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Australia needs to chase down 281 to win the first Ashes Test after Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon stood up to dismiss England for 273.

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.

Opener Usman Khawaja scored an unbeaten 84 to help Australia revive their first innings as the visitors reached 188/4 at tea on Day 2 of the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Saturday. Australia still trailed the hosts England by 205 runs in the contest.

England captain Ben Stokes, with a thrilling display of swing bowling, emerged as the hero on the second day of the highly anticipated Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston.

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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.

Australia 14-0; England 393-8 declared - Australia trail by 379 runs: Joe Root makes stunning century on opening day at Edgbaston

NEW DELHI: Australian captain Pat Cummins announced on Thursday that the team for the first Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston has been selected but refrained from disclosing the playing XI.

Ben Stokes says the decision to ask Moeen Ali out of Test retirement was based on trusting his gut over his brain, as the England captain issued a positive update on his own bowling fitness ahead of the start of the Ashes on Friday.