Stokes scored a century and rested Smith

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After Phil Hughes' death, the question began to grow louder. How much protection does the helmet give to the batsman? Who knew, a new chapter would begin with Steven Smith, one of Hughes' close friends.

Instead of hitting the head, it can be taken down to another cricketer who can do both batting and bowling. Like the traditional XII cricketer, it is his duty not to be limited to fielding only. The ICC approved the rule at all last meetings. The first 'concussion replacement' was at Marnas Labushan after Steven Smith stepped down in the middle of the test with that rule. On the fifth day of the Lord's Test, Smith was replaced by Labushane. He also scored the highest score for Australia in the second innings.


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On the fourth day, David Warner gave 'life' to Ben Stokes in the last morning. Stokes, who had made a big contribution to England winning the World Cup on this field a while ago. This time in the second Ashes Test also saved England.

After falling 4 wickets at the end of the fourth day, the danger did not increase. Yesterday Jose Butler and Johnny Bairstow scored two crucial runs each, with runs of 90 and 97 respectively. He has picked up the seventh of his career and the second Test century at Lord's. England have declared the innings of Stokes' 258 off 5 wickets. Australia needed to win in 48 overs to score 267 runs. In the second innings, they were able to make 154 for 6 in 47.3 overs. So in the end the draw was the Lord's Test. Jofra Archer and Jack Leach each took 3 wickets.

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