The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, third Test, day two – live

A huge wicket for England, and a very good catch from Jonny Bairstow! That was the kind of Khawaja dismissal that an analyst dreams of: a defensive push at a ball angled across him from (crucial, this part) over the wicket. He edged to the left of Bairstow, who took an excellent tumbling catch and celebrated with a mixture of glee and relief.

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What the absolute nonsense is this?!

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Oh, Marnus, what have you done. That is such a bonus for England, who were on the canvas and panting furiously. Out of nothing – and from his first delivery after being dropped by Bairstow – Labuschagne clouted a slog-sweep towards deep midwicket. Harry Brook ran in and swooped forward to take an excellent catch.

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It was England’s session, no question. But Australia are still on top in the game, and some would even say the series.

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What a wild half session. England scored 95 runs in 62 balls after lunch, even with runs turned down for tactical reasons. They’ve closed the gap right up. From the position they were in when Woakes got out, it’s a triumph. From the position they were in when Root and Bairstow resumed this morning, the scoreboard alone is a failure. They needed a lead.

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But what they do have is energy, momentum, they’ll be feeling good. And if Wood can come out and blaze through a couple at the top, well, this game could quickly tilt England’s way.

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It’s still Murphy! Goodness me. With nine on the fence. He bowls a couple wide of the off stump, Stokes unable to line them up. Then the line drifts straighter and Stokes belts him into the terrace again, over square leg. Finally, after taking his punishment, Murphy gets his reward. Miscued towards long on, Smith comes in, waves everyone else away, settles under the ball and takes his fifth catch of the innings.

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Drives to long off, glances to fine leg, says no run both times, charges Murphy next ball to defend. The field comes up. But they charge a single on a fumble from Cummins at midwicket.

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England are only 51 behind.

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Four catches in the innings for Smith, six wickets for Cummins, and that is another brilliant piece of fielding. Broad hooks, huge top edge going all the way out to the rope, nearly carrying for six, but sprinting around from long leg comes Smith, having to worry about whether the deep midwicket will crash into him coming the other way, and nonetheless he dives forward, sliding laterally to the rope, and hangs on!

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Whoosh. Stokes on strike, gets a single and puts Wood back on strike. So what does Wood do, Why, he pulls the ball for six. More of a deflection than a connection this time, over fine leg. He’s 24 off six balls! Then he leaves one, outside off stump. Then goes to the well once too often, the ball goes a mile up, and underneath it Mitchell Marsh makes a sandwich, cleans up the spilled mustard, carefully licks the knife, then takes the catch. Party time is over.

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42.1 overs: England 142-7 (Stokes 27) That concludes a dreadful first session for England. They resumed full of hope. That lasted two balls until Root edged a ball, a quality piece of bowling and the kind of thing that can happen. But Bairstow, Moeen, and Woakes all got out to poor decision-making, and the main difference between the teams has been that the Australians have caught like a dream. Everything into the slips has been held, including some really tough ones, and Stokes will only have the support of Robinson, Broad and Wood.

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That comes as no surprise whatsoever. Getting Woakes back on strike looked a bad option with one over until lunch. Short from Starc, outside off, and Woakes is determined to slog at everything. Could have just left that. Instead he gets a little top edge, so fine that he’s not sure if he hit it. He asks Stokes, who says to go for it. But the review shows a small spike.

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Cue the jinxing emails. That is daft, daft, daft cricket. The over starts with luck for Moeen. He plays a pull to a ball that isn’t short enough for it. One knee raised. Big top edge from Cummins, and it lands safely out at square leg through accident rather than design. He gets a run, then gets back on strike. Australia add to that leg-side field. Short leg, deep square, long leg about three quarters back, fine leg.

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So what does he do? Plays the pull shot again. Top edges it. Steve Smith, who has just been moved into that three-quarter position, takes the catch. He has 52 of them now in Ashes matches, only two short of the record held by Ian Botham.

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Second ball of the day! And what a catch from Warner! It’s classic Cummins, the ball that angles in, decks away just a whisper, and it’s on the length to draw Root forward and then take the edge rather than beat it. A little poke, flies towards slip. Warner is set quite deep and the ball dips on him late. He takes it down by his right shin, having to suddenly dip his weight to get down there, and it’s almost past him by the time he gets hands to it. Looks like it’s going to be a drop but he clings on. Sensational catching, quality delivery, and England’s best is gone.

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Hello from Headingley. Question one, as always at the cricket: how is the weather? Looks decent, a mix of cloud and blue, and that’s forecast to clear further. Conditions falling in the favour of England, then, who have Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow to resume at 68 for three.

