England face buoyant Australia in final-day bid to save first Ashes Test

<div class="pa_art"><p>England will attempt to negate a turning pitch and a buoyant Australia side as they look to mount a 90-over rearguard on the final day of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.</p><p>There has not been a drawn Test on these shores for over three years and the last time England batted out a full day to save the game was a decade ago when last-wicket pair James Anderson and Monty Panesar survived in another Ashes opener at Cardiff.</p><p>The tourists held all the cards on day four, piling up a 397-run lead as Steve Smith followed his first-innings 144 with another brilliant 142 – the fifth Australian to make twin tons against the old enemy – and Matthew Wade made 110.</p><!-- EMBED START Image { id: "embedded244459447" . . .