ENG vs AUS Highlights: The latest twist in a thrilling Ashes opener at Edgbaston saw the hosts reduced to 28-2 in their second innings on Sunday, for an overall lead of 35 runs.
Early in the afternoon session, England was 26-0 and on a high after dismissing Australia for 386 shortly before lunch, with Usman Khawaja out for a brilliant 141.
When play resumed after 75 minutes, England had lost both of its openers in a disastrous four-over session under floodlights. The rain was worse this time, and the players departed the pitch faster than they had arrived, with England having boosted its score by only two runs at the loss of two wickets.
England earlier ran through the Australia tail to take a narrow first-innings lead of seven runs after Australia had resumed the third day on 311-5.
England seamers Stuart Broad (3-68) and Ollie Robinson (3-55) bounced their way through the lower order. At 338-5, Australia had looked like taking a useful first-innings lead but Robinson claimed the key wicket of Usman Khawaja and only Cummins provided more resistance.
ENG vs AUS Playing XIs
England: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland
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