BIRMINGHAM, England : Ben Stokes secured the prized wicket of Australia talisman Steve Smith, after Stuart Broad had earlier taken two wickets in two balls, leaving the tourists on 78-3 at lunch on day two of the first Ashes test, trailing England by 315 runs.Saturday's overcast conditions at Edgbaston fa
BIRMINGHAM, England : Ben Stokes secured the prized wicket of Australia talisman Steve Smith, after Stuart Broad had earlier taken two wickets in two balls, leaving the tourists on 78-3 at lunch on day two of the first Ashes test, trailing England by 315 runs.
Not done there, veteran Broad swung another into Marnus Labuschagne the very next ball, catching the edge of the top-ranked test cricketer's bat, with the catch brilliantly taken by Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps.
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