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What a day we had yesterday. Hasn’t been a bad day’s cricket in the series so far, but that one was high octane. Mark Wood returning from a long lay-off and blazing through the lower order, taking five wickets with one of the fastest spells in England. And Mitchell Marsh returning after an even longer layoff and countering with a (deserving this overused word) truly brilliant century.

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Parry and thrust. Australia got to a reasonable total of 263 but would have wanted a hundred more. The pitch was fast and offered bounce. As Marsh showed, there are runs for someone who gets the pace of it. But he also got swing with the ball to find Zak Crawley’s edge, and Pat Cummins bowled well on this surface.

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All in the balance then, with England needing their main men to put together something substantial.

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Key events

WICKET! Australia 90-4 (Khawaja c Bairstow b Woakes 43)

34th over: Australia 86-3 (Khawaja 42, Head 9) I’m spending far too long looking at my emails and not enough time watching Moeen bowl. That said most of his overs have been pretty quiet, as figures – outstanding figures given England’s predicament – of 11-1-28-2 would suggest.

Still 50 minutes until the close.

33rd over: Australia 86-3 (Khawaja 41, Head 8) It sounds like Bairstow said “Seeya later, Smudge”, which lead to Smith turning round and having a word on his way off. It was all pretty harmless.

England would love to bid farewell to Khawaja, who is slowly grinding them down. He’s beaten by a nice delivery from Woakes that bounces from a length.

“A lot of us felt the solution was obvious even at the start of the series – Foakes to play instead of Crawley, with somebody else (Stokes in my view) moving up the order,” says Andrew Millington. “A better keeper and stronger top seven.”

The problem is that Stokes has hardly opened in his life in first-class cricket. Apparently when the idea was suggested to Mike Atherton, whose judgement I’d trust when it comes to opening the batting, he has rarely looked so disgusted. But we’ve done all this earlier in the series, so let’s not dig up old raves.

32nd over: Australia 84-3 (Khawaja 40, Head 7) Travis Head played second fiddle to Mitchell Marsh yesterday, a selfless innings in the circumstances. Today, with Khawaja batting in his bubble, Head gets to lead the charge. He crashes Moeen inside out through extra cover for his first boundary, and it might not be long before he starts going downtown.

31st over: Australia 78-3 (Khawaja 39, Head 2) Head misses a pull at Woakes, who is on for Wood, with the ball this close to brushing the back of the bat. Two from the over.

30th over: Australia 76-3 (Khawaja 38, Head 1) Moeen’s finger is starting to cause him some bother, and he feels it gently at the end of the over.

“He may well cost us the Ashes but it’s hard not to feel sorry for Bairstow. Poor guy’s confidence in bits,” says Max Williams. “Must be affecting his batting as well. Ironically England’s refusal to pick Foakes has arguably weakened their batting as well as their bowling attack. Took a wonderfully balanced team and broke it.”

Yeah, I can understand the criticism – the poor guy has had a nightmare – but the way he has been dehumanised by some people is bang out of order. The shocking breaking news about Edwin Van der Sar being in intensive care is another reminder of what’s coming for all of us one day, and it makes some of the Bairstow abuse look a bit pathetic.

As for the selection, I still don’t know what England could have done. I still think that – at the time, when Harry Brook averaged 90 in Tests and the top three was almost a separate team – it was the toughest selection decision I’ve known as an England fan.

That said, my main concern about Bairstow going to No7 was the impact it would have on his batting; I couldn’t have imagined he would keep so poorly, because for most of his England career he has been very reliable. We now realise he just hasn’t kept enough in the past few years, and he may not be the same keeper because of his fitness and leg injury.

Jonny Bairstow is having a time of it. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Mark Wood left the field at the drinks break. He gave everything he had, and what was left after that too, in a spell of 5-0-8-0.

As Nasser Hussain notes on Sky, Mo probably owes one of those wickets to Wood, whose threat made the other batters do strange things. Not just any batters, either; Labuschagne and Smith are possibly the two greediest runscorers in the world.

29th over: Australia 73-3 (Khawaja 36, Head 0) Another over for Wood, who is suddenly bowling like it’s Thursday 6 July 2023. Khawaja is hit on the back by a brutish bouncer, then misses a windy woof outside leg stump. Even Khawaja, the calmest man in Yorkshire, is threatening to lose his cool.

Khawaja avoids another bouncer, then waves a single down the ground. It should probably have been two but Khawaja wasn’t entirely enthused by the idea and stayed at the non-striker’s end.

Wood has two balls at the new batter Travis Head. The first is defended well, if a little awkwardly, off the back foot, and then he jumps inside a bouncer. Drinks. Mark Wood needs one of Novak Djokovic’s concoctions.

