Summary

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  • England close on 407 all out: Trescothick 90, Pietersen 71, Warne 4-116

  • Rain stops play before Australia start replay

  • Australia won toss; McGrath injured in warm-up

  • Day one, second Test, Edgbaston

  • All three sessions to be aired back-to-back with no breaks

  • Australia won first Test at Lord's by 239 runs

Live Reporting

  1. Close of play - Eng 407 all out

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    England 407 all out (79.2 overs): Trescothick 90, Pietersen 71; Warne 4-166

    Rain brings an early end to one of the most incredible days of Test cricket.

    England were bowled out inside 80 overs but not before they had amassed 407 runs with Marcus Trescothick’s 90 and a brilliant partnership between Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen the highlights.

    The rain arrived before Australia could begin their reply. Join us tomorrow to find out how they get on.

  2. Tea - Eng 289-4

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    England 289-4 (54 overs): Pietersen 40*, Flintoff 68*; Kasprowicz 2-63

    England lost three wickets in that second session but they also scored an incredible 157 runs in 27 overs thanks to more scintillating batting.

    Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen have put on 102 runs from 102 balls. England's scoring rate for the innings is 5.35.

  3. Lunch - Eng 132-1

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    England 132-1 (27 overs): Trescothick 77*, Vaughan 1*; Warne 1-40

    After being put into bat by Ricky Ponting, England have raced to 132-1 in 27 overs by lunch on day one.

    Shane Warne dismissed Andrew Strauss for the only wicket but Marcus Trescothick is there on 77 from 89 balls.

  4. Toss and teams

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    Toss: Australia captain Ricky Ponting has won the toss and decided to bowl.

    Teams: England are unchanged from their defeat in the first Test but the big, breaking team news comes from the Australia camp.

    Seamer Glenn McGrath, who took nine wickets at Lord’s, trod on a ball in the outfield during the warm-up and has been ruled out of the match with an injured ankle.

    Michael Kasprowicz replaces him.

    England: Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan (capt), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones (wk), Ashley Giles, Stephen Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones.

    Australia: Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting (capt), Damien Martyn, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee, Michael Kasprowicz.