aft the incident.

"You ne'er privation to spot that ... disappointing start," Aaron Finch said connected Nine's coverage. 

Well, the archetypal implicit of the 2nd Ashes trial is done and Warner is retired of the blocks.

The opening batsman deed Jimmy Anderson's 4th shot done the covers with a beauteous changeable to get himself going.

A flimsy outcry disconnected the past shot that thundered into the pads, but it pitched good extracurricular leg. 

The anthems person been sung and the Aussies person finished their locomotion done past the members astatine Lord's arsenic they contend with the ovum and bacon ties.

David Warner and Usman Khawaja are walking retired connected to the tract now.

The lights are connected and there's a flimsy drizzle. 

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