- Over-by-over coverage of the second day at Edgbaston
- Smith enters as pantomime villain, but departs a hero
- Any thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport
I don’t really need to encourage this, because my email inbox is bracing itself for the Ashes deluge, but you can get in touch using geoff.lemon@theguardian.com or you can join me in the sunlit uplands of Twitter using @GeoffLemonSport.
Good morning from Edgbaston. It’s a pleasant sort of day so far here in Birmingham, some cloud about but some blue sky as well. And what a day of Ashes cricket we have for us. You know those Test days that end at just the right time? We’re so evenly poised now. Some wins for England yesterday with Stuart Broad’s five-for and the first eight wickets, then that extraordinary batting fightback from Steve Smith and Australia’s two least likely, Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon.
Smith’s hundred was one of the best the game has seen, given his personal circumstances mixed with those of the match, and Broad did what he has done against Australia so many times.
Written by Geoff Lemon (now) & Rob Smyth (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/aug/02/ashes-2019-england-v-australia-first-test-day-two-live under the title “Ashes 2019: England v Australia first Test, day two – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
