England 258 (Burns 53, Bairstow 52) and 258 for 5 dec (Stokes 115*, Cummins 3-35) drew with Australia 250 (Smith 92, Broad 4065) and 154 for 6 (Labuschagne 59, Head 42, Archer 3-32, Leach 3-37)

In a match featuring such high drama, there had to be a twist or two. So there was as England dominated an Australia side missing the concussed Steven Smith, threatened to snatch victory via Jofra Archer's fireballs and then succumbed to some dogged batting by Smith's replacement as the second Test ended in a draw - but not before the hosts threatened for a second time to steal the win.

Smith was ruled out before play on the final day at Lord's after waking with symptoms of concussion, despite initial assessments having cleared him to resume his innings the previous day after suffering a nasty blow to the neck from an Archer bouncer. After rain delayed the start by more than an hour, the sun broke through to reveal a continuation of the thrilling contest this match had become after a washed-out opening day.

Marnus Labuschagne, the first concussion replacement in Test history under play conditions introduced on August 1, withstood more Archer barrages to score a half-century which was pivotal in helping Australia avoid defeat after Archer and Jack Leach had nullified the tourists' top order. Labuschagne's 59 was Australia's top score for their second innings and came after he had been hit flush on the helmet grille by a ball from Archer on the first legal delivery he faced.

Archer picked up where he left off in Australia's first innings, which fell just eight runs shy of England's 258, unleashing serious heat on the visitors, who needed 267 runs to win after Man of the Match Ben Stokes' impressive unbeaten century turned the hosts' paltry lead into a healthy one.

David Warner's lean Ashes continued when he prodded an Archer length ball to gully, where Rory Burns took a strong, low catch. Out for 5, it was Warner's fourth single-figure innings in the series so far.

Archer immediately set about peppering Usman Khawaja, greeting Australia's No. 3 with three balls of 90mph or more. It wasn't long at all before Khawaja was out edging Archer to Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps for 2 off just six deliveries. Cameron Bancroft put up some resistance with Labuschagne before Leach trapped Bancroft lbw with one that kept low and rapped him on the shin shortly after tea. That extended Bancroft's run of poor returns this series to four innings also with scores of 8, 7, 13 and 16.

From there, Labuschagne and Travis Head put on an 85-run stand for the fourth wicket, which became a sub-plot in itself. Labuschagne wore a few body blows and survived an lbw appeal, turned down and then reviewed by England with the DRS showing Chris Woakes' ball struck him too high on the back leg and outside the line. Head, meanwhile, was dropped on 22 by Jason Roy in the slips off the bowling of Stokes when Australia were 96 for 3.

But it was Labuschagne's dismissal that provided the next spike in tension. As the batsman swept a Leach delivery onto the leg side, the ball bounced off Jos Buttler's thigh at short leg and sailed just forward of square leg, where Joe Root claimed the lowest of catches. After a soft signal of out and a lengthy review the dismissal was upheld, with replays not entirely conclusive as to whether the ball had made contact with the grass first.

Matthew Wade, caught at short leg off Leach's next ball - the first of his subsequent over - and Tim Paine fell cheaply, although in Paine's case, spectacularly, with Joe Denly plucking the ball one-handed from the sky as he leapt to his left at mid-wicket to give Archer his third wicket of the innings and fifth of the match.

At that point there were seven overs left with England needing four wickets but Head remained unbeaten on 42, alongside Pat Cummins, when the sides shook hands on the draw with three balls unbowled. Archer finished the innings with 3 for 32 and Leach 3 for 37.

Earlier, Stokes had given England the chance of pressing for victory. Moving up one place in the order to No. 5 ahead of Buttler, Stokes' unbeaten 115 off 165 balls included three sixes and 11 fours after he had resumed the day on 16. Buttler, who resumed not out 10, produced a controlled 31 off 108 balls but he failed to add to his score after lunch. Jonny Bairstow added 30 off 37 balls in support as Stokes neared his century and, once the milestone was reached, the pair swung freely until Root made the declaration a short time later.

