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378/9

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386 all out. England lead by 7.

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Entertaining half hour there

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Rain and it looks like it could be down for the day.

England 26/0. A lead of 33.

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Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm ripping through the Convicts top order here at Edgbaston.

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Sir Alastair Cook reckons 270 is a good lead. Iā€™d prefer 350 myself

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Brilliant diving catch from Cameron Green off Cummins picks up the wicket of Duckett. 27/1.

Tricky spell this for England in bowling friendly conditions. Lights are on, bit of rain around and itā€™s gloomy and overcast and might not be much more play today. Not a nice time to be batting and Bazball has to go out the window here.

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2 in 3 deliveries. 27/2 and Crawley is on his way.

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England will be praying that that cloud bursts.

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This is a huge opportunity for Australia. Conditions tailor made for a full scale England batting collapse.

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Thatā€™s one of the lamest wasted reviews Iā€™ve ever seen. Cummins will be livid with Sandpaper for insisting on sending that upstairs.

Rain has arrived again. That could be it for the day.

England 28/2

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Didnā€™t appear to a chance of a decision there.

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England need the rain to stay for the day now. If there is play again today, itā€™ll be horrible conditions to be batting in.

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Root surviving that spell just before rain will be crucial. The whinging Poms will win from here

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Ben Duckett is 5ft 7.

He doesnā€™t look it at all. I thought he was about 5ft 4 until I looked it up. He looks tiny out there.

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Another pitch inspection at 5.30 but itā€™s still raining. Youā€™d imagine thatā€™s it for the day. Thatā€™s it for me for the day in any case. Iā€™m going out for a swim.

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Sunny skyā€™s over Edgbaston this morning. A forecast of good weather all day.

Bit of a blow up over Robinsonā€™s celebration of his dismissal of Usman Khawaja. I didnā€™t pick up on too much of an issue myself at the time.
Big Merv Hughes said he sees no issue with it but the Australian media are bitching away.

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This has been some onslaught this morning. 85 runs added in the first hour, 113/3.

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Root was brilliant in the first 30 mins. Really set the tone.
The dismissal of Pope quelled things for a bit but Brook seems to be in now and he is kicking on.

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Root gives his wicket away in sloppy circumstances