England left battling to save second Ashes Test after Steve Smith and Jofra Archer duel captivates Lord's

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• Speed demon Jofra Archer gives England a very un-English edge at Lord's

• England end the day 96/4, a lead of 104

6:57PM

STUMPS: ENG 96/4 (Stokes 16* Buttler 10*)

Well, the rain is coming down fairly heavily at Lord's now. Not quite rodding it down but not far off. The umpires tell the players to get off. England's players not too bothered by that. One day to go, one day left. The match still in the balance. All results still possible! Buttler and Stokes dug in at the end there.

6:55PM

OVER 32: ENG 96/4 (Stokes 16* Buttler 10*)

A maiden from Hazlewood. That'll do for England, that'll do.

6:50PM

OVER 31: ENG 96/4 (Stokes 16* Buttler 10*)

Stokes profiting from Cummins in this over. Two runs with a skew to midwicket and then four runs with a leg glance. Six runs from it in total and England's lead extends to the 104 mark. 10 minutes until close of play. England in a sticky spot, still. But if they can get past lunch tomorrow without being bowled out then they could be in an okay-ish position.

6:45PM

OVER 30: ENG 90/4 (Stokes 10* Buttler 10*)

Oooooh. Stokes leaves an arm ball from Lyon and it nearly - so nearly! - glances his off stump. Only missed by a couple of inches. Next one is also a straight-onner but Stokes jams his bat down in front of his pads well. Just one from the over, England hanging on. Meanwhile...

6:09PM

OVER 20: ENG 71/3 (Burns 29* Stokes 6*)             

Lyon returns for Stokes. He has got him out five times in 11 matches - and almost a sixth as Stokes cuts and almiost drags on. Instead he runs two. The next ball, a big dipper with overspin, draws Stokes' edge and he nicks it fine of Warner at first slip and it scoots for four. A missed chance rather than a dropped chance. Two balls later Stokes chops wide of slip and Warner dives to his left and drops it.

6:05PM

OVER 19: ENG 64/3 (Burns 28* Stokes 0*)             

Siddle is staying on for now. Denly drives, the ball catches the edge and trickles down to third man for three. That's the 50 partnership, the second for them in the match. That was streaky but the next ball is creamed through mid-on for four. Just as he had built a platform, he crumbles on the drive, over-reaches and pops it back up the pitch. Stokes comes in ahead of Buttler. England lead by 72.

6:01PM

Wicket!!

Denly c&b Siddle 26That could be it for Mr D's Test career after chipping a return catch back to the bowler. FOW 64/2

5:58PM

OVER 18: ENG 56/2 (Burns 27* Denly 19*)           

Some spots of rain now and the light looks to be deteriorating. Nothing like yesterday morning yet. Hazlewood has replaced Lyon who may come round to the Pavilion End. Denly chases a very wide one and plays and misses ... with relief. He ends the over popping up a hook, fetching it from wide of mid-off. It falls 10m short of deep backward square leg and plugs. They run a single but not worth the risk ... unless they've been told to accelerate.

5:54PM

OVER 17: ENG 54/2 (Burns 26* Denly 18*)           

Siddle resumes and angles one across Denly that flies down to the fine leg boundary for off his pad for four leg-byes. He adds four to his own score with a thick edge off a drive that scuttles through the slips. Siddle yells in frustration that gully should have stopped the ball. Was it Khawaja?

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5:46PM

OVER 16: ENG 46/2 (Burns 26* Denly 14*)         

Excellent from Denly who comes down the pitch and lofts an on-drive for four off Lyon. He uses his feet again to drill what should have been a single to mid-on. Burns sends him back because he didn't see him coming as he was watching the ball. Denly has to scramble back. He middles a long-hop from Lyon to deep backward square. Had that not come out of the meat he might have gleaned more than a single. Time for drinks.

5:43PM

OVER 15: ENG 41/2 (Burns 26* Denly 10*)         

Denly gets away with a cuff off his pads through square leg for a single. Siddle turns the rest of the over into an examination of Burns' temperance. And he passes it.

5:40PM

OVER 14: ENG 39/2 (Burns 26* Denly 9*)       

Dramatic over: Denly whips a single, Burns dabs two down to third man, square cuts for four and is then pinned by Lyon. Aleem Dar says not out, Australia do not review but should have because it would have been overturned. Then Burns ends the over slog-sweeping and top-edging it. The ball lands safely ... just ... beyond midwicket.

5:35PM

OVER 13: ENG 30/2 (Burns 18* Denly 8*)       

Warner drops Denly off a thick edge. It was low to his right and he spilled it. Denly was going to leave it then fenced at it very late. Siddle glares at Denly rather than Warner. Denly's Test career is hanging by a thread here. They've dug in against the 90mph merchants and now both are being tempted by wide ones from Sir Sid Il as Bumble calls him.