Smith, who scored twin centuries in Australia's first-Test victory at Edgbaston, will undergo continued testing to determine whether he is fit to play in the third Test, starting at Headingley on Thursday.

DENVER -- Colorado Rockies right-hander Scott Oberg has been treated for a blood clot in his pitching arm for the second time in his career.

Manager Bud Black said Oberg had a procedure to dissolve the clot at a hospital on Saturday and remained there overnight. The Rockies put Oberg on the 10-day injured list Sunday.

Black said the 28-year-old Oberg started feeling heaviness in his arm on Saturday and alerted the training staff. They sent him to the hospital for an examination and the clot was discovered.

Oberg (6-1) replaced struggling Wade Davis as the team closer two weeks ago and picked up his sixth save in Friday night's win over Miami

Oberg has previously dealt with an axillary artery thrombosis, more commonly known as blood clots. In 2016, he had two surgeries to remove them from his right arm and shoulder. He was prescribed blood-thinning medication and missed the last six weeks of the season.

The Rockies recalled righty DJ Johnson from Triple-A Albuquerque.

Houston Astros infielder Aledmys Diaz was placed on the 10-day injured list after he was hospitalized overnight because of dizziness, manager A.J. Hinch said Sunday.

Hinch said Diaz was experiencing dizziness and was light-headed on the team's bus on the way to RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland on Saturday morning. He was sent to the hospital and was kept overnight to undergo testing and is "fine," Hinch said.

The Astros are "taking every precaution imaginal to make sure he's OK," Hinch said, adding that Diaz should travel back to Houston with the team after their game against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

The Astros activated right-hander Brad Peacock (shoulder) from the injured list and recalled right-hander Cy Sneed from Triple-A Round Rock in corresponding moves. The team had an open roster spot after optioning right-hander Rogelio Armenteros to the minors after Saturday's game.

The 29-year-old Diaz, who has started games at first base, second base, shortstop, third base and left field this season, is hitting .267 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in 45 games.

Heptathletes separated by single centimetre as Olympic champ breaks Belgian best for Diamond League victory ahead of Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Ivana Španović

The clash between Nafissatou Thiam and Katarina Johnson-Thompson in Doha in six and a half weeks’ time looks even more mouthwatering after the pair were separated by just a single centimetre in an exciting Müller Grand Prix long jump competition in Birmingham.

They might have been competing in just one event rather than their usual seven, but the head-to-head at the Alexander Stadium whet the appetite ahead of October’s global battle, when Olympic champion Thiam will look to retain her heptathlon title at the IAAF World Championships and Johnson-Thompson will seek outdoor victory to go with her world indoor win.

On a blustery day featuring sunshine and showers, the two heptathletes lined up alongside long jump specialists including world indoor champion Ivana Španović and Brits Abigail Irozuru and Lorraine Ugen, and they more than held their own.

Thiam opened with 6.44m (+0.1m/sec) which placed her third at the end of the first round as Španović leapt into an early lead with 6.70m (+0.2m/sec) and Johnson-Thompson recorded a foul.

The next round saw Thiam soar out to 6.74m (-0.3m/sec), breaking her own Belgian record, but Serbia’s Španović responded by going four centimetres further into a -1.8m/sec headwind. There was a second foul for Johnson-Thompson, but the Briton turned things around with her next jump.

After watching Thiam further improve her national record to 6.86m (+0.9m.sec), Johnson-Thompson launched herself out to 6.74m (-0.9m/sec) while Španović recorded 6.85m which would prove to be the Olympic and world bronze medallist’s best of the competition.

Johnson-Thompson wasn’t done, however, as she saved her best leap until last and soared out to 6.85m (+0.4m/sec) to match Španović’s mark and place third on countback.

The jump was Johnson-Thompson’s best since 2015 when she set her PB of 6.93m indoors and would score 1122 points in a heptathlon, just three points off Thiam’s 1125 for 6.86m.

Just behind her in fourth was Irozuru, who was pleased to have achieved the world championships qualifying mark having been just two centimetres off it at the European Team Championships.

Ugen finished seventh with 6.61m.

“It was a really good competition,” said Thiam, who will celebrate her 25th birthday in Birmingham before returning home on Monday.

