England vs Australia Highlights, Ashes 2023: Rain forces early stumps on Day 3; Australia lead by 221 runs

Steve Smith

Lyon is not expected to return for the match, a cruel twist in his 100th consecutive Test, and could be out of the Ashes series, a major blow to Australia's chances of retaining the urn

Worse news for Australia was losing spinner Nathan Lyon to a suspected torn right calf while fielding

England recovered to 278-4 at stumps following an unbroken stand of 56 between Harry Brook and captain Ben Stokes

Smith overtook Steve Waugh's 3,173 runs for fourth on the Ashes list, behind only Bradman, Jack Hobbs and Allan Border

It was his 12th hundred against England, and eighth in England. Of all the visitors to England, only Don Bradman has more centuries

Day 2 started with Smith on 85 and Australia five down, when they were seven down, he made his next four scoring shots boundaries to reach his 32nd Test century from 169 balls