5:29PM

OVER 12: ENG 29/2 (Burns 18* Denly 7*)       

Two short ones from Lyon to start. Burns toe-ends his cut to the first but out comes the cleaver and he scythes the next one for four. A whisk off his pads fine earns him a single. Denly is faced with a slip and Bancroft at short-leg. He whips a single with the turn through midwicket. Lyon tosses another wide on outside Burns' off-stump and the batsman under-edges it into the ground. Momentary fear of a drag-on ... but he escapes with his wickets intact.

5:26PM

OVER 11: ENG 23/2 (Burns 13* Denly 6*)     

Some respite as Siddle replaces Cummins and pitches the ball up at 79-81mph. He probes away for the edge but finds the wrong one as Denly inside-edges into his pads.  Denly looks so stoical after each ball. A veteran, well-loved schoolmasterly air about him. Maiden and double change. Garry the GOAT is coming on at the Nursery End.

5:22PM

OVER 10: ENG 23/2 (Burns 13* Denly 6*)     

Hazlewood rips his fingers down the seam and encourages a ball to nip back and strike a crushing blow on what looks like the heel of Denly's  hand which cannons into his stomach and winds him. After recovering, he tucks two singles off his hip, Burns works one to square leg, too.

5:18PM

OVER 9: ENG 20/2 (Burns 12* Denly 4*)     

Burns, the boy who stood on the burning deck, is trying to steady the ship by getting into line, and working runs off his pads. He defends four, lets the bouncer go then whips two off his legs. Patience.

5:15PM

OVER 8: ENG 18/2 (Burns 10* Denly 4*)   

Burns fetches the offside bouncer and persuades it round the corner for a single. Denly has three to face and plays them well. Hazlewood, argues Shane Warne, is bowling too short in this spell.

5:07PM

OVER 7: ENG 17/2 (Burns 9* Denly 4*)   

Cummins rattles in a 90mph caustic rib-tickler and Denly manages to glove it fine for four as he leapt off his feet. The next nibbles back and hits him on the thigh-pad and they run two leg-byes as Hazlewood loses his footing, much to the delight of the crowd.

5:02PM

OVER 6: ENG 11/2 (Burns 9* Denly 0*) 

Hazlewood clocks Burns who puts his hands in front of his face to fend away the bouncer and the ball falls short of Khawaja's dive at gully. His chest-on approach makes him very vulnerable. But he survives and then drills two through wide mid-on.

4:59PM

OVER 5: ENG 9/2 (Burns 7* Denly 0*) 

Cummins calls up a short leg for Denly and the hat-trick ball, nips it back and hits him on the thigh-pad. Nasser Hussain reckons Root is trying to correct a fault that has crept into his Test-match batting, being vulnerable to lbws. So he stayed legside and pushed at a good length ball, fearing it would jag back in. Roy's dismissal was simply some bizarre. The last ball of Cummins' over whistles past Denly's inside edge as it tails back in.  This is bowel-churning stuff for the England dressing-room.

4:53PM

Wicket!!

Root c Paine b Cummins 0 Out for a golden duck and Cummins is on a hat-trick. Fine delivery, the perfect length and the captain pushes foreard, his bat too far from his pads and snicks it through. England lead by 17. FOW 9/2

4:50PM

Wicket!!

Roy c & b Cummins 2Cummins slides his fingers down the seam, Roy , done by the change in pace, is on it early and as he tries to flick it off his hip it hits the spilce and pops back up the pitch. Cummins makes good ground to turn and catch it. FOW 9/1

4:49PM

OVER 4: ENG 9/0 (Burns 7* Roy 2*)

Still no short leg for Roy, who is almost sawn in half by one that jags back and hits him in the bread basket. Hazlewood turns to wobble seam and Roy edges short of second slip. The next ball is shorter and Roy flips it off his hip for a single. Smith has gone for a X-ray on his forearm.

4:45PM

OVER 3: ENG 8/0 (Burns 7* Roy 1*)

Roy is allowed to play one off the back foot and is then drawn forward and defends solidly. He is trying to soften his hands and play late but it is a heck of an adjustment to make and is also his white-ball superpower. Cummins strays on to his legs and Roy whisks it away for a single behind square leg. 'Pattie' is urged to aim 'under the armpit' when his bouncer balloons over Burns' head.

4:40PM

OVER 2: ENG 7/0 (Burns 7* Roy 0*)

Three slips, two gullies for Burns who punches the first ball he faces off the back foot for four through point. Fine shot. Lyon gives chase but cannot drag it back when he slides towards the rope. Good, composed start from Burns so far, flicking two off the back foot through wide mid-on. Too short.

4:35PM

ENG 1/0 (Burns 1* Roy 0*)

Pat Cummins takes the new ball from the Pavilion End and begins with a rapid but full one. He has a short leg in for Burns and is certain to bomb him. Burns tucks a single off his hip when the ball doesn't get up. Roy is on strike and on a pair. No bat-pad for him. Roy defends one that spits up into the legside and blocks the next that jags in. A short leg would be a good tactic here, but Cummins prefers four slips and a gully. Four balls to Roy all find the bat but no runs off it. Hazlewood will bowl from the Nursery End.

4:28PM

Australia in a huddle

We're waiting for the umpires.  Marcus Labuschagne is subbing for Steve Smith. Rory Burns and Jason Roy walk to the middle.

