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Ashes 2nd Test, Day 4: Stokes, Duckett keep England alive; Aussies ahead

On the final day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's, hosts England need 257 runs to win with Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett in the middle and six wickets remaining

Ashes 2nd Test preview: England to test Australia by pace at green Lord's

There is not just a tinge of green, but the entire pitch looked green at Lord's on the eve of the start of the second Ashes Test. England have selected their playing 11 and it has five pacers

Ashes: Ponting offers advice to Labuschagne and Head ahead of 2nd Test

Former captain Ricky Ponting has offered technical advice to Australia batters Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head to counter England's bowling attack ahead of the second Ashes Test starting Wednesday at the Lord's. Australia won the opening Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham by two wickets in what was the first match of the new ICC World Test Championship cycle. There were a number of impressive individual performances, but Labuschagne and Head struggled in the Ashes opener. Ponting wants Labuschagne to go back to basics to find success, and has offered one-on-one time to the 28-year-old right-hander. "I'll wait for them to come and ask me. It's not my place, I'm not one of the coaches, I'm just a past player that's sitting back and analysing what a lot of these guys are doing," Ponting said in the ICC Review. "But I would like to catch up with him (Labuschagne) and have a chat about his batting, because I think what I've seen over the last couple of weeks, as far as I'm concerned, I t

Ashes: Not Bazball but execution cost England 1st Test vs Australia

Bazball approach, promoted by England coach Brandon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes is being blamed for the team's tantalizing two-wicket loss in the first Ashes Test

Ashes: Australia, England docked WTC points by ICC for slow over-rate

Australia and England lost two points from their World Test Championship tally on Wednesday after both sides were found guilty of maintaining slow over rates during the first Ashes Test