The Ashes 2023: England hope to fade after Australia's dominance at Lord's

Second LV = Insurance Ashes Test, Lord's (day three of five) Australia 416 (Smith 110, Head 77) & 130-2 (Khawaja 58*) England 325 (Duckett 98, Brook 50; Starc 3-88) reactid=".qq8ovgscly.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-3.$td-0.0:0">Australia leads by 221 executionsScorecard
After captain Ben Stokes was absent at the second ball of the morning, England repeated their reckless strike from the second evening to lose their last six wickets for 46 runs .
< p class="" data-reactid=".qq8ovgscly.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5">Harry Brook was the last to fall on the short ball, out for 50, and Jonny Bairstow was guilty of a bad shot.< /p>
With the tail unable to provide resistance to Australia's rampant bowlers , England were at 325, giving the tourists a 91 lead in the first leg.
Although the England bowlers go out of their way to exploit dark and wet conditions, Usman Khawaja built Australia's advantage with an unbeaten 58 compound.
Khawaja, abandoned by James Anderson on 19, 63 with David Warner and 60 others with Marnus Labuschagne.
When the rain and bad light arrived just after 5:00pm BST, Australia had moved up to 130-2, leading by 221.
England are not completely out of the contest but will need to be close to perfect from now on. Only one team in Ashes history has ever come from 2-0 down to lift the urn.
England down, but not knocked out yet
England had the best of day two, so there was some debate over how much they could be excused for offering three wickets to Australia's shortball scheme Thursday night.
On the third morning, there could be no excuses. England doubled their intent to get after Aussie bowling and fell into a calamitous heap.
Only Stokes can feel like he was sent off with a good ball. Brook played a ridiculous shot, Bairstow a soft shot, and it was too much to expect the tail to repair the damage.
Faced with the prospect of having to dismiss Australia cheaply to get back into the game, the England attack performed well in useful conditions, albeit without success.
They were blunted by Khawaja, who along with Warner and Labuschagne showed patience to build Australia's lead.
England could still eliminate Australia and have a target at hand, especially with the off- spinner Nathan Lyon who should no longer play in the match.
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The Ashes 2023: England hope to fade after Australia's dominance at Lord's

Second LV = Insurance Ashes Test, Lord's (day three of five) Australia 416 (Smith 110, Head 77) & 130-2 (Khawaja 58*) England 325 (Duckett 98, Brook 50; Starc 3-88) reactid=".qq8ovgscly.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-3.$td-0.0:0">Australia leads by 221 executionsScorecard

After captain Ben Stokes was absent at the second ball of the morning, England repeated their reckless strike from the second evening to lose their last six wickets for 46 runs .

< p class="" data-reactid=".qq8ovgscly.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5">Harry Brook was the last to fall on the short ball, out for 50, and Jonny Bairstow was guilty of a bad shot.< /p>

With the tail unable to provide resistance to Australia's rampant bowlers , England were at 325, giving the tourists a 91 lead in the first leg.

Although the England bowlers go out of their way to exploit dark and wet conditions, Usman Khawaja built Australia's advantage with an unbeaten 58 compound.

Khawaja, abandoned by James Anderson on 19, 63 with David Warner and 60 others with Marnus Labuschagne.

When the rain and bad light arrived just after 5:00pm BST, Australia had moved up to 130-2, leading by 221.

England are not completely out of the contest but will need to be close to perfect from now on. Only one team in Ashes history has ever come from 2-0 down to lift the urn.

England down, but not knocked out yet

England had the best of day two, so there was some debate over how much they could be excused for offering three wickets to Australia's shortball scheme Thursday night.

On the third morning, there could be no excuses. England doubled their intent to get after Aussie bowling and fell into a calamitous heap.

Only Stokes can feel like he was sent off with a good ball. Brook played a ridiculous shot, Bairstow a soft shot, and it was too much to expect the tail to repair the damage.

Faced with the prospect of having to dismiss Australia cheaply to get back into the game, the England attack performed well in useful conditions, albeit without success.

They were blunted by Khawaja, who along with Warner and Labuschagne showed patience to build Australia's lead.

England could still eliminate Australia and have a target at hand, especially with the off- spinner Nathan Lyon who should no longer play in the match.

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