4:11PM

END OF INNINGS/TEA: AUS 250ao  - England lead by eight runs

England have a tricky final session. It'll be a long one. Get through to close of play only a couple of wickets down and then they'll be in a half-decent position. But a collapse now would hand Australia a good chance of victory.

Rob Bagchi will take you through the next session. 

4:10PM

WICKET! Cummins b Broad c Bairstow 20

Cummins gloves one down the leg side, Bairstow takes it easily and Australia are all out for 250 exactly. They trail by eight. FOW 250ao

4:08PM

OVER 94: AUS 250/9 (Cummins 20* Hazlewood 3*)

Out comes Steve Smith Josh Hazlewood. Sorry, wishful thinking. Leach has the vultures around the bat to the new man, who gets off the mark second ball, with a legside nudge. Australia now within 10 of England's first innings total. This spells a little trouble for England, potentially. Hard for Australia to lose this one here. There probably isn't enough time in the game. But England can definitely lose it. An off side push gets Hazlewood two.

4:01PM

WICKET! Lyon LBW Leach 6

Australia review LBW decision...given out on field. Jack Leach back into the attack. Bowled well in his previous spell. And he traps Lyon LBW first up, who instantly reviews. Did he hit it? Perhaps.

Doesn't look like he hit it. He's nowhere near it! Looks out to me already. Yep. Ball pitched in line, wickets hitting! FOW 246/9

4:00PM

He's quick, isn't he?

3:59PM

OVER 93: AUS 246/8 (Cummins 20* Lyon 6*)

Lyon punches one down the ground, in the air, for three. Maybe time to get Archer back on? This pitch is still a good one to bat on. Not much help for the bowlers. Is there an actual lull in the game? Or was it just that it was absolutely crazy when Steve Smith was out there...

Again Broad takes the outside edge but it's just short of Root at slip. Arghhh.

3:55PM

OVER 92: AUS 243/8 (Cummins 20* Lyon 3*)

Woakes looking the more likely to get a wicket. But he does average 0.6 per wicket or something silly like that at Lord's. An outside edge from Cummins goes quickly down between the slips and goes for four.  England lead by 15.

3:50PM

OVER 91: AUS 238/8 (Cummins 16* Lyon 2*)

A bit of short stuff from Broad but he doesn't look particularly threatening. A couple of nice pulls on the legside gets Australia a few runs from the over. England's lead is 20. 

3:49PM

Steve Smith update from CA

3:46PM

OVER 90: AUS 235/8 (Cummins 15* Lyon 0*)

Perhaps Smith still was in pain, even if he wasn't concussed. He took one on the neck and one on the arm. He was still looking pretty uncomfortable after the blow to his arm, so he could still have been in pain. I have no knowledge of the concussion tests and obviously no history of medical knowledge. But you would hope that the assessments are thorough.

A maiden from Woakes, who has 3-56.

3:43PM

OVER 89: AUS 234/8 (Cummins 15* Lyon 0*)

Cummins has a flash and he flashes hard outside off. Short ball from Broad, it goes quickly to Jason Roy who cannot adjusted his jump enough and he can only parry it over. Should he have taken it? Yes.  That's the only run from the over. Some talk over on the old social media about whether Smith should have been back out given the skittish way he resumed his innings. You have to trust the medical professionals, right? Rather than looking at the way he batted and saying that he's still concussed.

3:37PM

OVER 88: AUS 234/8 (Cummins 14* Lyon 0*)

And England lead by 24. It's going to be very close at the end of the innings.

3:34PM

WICKET! Smith lbw Woakes 92

He leaves an inswinger and it hits him on the pads, umpire says out. A bad leave. Smith reviews...not playng a shot...and that's as out as it's possible to be. He edged a couple before that, was also hit on the pads the ball before. Didn't seem to be entirely comfortable after coming back after that blow, despite a couple of brilliant shots. FOW 234/8

3:31PM

C'est rapido

3:30PM

OVER 87: AUS 226/6 (Cummins 14* Smith 88*)

Jofra Archer is warming up...

Meanwhile we have to be content with Broad, who is having some troubles with his boots. I don't see a problem with bowling Archer until he can bowl no more here. There's only one day left after this one, he won't be bowling all that much in the rest of the match, his 29 overs have come with a big gap in the match yesterday. And he seemed absolutely fine at the end of his spell. And who would not want a resumption of Smith vs Archer?!

A maiden from Broad.

3:25PM

OVER 86: AUS 226/6 (Cummins 14* Smith 88*)

Ooookay. Smith is obviously fine. The second ball from Woakes and he plays a MASSIVE heave over mid-wicket for four. Ball, meet cow corner. Nothing agricultural about the next one as he punches a cover drive off the back foot for another boundary. A bit short but my, what a shot. What is Smith made of? Granite. Steel.

3:22PM

A resumption of Archer vs Smith on the cards now?

I don't see why not? Certainly if not in this Test then the rest of this series.

3:21PM

WICKET!

