Bite-sized Ashes: Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne put England to the sword as Jofra Archer burns out at Leeds

England’s shocking show in their Ashes collapse at Headingley was so bad that their first innings top scorer will go down as their worst ever. Catch up on all of last night’s cricket action here.

• Report: Aussies humiliate woeful England
• Gone in 67! How the collapse unfolded
• Scars won’t heal soon for Root’s fragile side
• 5 things we learned: Aussies find their voice

Australian bowler Josh Hazlewood had every reason to sulk when he looked at the glistening sunshine in the morning on day two of the third Ashes Test.

But friendly batting conditions didn’t stop the strike bowler from bagging five wickets as England collapsed in spectacular fashion.

The day ended with Australia 283 runs ahead with four first innings wickets in hand after Australia’s attack overshadowed Jofra Archer’s heroics on day one, dismissing England for 67 runs before the unbeaten Marnus Labuschagne rode his luck to post a third-consecutive half-century.

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With three days left to play and England all at sea, victory looks almost assured, a result which would guarantee Australia retaining the Ashes, and with two matches to claim the single victory or draw needed for a first series win in England since 2001.

DELICIOUS DESSERTS …

Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood had only just put their forks and knives down when they dished up their own desserts.

Australia's Pat Cummins enjoyed his day out in the sunshine at Headingley.

The strike weapons both struck with their first ball after lunch. A Cummins bouncer at Chris Woakes was grabbed by Tim Paine and, after the third umpire decreed Cummins had a millimetre or two behind the crease, Woakes was gone.

Then, Jos Buttler chipped a drive straight to Usman Khawaja at short cover.

Mindless batting, and England slumped from 6/54 to 8/56.

… AND THE SWEET STUFF DIDN’T END THERE

England lasted just 23 balls after lunch, the final four wickets falling in the same meek fashion as the first six.

Matthew Wade put a catch down and yet still the innings drew to a close in less than 20 minutes.

Jofra Archer played one baseball-style pull shot to the rope but that was the only resistance offered as he and Jack Leach joined the single-digit brigade as England was all-out for 67. It was the fourth time in 18 months that England has failed to reach 100 runs.

Australia's Josh Hazlewood was the pick of a bowling attack that collectively showed it’s class.

DENLY’S UNWANTED PIECE OF HISTORY

Joe Denly was the only Englishman to reach double digits, and he also walked away with a slice of history.

Denly’s 12 runs was the lowest top score in any completed English Test innings in history. Then, with Australia batting for the second time, a Denly misfield reached the boundary to bring up Australia’s 100.

In one action he gave back three of the 12 runs he made.

It was the best of times (sort of) and the worst of times (actually) for England batsman Joe Denly.

DIRTY DOZEN

Umpire Joel Wilson stood, paused and then raised the finger.

He adjudicated Joe Denly out lbw for a duck, much to Josh Hazlewood and the Australian’s delight.

The problem was, Denly reviewed and ball tracker showed the ball jumping over the top of the stumps. That completed 12 – yes, 12 – incorrect decisions overturned on review in just two Ashes Test matches.

The wicket would’ve left England at a disastrous 3/10. Luckily, Denly’s reprieve took the edge off as England remained 2/10.

Umpire Joel Wilson had another shocker of a day in the field.

Fellow umpire Chris Gaffney wasn’t tracking much better, with Marnus Labuschagne’s successful review in the final session taking his number of overturned blunders to four this match.

IS UZZIE OUTSKI?

Usman Khawaja compiled 23 runs before flashing at a wide Chris Woakes delivery as his bottom hand came off the bat.

The ball flew to Jason Roy at second slip and Khawaja’s third Test was over without a half-century to his name. Now, he is in the gun.

Steve Smith will return at Manchester and someone in the top six has to make way. Will it be Khawaja or Matthew Wade? You suspect Usman might be out of lives.

Australia's Usman Khawaja is unlikely to feature now in the fourth Test at Old Trafford.

HAS THE ARCHER EXPRESS RUN OUT OF STEAM?

Jofra Archer had bowled 61.1 overs in just over a week when England was dismissed for a pathetic 67 runs.

That meant, after sending down 17.1 brilliant overs on day one, Archer was given the new ball and asked to go again.

He must’ve been filthy at his batsmen for denying some much-needed rest, and it showed. On day one Archer’s first spell lasted 10 overs. On day two it lasted just three overs as he requested to bowl down the hill, instead of up it, where he took five wickets on day one. Archer was brought back 10 overs but didn’t look as threatening.

… MAYBE NOT YET …

The highlight for the Headingley crowd came when Archer sprinted 50m to rip a confiscated beach ball, designed like a watermelon, off a security steward and throw it back into the West Stand.

Archer wasn’t even fielding there and, as you’d expect, the endearing act drew a standing ovation from England’s cult hero.

