England vs Australia LIVE: Ashes scorecard and second Test updates

Lunch: There was almost an audible sigh of relief as England managed to navigate their way through to lunch without the loss of a wicket, having started their innings at 12.42pm.

The contrast in bowling however was stark, if you pardon the pun. Mitchell Starc hit speeds not seen so far in the Test match, including 90mph in the first over, while Pat Cummins was also bowling balls in the late-80mph range.

While speed is not everything, there is nothing that can be taken away from the quality of the Australian bowling attack, and England will have their work cut out for them in the afternoon.

It doesn’t get better for England, with Josh Hazelwood also to come into the attack, while at times on the first day some of England’s bowlers could barely reach 80mph.

It was a good start to the day, with the remaining wickets wrapped up quicker than could have been expected, including Ashes debutant Josh Tongue claiming the scalp of Steve Smith, but not before he had 110 runs, England trail by 403, at 13-0.

On the money from Pat Cummins, beating Zak Crawley outside off down the slope. There’s nothing to encourage England’s opener to free the arms as the clock ticks to 1pm BST – a maiden before lunch.

Streaky from Ben Duckett, a familiarly tentative prod with an angled bat outside off stump, and slightly fortunate that it jumps off a top edge, far out of reach for even Cameron Green in the gully. Duckett’s lack of love for the leave feels like it might cause consistent problems against this Australian attack, all capable of generating extra bounce – while he played superbly in that big score here against Ireland earlier in the summer, he might have to be a little more watchful today.

Crawley punches a slightly mistimed drive for three into space at mid-off.

A little bit of lift for Pat Cummins, using that hard new Dukes to hammer away just short of a length. Zak Crawley flicks firmly to midwicket, forcing Nathan Lyon to sprawl to his left, the spinner producing a superb bit of fielding at full stretch.

Yep, just a little bit of something there for Cummins, Crawley taking his bottom hand off the bat as his splice is bothered by the bounce. One from it.

Crawley’s partner is also up and away, pushing into the offside. A leading edge will give Mitchell Starc a bit of encouragement as he finds a hint of movement away at 91mph, Crawley taking two more…

Big swing in and Australia like it! Up go the arms…not out. And Australia turn down a review! That looked tight live, but was it doing too much? Alex Carey seems to have convinced the bowler and his captain…and wisely, it transpires, with it missing by a centimetre or two. Starc’s threat immediately evident, though.

Hang on, it won’t be Josh Hazlewood to start – Pat Cummins fancies a burst with the new ball, perhaps thinking his extra pace may be more of a handful on this surface.

Well it isn’t quite the crisp crash through the covers of Edgbaston, but Zak Crawley is off the mark first ball, tucking neatly to midwicket for one to start the scoring.

Down through the long room come Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, England’s large and little opening pair. Crawley pats at the pitch on his way to face first – if you can get in, it looks a run-scoring afternoon with the morning clouds having drifted away and the sun starting to dry the outfield.

Mitchell Starc to start. Left arm over, three slips and a gully – and a deep point…

This will be a nervy little period for England with the lunch break not far away. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett dashed off to get their pads on, while there is a little bit of doubt over Ollie Pope at number three – while England’s vice-captain batted in the nets this morning, there is a suggestion he could be pushed down the order a little bit to allow that sore shoulder a bit of extra recovery time having not fielded this morning.

Mitchell Starc is getting warm, ready for his first bowl in this series. It appears he and Josh Hazlewood will resume new ball duties, with Pat Cummins gathered with the rest of the Austrlaian side for a chat while his opening pair loosen the legs on the practice pitches.

A pretty even hour-and-a-half, England happy to have extinguished Australia’s tail without too much undue damage, but the visitors content to have swelled their total with some quickish runs. Only once has a score of 400+ in the first innings of a Lord’s Test resulted in defeat – while it didn’t turn out as badly as England might have feared given the situation two and a half sessions in yesterday, Australia are on top.