28th over: Australia 72-3 (Khawaja 35, Head 0) Moeen Ali, who is only really bowling because of the injuries to Stokes and Robinson, has figures of 8-1-17-2.

Steve Smith is Moeen Ali’s 200th Test wicket. He clipped a simple catch straight to midwicket, where Ben Duckett held on and clenched his fists in glee. Smith was walking off in disgust even before the catch was taken, and he had words with Jonny Bairstow on the way off. Pretty sure Bairstow instigated that.

Smith’s 100th Test has been a great disappointment: 22 and 2. He did take five catches in the first innings, mind, and that will surely provide absolutely no consolation whatsoever.

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"Steve Smith! What are you doing?!?"

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“Steve Smith! What are you doing?!?”

Smith makes it easy for Ben Duckett, and Moeen Ali gets his 200th Test match wicket! 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/wbCVqv2EHq

— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 7, 2023

WICKET! Australia 72-3 (Smith c Duckett b Moeen 2)

What the absolute nonsense is this?!

Steve Smith is out for just 2. Photograph: Rui Vieira/AP

27th over: Australia 70-2 (Khawaja 34, Smith 1) This is the fourth over of Wood’s spell. It feels like he’s finding a decent rhythm now, late in the day, and Smith is close to being trapped LBW. He jumped across his crease and got a late touch to fine leg. Wood puts his head in his hands; that was close, but Smith’s freakish hand-eye co-ordination saved him again.

“Mention of Graham Gooch’s comment after the 1990/91 Ashes Tour has me wistfully recalling that Innings at Headingley against West Indies the following summer,” says Brian Withington. “A truly stirring performance (with nary a six in sight) against the collective might of Ambrose, Patterson, Walsh and Marshall on a difficult track on a cold day whilst all about him perished.

“See also his fourth innings hundred in Barbados after the shocking sudden death of beloved tour manager and batting great, Ken Barrington, also covered in a fine piece by Phil Walker last summer. Includes another great comment when discussing his run record: ‘But it’s not about stats, OK? It’s never about that. It’s about when you supply that contribution. That’s what you should remember.’ Who could ever forget, who watched on in awe that day.”

I’d still put it a nose above Stokes at Headingley and Lord’s, largely for three reasons: the state of the pitch, the quality of the opposition attack and the weight of history.

26th over: Australia 68-2 (Khawaja 33, Smith 0) Bairstow’s drop didn’t cost England any runs but it will still gnaw at him. The vicissitudes of cricket are endlessly fascinating. Last summer Bairstow was batting like a berserk Bradman; I’ve never seen an England batter play as well in a concentrated period of three or four Tests. Then he went for a round of golf, and things changed forever.

Anyway, Steven Smith is the new batter, and Moeen widens his eyes with a bit of extra bounce. On Sky Sports, the ever excellent Mel Jones has just produced an extraordinary statistic. In his Test career, Labuschagne has played six slog-sweeps, and been out to three of them. What was he doing.

WICKET! Australia 68-2 (Labuschagne c Brook b Moeen 33)

Moeen Ali celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of Marnus Labuschagne. Photograph: Rui Vieira/AP

25th over: Australia 67-1 (Khawaja 32, Labuschagne 33) Wood’s a different bowler today – down on pace but also rhythm and movement. He’s still bowling a few jaffas, like the vicious bouncer from around the wicket that Labuschagne has just ducked underneath.

His follow through is taking him into the danger area, so he moves back over the wicket and zings another bouncer past Labuschagne’s noggin. Labuschagne shaped to hook before changing his mind.

Oh my word, Bairstow has dropped another chance! Labuschagne gloved an attempted pull to the left of Bairstow, who dived across and put down a tough one-handed chance. Both Wood and Bairstow ended face down on the turf in distress.

24th over: Australia 66-1 (Khawaja 31, Labuschagne 33) Nothing much is happening at Moeen’s end, just a few easy singles for Australia. He’s bowling perfectly well; the problem is there’s nothing in the pitch. Even so, figures of 6-1-14-0 are okay. England need to get out of this evening session relatively unscathed and hope all the quick bowlers wake up with new bodies in the morning.

“I think the thing about Bazball is that it amplifies the differences between the two sides,” says Steve Colwill. “England used it to crush arguably weaker sides, however, now that they are facing a very strong side they are getting crushed themselves.

“The other aspect of Bazball is that it puts every game on a knife-edge and makes mistakes such as dropped catches very costly. If you like Tests that are like five one-day games then Bazball is for you, otherwise it sucks.”

