No ball blunder sums up Australia's frustrations

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The 2nd Ashes Test is finely placed after England enjoyed possibly its astir ascendant time of the bid connected time two.

After Australia began the time successful a commanding position, England restricted the tourists to 416 earlier offering a beardown effect with the bat successful hand.

Ben Duckett led the mode for the location broadside with 98, with England finishing the time connected 4-278, 138 runs down Australia's archetypal innings total.

AS IT HAPPENED: The Ashes 2nd Test, time two

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Lyon limps off

A atrocious time astatine the bureau was made worse for Australia erstwhile Nathan Lyon limped disconnected the tract successful the last session.

Lyon was stationed astatine the heavy quadrate limb presumption erstwhile helium charged successful to effort and drawback a shot disconnected Ben Duckett's bat and instantly pulled up sore.

The 35-year-old grabbed astatine his close calf and looked shattered erstwhile helium was escorted disconnected the crushed by 1 of Australia's aesculapian staff.

Lyon forced disconnected with calf issue

Smith continues Ashes dominance

After a brace of failures astatine Edgbaston, Steve Smith was good overdue for a large people astatine Lord's and did not disappoint.

The erstwhile skipper brought up his 12th Ashes period aboriginal connected time 2 and was sorely disappointed aft helium was dismissed soon afterwards for 110.

It was Smith's eighth period connected English soil.

Smith's 100 highlights

Green cruelled by nary shot issues

Cam Green provided Australia with a much-needed breakthrough successful the last league but was near to rue what's go a atrocious habit.

The young weapon thought he'd taken 2 wickets successful an implicit erstwhile Joe Root gloved 1 done to Alex Carey for conscionable one.

However, the England prima was called backmost arsenic replays showed Green had overstepped, leaving Australia shattered.

"Ashes bid tin beryllium defined by moments similar that," Ricky Ponting said astatine the time.

Luckily for Green and Australia, Root did not bash excessively overmuch much harm aft being dismissed for conscionable 10.

Green burnt by no ball issues

Here's each wicket that fell connected time two

AUSTRALIA

Alex Carey 22 (43): lbw b Broad, FOW: 6-351 (84.5 ov)

Broad claims Carey's wicket

Mitchell Starc 6 (10): c Bairstow b Anderson, FOW: 7-358 (87.3 ov)

Starc departs aft rash shot

Steve Smith 110 (184): c Duckett b Tongue, FOW: 8-393 (95.2 ov)

Tongue takes retired Smith aft ton

Nathan Lyon 7 (13): c Tongue b Robinson, FOW: 9-408 (98.4 ov)

Lyon holes retired successful the deep

Josh Hazlewood 4 (6): c Root b Robinson, FOW: 10-416 (100.4 ov)

Every Aussie archetypal innings wicket

ENGLAND

Zak Crawley 48 (48): st Carey b Lyon, FOW: 1-91 (17.5 ov)

Carey's brilliance nips retired Crawley

Ollie Pope 42 (63): c Smith b Green, FOW: 2-188 (38.1 ov)

Green strikes aft brainsnap

Ben Duckett 98 (134): c Warner b Hazlewood, FOW: 3-208 (42.2 ov)

Duckett falls into Aussie trap

Joe Root 10 (19): c Smith b Starc, FOW: 4-222 (45.3 ov)

Smith removes Root with superb catch

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