England vs Australia LIVE: Cricket scorecard and Ashes updates as Steve Smith chases Lord’s century
‘We needed to guard the wicket’ – Warner on pitch invasion originally of the 2nd Ashes Check
England and Australia return for day two of the second Check at Lord’s, with the guests trying to put themselves in a commanding place within the first innings. Steve Smith has knocked 85 to date and seems ominously near his 2019 type, although not less than the hosts might take some solace late within the day with two Joe Root wickets in the identical over, leaving Australia 339 for 5 at stumps.
Some much-improved attacking bowling and fielding alike is the requirement at first of day two although, if England are to stop their opponents opening up an infinite Ashes tally to chase.
Day one memorably started with a botched protest from Simply Cease Oil supporters: only one over into the innings, two males invaded the sphere carrying luggage of orange paint mud however the place bundled off the pitch with the notable help of England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow, who lifted one of many activists off his toes and personally delivered him to safety employees on the boundary edge. Onto day two, then, to see what drama unfolds this time round. Comply with the rating and newest updates from Lord’s beneath:
Champagne and a sea of egg and bacon: Lord’s lays naked cricket’s class divide
The damning report from the Impartial Fee for Fairness in Cricket (ICEC) was splashed throughout the again pages on Tuesday, forward of the beginning of the second Ashes Check on Wednesday, however arguably it’s at Lord’s that the report’s findings are most evident.
A stroll across the exterior of the stands anytime after the primary hour’s play will take you previous folks consuming champagne or wine on picnic tables and blankets they’ve introduced themselves to arrange within the gardens, and nowhere in sight of the cricket.
The attention-watering costs are what make the headlines, starting from £60 to £170 for a single grownup however there may be a lot extra to the event than that.
The Harris Backyard, a Veuve Clicquot champagne tent and different spots replenish all through the day as empty seats appear to make their look contained in the stands, it’s not one thing that occurs wherever else.
Sonia Twigg with a particular report from Lord’s:
Karl Matchett29 June 2023 09:10
Steve Smith recaptures ominous type as England toil at begin of second Ashes Check
Steve Smith reclaimed the shape that noticed him terrorise England again in 2019, with an unbeaten 85 as the hosts have been left to toil within the subject on the primary day of the second Ashes Check.
The Australian nice tore aside England 4 years in the past, scoring 774 runs at a median of 110.54, and there was a glum feeling round that he may need rediscovered that vein of type, after hitting simply 22 runs throughout two innings within the first Check at Edgbaston.
He’ll resume tomorrow, with Australia 339 for 5 and totally in charge of the match, regardless of Ben Stokes’ optimistic response to profitable the toss and electing to bowl.
There was a second for the meme-makers when, after only one over, some Simply Cease Oil protestors invaded the Lord’s pitch holding orange paint.
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Karl Matchett29 June 2023 08:41