I can appreciate that viewpoint, though I’m not sure England have been crushed in this series. (Yet.) In my opinion the cricket England played last summer would have been too good even for Australia, certainly when you consider the advantages England have had with the tosses and Nathan Lyon’s injury at Lord’s. I’m not sure they were playing Bazball in the first two Tests. But let’s not get into all that again, we covered it when I started prematurely obituarising Bazball last Saturday.

23rd over: Australia 63-1 (Khawaja 29, Labuschagne 32) The Headingley crowd are ~~well pissed now~~ trying to get England going with some lusty chants. Root encourages them between deliveries.

Wood’s pace is down on yesterday. He still in the high 80s, but those 5-7 mph make a difference and Labuschagne has enough time to clatter a pull to deep midwicket for a single. Khawaja squirts another to bring up a quietly ruthless fifty partnership from 121 balls, and there are two more singles in the over.

There are still 31 overs remaining tonight and England are starting to look weary. I’m afraid they need to go to the well.

“Rob,” says John Starbuck. “Re: your question in the 20th over. What comes after All Sorts is liquorice sick.”

22nd over: Australia 59-1 (Khawaja 27, Labuschagne 30) “How many times was Darryl Cullinan dismissed by Warne?” asks Richard Mansell. “I’d also love to see which bowlers got Lara and Tendulkar out the most.”

Warne only got Cullinan four times in seven Tests (I think). I’d love to see the head-to-head average, mind. Lara’s nemesis was, by some distance, Glenn McGrath, though he also destroyed McGrath and Australia on a number of occasions. Pretty sure Tendulkar was Jimmy Anderson. Edit: yes it was.

McGrath’s record against the best player in each team is a powerful argument for him being the best of all those great fast bowlers in the 1990s and early 2000s. But let’s not get into that, they were outrageously good.

21st over: Australia 57-1 (Khawaja 25, Labuschagne 30) Ben Stokes goes back to Mark Wood, who maybe tried a bit too hard in his three-over spell before tea. He’s straining now as well, and a loose over – “he bowls to the left, he bowls to the right” – passes without incident.

In other news, here’s Simon Burnton’s Ashes diary from Headingley.

20th over: Australia 56-1 (Khawaja 25, Labuschagne 30) Labuschagne back cuts Moeen stylishly for four, then tries again and is denied by a good diving spot. Looks like this is the start of Operation: Moeen. If Australia hit him out of the attack, England are in all sorts, or whatever comes after all sorts. More sorts?

“Re whether people will remember the closeness of the games – probably not?” suggests Will Vignoles. “Nobody seems to remember that in the 2013/14 series the Australians relied on Haddin and the tail bailing them out a number of times, or that in the 2018 England – India series the matches were much closer than the 4-1 scorecard would suggest! All feeling a bit grim but hopefully Mark Wood can blast a way back in.”

The India series is an excellent reference point, though I thought people did remember how close it was. I guess we live in different WhatsApp groups.

19th over: Australia 50-1 (Khawaja 23, Labuschagne 25) Maybe Gary Naylor was right about this pitch. Broad beats Labuschagne with the kind of delivery Curtly Ambrose bowled twice an over towards the end of his career. An 80mph legbreak, essentially.

For the second time in three overs, Labuschagne thick-edges Broad between slip and gully for four. This outfield is so fast that you get value for your false shots, never mind the good ones. Australia lead by 76. They’ve done an admirable job of silencing the crowd.

“Australia in the nineties must have either taken pity on us or really celebrated hard once the series was won,” says Bobby Dunnett. “They were better then than they are now, and we were worse, but we had a few joyous dead rubber wins both at home and away. But since we’ve had the audacity to win a series or two, the whitewashes seem to just keep coming!”

I suppose that vengeful 2006-07 team normalised the whitewash. It helps that there are fewer draws nowadays. As you say England had six memorable dead-rubber wins between 1989-2005, but only the last two occurred when a whitewash was still on.

England captain Ben Stokes reacts after a shot from Marnus Labuschagne of Australia goes past him for four runs. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

18th over: Australia 45-1 (Khawaja 23, Labuschagne 20) Moeen is bowling around the wicket to both batters, with just a slip in place. Khawaja is surprised by a delivery that turns bounces grotesquely and aborts his attacking stroke. That’s the first ball that has really gripped.

Moeen freely admitted before the series that he can’t hold up an end, but he has started well today: 3-1-3-0.

“Thanks for the list of batsmen most often dismissed by a single bowler,” says Nick Parish. “Fascinating. Also exposed my faulty memory – I was expecting to see Gooch and Alderman on there, but it seems that only happened seven times. It seemed a lot more often at the time! I had forgotten that Alderman missed the 1985 series because of a rebel tour of South Africa, so I guess that explains some of it.”

