Key wickets late within the day helped put England in with an opportunity of staying in competition within the Ashes collection of their must-win second take a look at, Australia ending day two on 116-4 with a second-innings lead of 142.

More heroics from captain Ben Stokes single-handedly obtained England inside 26 runs of Australia’s first innings complete after a big-hitting 80, the hosts skittled out for 237.

With England struggling on 142-7 at lunch, Mark Wood got here in after the restart and obtained a quick-fire 24 off eight balls to take the hosts a bit nearer to Australia’s complete, with Stokes trying on in disbelief down the opposite finish.

The quick bowler was then caught after one slog too many to provide Australia skipper Pat Cummins his first five-wicket haul in England, earlier than Stokes took on the big-hitting mantle, passing 50 with an enormous hit.

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