LIVE: Smith departs as England speed demon strikes

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By Zachary Gates

Chris De Silva

Anna Pavlou

11:01pm Jul 19, 2023

The Ashes 2023 4th Test teams

ENGLAND: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Moeen Ali, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (c), 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Mark Wood, 11 James Anderson

AUSTRALIA: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steve Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Cameron Green, 8 Alex Carey (wk), 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Pat Cummins (c), 11 Josh Hazlewood

England won the flip and elected to field

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Steve Smith falls to Mark Wood!

The champion Aussie batsman departs for 41 arsenic England reviews with success.

Smith is struck connected his beforehand pad portion attempting to crook the shot to the limb broadside disconnected his backmost foot, and though umpire Niton Menon turns down England's shout, the hosts reappraisal and person 3 reddish lights.

Smith goes arsenic the Aussies gaffe to 3-120, Travis Head joining Marnus Labuschagne successful the middle.

Mark Wood has the shot and Marnus Labuschagne is connected onslaught arsenic the 2nd league begins.

The Aussies are resuming connected 2-107 successful the archetypal innings of the Old Trafford Test.

It's Zachary Gates hopping into the unrecorded blog arsenic play breaks for luncheon connected the opening time of the 4th Test.

The Aussies are 2-107 aft being sent successful to bat, with Marnus Labuschagne connected 29 and Steve Smith 33.

David Warner was removed by Chris Woakes for 32, portion Usman Khawaja was dismissed by Stuart Broad for three.

David Warner is gone!

Chris Woakes floats 1 successful afloat extracurricular disconnected stump and it moves distant from Warner a interaction and helium goes for a full-blooded thrust and nicks it through to Jonny Bairstow.

Warner knows he's gone the infinitesimal helium nicks this, throwing his caput backmost earlier the shot is adjacent successful Bairstow's gloves.

He's shattered arsenic helium walks disconnected the ground. Big wicket for England due to the fact that helium was looking bully retired there.

Steve Smith joins Marnus Labuschagne astatine the crease and is showered by a chorus of boos upon entry.

Ben Stokes has gone to his subordinate of the lucifer from Headingley, Mark Wood.

Chris Woakes has besides been brought into the onslaught from the different end. Broad and Anderson fixed a spell aft a coagulated start.

Warner and Labuschagne person some had a fig of adjacent calls truthful far.

Wicket No.599 for Stuart Broad!

All the speech has been astir him getting David Warner each week, but he's taken retired the series' starring runscorer Usman Khawaja instead.

Khawaja is trapped connected the crease and Broad gets 1 to thud into his backmost pads from astir the wicket and he's fixed out.

Khawaja reviews it but sees the dreaded 3 reds. 

A mates overs safely negotiated by Australia's opening pair.

David Warner started things disconnected by crunching a loosener from Broad to the bound and that had to person felt bully for the embattled veteran.

He's been truly affirmative aboriginal connected here.

"He's got a spot of a acquisition aboriginal on," says Ricky Ponting connected commentary.

England volition privation to onslaught and onslaught large with this caller shot portion there's unreality screen overhead.

Mark Taylor is encouraged by Australia having to bat archetypal present astatine Old Trafford. He wants David Warner and Usman Khawaja to bat positively close disconnected the top.

"I don't deliberation immoderate of america are surprised," helium says connected Nine's sum of England's telephone astatine the toss.

"Australia person got 20 wickets successful this Test lucifer to bat England retired of the game, that's however I'd beryllium thinking.

"If Australia tin get done this caller ball, it should beryllium a bully batting day."

Warner to instrumentality the archetypal ball, Stuart Broad astir the wicket to present it. Here we go.

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