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England go into the final day of the first Test against Australia at Edgbaston needing seven wickets while the tourists require 174 more runs to win.

Australia spinner Nathan Lyon has been reminding England of his quality, but the first Ashes test at Edgbaston couldn't be much more tantalisingly poised with one day left

BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Australia captain Pat Cummins starred with both bat and ball as the Ashes-holders had the better of a rain-marred third day in the first Test against England in Birmingham on Sunday.

England captain Ben Stokes took a big gamble by coercing Moeen Ali out of retirement for the Ashes and it could backfire, with the 36-year-old struggling with a blister on his spinning finger

DAY 3, STUMPS: Australia 386, England 393-8d & 28-2

Phoebe Litchfield has hit 78 for Australia in the last day of their warm-up game against England A, all but ensuring she will debut as an Ashes Test opener.

The mercurial spinner proves he is the polar opposite to Jack Leach with a performance of highs and lows on his return from Test exile

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Over the past 12 months, Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum and their gloriously free-spirited England team have taken cricket fans on an unexpected journey from the utterly abject to the thrillingly absurd. Over the next six weeks, they have the chance to drag the rest of the country along, too.