Aussie cricket captain Pat Cummins has landed himself a new job on television.

India tied the series with a superb performance in the second Test to leave Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum scratching their heads over England's best team ahead of the next contest at Lord's.

This is the story of how he made it back to Lord's, to the scene of those 2019 glory days - including a gruelling sprinter's training regime, seven injury lay-offs and what he's really been like off the field.

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It's considered impolite to talk about the Ashes while a blockbuster series is raging against India - but the plight of England's bowlers has left little option.

South Africa captain Wiaan Mulder explained declaring on 367, the fifth-highest score in Test history, instead of chasing Brian Lara's record 400 not out.

Brendon McCullum has called for Lord's to produce a more seam-friendly surface for Thursday's crucial third Test against India after England were thrashed at Edgbaston.

Mail Sport's Richard Gibson rates both sets of players after England crashed to a 336-run defeat in the second Test against India at Edgbaston.

While India piled up 1,014 runs - fuelled by captain Shubman Gill's scores of 269 and 161 - England slumped to 84 for five in their first innings and then lost half their side for 83 in the second.

The most glaring thing about this Test was that the India bowling attack managed to get so much more out of the Edgbaston pitch than England's did.

DAVID LLOYD: The hosts went into the final day knowing that a draw was the best they could hope for after being set a huge target of 608 to chase and came up way short.