Siddle b Woakes c Bairstow 9

That's what Woakes does! McGrath-esque. One on a perfect line and length moves away, takes the outside edge and is easily taken by the keeper. FOW 218/7

Steve Smith returns...

3:19PM

OVER 85: AUS 218/6 (Cummins 14* Siddle 9*)

Steve Smith is back sitting in the Australian dressing room, watching proceedings with his kit still on.

Broad bowls another maiden at decent pace. Bit of a lull in the match now, after that gripping encounter between Smith and Archer. Cummins and Siddle looking reeeasonably comfortable.

3:15PM

OVER 84: AUS 218/6 (Cummins 14* Siddle 9*)

Woakes' second over passes without too much event, bar a half-hearted shout for lbw but it was going down leg. I thought it looked good so I clearly need to get my eyes checked.

3:12PM

I can't really say I saw him laughing

Hard to really say what was going on with just the TV pictures, really. So that's why it's perhaps best to reserve judgement.

3:10PM

OVER 83: AUS 218/6 (Cummins 14* Siddle 9*)

Will that be the end of Archer's brutal, brilliant spell? I hope not. But it could well be time for Stuart Broad.  One of the finest fast bowling spells England have seen for a while.

Broad does return.Dent first over from him without too much alarm, bar sneaking one past the outside edge of Siddle. Twice.  Siddle squirted one down to third man for three, though. England's lead is just 40. 

3:05PM

OVER 82: AUS 214/6 (Cummins 14* Siddle 6*)

Woakes at the other end with the new ball. A big shout for LBW first ball. Looked decent if a bit leggish. Yeah, would have been surely missing leg. Indeed, Hawkeye confirms that. Good ball! Australia have the deficit below 50 and are in effect seven down. Woakes, low-mid 80s wobbles one past the outside edge of Siddle. Still finding his range, here, is the Lord of Lord's. A maiden anyway.

3:01PM

OVER 81: AUS 214/6 (Cummins 14* Siddle 6*)

This is a long spell from Archer. This is his 29th over in total. Still, worth considering that we only had one session yesterday, so he's had a fair break in the middle of this innings. He starts off a bit leggish with his first two balls as he adjusts to the new ball. The third one is on the spot, though. And the fourth. And the fifth. The sixth is a rank leg-side one which is given as byes. Harsh on Bairstow, was a horrible delivery.

Smith, meanwhile, is being seen by the doctor.

2:57PM

OVER 80: AUS 210/6 (Cummins 14* Siddle 6*)

Jack Leach comes over the wicket with his left-armers. He now has the foot marks to bowl to and he very nearly gets one through Cummins' defences, out of the rough and turning beyond off stump, well past the bat. Encouraging. But Lyon will have that rough to bowl into for England's left-handers, of which there are four - but just Stokes and Burns in the top order. Leach reverts to over the wicker for the final ball, which gets glanced for four off the legs.

New ball due. And Archer continues. With the new ball? Yes.

2:52PM

OVER 79: AUS 205/6 (Cummins 13* Siddle 2*)

Remember Mark Wood's super quick spell in the West Indies earlier this year? That x 2. Obviously Archer is not bowling at 185mph but this is just superb fast bowling from Archer, who is showing no signs of letting up. He bowls a slower ball which will affect his average speed, but Siddle sees it and plays it well. A maiden for Jofra and just one more until the second new ball.

2:48PM

The ball that felled Smith

2:48PM

OVER 78: AUS 205/6 (Cummins 13* Siddle 2*)

Aaaand another Jack Leach over for just one run.

2:46PM

OVER 77: AUS 204/6 (Cummins 13* Siddle 1*)

Jofra Archer, fearsome, quick, brilliant, will finish his 27th over. No signs of him slowing down through the match. Perhaps even the opposite. Siddle on strike. But not for long as he takes a single to mid off. Another one at 95mph! Such a shame Wood and Stone are injured for the rest of the series. A trio of genuine quicks, imagine that! Cummins getting in well behind a short one, but the final ball of the over cuts him in half, beating the inside edge! What a spell by Archer. 

2:41PM

Smith leaves the field of play

To applause. He will have to have a concussion assessment, I think. England have not been able to get him out but they - Archer specifically - have really got into him. First a blow on the arm and then one on the head. Applause throughout as he walks off and through the long room. Out comes Peter Siddle, certainly less of a fearsome batsman. Still, he got 40-odd in the first Test.

Replays show it didn't actually hit him in the helmet but sort of the the lower neck in the side area. Could have been worse, that.

2:38PM

DRINKS: AUS 203/6 (Smith 80* Cummins 13*)

They take drinks, sensibly. But there is a hush around the ground. Smith is awake and seems okay but this will need further assessment. He was down on his back for a good minute or two.

He makes it back up to his feet to applause but I cannot see him staying on now. He wants to carry on but that was a significant blow.

2:35PM

Archer pins smith on the helmet...

More short stuff from Archer to Smith. The Aussie pulls a bumper over backward square legs head, over Ben Stokes' head for four. Next ball he absolutely pins him on the helmet! Moved into that one. He's down. That does not look good...there will be another physio break, I think.