Yes exactly. Gooch played him well in 1990-91, and got out to the other Australian bowlers during a poor 1981 series. It was only in 1989, with those two short midwickets, that he kept falling over his front pad. Hence the apocryphal ‘THATCHER OUT! LBW b Alderman’ graffiti.

17th over: Australia 44-1 (Khawaja 23, Labuschagne 19) Broad overpitches and is rifled through the covers for four by Labuschagne. He struggled at Edgbaston but has looked on the cusp of a score since then: 47, 30, 21 and now 18 not out.

Australia’s run-rate is around 2.5 per over, which is fine in the circumstances. The long game suits them more than England, especially as there has been a bit of uneven bounce today.

Talking of which, Labuschagne edges a sharp lifter from Broad onto his body, with the ball looping to safety on the off side.

16th over: Australia 39-1 (Khawaja 23, Labuschagne 14) Apologies, I missed that Moeen Ali because I was faffing around in my inbox. Two runs from it, it says here.

15th over: Australia 37-1 (Khawaja 22, Labuschagne 13) Broad’s first ball is thick edged wide of the slips for four by Labuschagne. The rest of the over is defended with calm control.

“This is starting to feel a bit eggy now,” retches Robbie Chedburn. “Very much like last chance saloon for England. Good session or we are in danger of producing a new series for the Ashes of Bazball! Nine quick wickets would do very nicely.”

I wonder whether, if Australia win 5-0, history will remember how close the first half of the series was? It’s hard to know. For example, England were humiliated 3-0 in Australia in 1990-91 – “a fart competing with thunder,” was their captain Graham Gooch’s verdict – yet they took a first-innings lead in the first two Tests. (They then went on to lose by eight and ten wickets, which is a helluvan achievement.)

14th over: Australia 33-1 (Khawaja 22, Labuschagne 9) Moeen Ali replaces Broad at the other end, and starts with an accurate but unthreatening maiden to Khawaja. He may have a lot of bowling to do this evening.

“My goodness, Woakes is a handsome chap!” swoons Tom Van der Gucht. “I know Foakes receives the plaudits for his long lashes and chiselled features, whilst Cummins has a sort of Boys’ Own hero quality to his lantern jaw and Colgate smile. Yet, Woakes seems to have made the difficult transition from boyishly handsome to young George Clooney slightly silvery fox hunkiness. It’s challenging to do: many young guns don’t seem to translate their youthful prettiness to manly handsomeness, such as Leo DeCapari.”

He never looked as beautiful after that name change.

13th over: Australia 33-1 (Khawaja 22, Labuschagne 9) Joe Root opens the bowling after tea, probably so that Stuart Broad can switch ends. No turn for Root, and four easy singles from the over.

“At lunchtime I was composing the post-mortem email in my head,” says Max Williams. “We’re still a fair bit in the red but hope yet springs. So, the obvious question – what’s the most England will want to chase? Last summer – 378-3 and all that – they would have fancied any number under 400. Hell, maybe any number under 500. But this is a different time, a different opposition, a different England.

“My head says any more than 250 and we’re in trouble. But it’ll be a day three pitch (you would hope), there’s no Lyon, and surely the top order can’t go any worse in the second innings (ahem). Plus, there’s the Headingly factor. So now I’m thinking we can reel in 350, no bother. Or maybe they’ll bat all day tomorrow and that’ll be that.”

It’s quite complicated, not least because the forecast for tomorrow is dreadful. Full disclosure: I have not a solitary scooby. If they are in the last-chance saloon, which they will be, this lot could chase 500 or fail to chase 50.

Here come the 13 players, including Ollie Robinson. It’ll be a big boost for England if he can bowl.

“Are there many sportspeople in the world who just make things happen more than Ben Stokes?” muses Matt Dony. “His ability is unquestionable. His game-intelligence and management are unbelievable. His force of personality is magnetic; it’s not just that he does ridiculous things, it’s that he causes ridiculous things to happen around him. Yes, we can all point fingers at choices and decisions made in these two and a half tests, but from an England point of view, Stokes is still just being Stokes. He’s astonishing, in so many ways.”

I thought the World T20 final last year confirmed him as England greatest-ever cricketer. The last six days have made me absolute certain of it. I think the Carlos Brathwaite over has been one of the best things that happened to him. Aside from the Nietzschean stuff, it taught him that if you hang around and take a game deep, the weirdest things can happen. That knowledge has led to some of the most astonishing sport we’ve ever seen.

Teatime reading Our friend Steven Pye has been reliving Headingley 1981, written from the perspective of an England fan at the time. Read all about it.

Tea: Australia lead by 55 runs

It was England’s session, no question. But Australia are still on top in the game, and some would even say the series.

