Yas Rana and Mark Butcher review a chaotic second's day at Lord's, which saw Steve Smith reach his 32nd Test century before Australia were blown away before lunch.
In reply, all of England's top three got starts to put the hosts in an excellent position, but a chaotic hour saw Pope, Duckett and Root fall to the short ball in quick succession.
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