2:34PM

OVER 76: AUS 199/6 (Smith 76* Cummins 13*)

Leach bowling well but it's not all that threatening. 76 overs gone now, though, and the new ball due so it's the "giving the quicks a rest" tactic, really.  Just the one from the over.

2:31PM

Archer + ball + arm = pain

He's still struggling with his arm out there.

2:30PM

OVER 75: AUS 198/6 (Smith 75* Cummins 13*)

Archer continues to Cummins, who plays a drive through point for four. He can hold a bat, averages 21 in Tests. Archer is a different proposition to most bowlers, especially now. The short stuff continues. And why not? Cummins dished enough of it out when he was steaming in. They really want Smith on strike, though, but his batting partner sees out the over. Any more for Archer after this one?

2:27PM

OVER 74: AUS 194/6 (Smith 75* Cummins 9*)

Australia have reduced England's lead into the 60s now. Good chance of them getting to parity. If they do, they have a better chance of victory than England and the pressure will be on the home side. Leach continues with another decent over, not much turn or bounce but good lines. Just the one from his seventh over.

2:24PM

OVER 73: AUS 193/6 (Smith 75* Cummins 8*)

England just have one slip. Another one at 94mph. Cummins edges wide of first slip to third man. Get someone in there? Maybe not. A single. One more to Smith from Archer in this over. The crowd are up for it. It's short! Smith steps back and plays it down to short leg...short of Buttler there. 96mph that one! This is enthralling stuff.

2:21PM

Review! Decision upheld.

Oooh, Archer tries a bouncer first up to Smith! Well-directed and quick, Smith swats at it, gets a top edge and it flies over the keeper for four. Smith shrugs his shoulders and carries on. The same again next ball, 93.7mph! Better contact this time as it goes in the air down to deep backward square leg for a single. Not really a controlled shot, mind you. Archer continues to touch 94mph here to Cummins. What an addition he is to England's team...

Another bouncer...it comes off something and Bairstow takes it. England review! Ump said not out. 

I need my eyes testing and so do the England team because that didn't touch anything...

2:17PM

Archer pins Smith

How is Smith going to leave so extravagantly with this injured arm?!

2:16PM

OVER 72: AUS 186/6 (Smith 70* Cummins 7*)

A big bump appears on Smith's forearm. They tape it up, tight. He looks in pain still. We'll see how well he goes when he faces another ball but it looks a bit worrying for the ex-captain. Meanwhile, Leach bowls a tight line and length to Cummins while we wait for Archer to resume the main show vs Smith. Cummins showing some intent, though. But a maiden.

2:11PM

OVER 71: AUS 186/6 (Smith 70* Cummins 7*)

Archer gets a bit careless and bowls too wide to Smith, who stands and delivers off the back foot through the covers for four. Lovely shot. But brutal. Smith brings out his lightsabre leave towards the end of the over. It's weird to say that England are struggling when they have Australia 186-6 but that is the current match situation and the Steve Smith effect.

Archer's bouncers need a bit more accuracy. Aaaand, just as I type that, Smith ducks into one and it hits him on the left arm. Physio comes out, it was 89mph and Smith looks in pain here. If you can't get him out...

2:05PM

OVER 70: AUS 181/6 (Smith 66* Cummins 7*)

Jack Leach returns to bowl. Smith keen to get his feet moving and playing on the leg side against the spin. A single gets Cummins on strike. A big shout for lbw but it doesn't last too long. Root not interested. Would have been sliding down leg. Just a single from the over.

2:01PM

OVER 69: AUS 180/6 (Smith 65* Cummins 7*)

Archer to Cummins. A thick outside edge for three, past backward point and that's an ideal start for Cummins. Smith back on strike. Archer tries his knuckle ball, but it goes a bit too far down leg side and Bairstow has to dive to stop it. Smith just seems to have so much time when playing. A single brings

Cummings back on strike, will Archer give him a bumper? Guaranteed here, I'd say. Nope...it was short, but also wide and it's guided down to third man for four off the back foot. The next one is a bouncer but it's well over Cummins' head, who knew what was coming and got well underneath it. The final ball of the over is short and sharp but it beats everything, Bairstow only managing to tip it over the bar and to the boundary for four byes.

1:56PM

OVER 68: AUS 168/6 (Smith 64* Cummins 0*)

Another edge, a thick one, from Smith out to deep point for two runs. Played it on the off-side for a change. Broad strays onto Smith's pads, a bit too full and straight and it's whipped through midwicket for four.  What a shot. Whaddaplaya.

1:52PM

OVER 67: AUS 162/6 (Smith 50* Cummins 0*)

Archer now has figures of 2-30 off 22 overs. Decent. Economical. Dangerous.

1:51PM

WICKET!

