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Four wickets across the session. Australia’s morning, without doubt. I’m going to take a break and grab a bite to eat. Back with you soon.
32nd over: England 85-4 (Buttler 1, Stokes 0) Lyon to Stokes and he has three catchers on the off-side: slip, gully and silly point. This was what I referenced in the preamble before play- Lyon, 24 hours ago, shadow-batting as a left-hander, working out where he would target. Stokes doesn’t take any bait here though, watching and leaving. One takes off that ends up with slip, but he’s through to the finish line. Well, this finish line, anyway. Four hours (65 overs) to go. For England to be any chance now, their vice-captain will need to face a great many of them. He can think about that at LUNCH!
Written by Adam Collins at Edgbaston (now) and Rob Smyth (later)
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