whereas england s batting was swashbuckling, it was far more attritional from australia, but it mayjust be effective enough. here s more from our correspondentjoe wilson. it was gloomy above the oval certainly at the start of the second day. for it seemed that shirley didn t know how to approach their innings so that they reallyjust got stuck for them took a stunning catch, one headed from joe root for the pen for a while we could sell pretty steadily. steve smith having survived a millimetre run out decision then took control for a well for australia until he hit the ball straight up into the air. they are still held the cat that he was gone for 71. changing later in the day with some tail and hitting. murray and cummings took a great catch on the boundary from ben stokes to finally get rid of the australian captain england will bat on day three in their second innings for the 12 runs behind. i think we know who they will bad positively and we already know there is so
look closely at the cricket. something is always happening. hang on, stuart broad swapping over the bails. why? the batter marnus labuschagne seemed to find it amusing. seconds later. oh, what a catch! stunning from joe root. labuschagne had faced 82 deliveries. had he been distracted? broad acknowledged something. well, broad was now on the charge to dismiss usman khawaja. australia s batters scored slowly and fell steadily. having survived a millimetre run out decision, steve smith was busy rescuing australia s innings. everyone sensed it. what made smith do this? the ball soared. someone was watching it. someone was beneath it. jonny bairstow. under control. smith gone for 71. these teams are so closely matched, but then you knew that already. here, one young australian unexpectedly made a difference. todd murphy, picked for his spin bowling, attacked the fastest deliveries, channelling