Heat on Aussies to knot series at Lord's

Visitors return to their happy hunting ground

Australia will be greeted by blazing sunshine and a venue where it lost only once last century when it arrives at Lord's on Thursday for the second Ashes Test against England, determined to level the five-match series.

Britain is engulfed in a heatwave that is forecast to last throughout the match, and conditions for the first Test at Trent Bridge were reminiscent of the Indian subcontinent.