The Ashes 2023: Stuart Broad offers no excuses for England errors against Australia

Stuart Broad said determination was "no excuse" for his no-ball that bowled Usman Khawaja, 1 of 4 England errors connected the 2nd time of the archetypal Ashes Test.

Jonny Bairstow besides missed 2 chances down the stumps and determination was an borderline past gaffe Joe Root precocious connected Saturday.

"It's truly frustrating," Broad told Test Match Special. "I got choky to the enactment and it was a adjacent decision."

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England collectively bowled 13 no-balls, their astir successful an innings since Ben Stokes took implicit arsenic skipper astatine the opening of past summer. Broad was liable for six of those, the astir helium has ever bowled successful a Test innings.

On different compelling time astatine Edgbaston, England reduced Australia to 148-4 and 220-5 successful effect to the hosts' 393-8 declared.

But Bairstow, preferred down the stumps to Ben Foakes, missed a stumping disconnected Cameron Green's 2nd ball, with the all-rounder going connected to marque 38 successful a basal of 72 with Khawaja.

Then, Alex Carey was dropped connected 26 by Bairstow and missed connected 46 by Root. Carey remains unbeaten connected 52, his concern with Khawaja worthy an unbroken 91.

"We did make capable chances to astir apt vessel Australia retired today, but also, truly it doesn't onslaught maine arsenic a benignant of transportation connected time 2 wherever you would beryllium looking to get 10 wickets successful a day," said Broad.

Michael Vaughan, who led England to Ashes triumph successful 2005, had concerns implicit their mentation for this series.

Bairstow has lone been backmost playing for a period aft 9 months retired with a breached leg, portion Root had been a reserve for Indian Premier League broadside Rajasthan Royals for astir of April and May.

England bushed Ireland wrong 3 days astatine the opening of the period arsenic their lone warm-up for the Ashes, past immoderate of the players spent the week earlier the archetypal Test playing play successful Scotland.

"The attraction constituent of fielding and being retired determination for agelong periods, you get that by playing cricket and that's my lone concern," said Vaughan.

"The state of the caput and the civilization England person created is fantastic. I emotion it. But having the assemblage prepared for longer periods, you lone get that by playing cricket.

"England volition beryllium rueing 4 missed chances. On this pitch, which is precise flat, my interest is their bodies. In that last league they looked jaded and this is their archetypal time successful the ungraded of a five-match bid implicit six weeks."

Earlier successful the day, Broad had his aged nemesis David Warner chop onto the stumps to disregard the Australia opener for the 15th clip successful Test cricket.

From the adjacent ball, Broad recovered the extracurricular borderline of Marnus Labuschagne, with Bairstow taking a ace catch.

And, contempt the missed chances, the 36-year-old inactive believes England are successful a beardown position.

"We had a truly bully day," helium said. "The crippled is nicely poised. We are 82 runs ahead, 1 oregon 2 wickets distant from the tail.

"It has been a hard gruelling time connected a transportation that offered precise small but being successful this presumption is simply a truly affirmative spot to be."