“It gives me confidence because of the performance I had.

“Being first or second didn’t matter. Španović was 6.85m, so only one centimetre difference. It was great to be in competition with jumpers and with Kat and we’re always really pushing each other.”

Johnson-Thompson was also pleased with her own performance and said: “I haven’t jumped that far in a long time and I’m really happy with that showing.

“It spurs me on going up against her (Thiam) in an individual format like today.”

The women’s 200m had also been highly anticipated as another world championships warm-up, with a stellar field taking to the track.

Britain’s triple European champion Dina Asher-Smith lined up alongside Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo, multiple Olympic and world gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, two-time world champion Dafne Schippers, current world No.2 Blessing Okagbare and US champion Dezerea Bryant.

Asher-Smith got a strong start but Miller-Uibo used her power to pass the British record-holder down the home straight, with the Bahamian clocking 22.24 (+0.4m/sec) ahead of Asher-Smith’s 22.36, as Fraser-Pryce finished third in 22.50, Schippers fourth in 22.81 and Okagbare fifth in 22.83.

“I am really happy to have finished second in that race although having said that, I am a competitor so obviously I want to win every race!” said Asher-Smith.

“To maintain my form and finish strongly against arguably the best 400m runner in the world is good. So, all in all, I am happy with that race.”

Bryant ran 22.84 in sixth, having earlier finished as runner-up in the non-Diamond League 100m in 11.21 (-0.9m/sec) behind Germany’s fast-finishing Tatjana Pinto.

USA’s Teahna Daniels was third in 11.24, while Rachel Miller was the leading Briton in sixth in 11.42, as Kimbely Baptiste ran 11.71 in seventh and Bianca Williams 11.77 in eighth.

Britain’s T38 world record-holder and Paralympic champion Sophie Hahn won the women’s T35-38 100m in 12.67 ahead of world long jump champion Olivia Breen in 13.28.

Over in the Millicent Fawcett mile Konstanze Klosterhalfen broke the oldest women’s meeting record, which was Sonia O’Sullivan’s 4:24.27 recorded in Sheffield in 1992, with a German record of 4:21.11. The race was missing British 1500m record-holder Laura Muir due to a calf injury but her training partners Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and Jemma Reekie were both in action and they respectively clocked 4:22.47 in second and a PB of 4:27.00 in sixth.

Eilish McColgan placed third in a PB of 4:24.71.

Another meeting record fell in the 3000m steeplechase, with world record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech winning in 9:05.55 as Britain’s Elizabeth Bird was 13th in 9:50.97, Rosie Clarke 15th in 9:54.25 and Aimee Pratt 16th in 9:58.68.

World leader Danielle Williams was almost a record-breaker, too, as she equalled the 100m hurdles best with 12.46 (-0.2m/sec) ahead of world record-holder Keni Harrison with 12.66.

Williams (12.53, +2.1m/sec) and Nia Ali (12.81, +0.5m/sec) had earlier been heat winners, with Harrison only placing fourth in her heat but advancing to the final thanks to her time of 12.93.

Britain’s Cindy Ofili, Heather Paton and Alicia Barrett had also raced in the heats, with Ofili clocking 13.15 and Paton 13.25 for sixth and seventh respectively in the marginally windy heat two and Barrett running 13.64 for eighth in heat one.

USA’s Ajee Wilson won the 800m in 2:00.76 as Britain’s Lynsey Sharp finished strongly for second in 2:01.09 and Alex Bell placed fifth in 2:02.41.

In tough conditions for pole vaulting, Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi secured success with a clearance of 4.75m and called it a day after one attempt at 4.85m.

British record-holder Holly Bradshaw finished sixth with 4.55m and was happy after having decided to use a 10-step approach.

World-leader Yaime Pérez claimed discus victory thanks to her third-round throw of 64.87m. That mark was enough to put her ahead of fellow Cuban and current world No.2 Denia Caballero (64.59m) and Croatia’s Sandra Perković (63.80m), who continues her comeback after injury.

Scotland's players must question how much they want to go to the World Cup after the "big wake-up call" of defeat by France, says scrum-half Ali Price.

