Key events
Jonathan Liew looked at the place of Ben Duckett, a man too cubic for the English public.
I spent my time on Lyon’s misfortune, and a bit of Smith, and the fact that jinxes make a very boring strand of humour.
And we did The Final Word, if you like your day’s wrap in podcast form.
… and the Ashes diary from yesterday.
Here’s Simon Burnton with the quotes on Nathan Lyon’s injury…
On yesterday’s round-up, here’s the match report from Ali Martin.
Preamble
Geoff Lemon
It seems that we’ve only just left the cricket ground, and then, what do you know? We’re back at the cricket ground. Mornings roll round easily at this time of year. Day three of the Lord’s Test, after we escaped the dire forecasts for Day two without losing a minute to rain. Today’s prognostication suggests that aside from a modest chance of a brief late afternoon thunderstorm, we should be fine.
So, what’s your camp? Some people are looking at the second day and saying that England stuffed it up, others think that it’s a decent position really and would have been a lot worse had the team from a couple of years ago been playing. Both positions have some merit. England will resume 138 runs behind, with captain Ben Stokes and new gem Harry Brook at the crease, and Jonny Bairstow yet to come. Those three could storm into a lead by lunch.
Or they could be all out.
