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Australia will prey on England's inability to bowl sides out a second time as it strives to defy history in order to preserve its 75-year unbeaten Test record at Lord's.

Australia A speedster Shaun Tait is back bowling fast again, playing the last two one-day matches for Australia A against Pakistan A and now has his sights on regaining his place in the Australian one-day squad.

Guyanan veteran Travis Dowlin fell five short of a maiden century but the West Indies once again couldn't cope with spin in the second Test against Bangladesh in St Vincent.

Bowler Chaminda Vaas could play his final Test after being recalled to the Sri Lankan side to face Pakistan starting on Monday. Vaas, 35, is expected to announce his retirement from Test cricket before the start of the third Test, which would be his 111th game in a 15-year career that has bagged 354 wickets.

A shell-shocked Australia was in damage control on Friday night after a string of batsmen went down swinging, leaving the tourists in deep trouble in the second Test at Lord's.

Australia were 22 for two wickets at lunch in their first innings in reply to England's 425 on the second day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Friday.

Reader Rakesh Jain sent us this photograph from London.

A second-string West Indies picked up the final three Bangladesh wickets after tea to skittle the tourists for 232 and establish a first-innings lead of five runs on day two of the second Test in St George's.

England struggled to impose themselves on the Australian bowlers during the third day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Saturday after opting to bat again rather than enforce the follow-on. At tea England were 130 for two, an overall lead of 340, following a slow post-lunch period during which both Ravi Bopara (19 not out) and Kevin Pietersen (28 not out) were restricted by thoughtful pace bowling.

James Anderson revealed a desire not to waste the first Test 'get-out-of-jail' card was behind England's dominant display in the second Ashes Test at Lord's.