Paine b Archer c Buttler 23

The ball from Jofra Archer nips back a fair amount back of a length, Paine inside edges onto his pads, caught a bit on the crease, and it loops up to Jos Buttler at short leg for an easy catch! FOW 162/6

1:45PM

OVER 66: AUS 160/5 (Smith 57* Paine 22*)

Stuart Broad resumes with a juicy full toss and Tim Paine smashes it to cover. No runs, missed out. Nasser Hussain makes the point that England should be bowling Leach now. He was brought in partly for that reason, so why waste him? There has been a bit of criticism about Root's bowling selections in this Test. Perhaps Smith has scrambled his thinking? Smith looking as good as ever, smashing a full ball down the ground past the bowler for four. Punished.

1:41PM

Good afternoon

Smith and Paine come back out onto the Lord's pitch. Heading for a draw, you'd reckon, unless a remarkable passage of play occurs. Possible, I guess.

1:09PM

LUNCH: AUS 155/5 (Smith 53* Paine 21*)

England lead by 103 after the opening session of day four. They have bowled with purpose and poise but have been unable to make any further inroads after working over Matthew Wade and dismissing him for a 45-ball six. Tim Paine has looked unsettled by the short stuff and has been hit a couple of times on the thigh pad but when England's bowlers have elicited mistakes from the batsmen, the edges haven't carried. Steve Smith's half-century, as ever, has one sausage-like spoke on his wagon wheel, between fine leg and deep backward square and though England have been much better here than they were at Edgbaston, Stuart Broad bowling magnificently, he's still in. He's still in. He's still in.  Luke Slater will take you through the second session. See you after tea.

1:04PM

OVER 64: AUS 155/5 (Smith 53* Paine 21*)             

Australia go into lunch having lost only one more wicket. Stokes bowled the last before the break, reaches 90mph and posts a short leg. Paine short-arm pulls a single to deep backward square, Smith ducks a bouncer and edges one along the ground to gully.

12:59PM

OVER 63: AUS 154/5 (Smith 53* Paine 20*)             

Maiden for Leach to Smith. Should have time for only one more over before lunch. Oh to be a 12th man today.

12:56PM

OVER 62: AUS 154/5 (Smith 53* Paine 20*)             

Paine is disconcerted by the short stuff and Stokes' angle from wide on the crease, flapping at a pull, missing and wearing the ball on his midriff. He squares him up with a fuller delivery too, catches the edge but his soft hands drop it a metre short of slip.

12:52PM

OVER 61: AUS 152/5 (Smith 52* Paine 20*)             

Fifty for Smith and 150 for Australia when he charges Leach and lofts him wide over long on for four against the turn. Up goes the bat and he defends or leaves the remainder of the over.

12:49PM

OVER 61: AUS 148/5 (Smith 48* Paine 20*)             

Smith climbs into a wide on from Stokes and skelps it for four through cover and then takes a single in the usual fashion. Paine misjudges the length and pulls one that didn't get up and is struck on the top flap. England ponder an appeal then decide against ... judiciously as it was going over the stumps,

12:47PM

OVER 60: AUS 138/5 (Smith 38* Paine 20*)             

Smith squirts a drive under Broad's dive at point and they run three. The kind of misfield from Broad that had it been done to him would have resulted in an eruption of Etna proportions.  Leach tries to encourage Paine to drive, which he does without penetrating the infield, and also thick edges a defensive into his pad.

12:40PM

OVER 59: AUS 138/5 (Smith 38* Paine 20*)             

Archer goes for a breather with figures of 21-9-28-1. Stokes charges in from the Pavilion End. Too straight, Smith whips it for two behind square. A tiny victory for Stokes who encourages one to spit up at Smith and smack him on the right hand. The gurning afterwards is a sight to behold.

12:35PM

OVER 58: AUS 135/5 (Smith 35* Paine 20*)             

Jack Leach comes on for his first spell of the match from the Nursery End. No short leg, only a slip. Paine blocks the first five. Good flight from Leach who has six men saving singles, which they do. Maiden.

12:31PM

OVER 57: AUS 135/5 (Smith 35* Paine 20*)           

Paine is struck on the thigh-pad by Archer's nip-backer and gives it a rub. The next ball swings about 2m after it pitches, wobbling down the legside for a bye. Bairstow had no chance.

12:28PM

OVER 56: AUS 134/5 (Smith 35* Paine 20*)           

Woakes serves up a flaming pie that Paine cracks for four with a sparkling square cut. Stokes' tries to run Paine out when he steals a quick single, misses with his diving throw and they complete two more buzzers.  Archer should have backed the throw up. Instead Buttler hares round the boundary to drag it back from the rope. The partnership climbs to 32.

12:24PM

OVER 55: AUS 127/5 (Smith 35* Paine 13*)         

Another edge, another frustrated fielder, Jason Roy at second slip as Paine's nick off Archer drops half a metre short of his forward dive. Archer emits a breezy expletive when he knocks the ball out of his hand as he winds  up to bowl and it squirts into the pitch. Dead ball. Archer gives Paine the hurry up and he fends it between third slip and gully for a single. Leach is limbering up.

12:19PM

OVER 54: AUS 126/5 (Smith 35* Paine 12*)         

Paine tries a back-foot drive that flies off the inside edge, whistles past the stumps and goes down to Leach at long leg. Why have I only just noticed that Leach bowls and bats left-handed but throws right. Weird. Paine plays the same stroke to the next ball and earns a jammy single. Woakes is bowling well.

