Ben Stokes 攻撃する，衝突するs half-century as England build lead of 165
Ben Stokes reached his half-century as he and Jos Buttler 安全に 交渉するd a 縮めるd morning 開会／開廷／会期 on the final day of the second Ashes 実験（する） at Lord’s.
The fifth-wicket pair （機の）カム together in a tricky position on the fourth evening, with England 71 for four, but by the time lunch arrived on day five they had moved the hosts along to 157 and a lead of 165.
Stokes was 51 not out at the interval, with Buttler 31no, going a long way to giving their 味方する the 辛勝する／優位 in what still looked a likely draw.
The big news of the day was the concussion 撤退 of Steve Smith, who showed 延期するd symptoms after 存在 攻撃する，衝突する in the neck by Jofra Archer’s 92mph bouncer on Saturday afternoon, but both 味方するs arrived at the ground knowing there was a 決定的な result still to play for.
早期に morning にわか雨s were still （海，煙などが）飲み込むing the ground at the scheduled start time of 11am, but once the clouds 転換d play was able to get under way at 12.10.
That left an 楽観的な 最大限 of 88 overs in the day, with Australia going wicketless in the first 21.4 at a cost of 61 runs.
Rain 延期するd play at Lord´s (マイク Egerton/PA)
Australia might have fancied their chances of 除去するing Stokes 早期に, given a torrid 遠出 during the previous evening. The all-rounder had already used up a healthy 部分 of luck 早期に in his innings, 生き残るing a sound lbw 控訴，上告 that was 拒絶するd then not reviewed 同様に as 辛勝する／優位ing Nathan Lyon three times in an over without 存在 caught.
Buttler has also struggled for red ball runs since the World Cup but between them, the fifth-wicket pair held out.
Stokes, 再開するing on 16, 選ぶd up 支援する-to-支援する fours in Pat Cummins’ second over, one racing off the outside 辛勝する／優位 and the other more decisively struck. Lyon, 一方／合間, was struggling to recreate his day five heroics from the series opener at Edgbaston.
Ben Stokes 棒 his luck on the way to 50 (John Walton/PA)
It took the introduction of Josh Hazlewood to 転換 gears, his first ball 製図／抽選 a big lbw 控訴，上告 against Stokes. DRS indictated bat before pad and Stokes remained in place.
Australia were 調査（する）ing ? a sharp turner from Lyon here, a play and 行方不明になる to Hazlewood there ? but there was nothing 固める／コンクリート.
Stokes moved to fifty in 106 balls, （電話線からの）盗聴 Lyon for a 選び出す／独身, before his partner clubbed the next ball through the covers.
