The Ashes: Live coverage of Day 1 of the second Test between Australia and England at the Gabba
The Ashes pink-ball Test is here - and Australia are looking to take a stranglehold on the series.
All eyes are on Aussie skipper Pat Cummins in Brisbane, while WA’s Josh Inglis will be looking to impress as he gets set for a recall to the line-up in place of the injured Usman Khawaja.
As for England, the tourists have plenty of questions to answer after being destroyed inside two days in the series opener in Perth. Can the likes of Ben Stokes and Joe Root respond in the day-night format?
Stay across the latest from the Gabba here, with the toss of the coin at 11.30am (WA time) and the day’s play to begin 30 minutes later.
36th Over: ENG 3-166
Cam Green replaces Neser.
Gets one to rise off a length as Root backs out of his defensive prod.
FOUR. Too full and Root crunches the drive.
Full toss and Root picks up three through the covers.
And that’s drinks. Outside of Neser’s breakthrough it’s not been great stuff from the Australian’s.
35th Over: ENG 3-157
Boland returns, and hopefully that’s an end to the juck short ball stuff.
Root continues to shuffle down the pitch as he defends into the offside.
Root gets off strike after Green strikes the stumps and allows an overthrow.
Brook flashes hard outside off, but it lands wide of point for two.
34th Over: ENG 3-154
Neser is going for a different plan with a packed offside field and Carey keeping up to the stumps.
Brook still gets a single to point with a slight misfield.
150 up for England 50 for Joe Root.
Doggett continues with an uninspiring short-ball plan with a packed leg side field.
Root and Brook are happy to take it on and work the singles as Root brings up another 50 in Australia. Can he finally go on?
CLOSE! The plan almost works as Brook flicks just over Josh Inglis at square leg. Cam Green would’ve gobbled it.
32nd Over: ENG 3-147
Big appeal from Neser as he wraps Root on the pads, but Smith decides against the review with Neser telling him it was sliding down.
Ball tracking shows it woul have just missed leg stump so good call.
FOUR. Too full and Root whips it through mid-on to move to 48.
An update from Mark Wood
The English fast bowler was hobbling around in a knee brace this week but he’s confident his Ashes are not over.
30th Over: ENG 3-139
FOUR. Brook charges Neser and slaps four forward of the point.
ALMOST STUMPED! Brooks goes for a ramp/scoop and completely misses it, and Carey whips the bails off as he almost falls over.
He just gets the foot down in time but that was an ugly shot.
29th Over: ENG 3-133
Brook got off the mark with a single and will face Doggett.
FOUR. Off the hip and just clips it behind sqaure to the boudnary.
FOUR MORE. Harry Brook special as he backs away and cracks a boundary through point.
England on the charge while the suns shining
NESER GETS THE BREAKTHROUGH
It’s probably no surprise that Australia’s all-out pace means the over rate is atrocious.
Neser continues to plug away outside off.
GONE! Crawley is out for 76.
Out of nowhere, Neser goes short and Crawley bottom edges through to Carey to give Australia life.
It was a nothing shot, perhaps undone by the lack of pace as he went to pull and he’s absolutely livid.
27th Over: ENG 2-121
Doggett continues with the field set for the short ball plan.
CLOSE. Short ball plan almost works as Root gloves one just past a diving Carey for four.
He gets a single with a no look puul to backward square.
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