The second Test of the 2023 men’s Ashes starts at Lord’s on Wednesday (June 28). Here’s where to follow the ENG vs AUS live score, including full scorecard, live match statistics, team XIs, toss and match statistics from the Test.
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Ashes 2023, second Test: Live score for ENG vs AUS
Ashes 2023: Ball-by-ball commentary
Ashes 2023, second Test: Toss and playing XI
England won the toss and opted to bowl first.
England XI: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, James Anderson.
Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Ashes 2023, second Test: News and updates
Moeen Ali’s finger had been the talk of the town. In his comeback game in the first match of the series, he injured his finger and there were doubts regarding his participation in the second Test. Rehan Ahmed was called as a cover for Moeen. However, neither has found a place in the England XI for the Lord’s Test with England opting for Josh Tongue instead, given the green Lord’s surface on offer.
Australia would be pondering on whether to get Mitchell Starc back in the team after he was left out for Scott Boland in the first Test. Boland was attacked by the English batters on a docile surface at Edgbaston. However, his quality on seaming surfaces is well-known and might tempt Australia to back him for a second successive game.
A pretty cool view from the @SEN_Cricket box at the @HomeOfCricket & a lively looking pitch. This is going to be a lot of fun #Ashes pic.twitter.com/VudyuM0cPt
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) June 27, 2023
England unleash a week of double entendres at Lord’s as everyone waits for the moment Josh Tongue bowls to Travis Head. #Ashes
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) June 27, 2023
Match prediction
Since their arrival, Australia have won two Tests on this tour: the WTC Final against India and the first Ashes Test against England. They were hit hard by England’s Bazball approach in the previous game but weathered the storm long enough to end up victorious. England will continue to come hard at them, but given the belief and momentum Australia are carrying at the moment, they will start off as slight favourites.
