Ashes 2015: Australia have 'come to the party', says Ravi Shastri

England were outclassed in every department on day three of the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord's, according to Ravi Shastri.

A promising start to the day's play saw Ben Stokes and captain Alastair Cook add 90 runs to England's overnight score of 85-4 before the former was clean-bowled by Mitchell Marsh just before lunch.

England were 254 runs behind when they were dismissed shortly after tea but an unbeaten 108-run partnership between openers David Warner and Chris Rogers saw Australia extend their lead to 362 at stumps.

And Shastri believes the real Australia have shown up at Lord's after the sub-par showing in the first Test at Cardiff which saw the tourists slump to a 169-run defeat.

"I don't think they (Australia) were bad (at Cardiff). I think they were flat and complacent and they paid the price for it but this was more like the Australia we know," the Sky Sports cricket expert said.

"If you play on a flat-track, and I said it from day one, they will have the upper hand because they have more variety in their attack. They have got that pace as well and they came to the party.

"I think the damage was done last night. Today England played well, the application was good. Cook and Stokes were very good in that first session of play but having lost four wickets the Australians were persistent enough to chip away."

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Bob Willis echoed Shastri's sentiments and hinted England may need to alter the composition of their bowling attack for the third Test at Edgbaston next month.

"Ravi has underlined the point succinctly. The fact of the matter is that there is more variety in the Australian attack particularly on a flat pitch," he said.

"The last thing England want is to play Australia on flat pitches because they will probably lose.

"Apart from Anderson and Broad, who are proven Test match performers - Broad has bowled brilliantly for two Test matches in a row and has been England's best bowler by a mile - the other bowlers aren't really there yet.

"Mark Wood is just starting his career and I'm afraid Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes don’t give Cook any control at all, particularly on a pitch like this. They are conceding so many runs and not getting enough wickets."

Marcus North believes Australia have taken full advantage of winning the toss and batting on a good wicket at Lord's.

"I think you have to go back to the start of the game when the coin was up in the air and Michael Clarke won the toss and batted on a really flat wicket," said North.

"Australia have had the best of the conditions. They had to go and make runs, they did. The ball hardly moved or deviated on day one and now we’re fresh.

"The bowlers have sat on their backsides for nearly two days, they’ve had a good rest and they’re going to come out with a point to prove (in the second innings).

"As a bowling unit they did not bowl consistently enough at Cardiff and got exposed and criticised in the media because of it, so they’re very motivated to come out in this Test match and bowl well and they've done that."

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