Day 4

1075dAlex Malcolm

Australia romp to nine-wicket win and 1-0 lead

Nathan Lyon finally claimed his 400th Test wicket as another calamitous collapse from the visitors handed the hosts a comfortable win

Day 3

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1076dAlex Malcolm

Malan and Root put up big third-wicket stand as England fight back

Visitors end the third day of the first Test at 220 for 2 in their second innings, the deficit now down to 58 runs

Day 2

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1077dAlex Malcolm

Head century piles pain on England after Warner, Labuschagne fifties

Head thumped a century in a session after Robinson took two wickets in two balls after tea

Day 1

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1078dAlex Malcolm

Rain intervenes after Pat Cummins rolls England for 147

England were given no chance at redemption with the ball after wet outfield and bad light combined to end the day's play

Others

1017dSteven Lynch

Who's the oldest bowler to take a five-for in a Test?

And where does Jimmy Anderson stand on that list?

1075dESPNcricinfo staff

England docked five WTC points for slow over rates in Gabba Test

Players lose 100% of their match fees for falling five overs short; Travis Head fined 15% of his match fee for use of an audible obscenity

1075dAndrew Miller

England's abysmal decade Down Under makes latest loss all too familiar

This match was lost in its first half hour, irrespective of "positives" Root says can be gleaned from the wreckage

1075dESPNcricinfo staff

Gabba power failure causes TV broadcast blackout

The Test continued but very few were able to follow it for part of the morning session

1075dAndrew McGlashan

'Huge asset' Cameron Green gives glimpse of his bowling impact

The allrounder claimed the key wicket of England captain Joe Root

1099dAlex Malcolm

Khawaja or Head? Bailey has an answer but he isn't telling

Harris will open with Warner in the first Ashes Test, says the chief selector

1075dAlex Malcolm

Nathan Lyon savours the reward for his toil but is ready for more

The landmark took a while to arrive but then the wickets came in a rush

1075dSampath Bandarupalli

Stats - England's win drought in Australia, Alex Carey's memorable debut

Also, Root's remarkable run-scoring spree continues, and, hey, where did the lbw go?

1075dAndrew McGlashan

Australia to monitor Hazlewood fitness after 'minor' side strain

Pat Cummins expects David Warner to be fit for Adelaide Test after blow in the ribs

1075dMatt Roller

Root: 'We are not scared of a challenge'

"With these five-match series, it's really important that we don't feel too sorry for ourselves off the back of this defeat."

1076dJarrod Kimber

Jack Leach, naked at the Gabba

Why did England pick a man they have usually handled so delicately to bowl at a spinners graveyard?

1076dAndrew Miller

'I thought I would never play another Test again' - Dawid Malan

Batter's safety-first approach barely registered as a Test asset before his recall in August

1076dAndrew McGlashan

Both sides brace for second new ball to play a part

England face tantalising prospect of setting a tricky target if they can weather Australia's next barrage

1074dESPNcricinfo staff

Stuart Broad, James Anderson primed for second Test

Silverwood says seam duo are "fit and ready to go" ahead of Adelaide's pink-ball fixture

1076dESPNcricinfo staff

Missing technology continues to hamper Brisbane Test

There has been no Snicko available throughout the Test, to add to the lack of no-ball monitoring

1076dAndrew McGlashan

Nathan Lyon plays the long game in quest for 400 Test wickets

Spinner's climb towards latest milestone has been arduous

1077dAndrew Miller

Joe Root, Dawid Malan show what England may yet be capable of this series

After a torrid build-up, captain Root has shown a truck-load of fortitude to carry his side even this far

1072dSteven Lynch

How many times have there been four captains in two successive Tests?

And what's the highest score made by an opener in a Test innings in which his partner made a duck?

1077dAndrew Miller

Wood stands out as England tick all the wrong checkboxes

It's already feeling like a long series for Root's beleaguered men. And we're only two days in

1077dSampath Bandarupalli

Stats - Head's record ton at the Gabba, Leach's tough day with the ball

Statistical highlights from Travis Head's 85-ball hundred and Australia's strong showing on day two of the first Ashes Test

1077dAndrew McGlashan

Travis Head grabs chance to make a place of his own

Batter produces the innings of his Test career in a thrilling final-session counterattack

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1074dESPNcricinfo staff

Stuart Broad disappointed but accepting of first-Test omission

Seamer says it wouldn't be right to "kick up a stink" over decision as he prepares for pink-ball Test

1077dAndrew McGlashan

Ben Stokes in no-ball drama with front-foot technology broken

Under the ICC playing conditions the third umpire is meant to monitor the front line and relay any no-balls

1077dAndrew McGlashan

Ben Stokes knee injury leaves England with nervous wait

Star allrounder will be assessed overnight after hurting his knee while fielding

1077dAndrew McGlashan

David Warner rides his luck on way to 94

England left to ponder missed chances, no-balls and selection

1075dAlex Malcolm

Alex Carey takes occasion in his stride on Test debut

Team-mates unsurprised as Paine's replacement steps up with the gloves and bat

1078dMatt Roller

England have no choice but to cling to the positives

Tourists will use Pope-Buttler partnership as evidence their batting line-up can succeed in Australia

1078dAndrew Miller

The bones to pick out of England's opening-day casseroling

Australia may be beginning a new Gabba chapter, but as far as the Ashes is concerned, it's already business as usual

1078dSampath Bandarupalli

Stats - A dream start for captain Cummins, a nightmare for Burns

Joe Root is one short of Don Bradman's unwanted record as an Ashes captain

1078dAndrew Miller

England's Ashes horror shows in Brisbane

A habit of making false starts at the Gabba threatened to undermine England once again

1078dAndrew McGlashan

Pat Cummins delighted that bowlers followed Ashes 'blueprint'

Hazlewood now has Root eight times in 14 Tests and Cummins seven times in 11

1078dAndrew McGlashan

England 147 all out, and a five-for in the bag - Captain Cummins couldn't have asked for a better first day

"A dream start," he called it, and it really was, as Australia started the latest edition of the Ashes exactly as they would have wanted

1079dAndrew McGlashan

Cummins to 'keep leaning on' Paine as he begins Test captaincy stint

Warm up or go for the toss? "Maybe I'll just get here a bit earlier," says the premier quick

1079dESPNcricinfo staff

James Anderson sits out first Test with an eye on Adelaide pink-ball contest

England said there are no injury concerns around the quick bowler, and he was fit for selection

1080dAndrew McGlashan

Australia still Ashes favourites, but lot on the line to begin high-stakes Pat Cummins era

The series will continually be stalked by Covid-19, but the chance to hold the urn aloft on home soil beckons

1077dMatt Roller

Chastening day casts doubts on Jack Leach's further participation in the series

It would be no surprise if England field an all-seam attack for the rest of this series, relying only on Root's part-time spin

Preview

1079dAlex Malcolm

A new era for Australia, an Ashes to define Root's England

After a bizarre build-up the Gabba is the scene for the opening act of a series full of unknowns

Australia INNINGS		R	B
AT Carey	caught wk	9	23
MS Harris	not out	9	10
M Labuschagne	not out	0	0
DA Warner
SPD Smith
TM Head
C Green
PJ Cummins
MA Starc
NM Lyon
JR Hazlewood
EXTRAS	(nb 2)
TOTAL	20 (1 wkt; 5.1 ovs)

England BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
OE Robinson	3.0	13	1	4.33	(2nb)
CR Woakes	2.0	3	0	1.50
MA Wood	0.1	4	0	24.00

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