Australia had a day two to forget at Old Trafford as Pat Cummins shelled chances, Mitch Starc injured his shoulder and Zak Crawley scored a magnificent century.

Here are the five things you missed overnight from the Ashes in Manchester.

1. England's (almost) perfect start

After Australia's batters left plenty of runs on the table on day one, Marnus Labuschagne said "anything with a three in front of it" was a good score. And heading into day two on 8-299, it seemed a 300-plus score was all but guaranteed.

Then the first ball of the day happened.

Australia captain Pat Cummins chipped Jimmy Anderson straight to Ben Stokes for a simple catch at cover.

A Mitchell Starc single got Australia to the magic mark in the next over but it appeared they'd go no further when Josh Hazlewood nicked off to Chris Woakes a few balls later.

But both batters and the English team were called back as the third umpire had found a no ball, with Woakes ruled to have over-stepped by millimetres. Although not everyone agreed that he had.

"Both me and Glenn McGrath agree that there was enough of the boot behind the line on point of impact and that's what we have to look at," former England seamer Isa Guha said on the BBC.

2. England fires and Australia fumbles

The morning session was another more or less equal one, with Australia dismissed for a respectable 317 before getting the dangerous Ben Duckett early, but Zak Crawley and Moeen Ali bedded in to reach lunch at 1-61.

After lunch though, England changed gear, and left Australia floundering.

Both Moeen and Crawley reached their half-centuries by plundering some slightly wayward bowling, while capitalising on some unfamiliar errors from Australia in the field.