With Australia rolling along at 4/111, a lead of 223 runs, it brought some much-needed life into the deflated crowd.

… OR MAYBE YES!

Has England blown up its brand new toy?

Archer hobbled from the field clutching his left hamstring midway through his ninth over. The crowd collectively held their breath, and Archer looked in a bad way as he slowly made his way to the dressing room.

The ECB confirmed that Archer in fact had cramp in his left thigh, and he returned to the field in the final half-hour of the day.

Jofra Archer suffered from being over-bowled and England’s batsmen giving him almost no rest.

Archer has sent down 25.5 overs in less than two days at Leeds, just days after Michael Holding labelled Joe Root’s use of him “abuse”. The strain was already starting to show with Archer’s average speed per spell tumbling from 144 to just 128, and steadily declining in his final three spells at Leeds.

ROY IS ENGLAND’S TOP PROBLEM

Jason Roy is not a Test cricket opener.

Not even England coach Trevor Bayliss thinks he is. Bayliss wants Roy to play in the middle order, but captain Joe Root wants to keep him at the top.

Scores of 10, 28, 0, 2 and 5 in this Ashes series underlines that Roy isn’t cut out for facing the new red ball. But it is the nature of the Roy’s dismissal which is most alarming. Roy flashed at a wide one and the drive flew straight to David Warner at first slip.

In the words of Michael Vaughan, it was a “gift”.

A World Cup winner, yes, but Jason Roy is nothing close to a Test match opener.

COUNTY CRICKET GETS MARNUS IN THE GROOVE

Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the same batting line-up next Test match will be a sight to behold for the Aussies.

They are clearly the country’s two form batsmen, with Labuschagne’s efforts at Leeds surpassing the feats of the bowlers given the tricky wicket.

That’s three consecutive half-centuries for Labuschagne and, for the cricket-obsessed Queenslander, it’s a case of hard work paying off. Labuschagne tuned up for the Ashes by playing County Cricket for Glamorgan, where he became the first player in the country to reach 1000 county runs.

Marnus Labuschagne has been Australia’s best batsman in the absence of Steve Smith.

The tons piled up, and with that Ashes selection came, and right now it’s hard to see Australia playing another Test without him. Expect the versatile batsman to feature in the rest of the Ashes and remain in the line-up for the home summer.

DUD ROOT No. 1

England should emulate Australia and India’s use of Steve Smith and Virat Kohli by demoting Joe Root to No. 4 to shield their captain from the moving ball, former captain Michael Vaughan says.

Root made a second consecutive duck, edging his second ball to David Warner at slip, after another failure by Jason Roy brought him to the crease in the fourth over.

Root promoted himself to No. 3 before the Ashes in a bid to solve England’s top order woes. But Root averages 48 at No. 4 and 38 at No. 3, with his last ton at first-drop coming 24 innings ago.

DUD ROOT No. 2

Joe Root is a rattled man. Playing in front of his home Yorkshire crowd, and with a duck to his name in the morning, the easiest of catches flew to him in the 30th over.

Ben Stokes drew the edge of form man Marnus Labuschagne (on 14) and a simple catch at first slip was juggled twice and put down. Joe, Joe, Joe.

The best part of this delivery was Labuschagne yelling: “Oh, that’s a good ball” as the Stokes delivery whizzed towards him.

BRAVE BEN BOWLS HIS HEART OUT

You have to tip your hat to Ben Stokes. He bowled for about two consecutive hours late in the day, with his average speed about 140km/hr.

And he bowled brilliantly but without luck. Stokes had Labuschagne dropped by Joe Root on 14, then took a wicket off a tight no-ball (Labuschagne again, this time on 35) and then had Jonny Bairstow drop Labuschagne on 42.

It was tireless, brutal and brave bowling from the vice-captain. He deserved a second wicket, after earlier smashing Travis Head’s stump with a ripping yorker, and finally got it when Matthew Wade (33) was caught behind. Stokes’ celebration said it all – he slumped to the ground exhausted.

MORE PAINE FOR TIM

Tim Paine’s Ashes scores look like this: 5, 34, 23, 4, 11, 0.

That’s 77 runs at an average of 12.8. Not a huge return, but Paine is such a quality leader and keeper it won’t bother the hierarchy too much, particularly if the Ashes are retained.

Mind you, a half-century in the final two Tests would go some way to winning over any supporters who remain unconvinced.

It was a bizarre exit for Paine in the second innings. He was given out lbw, reviewed, and the decision stayed … not because the ball was hitting the stumps – which ball tracker showed it wasn’t going to do – but because there was some bat on it, and the ball flew to Joe Denly at gully.

Harsh way to go for a second-ball duck.

Originally published as Bite-sized Ashes: Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne put England to the sword as Jofra Archer burns out at Leeds