Jason Roy: All eyes were on Jason Roy at Edgbaston, with fans eager to see if he’d replicate his white-ball exploits. But the Surrey man looked all but like a fish out of water, as he struggled his way to 10 runs in the first innings and 28 in the second. His first two outings in Tests have not inspired too much confidence, and a failure here might see him face the same fate as his predecessors Alex Hales, Mark Stoneman and Adam Lyth.

Rory Burns: The 28-year-old was the pick of the batsmen for England in the first Test, as his 312-ball 133 in the first innings almost put England in total control at one point in the match. Burns, for Surrey, has many a time backed up one big score with another in the very next match, and there wouldn’t be a better occasion for him to do it come Wednesday at the Home of Cricket.

Joe Root: The skipper promoted himself to the No.3 position in the series opener, but as it has always been the case in Test Cricket, he failed to convert yet another start, falling on 57 in the first innings and 28 in the second. Being the nucleus of a relatively fragile batting line-up, Root can ill-afford to fail to go big after getting his eye in, and perhaps, he can look back at his 180 at the very same venue in 2013, where his knock helped his team crush the Aussies by 347 runs.

Jonny Bairstow: They say when things go wrong, they go wrong all at once, and unfortunately for Jonny Bairstow, that seems to be the case at this moment in Test cricket. In the second innings, he was dismissed after replays show that Cummins’ bumper had hit his wrist-band which was connected to the glove, almost summarizing the horrid run he’s been going through. Maybe he would be better off trying to get himself to double digits on the scorecard, as he’s returned back to the shed with 0,0, 6 and 8 in his last four innings.

Chris Woakes: A fifty and a hundred with the bat, and an average of 9.8 with the ball which includes multiple five-wicket hauls - Chris Woakes’ record at the Lord’s is as absurd as it can get. The Birmingham man has now firmly established himself as not only a bowler but also an all-rounder, with him being the only English batsman to score 30 or more in both innings of the first Test to go with his four wickets in the match. He capped off his last Lord’s appearance with a six-fer against Ireland, and one wouldn’t put it past him to replicate the same in the second Test.

Stuart Broad: No James Anderson? No problem. Stuart Broad, who now is a veteran with the ball for England, showed his class yet again in the first Test as he rocked Australia with a five-wicket haul in the first innings to reduce them to 122-8 at one stage. Unfortunately enough, the Nottinghamshire man didn’t get enough help from this other bowlers to tie down the Kangaroos, and while Woakes might boast about his exceptional Lord’s record, it goes unsaid that Broad will always be the go-to man for the English in Test cricket.