Ashes first Test: Australia 124-3 and lead England by 34 runs – as it happened

Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad gave England a useful lead of 90 at Edgbaston before the magnificent Steve Smith led a strong Australian fightback6.44pm BST That’s it for today’s blog. I’ll leave you with a report from Edgbaston on an intriguing arm-wrestle of a Test that could yet develop into an Ashes classic. Please join Geoff Lemon and Tim de Lisle in the morning for day four, and thanks for your company today. Bye! Related: Steve Smith stands firm again as Australia establis