England vs Australia LIVE: Ashes cricket score and updates as England off to bad start in first Test
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Joe Root’s side are looking to win back the urn after Australia retained them last time out in 2019. They will begin their quest to do so without seam bowler James Anderson, however, with England’s record wicket-taker rested for the series-opener at The Gabba.
The 39-year-old seamer had been widely expected to lead the attack and trained at full intensity in the tourists’ last major practice session two days out. Rain ruined much of England’s planned warm-up programme and, with precious little breathing room between games in a congested series, Anderson will not be risked in the curtain-raiser.
Looming large in that decision is the memory of the 2019 Ashes, when he suffered a recurrence of a previous calf issue on the first morning of the first Test. That left England a man down for the remainder of the match and Anderson played no further part in the series, which was drawn 2-2.
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England all out at 147
Woakes is the last one to walk to the pavilion on 38 as Cummins takes his fifth wicket. It was another great catch on the boundary by Hazlewood, and it’s met with a sea of applause in the ground.
The Aussies will begin their batting innings after the tea break — although with ominous clouds overhead, bad weather might yet end the day’s play.
Woods departs, and England Struggle at 147-9
Cummins takes his fourth wicket with Wood the latest English batsman to walk back. Wood (8) failed to deal with a short ball and got caught by Harris at short leg.
8th wicket down for England
Captain Cummins took his third wicket on day one as Robinson (0) is dismissed. Carey behind the wickets caught Robinson in another major loss.
The seventh wicket for England came down a short time earlier as Cameron Green took his maiden Test wicket and sent Pope back to the pavilion on 35, Hazlewood taking a diving catch.
Pope went for a pull but Hazlewood propelled his body forward to swoop the ball off the ground near fine leg.
8th wicket down for England
Captain Cummins took his third wicket on day one as Robinson (0) is dismissed. Carey behind the wickets caught Robinson in another major loss.
The seventh wicket for England came down a short time earlier as Cameron Green took his maiden Test wicket and sent Pope back to the pavilion on 35, Hazlewood taking a diving catch.
Pope went for a pull but Hazlewood propelled his body forward to swoop the ball off the ground near fine leg.
England vs Australia – summary of the first Test so far
After winning the toss and planning to set a big total, England had the worst possible start to their Ashes campaign as Mitchell Starc clean bowled Rory Burns off the first delivery of the Brisbane Test.
The pressure was then on for captain Joe Root to steady the ship — but he too was dismissed for a duck. England’s top order collapsed and saw themselves at 29/4.
Things only improved a little when Haseeb Hameed and Ollie Pope showed great fighting spirit and managed to see off the first session, taking the team to lunch at 59/4.
But the Three Lions’ second session started as badly as the first, as Australia’s new captain Pat Cummins sent back opener Haseeb Hameed and leaving England on 60/5.
After Hameed’s wicket, Ollie Pope and Joe Buttler have done a good job to ensure that there have been no further setbacks. Buttler has put the Aussies under a bit pressure with his counter-attacking batting.
The England team is currently 118/6 with the second session underway.
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