12th over: Australia 29-1 (Khawaja 20, Labuschagne 7) Labuschagne defends solidly against Broad, then tucks the last ball of the over, and indeed the session, off the pads for a single. That’s tea.

“Take the point about Athers copping plenty from McGrath, Donald, Ambrose, et al,” says Dave Adams, “but by having no tours of Pakistan in the 1990s, he was effectively shielded from dealing with prime Wasim and Waqar on their home turf. He could’ve been bunny to them too…”

He could, though I was talking sheer volume of dismissals. If you’re playing five- and six-Test series against Australia and West Indies, you’ll be playing two- or three-Test series against Pakistan. Also, I would politely dispute that Atherton was anyone’s bunny except Glenn McGrath. He played some exceptional innings against Ambrose and Walsh, Donald and Pollock.

11th over: Australia 27-1 (Khawaja 19, Labuschagne 6) Time for two more overs before tea, three at a push. Wood has a strangled LBW shout against Khawaja, with the ball pitching outside leg. He isn’t bowling badly – he’s conceded only one run in three overs – but the ball isn’t moving quite as much as it did in the first innings. Yet. (NB: link contains adult language.)

Saying which, Wood jumps wide on the crease for the last ball, a full, wide outswinger that beats Labuschagne’s loose drive. An in-form Labuschagne goes nowhere near that.

“I reckon we can expect to see Root bowling at some time today,” says John Starbuck. “It’s his home ground, we are two bowlers short (Robinson and Stokes) and one needing kid-gloves treatment (Wood), so Broad, Woakes and Moeen will have to do the bulk. One assumes there aren’t any more of the batters who can turn their arms over but they ought to able to, if only to make up for their shortcomings in front of stumps.”

To quote Athers during that heart-stopping climax at Edgbaston, “it’s time for Harry Brook”. The ball is swinging a little, so it might happen. It feels forever ago that Brook bowled to Steve Smith at Edgbaston; it was 17 June.

10th over: Australia 26-1 (Khawaja 19, Labuschagne 6) Broad can’t bowl yet because of how long he was off the field. That means an unplanned fifth over for Woakes, and an animated discussion between Broad and the umpires. By the end of the series he’ll be picking fights with the boundary sponges.

Woakes’ over is a quiet one, with Labuschagne ignoring a couple of tempting outswingers – the kind that led to his dismissal YESTERDAY.

Leicestershire have chased down 389 at Headingley this season, Yorkshire have made 412-9 for a draw batting last (T492) … and these are the last three fourth innings chases in Test cricket here. Australia need plenty. pic.twitter.com/j9aC6Zd6AV

— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) July 7, 2023

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Leicestershire have chased down 389 at Headingley this season, Yorkshire have made 412-9 for a draw batting last (T492) … and these are the last three fourth innings chases in Test cricket here. Australia need plenty. pic.twitter.com/j9aC6Zd6AV

— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) July 7, 2023

9th over: Australia 25-1 (Khawaja 18, Labuschagne 6) Labuschagne is reluctant to get forward, understandably enough, but he is defending very solidly off the back foot. Wood doesn’t yet have the same rhythm as yesterday (yesterday!), with a couple of deliveries sliding down the leg side.

Hang on, did Labuschagne nick that? There was no appeal as Bairstow took a decent catch down the leg side, but there was a noise. We haven’t seen UltraEdge yet. It’s gone now anyway.

“I have a bit of a thing about pundits declaring a pitch to be good to bat on before the start and then clinging to that opinion for at least two days,” says Gary Naylor. “This surface has seen balls leap on to shoulders (bats and batters) and others squat, bouncing twice on the way to the keeper. The ball hasn’t spun, but it has seamed, the odd one jagging. It’s not an impossible surface, but it’s hardly Ahmedabad with India 1-0 up.”

I know what you mean but I still think that if – and this is a Brobdingnagian if – you can get past the new ball, there are loads of runs out there. Most of the top-order batters have been out to imperfect shots – not unforced errors, but still errors.

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne, right, plays a shot. Photograph: Rui Vieira/AP

8th over: Australia 25-1 (Khawaja 18, Labuschagne 6) Too straight from Woakes, and Khawaja does the necessary to the fine leg boundary. You’d rarely describe him as a dangerous batsman but in the context of this match I think he’s exactly that for England.

Woakes almost gets him with a nice delivery, angled across and beating Khawaja’s attempted drive. That kind of ball screams of data analysis. Australia lead by 51.

7th over: Australia 21-1 (Khawaja 14, Labuschagne 6) Mark Wood replaces Broad, and his second ball is a hot, hot yorker that Khawaja defends expertly. Khawaja knows from yesterday morning (yesterday morning!) that Wood is best played from the non-striker’s end, so he tucks the next ball off the pad for a single.

