England vs Australia Ashes 2019 Highlights 2nd Test Day 1 at Lord’s: Rain spoils play

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Live Updates: Jofra Archer received his England Test cap but was still to make his debut as rain saw the first day of Wednesday’s second Ashes match against Australia abandoned without a ball bowled at a soaking wet Lord’s. With rain still lashing an increasingly gloomy ‘home of cricket’, umpires Aleem Dar and Chris Gaffaney finally abandoned play for the day after tea at 4:19 pm local time.

England vs Australia Ashes 2019 Live score 2nd Test Day 1 at Lord’s (REUTERS)

Preview: England captain Joe Root expects his side to fight back hard against Australia when the second Ashes test starts at Lord’s on Wednesday, with paceman Jofra Archer raring to make the most of his debut. Australia lead the five-match series 1-0 after their emphatic 251-run win at Edgbaston. The defeat at Edgbaston marked the first time since 2005 that England have made a losing start to a home Ashes series and another loss at Lord’s would deal a huge blow to their chances of regaining the urn. England have not lost consecutive home tests against any side for 11 years.

England: Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Rory Burns, Jason Roy, Joe Denly, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad