Tubby hails Carey 'thinking', 'team lifting' Lyon

* Former Test captain Mark Taylor gives his standing and sentiment connected each 1 of Australia's players performances successful the 2nd Ashes Test astatine Lord's.

Australia survived an epic sound from England skipper Ben Stokes to triumph the 2nd Test by 43 runs, taking a captious 2-0 pb successful the series.

The 2 teams volition caput to Headingley for the 3rd Test with the location broadside needing to triumph each 3 of the remaining matches to reclaim the urn.

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Here are my subordinate ratings and thoughts from what was a thrilling Australian win:

Second Test Day 5 Highlights

DAVID WARNER (8/10): I thought the archetypal day, that was truly tough. That concern betwixt him and Uzzie (Khawaja), adjacent though Uzzie lone got 17, it got Australia to luncheon and that was rather big.

USMAN KHAWAJA (8/10): "What he's done precise good is that helium is precise single-minded, he's got precise bully focus. He's not getting sucked into playing the crippled that he's not utilized to playing. Test lucifer cricket is trying to spell up a level evidently nether this caller England regime, but Uzzie astatine the property of 36 feels he's got his benignant of play and he's going to instrumentality with it and who could reason with him?

MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE (7/10): A beauteous bully crippled (with) 2 starts. Not a large changeable successful the 2nd innings. When Australia batted they decidedly got the worse of the conditions, truthful they each did beauteous well.

STEVE SMITH (9/10): I interviewed him and helium said helium near a fewer retired there. He looked bully successful some innings and he's specified a perfectionist that I can't springiness him 10 due to the fact that helium knows that helium could've made more.

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Steve Smith of Australia celebrates celebrates his period during Day Two of the LV= Insurance Ashes 2nd Test lucifer betwixt England and Australia astatine Lord's Cricket Ground connected June 29, 2023 successful London, England. (Getty)

TRAVIS HEAD (8/10): He was bully connected time one. I deliberation helium makes beingness easier for radical similar Steve Smith. Because he's much of an assertive subordinate and wants to determination the crippled connected it allows radical similar Steve Smith to spell astatine their ain pace. I fishy that Smithy alternatively likes batting with him due to the fact that helium tin spell and play the crippled that helium likes to play and Trav plays his crippled and the scoreboard is ticking implicit nicely.

CAMERON GREEN (6/10): It worries maine a spot erstwhile helium archetypal comes to the crease. He seems to beryllium having occupation getting going successful his innings. I deliberation everyone knows however good helium tin deed them (but) helium hasn't rather recovered his gait erstwhile helium archetypal gets to the crease yet, truthful it's an country of his crippled that he'll request to enactment on. Once again immoderate useful wickets with the shot and a precise bully drawback to region Ben Stokes successful that archetypal innings and those catches are conscionable crucial.

ALEX CAREY (9/10): He had a terrific game. Obviously would've liked to person made a fewer more, but his glovework was impeccable successful this game. I deliberation helium conscionable gets amended each clip I ticker him. The stumping to region (Zak) Crawley successful the archetypal innings was crucial, the drawback down the limb broadside today, evidently the arguable stumping of Jonny Bairstow. What he's doing is he's reasoning each the clip astir however helium tin lend to Australia's performance.

Bairstow stunned by Carey's act

MITCHELL STARC (8.5/10): A truly bully performance. A mates of important wickets successful that 2nd innings with the caller ball. That's what we emotion to see. That 1 that bowled Ollie Pope was a beauty, astir apt the shot of the bid truthful far. That conscionable gets you going. Just that other spot of gait and bounce and that near limb saltation conscionable adds to Australia astatine the moment. A invited instrumentality to the Aussie side.

PAT CUMMINS (8.5/10): Another bully all-round crippled for Pat with bat and shot and besides successful the field. It wasn't casual today, but (he) recovered a mode astir that luncheon interruption conscionable to settee the crippled down a bit, alteration tactics, vessel a spot wider to Ben Stokes, conscionable support him quiescent for an implicit oregon two. It was getting distant from them earlier lunch, but had that accidental to regroup aft luncheon clip and came retired and changed the game.

Lyon's heroics travel to an end

NATHAN LYON (8/10): I cognize helium didn't bash a lot, but helium got that wicket of Crawley successful the archetypal innings, past hobbled astir and came retired to bat. Just talking to him you tin spot however overmuch playing Test cricket means to him and I deliberation that bleeds close done the team. Even though helium didn't vessel a shot successful the 2nd innings you consciousness the guys were lifting for him arsenic well. I reckon he'll bash a precise bully rendition contiguous of the Southern Cross song.

JOSH HAZLEWOOD (8/10): Not rather astatine his champion successful the archetypal innings, but large wickets contiguous of (Ben) Duckett and Stokes, the game-changing wickets. It was a large time for him today.

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