Several players damaged their hopes of making Gregor Townsend's final squad of 31 as the Scots produced a dire performance to go down 32-3 in Nice.

The sides meet at Murrayfield on Saturday, and Price wants more desire.

"You have to realise who you are representing and ask how much do you want this," said Price.

"How much do you want to represent your country at a World Cup? Not many people get to do it and I feel like when your backs are against the wall a bit it's hard to remember that. You need to scrap and fight for everything.

"Defence is a mindset more than anything, you need to want to hit someone, want to put your body in front of someone. We just lacked a bit."

After falling 7-0 behind with just two minutes on the clock, the Scots never looked capable of finding a way back into the game.

Price admits the team have been guilty of rolling over in games when the going gets tough, such as the 27-10 Six Nations defeat by the same opposition in Paris back in February.

But he believes they can recover to build some confidence before the World Cup opener against Ireland on 22 September.

"We've come back from games like this before and we're at home next week in front of our own fans," said the Glasgow Warrior.

"We get another shot at France and then we roll into two Georgia games and try and gather some momentum.

"It's a wake-up call that we're not just going to roll into this World Cup and get us far as we want. We've got to want it and other teams have been working just as hard as us. There's lots to look at."

'It's a psychological barrier' - analysis

Scotland hooker Fraser Brown on Sportsound

We've now played in big internationals away from home where we've performed, but we've played in a lot more games away from home where we haven't performed and just failed to turn up.

It is mental, it's a psychological barrier, and it is something we'll need to find a way to get over as a players' group, as a leaders' group. Within the players' group it's something we need to enforce within the group. To be honest, at the minute, I'm not sure how we do it. The best way to do it is by winning games away from home.

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – Mat Williamson outlasted a lengthy storm and a stacked field to earn a $100,000 payday Saturday night at Orange County Fair Speedway.

The 160-lap big-block modified race celebrated Orange County Fair Speedway’s 100th anniversary and featured the top big-block modified stars from the Northeast.

A storm struck the track early in the feature, forcing a lengthy rain delay. Once racing resumed it proved to be Williamson’s night.

The driver from St. Catherines, Ontario, dominated most of the race, but found himself locked in a late-race battle with Anthony Perrego for the lead. Perrego was able to steal the lead away on lap 129, but Williamson would not be denied.

With 13 laps left Williamson returned the favor on Perrego, slipping past him to regain the lead he had held for most of the night. One back out front Williamson appeared to be in control until runner-up Stewart Friesen slapped the turn one wall to bring out the caution with three laps left.

The green would wave for a three-lap shootout, but Williamson refused to be intimidated. He inched away from the resurgent Friesen, getting to the checkered flag first to earn the $100,000 paycheck.

Friesen settled for second, followed by Matt Sheppard, Danny Johnson and Billy Decker.

The finish:

Mat Williamson, Stewart Friesen, Matt Sheppard, Danny Johnson, Billy Decker, Jimmy Phelps, Justin Haers, Larry Wight, Chris Hile, Brian Krummel, Mike Mahaney, Anthony Perrego, Dillon Steuer, Mike Gular, Pete Britten, Pat Ward, Jerry Higbie, Marc Johnson, Jack Lehner, Jessica Friesen, Bob McGannon, Michael Storms, Gary Edwards, Tyler Boniface, Josh Hoenforst, Matt Hitchcock, Billy Pauch Jr., Brett Hearn, Erick Rudolph, Donnie Wilson, Jimmy Horton, Matt Janiak, Rich Eurich, Matt Hulsizer, Jackie Brown, Billy Pauch, Billy Dunn, Jeff Strunk, Craig Mitchell, Ryan Godown, Tim Fuller, Tyler Dippel, Tommy Meier.

ERIE, Pa. – Due to persistent rain over the last 24 hours around the Eriez Speedway area and a chance of more precipitation, track and World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series officials have been forced to cancel Sunday’s events.

The World of Outlaws action resumes Thursday, Aug. 29 at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich., before the two-day Battle at the Border event at Sharon Speedway on Aug. 30-31.