Australia win second Ashes Test despite stunning Ben Stokes century for England

Ben Stokes struck a stunning century for England on Sunday but it was not enough to prevent Australia from sealing a 43-run win on a day of high drama at Lord's.

The England captain produced what has now become a trademark innings of skill and raw power that looked set to become one of the greatest ever seen in Test cricket.

Stokes had smashed 155 off 214 balls, including nine four and nine sixes that had taken England to within 70 runs of their victory target of 371, only to miscue Josh Hazlewood high into the air and down into the hands of wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

That left only England's tail-enders and the home side were eventually bowled out for 327 to give Australia victory and a 2-0 series lead that will be tough to turnaround.

The day's controversial moment came when Jonny Bairstow was given out after hugely contentious stumping of Jonny Bairstow, which left England needing 178 runs with just four wickets in hand.

Believing the ball to be dead, Bairstow wandered out of his ground as Carey under-armed the ball at the stumps. Australia celebrated and Bairstow was given out by TV umpire Marais Erasmus – much to the fury of the usually sedate Lord's crowd.