The second Ashes Test between England and Australia in Lord's ended in a draw and Australia are still leading by 1-0 in the five Tests series.
The first day of Test match got washed out due to rain and on the second day Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first. Josh Hazlewood provided a good start by removing Jason Roy and Joe Root cheaply but Rory Burns and Jonny Bairstow's fifties and lower order batsmen's cameos helped England to post 258 runs on the board.
In reply, Australia also had a poor start as both the openers and Usman Khawaja got out cheaply and at 102/5 Australia were in a lot of trouble. Steve Smith's fighting 92 runs knock helped Australia to cross 200 runs mark and eventually they were bowled out for 250 runs.
In the second innings also England had a poor start as Jason Roy and Joe Root got out on consecutive balls off Pat Cummins. Rory Burns and Joe Denly couldn't convert their starts and at 71/4 England were in trouble. Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler put up a good fight and their 90 runs partnership put England in a good position. Ben Stokes changed his gears and played some big shots and brought up his 7th Test hundred and England declared on 258/5 to set the target of 267 runs in 48 overs for Australia.
In the chase, once against David Warner failed and got out for just 5 runs. Usman Khawaja also perished off Jofra Archer. Archer continued to bowl a fearsome spell. Marnus Labuschnage who replaced concussed Steve Smith in the playing XI fought well and along with Travis Head shared 85 runs partnership for the fourth wicket and took Australia to a safe position. Though in the end Australia lost a few quick wickets but Head and Cummins played out four overs without any more damage and helped Australia to draw the Test. Ben Stokes was named Man of the Match.
All the major stats and facts from second Ashes Test between England and Australia in Lord's
3 - Ben Stokes became the third player to score a 100 and take a five wicket haul at home or away in Ashes.
Players to score 100 and take 5-fer at home or away in Ashes -
Keith Miller (Aus)
Ian Botham (Eng)
Ben Stokes (Eng)
4 - David Warner got out in single digits in each of the four innings he has played in this series so far. His scores read 5, 3, 8 and 2.
7 - Steve Smith became the first ever player to score 7 consecutive fifty plus scores in Ashes. His last 7 Ashes innings are 92, 142, 144, 83, 102*, 76 and 239.
20 - With this drawn Test match the streak of 20 consecutive Tests without a draw in England came to an end.
Most consecutive Tests in a country without a draw -
25* - Sri Lanka (2014 - )
20 - England (2016-2019)
19* - South Africa (2016-)
19 - Zimbabwe (2004-2018)
17 - South Africa (2006-2009)
23 - Number of Tests Tim Paine took to complete 100 dismissals as a wicket-keeper - the joint second fastest in the world.
Fewest Tests to 100 dismissals as WK -
22 - Quinton de Kock / Adam Gilchrist
23 - Mark Boucher / Tim Paine
24 - Wally Grout / Dave Richardson
23.40 - The difference of 23.40 between David Warner's home and away Test batting average is the second highest among all those batsmen who have played 50 Test innings at home as well as away.
Highest difference between home and away Test batting avg (Min 50 innings) -
27.07 - Mudassar Nazar (home 53.63 & away 26.56)
23.40 - David Warner (59.65 & 36.25)
23.17 - Dennis Compton (60.05 & 36.88)
105 - Wickets Stuart Broad has taken in Ashes - the fifth most by an England bowler.
Most Ashes wickets for England -
128 - Ian Botham
123 - Bob Willis
109 - W Rhodes
106 - S Barnes
105* - Stuart Broad
355 - Number of Test wickets Nathan Lyon has taken so far - the joint third most Test wickets for Australia.
Most Test wickets for Aus -
708 - Shane Warne
563 - Glenn McGrath
355 - Nathan Lyon / Dennis Lillee
313 - Mitchell Johnson
310 - Brett Lee
