England v Australia 2nd Test preview June 28-July 2, Lord’s
By James Wallace

Zak Crawley’s whip-crack cover drive for four seems a very long time ago now, doesn’t it? The remarkable opening Test match of the 2023 men’s Ashes at Edgbaston was absorbing from the get-go, with both sides sticking to their own blueprint of how to play and slugging it out over five full days.
Australia may have won the initial battle but England seem confident they’ve got a handle on the wider war. The noises after the game from the home camp suggest that they feel like they made the running and controlled most ...