Twitter Reactions: England's self-sabotage hands initiative to Australia after dramatic Day 3 of Lord's Test

Australia finished Day 3 on 130/2 leading by 221 runs with Steven Smith and Usman Khawaja at the crease.

By Rishabh Beniwal

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The exhilarating action continued in Ashes 2023 on Day 3 as England resumed their innings on 278/4 with Ben Stokes and Harry Brook at the crease. The morning didn’t get off to the best of the starts for England as they lost their captain Stokes (17 off 58) on just the second ball of the day. Harry Brook completed his half-century but threw his wicket away trying to smash Mitchell Starc over covers on a short ball and hit straight to Pat Cummins.

Jonny Bairstow (16), Ollie Robinson (9), Stuart Broad (12) and Josh Tongue (1) couldn’t do much with the bat as England got bundled out for 325 in the first innings. As a result, Australia got a lead of 91 runs with Mitchell Starc (3/88) starring with the ball.

In the second innings, Australia once again got off to a steady start by their openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja who added their second fifty-plus stand of the match. Warner played an uncharacteristic knock of 25 off 76 balls as he looked disciplined at the crease and didn’t play any rash shots. However, he was once again left undone by Josh Tongue's inswinger which trapped him in front of the stumps.

As a result, Australia lost their first wicket on 63, bringing Marnus Labuschagne to the crease. He was once again troubled by Stuart Broad who had several close shouts bowling against him. At the other end, Usman Khawaja raced to his third fifty-plus score of the series with an elegant drive straight down the ground. After surviving some close calls Labuschagne also looked set and added 60 runs for the second wicket with Khawaja.

Rain brought a premature end to Day 3

However, their partnership came to an end with Labuschagne hitting a wide delivery straight to Harry Brook at backward point resulting in Australia’s second wicket on 123. All of a sudden, England bowlers found their rhythm as they tried to get Steven Smith out early. Smith got beaten a few times before rain came pouring down and interrupted the play in the final session. Relentless rain resulted in stumps being called early on Day 3 and Australia finished the day on 130/2 leading by 221 runs with Khawaja (58*) and Smith (6*) at the crease.

Meanwhile, fans flooded Twitter with reactions on riveting cricket on Day 3.

Here are some of the Tweets:

 

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