Stumps, Day 3: England 258 (Burns 53, Bairstow 52; Hazlewood 3/58, Cummins 3/61, Lyon 3/68) lead Australia 80/4 (Khawaja 36; Broad 2/26) by 178 runs.
Australia trail by 228 with 9 wickets in hand; Sri Lanka, by 22 with 3 wickets in hand; Oman beat Scotland at Aberdeen; and VB Chandrasekhar passed away.
Stumps, Day 2: England 258 (Burns 53, Bairstow 52; Hazlewood 3/58) lead Australia 30/1 by 28 runs.
Day 1 at Lord's was washed out without a toss. England now have four days to draw level, and more rain is already predicted.
The second Test of the 2019 Ashes will commence on August 14 at Lord’s, London.
Australia’s win-loss ratio of 2.428 at Lord’s is the 6th-best for any side away from home with a 10-Test cut-off and the best with a 20-Test cut-off. They had lost just once in the 113-year span between 1896 and 2009.
Australia were unbeaten at Lord's between 1934 and 2009.
England have plenty to play for in the second Test at Lord’s, while Australia should be wary of complacency.
India completed a series victory in Providence, Anderson’s injury makes way for Archer, and washouts in Canada.
Steyn retired from Test cricket; McCullum retired from all cricket; Australia thrashed England by 251 runs; and UAE went up 2-0 against Netherlands.