Labuschagne sways outside a beautifully directed bouncer, Robin Smith-style, then blinks a few times in an attempt to sharpen up even more. This is so good.

“One of my favourite cricketers of all time, Michael Atherton, was the chief bunny of many a wonderful bowler, not just McGrath but Ambrose, Walsh and Donald,” says David Horn. “He was unfortunate / blessed to be operating at a time of wonderful fast bowlers. He kept good company, certainly.”

Funnily enough I was discussing this with a mate last night. It’s no reflection of Atherton, who had plenty of glory of his own against those bowlers. You’re right, it’s a reflection of the quality of the fast bowling in that era. The other big factor is England’s schedule in the 1990s. They hardly ever toured the subcontinent and often played five or even six-Test series against Australia, West Indies and South Africa. Of Atherton’s 115 Tests, 78 were against those three countries.

6th over: Australia 20-1 (Khawaja 13, Labuschagne 6) My word, where did that come from. Woakes gets one to rear from a length at Labuschagne; it hits the shoulder of the bat and loops through the vacant gully region. This is pulsating stuff, and yet another reminder that the Waca was the greatest Test pitch of them all.

“There was plenty about that innings that disturbed/horrified me in terms of tactics, shot selection and execution,” says Brian Withington. “But for pure, ludicrous, jaw-dropping entertainment it would be hard to imagine it being matched … until the second innings? Let’s hope England’s walking wounded can still muster a full team by then.”

It reminded me so much of The Oval 1994. England were mad as hell and they weren’t gonna take it any more. The second innings is even better. Spoiler alert: chasing 359, England fall agonisingly short after making 350 all out in 31.2 overs.

5th over: Australia 19-1 (Khawaja 12, Labuschagne 6) Khawaja is a key man here, because he’s the one person you know for sure will not be drawn into a masculinity-waving contest. He also bats time, which will put pressure on England’s weakened bowling attack. Khawaja flicks a single off Broad’s last ball, and then Broad leaves the field for something or over. Suspect Wood will be on at that end.

“Looks like you will be having Sunday and Monday off,” says John Jones. “What do you plan to do?”

Give thanks to Saturday’s weather for earning me a few extra quid.

4th over: Australia 18-1 (Khawaja 11, Labuschagne 6) England only have three seamers plus Moeen Ali, which is another reason for Australia to try to survive this new-ball spell rather than get drawn into a brawl.

Mind you, on this pitch you can easily score at four an over without playing an attacking. Labuschagne, turned round by Woakes, thick edges through the slips for two.

“Warner heads off for just one run after falling to Broad for the 17th time,” writes Lis Fraser. “Should he have been smiling all the way back to the pavilion?”

I thought there was something endearingly human about that smile, which was both wry and vulnerable. His face seemed to acknowledge that, after such a promising start of the series, he was back in the hellish summer of 2019. I’ve really warmed to the old boy in the last few years.

3rd over: Australia 15-1 (Khawaja 10, Labuschagne 4) Warner smiled on his way off the field. He’s played extremely well at times in this series, but in this game the DeLorean has taken him back to 2019.

Labuschagne leaves his first two deliveries from Broad, is beaten by the third and punches the fourth superbly through mid-off for four. I would get Mark Wood right now.

Stuart Broad is now two short of equalling Glenn McGrath’s record as Test cricket’s ultimate nemesis. Warner was turned round by a textbook delivery from round the wicket and edged to the right of first slip, where Crawley took a very sharp catch to his right. That was pretty similar to his first innings dismissal, and quite a few of the 17 against Broad. Two more and they will be alongside McGrath and Mike Atherton. “I hope they keep picking him…” deadpans Athers on Sky.

WICKET! Australia 11-1 (Warner c Crawley b Broad 1)

And that’s No17.

England's Stuart Broad (right) celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia's David Warner. — England’s Stuart Broad (right) celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia’s David Warner. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

2nd over: Australia 11-0 (Khawaja 10, Warner 1) Warner is beaten by his first ball and tucked up by his second, which hits him in the stomach and loops to a limping Stokes in the gully. England went up for a catch but there was no inside-edge. Stokes was wincing and appealing simultaneously, like somebody suffering a sudden shot of cramp at the exact moment of… well never mind.

Khawaja is hit in the delicates, then returns the compliment in a metaphorical sense with consecutive boundaries. The first was flicked sweetly through square leg, the second pull witheringly to deep midwicket.

“Surely it’s time to roll this clip out again?” says Simon Cook. “The clip that sums up the series (from an England perspective). Always behind but moments of individual brilliance keep us clinging on and dreaming… until the inevitable happens.”

