The second test between two countries was played at the cricket Mecca of Lords in London however this time Australia won the match with Steve Smith bagging the man of the match award. The tourists won the toss and opted to bat first. Steve smith started confidently along with David Warner. The latter got out at the score of 38, but Rogers joined the party and both batsmen batted all throughout the day posting score of 337 for the loss of just one wicket. The partnership of 284 runs was ended by broad when Rogers departed for 173 runs. Smith reached his double century making 215. Australia declared at 566 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.
England were under extreme pressure and could muster only 312 runs however Alistair cook found his form by hitting 96 runs of 233 deliveries. Mitchell Johnson was particularly lethal when he got 3 wickets for 53 runs. During the start of the innings, England was reduced to 30/4 due to superb bowling from the Australian pace attack. Cook along with Ben stokes fought hard to salvage the situation and added 55 runs for the fifth wicket however Stokes was removed. Moeen Ali offered semblance of resistance until the innings folded up for 312.
With a massive first inning lead, Australia build up the pressure in the second innings as David Warner hit 83 runs off 116 balls while his team coasted to 254 run for the loss of 2 wickets. England had a mountain to climb in the form of target exceeding 500 runs. The cookie crumbled as the whole team was shot out for a meager score of 103. MITCHELL Johnson was again the destroyer as he snuffed out 3 wickets for 27 runs. As far as the English Batsmen were concerned, only the tail ender Stuart broad scored 25 runs off 17 balls at the end of the innings.