12:14PM

OVER 53: AUS 121/5 (Smith 34* Paine 8*)         

Archer does Smith with a knuckle ball and he edges it, one bounce, to second slip. The slower ball didn't have enough pace to carry though it elicited the mistake. Archer tries a yorker, that doesn't land, and Smith has a flick and a miss on the full as it headed down. Leg-stump yorker is a sensible tactic. Archer ends the maiden making Smith play and miss again. The sun has been to the milliner.

12:10PM

OVER 52: AUS 121/5 (Smith 34* Paine 8*)         

Smith edges Woakes a second time in this spell - again the ball shoots along the ground - then whips a single off middle and off through square leg. Woakes nips one back and strikes Paine on the top flap. Too high to review but Woakes almost gets his man with a snorter that jags the other way and beats the Australia captain.

12:04PM

OVER 51: AUS 120/5 (Smith 33* Paine 8*)       

Archer jags one back down the hill and pins Paine, too high, on the thigh pad. The next is another big nip-backer that starts on middle and passes Paine's backside as it hoops miles down the legside after pitching for four byes. Paine tries to pull a short one and is hit on the hand and hip. He winces and hobbles a single. Smith ends the over, ducking a bouncer then playing tip and run to Broad at mid-off to pinch the strike. On come the drinks waiters.  Australia have made 40 and England have one wicket from the first hour.

11:59AM

OVER 50: AUS 114/5 (Smith 32* Paine 7*)       

Woakes finds Smith's edge but the ball trickles along the ground for two to third man. Decent, straightish, full start from Woakes. Archer is coming on from the other end.

11:54AM

OVER 49: AUS 110/5 (Smith 29* Paine 6*)       

Broad and Stokes, at gully, hold their heads in their hands, own heads in own hands rather than each other's, when Broad nips one back into Smith who is squared up, plays late and still whips it down to long leg for a single. Paine squeezes two through point. Looking tired now, Broad. Woakes will replace Archer at the Nursery End. Perhaps Archer might now have a couple from the Pavilion End.

11:51AM

OVER 48: AUS 107/5 (Smith 28* Paine 4*)       

Steve Smith butters his bread with a flick through midwicket for a single, giving Archer a dart at Paine. He edges one low through gully, edges a pull into his pads then opens the face to run a defensive through the slips for four.

11:47AM

OVER 47: AUS 102/5 (Smith 27* Paine 0*)     

England are going to bomb Paine, or are threatening to as a bluff. They have a short leg and two men out on the hook. It's a bluff, so far, as Broad tests his forward defensive and racks up a maiden.

RN Harvey is at Lord's today. The last of the Invincibles. Ridiculous as it might sound, I once saw him bat at Eden Gardens in early 1981 in a golden anniversary match for the Bengal Cricket Association. He's 91 so would have been 52 or 53 then.

11:42AM

OVER 46: AUS 102/5 (Smith 27* Paine 0*)     

Archer has Broad at mid-off, constantly talking to him. Smith is squared up and struck on the right thigh-pad and then flashes hard at a shorter one, missing a square cut as the ball zooms under the bottom edge of the toe. This could be the match right here ... and Smith knows it. One false move and he gives himself a proper talking to. Maiden. Sky shows how Broad set up Wade with a subtle variation in line and length after four or five in the yellow-ball zone.

11:36AM

OVER 45: AUS 102/5 (Smith 27* Paine 0*)     

The floodlights are coming back on as Paine walks out, captain and former captain coming together. Wicket maiden for Broad who surprises Paine with a yorker that he digs out and jabs to mid-on.

11:32AM

Wicket!!

Wade c Burns b Broad 6The left-hander has been in the wars this morning and drives at a fullish ball from Broad, nicking it low to third slip, Burns dives forward and scoops it with his knuckles grazing the turf. Hardly anything's carried so far in this match but this one does. Good catch.England have an end open. FOW 102/5

11:32AM

OVER 44: AUS 102/4 (Smith 27* Wade 7*)   

Root posts Buttler at bat-pad for Wade who ducks into a rapid bouncer and is struck on the biceps. They trot a single.

11:27AM

OVER 43: AUS 100/4 (Smith 26* Wade 6*)   

Need a macro or template to cut and paste that says, 'Smith whips a single off middle behind square leg'. Broad comes round to Wade and tries to line him up for a leg-before. He is bowling fuller to the left-hander more consistently and the batsman gropes at the last two, his back leg coming round to open his stance.

11:23AM

OVER 42: AUS 99/4 (Smith 25* Wade 6*) 

Bowling change: Archer on for Stokes.  Smith defends, French-cricket-style and edges it on to his pads. The ball squirts down to fine leg for a single. Archer cranks the pace up for Wade, round the wicket to the left-hander. He squares him up with one that leaps up and hits the splice then hits him on left index finger as he fends into the legside. Needs a short leg. Wade's finger is smarting and he takes off his glove and wrings it.

