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Australia has surrendered a seven-run first-innings lead at Edgbaston on Sunday, after Usman Khawaja’s century helped it to 386 in reply to England’s 8-393 declared.
Australia was all out simply earlier than lunch on day three of the primary Check on Sunday, after Khawaja’s dismissal for 141 prompted the vacationers to lose 4-14 within the house of three.3 overs.
England then moved with out alarm to 0-26 in its eighth over, earlier than drizzle started to fall over Birmingham.
Additional rain was forecast for each Monday afternoon and day 5.
After beginning the day 82 runs behind, Khawaja regarded prone to bat Australia to a lead after he introduced up his maiden century in England on day two.
However ultimately he grew impatient on Sunday morning for the primary time in his innings, after scoring six runs from his earlier 33 balls.
With a catching ring of six males in entrance of the wicket, Khawaja jumped down the pitch, yorked himself, and was bowled by Ollie Robinson for 141.
England additionally trapped Nathan Lyon with its funky subject settings.
With each fielder sq. or behind the wicket, Lyon hit a Robinson ball straight down Ben Duckett’s throat at deep sq. leg.
Scott Boland was additionally caught in shut off a Stuart Broad (3-68) brief ball for a duck, earlier than Cummins fell pulling Robinson (3-55) for his highest rating as captain with 38.
Alex Carey was the opposite man to go within the first session, bowled by means of the gate by James Anderson for 66 after a 118-run stand with Khawaja.
Dropped on 52 by Jonny Bairstow after additionally being put down by the wicketkeeper twice on the second day, Carey had hit Anderson for back-to-back boundaries earlier than he was bowled.
His partnership with Khawaja might show essential within the match, given Australia had regarded in hassle at 4-148 and 5-220 at totally different phases of their innings.
It was not a very good morning for Moeen Ali, nevertheless, who completed with of 2-147.
The finger spinner started the day with a 25 per cent high-quality for utilizing a drying agent on his bowling hand on day two.
Battling to grip the ball with a sore finger, Moeen was hit again over his head for six by Khawaja after which tonked over the fence twice by Cummins.
The spinner despatched down two rank full tosses to Cummins earlier than leaving the sphere for remedy, and returning shortly after.
England wants Moeen to bowl huge overs this collection, after Jack Leach went down with a stress fracture in his again earlier this month.
The 36-year-old has not performed a first-class match earlier than this Check for nearly two years, and has already needed to ship down 33 overs on his return from retirement.
Round him, England has an ageing tempo assault with Broad turning 37 subsequent week, Anderson 41 subsequent month and Ben Stokes nursing a knee damage.
-AAP