The second Test between England and Australia ended in a draw at Lord's on Sunday. Australia, set an unlikely 267 to win in a minimum of 48 overs after England captain Joe Root's declaration, finished on 154/6. A draw always looked likely in a match that saw five whole sessions lost to rain and Australia's Steve Smith ruled out with concussion on Sunday after being hit on the neck by a Jofra Archer bouncer during his innings of 92 on Saturday. Four wickets after tea gave England hope of what would have been a stunning win. Ashes-holders Australia, bidding for their first Test series win away to England in 18 years, remain 1-0 up in the five-match campaign following their 251-run victory at Edgbaston last week. The third Test at Headingley starts on Thursday.
Ashes 2019 2nd Test Day 5 Match, Highlights between England vs Australia, straight from Lord's, London.
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- 23:54 (IST)Match ends in a draw!Pat Cummins completely surrounded by close in fielders is ready to face Jack Leach who starts the final over of the day. He gets to bowl only three balls before Aleem Dar clips the bails at the non-striker's end. The players from two teams shake hands as the match has ended in a draw.
- 23:49 (IST)England lose review!Pat Cummins offers no shot and gets wrapped on the pad, Joe Root decides to go for a review. Replay shows the ball would have gone on to miss the stumps.
- 23:46 (IST)Archer stopped from bowling!The natural light has gone down significantly and the umpire has stopped Jofra Archer from bowling as his express pace can be dangerous for the batsmen, forcing Joe Root to hand the bowl to Joe Denly.
- 23:43 (IST)Leach continues from the other end!Jack Leach continues to draw batsman on the front foot but Pat Cummins uses solid technique to keep the ball away from the close-in fielders.
- 23:40 (IST)Archer continues to ask questions!Jofra Archer continues to attack with his short balls in the over and Travis Head surrounded by several close catching fielders does well to keep it away from them.
- 23:38 (IST)Six overs left, England need four wickets to win!Jofra Archer to continue for England. Pat Cummins plays the ball behind wicket on the leg side and it falls just short of leg gully.
- 23:34 (IST)Out! Paine departs!Joe Denly takes a ripper diving full length towards his left to dismiss Tim Paine. Jofra Archer picks up his third wicket of the day to give England some belief.
- 23:31 (IST)Four byes!Jofra Archer once again gets the ball to rise into the batsman from the back of length. Paine does well to get his head out of the line in time. It goes over Bairstow's head and races away to the fence.
- 23:28 (IST)Four! Paine off the mark!Jack Leach pitches the ball a tad too full to Tim Paine and he drives it down the ground towards long-on to open his account with a boundary.
- 23:25 (IST)10 overs left in the match!With Jofra Archer, England are going for a final try at the win. They need five wickets in 10 overs. Can they do it, we shall find out...
- 23:19 (IST)Leach strikes again! Wade departs!Jack Leach targets the rough area in front of left-hander Matthew Wade and gets it to turn sharply and Jos Buttler at short leg completes a simple catch. Australia five down and England need five wickets to win.
- 23:10 (IST)Leach gets rid of Labuschagne!Marnus Labuschagne goes for a sweep which ricochets off the pad of short leg fielder and goes to Joe root and he claims he has completed the catch cleanly. The two onfield umpires decide to go upstairs and their soft signal is out. TV umpire Joel Wilson after checking all the possible angles rules in England's favour, Labuschagne certainly is not happy with that decision. His fabulous innings comes to an end at 59.
- 23:06 (IST)Four!Marnus Labuschagne drives the overpitch ball from Jack Leach comfortably through extra cover for a four. With this knock he is making a strong case for himself for the third Test which begins in three-days time.
- 23:02 (IST)Archer is back into attack!Jofra Archer is back into the attack, probably England's last try at getting a result out of the game.
- 22:59 (IST)50 for Labuschagne!
- 22:56 (IST)Four!Jack Leach starts his new over with a juicy full-toss and Marnus Labuschagne sweeps it towards deep backward square leg for a four.
- 22:50 (IST)Four!Joes Root offers room outside off and Travis Head cuts it off backfoot for a four behind point.
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- 22:36 (IST)Four!Travis Head smashes his second boundary of the over and with that he is making England realise what a big mistake they made by dropping him.
- 22:35 (IST)Four!England fielders continue to misfield in the over and this time an error at backward point results in a boundary.
- 22:34 (IST)Dropped!Ben Stokes forces an error out of Travis Head but Jason Roy drops a sitter at second slip.
- 22:32 (IST)Root brings Leach back!Jack Leach returns to the attack. He starts with four close in fielders around the batsman and creates a couple of half chances in the over.
- 22:30 (IST)Four!Travis Head guides a short of length delivery from Ben Stokes past backward point to claim second boundary in the over.
- 22:28 (IST)Four!Ben Stokes starts his spell with a half-tracker and Travis Head makes full use of that and puts it away behind fence on the off side.
- 22:25 (IST)Four!Chris Woakes errs in his line, bowls wide of off stumps, Marnus Labuschagne puts it away in the gap between gully and point to claim another boundary.
- 22:23 (IST)Huge LBW appeal...Not out!Chris Woakes gets the ball to hit Marnus Labuschagne high on the pad, goes straight up but his appeal is turned down by the umpire Aleem Dar. Root decides to go for a review. The replay shows the impact between bat and pad to be outside off stump line. England lose their review.
- 22:18 (IST)Four!Travis Head tickles the ball fine off his pads towards the fine leg fence for a four.
- 22:12 (IST)Four!Marnus Labuschagne is showing great temperament in leaving the ball outside off stump and is quick to pounce on any bad delivery. This time he leaned forward as Broad offered a half-volley and drove it through square for a four.
- 22:04 (IST)Four!Travis Head gets on the front foot, extends his arms to get to the pitch of the ball and drives it comfortably through cover to collect another boundary.
- 22:01 (IST)Four!Jofra Archer fires in a back of length delivery and Travis Head somehow manages to play it over silly point fielder and goes straight to ropes on the leg side.
- 21:58 (IST)England on top!Looking at the way the game is progressing, England are the ones who are playing for a win here which is why they are still persisting with Jofra Archer who is in his 10th over. Joe Root has provided him with a couple of close catching options. Australian batsmen are looking to defend rather than scoring runs.
- 21:48 (IST)Five overthrows!
- 21:42 (IST)Four!Travis Head once again decides to sweep Jack Leach but has a change of mind at the last moment, end up playing it quite awkwardly, the ball goes inches away from the stumps and races to the ropes behind keeper.
- 21:40 (IST)Head misses the line!Travis Head decides to go for a slog sweep against Jack Leach but misses the line completely. The ball misses the stump just marginally.
- 21:34 (IST)Leach dismisses Bancroft!Jack Leach bowls an arm-ball which kept low, Cameron Bancroft shuffles across to play with the turn on the leg side, gets trapped dead in front and departs for 16.
- 21:31 (IST)Final session begins!Jack Leach to start the bowling in the final session of the day and the match, with Marnus Labuschagne on strike.
- 21:15 (IST)End of second sessionAustralia are 46/2 at tea on Day 5. Jofra Archer got both the wickets for England in this innings. Warner continued to disappoint as he departed for 5 and Khawaja got out to a peach of a delivery from Archer. Australia need 221 more to win.
- 21:11 (IST)Fiery spell from Archer!Jofra Archer continues to frustrate Aussie batsmen with his express pace and bounce.
- 21:02 (IST)Four!Chris Woakes pitches the ball up and Marnus Labuschagne flicks it on the on side for a four. Lovely bit of batting from him as he kept leaving the ball outside off stump and punished a half-volley offered by Woakes.