11:19AM

OVER 41: AUS 98/4 (Smith 25* Wade 6*) 

Broad loses the good length that was troubling Smith, goes back of a length and Smith pummels it off the back foot for four. He comes back with one that zips away from the edge ... still 30cm  too short, though. Smith's bottom hand is so far around the handle, his thumb pointing to leg slip, they want to get him driving but can't get it right so far.  He whips a single off middle and off down to long leg then Wade drills an off-drive for four. Terrific stroke. Archer makes a half-hearted attempt to stop it but goes down in instalments.

11:13AM

OVER 40: AUS 89/4 (Smith 19* Wade 2*) 

Stokes continues and pitches up to Wade who whips him down to long leg for a single. Had he missed it, he would have been plumb but he didn't. Good over from Stokes, quick, full, no room to free the hands.

11:10AM

OVER 39: AUS 87/4 (Smith 18* Wade 1*)

Stuart Broad from the Pavilion End and draws Smith into a false stroke, chasing one outside off that is fuller. Smith berates himself. What a strange player he is to watch, part Don Bradman, part Norman Wisdom. Someone should shout 'Mr Grimsdale' at him every now and then. Bothered by a wasp, he fidgets even more manically.  Excellent from Broad outside off-stump, nice and full but then one sits up and Smith hammers it off the back foot through cover for four. Nice shot, bad ball. A booming bouncer is called wide but Broad recovers to square Smith up who now joins the Ministry of Silly Walks as he stops himself as he contemplates running a single with an extravagant high kick.

Jimmy Anderson has been bowling on the outfield this morning and apparently was running in smoothly.

11:02AM

OVER 38: AUS 82/4 (Smith 14* Wade 1*)

Matthew Wade is off the mark with a tuck off his hip. That's the 25th ball he's faced.  Stokes has two slips and a gully for Smith and bangs one ion. It spits up and hits high on the splice, surprising the batsman. Stokes is up to 88mph but strays on to middle and Smith deploys his get-out stroke, glancing a single down to long leg. That ball apart, Stokes bowled well yesterday and resumes with the same vigour.

10:57AM

Good morning

The players are coming out. We will resume with five balls from Ben Stokes' third over with Australia 178 runs behind with six wickets left.

10:53AM

Five minutes until play gets underway

I'm going to hand over to Rob Bagchi, who will take you through the crucial first session. 

10:50AM

More from Broad, speaking to Sky Sports

10:46AM

One man who thinks England have a chance from here is Stuart Broad

But he would say that, wouldn't he?

Read more from Broad here.  

10:39AM

In other England cricket news

Eoin Morgan has said he will wait on his back injury before confirming that he'll stay on as England's ODI and T20 captain. Read more on that here. 

10:33AM

How the play lost to rain affects this Test match

10:27AM

Weather looks decent, then

Hopeful of a full day's play. Most likely outcome is a draw, but a collapse somewhere along the line for either side could change that. It'd have to be a fairly dramatic one, though. Australia could be bowled out for 150 or so before/just after lunch; leaving England a 100 run lead, two sessions to set a target and then tomorrow to try and bowl them out.

Or Australia could bat to parity until around tea, skittle England for 120-odd by day five lunchtime and then chase it down in the remaining time. Forecast for tomorrow is fine, so it's unlikely we'll lose any more play due to rain.

10:21AM

Isabelle Westbury: Steve Smith adapts again with Lord's masterclass in leaving the ball alone

Read more of Isabelle Westbury's thoughts on Smith's peculiar habits - and his general excellent - here.  England will want to get him leaving the field, rather than the ball, pretty soon this morning.

10:15AM

Up goes the finger!

9:29AM

Good morning

Hello all and welcome to coverage on day four of the second Test where we should be able to bring you some actual cricket action.

Australia resume 80-4 trailing England by 178 runs after Friday afternoon's action was wiped out by the rain.

With the entire first day having already been washed out at Lord's, time is running out for either side to force a victory - though England might now be the favourite.

Having eked out a first-innings total of 258 on Thursday, England used bowler-friendly overhead conditions to plunge the Australians from 60-1 to 71-4 after they resumed on 30-1.

Cameron Bancroft (13), Usman Khawaja (36) and Travis Head (7) fell in the space of 7.3 overs, and Steve Smith - the key batsman in Australia's lineup - was battling hard on 13 from 40 balls when the rain arrived a few minutes before lunch was due. The teams left the field and didn't return.

Despite a 40 per cent chance of rain round 3pm, according to the Met Office, intermittent sunshine and a high of 21C is forecast today.

Stuart Broad has given England two hours to bowl out Australia and force a match-winning position on day four.

The fast bowler is relatively upbeat about his side's prospects but believes he and the rest of the home attack need to pick up the next six wickets before the morning's play is over.

"We feel pretty positive, but we'd need to bowl Australia out by lunch," he said.

"Our bowling unit's aim is to get the next six wickets by lunch and then ideally bat until an hour, or half-an-hour, before lunch on day five and try to force a result that way.

"This pitch has got 10 good balls in it in each day. There's 98 overs for the next two days, which for both teams has been enough to bowl each other out."