A lot of talk about which of the bowlers will drop out to accommodate Archer. Woakes looks like he's making his position safe.
Great stuff in the field from England. A brilliant run-out by Rashid, followed by an excellent catch off his own bowling, and then a remarkable improvised stumping by Buttler.
Seems like a fair result so far for the Aussies................. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Australia are 172 for 3 with 17.0 overs left Australia First Innings Runs Extras (0nb 4w 6lb 0b) Total 172 for 3 (33.0 overs) Warner c Bairstow b Plunkett 43 Finch * c Ali b Wood 14 Marsh c Buttler b Plunkett 30 Smith not out 50 Khawaja not out 25 Maxwell Stoinis Carey † Starc Coulter-Nile Lyon Cummins Zampa Behrendorff Richardson
They'll need 10 an over from here to get near the 350 which has become the minimum requirement against England.
England are piling up injuries today. Ridiculous to play the Aussies before the World Cup. England were ready after the Pakistan series and are in danger of being over cooked and carrying injuries.
That was poor from Stokes. Yes, he was struggling, but there was plenty of time left. He didn't need to run down the pitch like that. Buttler now turns the game around in one over, with 24 off Coulter-Nile.