A half-century partnership between openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja helped Australia extend their lead beyond 150 runs at the end of the second session on Day 3 of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Friday.
England were 13/0 at lunch with Ben Duckett (7) and Zak Crawley (6) unbeaten at the crease. Australia resumed Day 2 on 339/5 with Steve Smith batting on 85*
The one-off Test match of the Women's Ashes 2023 series between England and Australia is set to go down to the wire with England still 152 runs away from victory and Australia 5 wickets away from crossing the finishing line.
Andy Pycroft of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanctions after the teams were ruled to be two overs short of their targets after time allowances were taken into consideration.
England's Test skipper Ben Stokes has vowed to keep coming at Australia after suffering a two-wicket loss on Tuesday in the first Test Match of the Ashes 2023 at Edgbaston.