LIVE: Tactics questioned as Stokes threatens heist

Incredible scenes astatine Lord's arsenic Ben Stokes nudges 1 into the disconnected broadside for a 2 and brings up his 150 disconnected 197 deliveries.

"It has been utterly absorbing and cricket of the highest order," says Andrew Strauss.

Just 75 to get for England now, 4 wickets successful hand. It's Stokes' 3rd people of 150 successful his 94-Test career.

Ben Stokes bunts Pat Cummins into the disconnected broadside for a azygous and equals his vocation precocious Ashes people of 135.

The past clip helium did that? Yes, that celebrated innings astatine Headingley successful 2019.

Still plentifulness of runs to play with for Australia though. 

The full required is into treble figures now.

Stuart Broad getting successful the enactment with immoderate runscoring himself arsenic well, he's up to 10 now.

Stokes connected 133. Australia worried.

Ben Stokes continues to mow down this people and there's immoderate existent tense looks successful the Aussie campy now.

Australia has continued to spell astatine the England skipper with the short-pitched bowling, and Ricky Ponting is livid.

"This is each incorrect from Australia, each wrong," helium says connected commentary.

"They've got to marque him deed the shot connected the disconnected side. If helium hits the shot implicit other screen for six, past truthful beryllium it."

Oh nary Steve Smith!

Ben Stokes has started the league successful a flurry by walloping Josh Hazlewood into the stands Stokes tries to instrumentality connected different abbreviated 1 but ends up hitting it to Steve Smith connected the bound connected the limb side.

Smith runs successful and spills it and there's monolithic cheers from the Lord's crowd.

"History is repeating itself here. One of the champion fielders successful the satellite has dropped an implicit dolly," says Nasser Hussain.

The players are backmost retired and we're getting underway for the 2nd session.

Josh Hazlewood to commencement things disconnected for Autralia. England with 128 to get and the skipper Ben Stokes connected strike.

The players spell into the rooms for luncheon and there's been a sizeable momentum displacement since the Bairstow wicket.

England heads into the interruption having pounded 129 runs for the nonaccomplishment of conscionable 2 wickets successful that session, and the interruption has travel astatine a bully clip for the Aussies.

Plenty of chatter betwixt Broad and the Aussies arsenic the players caput into the rooms.

The Aussies are being booed arsenic they caput done the Lord's greenish room, the locals are NOT happy.

"This is going to beryllium each implicit an hr aft lunch, 1 mode oregon another," says Mark Taylor connected Nine's coverage.

The 50 concern comes up betwixt Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad, and of the 50, Broad has lend precisely 1 run.

Stokes has 46 disconnected 21 successful the concern and the 50 has travel up successful conscionable 29 deliveries.

What tin Australia bash to stem the momentum?