Indeed. The clip that sums up this Ashes series, the entire history of English cricket, and life itself.

1st over: Australia 2-0 (Khawaja 2, Warner 0) Ben Stokes is on the field, Ollie Robinson is not. Dan Lawrence, who won and then almost lost a Blast quarter-final last night, is on as substitute.

Stuart Broad starts to Usman Khawaja, with three slips waiting in anticipation and probably with a bit of trepidation. Khawaja repels a ball that keeps a bit low, then works two off the pads.

Mark Wood doesn’t like the new ball, but in these unique circumstances I would definitely give it to him. Ben Stokes, the greatest English cricketer of all time and one of the smartest, disagrees. With Robinson off the field, Chris Woakes is the man.

Thanks Geoff, hello everyone. I had a freelancer’s nap at lunch, did I miss owt?

Ho ho ho. England’s last three wickets added 95 in 10.2 overs of uniqueness. Mark Wood smeared 24 from 8 balls, including 16 from the first three after lunch, and Stokes ignored a nasty buttock injury to swing from the backside and hit 52 from his last 37 balls. By the end – and I’m not joking – sixes were being greeted like fours, an almost everyday occurrence. Stokes has hit 14 Ashes sixes in the last week. Sir Ian Botham hit 20 in his career.

This match, a bare-knuckle brawl on an equally fast pitch, is the precedent that should sustain England. One difference: Mark Wood has to play both Phil DeFreitas and Devon Malcolm. England trailed by 28 in that game after some savage lower-order hitting; they are 26 behind here.

Geoff Lemon

As the innings changes over, it’s a good time for our OBO teams to change over. Here is Rob Smyth.

Steve Smith with 5 catches for the innings, a Test record with 13 other instances (including Smith again).

He goes past Brian Lara's 164 to go into the top ten all time.

And with 54 Ashes catches he has now equalled Ian Botham's record.

— Geoff Lemon Sport (@GeoffLemonSport) July 7, 2023

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Steve Smith with 5 catches for the innings, a Test record with 13 other instances (including Smith again).

He goes past Brian Lara’s 164 to go into the top ten all time.

And with 54 Ashes catches he has now equalled Ian Botham’s record.

— Geoff Lemon Sport (@GeoffLemonSport) July 7, 2023

England all out for 237, trailing on the first innings by 26 runs

But what they do have is energy, momentum, they’ll be feeling good. And if Wood can come out and blaze through a couple at the top, well, this game could quickly tilt England’s way.

52.3 overs: England 237-10 (Robinson 5) Well.

WICKET! Stokes c Smith b Murphy 80, England 237-10

England captain Ben Stokes throws his bat in the air after being dismissed by Todd Murphy of Australia. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

52nd over: England 231-9 (Stokes 74 Robinson 5) Tenth-wicket Ben Stokes partnership at Headingley on a sunny afternoon, is it? Cummins bowling. Robinson backs away and pumps it for four! Short, pulled, but the field isn’t back so that’s a safer option than it was for Moeen, Broad, Wood. So they drop back deep midwicket, long leg, four out on the leg side. Robinson dinks it to gully and Marsh saves a boundary but gives up a single as the ball bounces clear. Stokes takes the single fourth ball.

Thoughts and prayers to Adam Horridge, who wrote me an email 38 minutes ago about “not holding out much hope for anything particularly exciting to happen this afternoon”.

51st over: England 225-9 (Stokes 73, Robinson 0) Murphy carrying on. That’s either brave or foolish. Stokes pumps it to Starc at long off, on the bounce. No run. So he gets down for the slog sweep and hits it for six. Australians standing on the boundary rope despairingly watching the ball sail over, it’s a Headingley thing.

Goes again next ball, over wide long on! Six more. Two fielders out there, they converge to watch it go over.

Wider and slower, Stokes can’t connect with a cut. Wide and fast, darted, and Stokes leaves. Field comes up, one ball left. Stokes can’t dig it past the bowler! He’s sore, stiff, hobbling. Still hitting bombs. England only 38 behind. Robinson will be on strike.

50th over: England 213-9 (Stokes 61, Robinson 0) Cummins to Stokes, who has a couple of swings that he can’t time. Bouncer, goes under it. Three to come. Everyone back except for Smith at midwicket. Smith has levelled Brian Lara on 164 catches, equal tenth of all time now. And he’s one catch away from the Ashes record. Cummins bowls short down leg, giving Stokes no chance to hit it. Last ball of the over Stokes walks to leg to get in the way, shovels a run to keep the strike.

“If I have followed it correctly, Mark Wood faced 8 balls and is now the fifth highest scorer in this match, Australia or England?”

Quite right, Alan Williams.

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