LIVE: Ominous Smith leads Aussie counter attack

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By Lachlan Harper

Chris De Silva

11:38pm Jun 28, 2023

The Ashes 2nd Test teams

England XI: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, James Anderson.

Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

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Steve Smith's saved by DRS!

There's a faint nick arsenic 1 from Stuart Broad goes past his bat and is taken by Jonny Bairstow, but Smith wasted nary clip earlier reviewing it.

Replays amusement that Smith's missed the shot by rather a bit.

"I'm a small spot miffed ... but there's implicit daylight betwixt bat and ball," says Taylor.

Dangerous signs present for England due to the fact that Steve Smith has raced retired of the blocks.

He's got 24 disconnected his 15 deliveries and has travel retired playing his strokes and taking the onslaught to England's quicks.

"He looks close connected today," says Mark Taylor connected commentary.

A beauteous small antagonistic onslaught here. 

Josh Tongue is having immoderate Ashes debut present astatine Lord's!

He's started to marque the shot speech aft that little rainfall hold and he's sent David Warner packing with an perfectly wicked inswinger.

He comes successful from astir the wicket and bends 1 into Warner's pads and beats him each ends up and the Aussie opener has to spell for 66.

"That's a peach. helium knew halfway down helium was done there, David Warner. He's been impressive," says Ricky Ponting connected commentary.

Some superior interest for England present with Ollie Pope clutching his close enarthrosis aft a diving attempt.

Pope was astatine backward constituent and dived successful his effort to halt a shot going to the boundary, and portion helium was successful, helium landed awkwardly and instantly grabbed astatine his close shoulder.

Michael Atherton connected commentary says England's No.3 has had a horrid clip with that peculiar joint, and he's travel consecutive disconnected the ground.

Rehan Ahmed connected arsenic the sub fielder. 

Only abbreviated interruption and we're backmost retired there!

David Warner facing up to Jimmy Anderson.

Will the interruption enactment successful England's favour?

We've lone gotten a mates much overs successful aft the luncheon interruption and the players are being forced into the agelong country astatine Lord's erstwhile again.

There's lone a tiny spot of drizzle falling around, but Lord's is surrounded by immoderate ominous acheronian clouds. 

Ben Stokes' gamble pays off!

Josh Tongue had gone for 8 an implicit done his archetypal 3 overs, but Stokes gives him 1 much implicit and helium takes retired Khawaja!

That's conscionable the tonic England needed heading into lunch.

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.

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