Postpublished at 06:25 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special
You feel the Aussies have got a good opportunity now, with Joe Root still so early in his innings.
Summary
Vince 83 - brilliantly run out by Lyon
Stoneman 53 - bowled by Cummins
Root 15 - lbw on review to Cummins
England slip from 127-1 to 163-4
Play to start at 23:30 GMT on Thursday
Postpublished at 06:25 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Eng 130-2published at 56 overs
Vince 72, Root 3
Root brings out that trademark back-foot punch into the covers to pick up two - good running, that barely got off the square.
The England captain gets in behind to calmly defend - his counterpart Steve Smith yelps excitedly in the slips. Solid defence that, hardly something to yelp about.
Root calmly plays out the rest of the over.
Eng 128-2published at 55 overs
Right, Vince and Root are back out on the pitch at the Gabba and it'll be Hazlewood to bowl first up after tea.
Game on.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 06:20 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
tms@bbc.co.uk
I had a feeling that, for all the talk of England sending the worst batting line-up for the Ashes, Vince, Stoneman and Malan would come good.
Sachin Mainkar
A former Aussie captain writes...published at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Postpublished at 06:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
So it'll be James Vince to continue alongside captain Joe Root after the tea interval.
If they can negotiate England to the close, it will be a terrific day for the tourists.
Anything less than another couple of wickets and the hosts will be bitterly disappointed.
Postpublished at 06:13 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
And then came the rain - yes, rain in summer in Australia. It looked like a bit of drizzle, but wouldn't go away, got heavier and resulted in the second session being delayed by over 90 minutes.
When the players finally got back out there, it was more careful accumulation from Vince and Stoneman, rarely looking flustered as they put on a century stand.
The Aussies were anything but menacing but started to build more pressure through consecutive maidens, finally resulting in Nathan Lyon finding the outside edge of Vince's bat, only for wildcard wicketkeeping selection Tim Paine to drop it.
However, the hosts finally got a crucial breakthrough on the edge of tea, Stoneman's concentration briefly lapsing as Pat Cummins found a bit of movement off the seam to beat the opener's defences and rearrange his stumps.
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 06:08 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Yes Vince could - and with some style, the Hampshire man unfurling that gorgeous cover drive of his and crucially picking the right balls to do it to.
At the other, Mark Stoneman was living up to his nickname of 'Rocky' with a gritty, grinding display, eking out the singles to rotate the strike.
Vince was able to dig in too, steering England to 59-1 at lunch.
Morning!published at 06:06 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Hello to those readers just waking up and nervously checking on the score.
Better than you thought it would be, right? Especially if you stayed up to see Alastair Cook depart early on with England 2-1, sighed and then put down the phone or turned off the radio.
If you didn't see it - Cook got a decent ball from Mitchell Starc and edged it to Peter Hanscomb at first slip.
Out came an under-pressure James Vince, could he steady the ship?
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialThe majority of England's scoring options have to be down to number seven. Australia will fancy cleaning out England's tail. For Stoneman, it was just a lapse in concentration.
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentatorAustralia are by no means out of this, although it feels as though England have had the best for the day so far. The pitch is slow, which has helped them blunt Australia's attack.
Tea - Eng 128-2published at 55 overs
Vince 72, Root 1
England captain Joe Root strolls out at the Gabba, the noise of the crowd surging up a few decibels.
Pat Cummins off the long run - but solid stuff from Root in response.
Here's the final ball before tea...and Root gets off the mark, dabbing it down into the leg side for a single.
Postpublished at 05:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialCummins is just starting to get the ball to move a little bit. He got the ball to come back in to Stoneman and the stumps were clattered. Stoneman played nicely - he found it difficult to score today but he hung in there.
WICKETpublished at 54.2 overs
Stoneman 53 b Cummins (Eng 127-2)
Image source, Getty ImagesBowled him! A big breakthrough from the hosts on the cusp of tea as Mark Stoneman departs.
Pat Cummins' pace has been down in the mid 80s with his increased workload but he finally finds a bit of movement, enough to beat Stoneman's defences just coming back in.
Not the most fluent innings from the England opener but a vital steadying effort after the early loss of Alastair Cook.
Can Australia capitalise before the interval?
How's stat?!published at 05:55 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statisticianThis is now Mark Stoneman's best Test score, surpassing the 52 he made against West Indies at Headingley in August.
Eng 127-1published at 54 overs
Stoneman 53, Vince 72
Stoneman takes a single and the intriguing battle between Lyon and Vince resumes.
This over: a stalemate. Lyon continuing to probe but Vince playing more sensibly than the last.
Postpublished at 05:52 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at the GabbaThere are things that, once you notice them, cannot then be unnoticed. Mark Stoneman does a lot of fiddling with his box. Two or three times in between each delivery.
Eng 126-1published at 05:52 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
It looks like Vince is indeed in the mood to punish that drop, punching Cummins straight down the ground to the boundary. Belting stroke that.
Just under 10 minutes until tea.
Eng 121-1published at 52 overs
Vince 68, Stoneman 51
Tim Paine has hardly anything to do so far - his best moment coming when he wisely decided not to dive across Peter Handscomb when Alastair Cook edged off.
His first moment of action in his first Test for 78 games is to drop an in-form James Vince.
Ouch. Can Vince make him pay?
How's stat?!published at 05:47 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statisticianIt's been 78 Tests since Tim Paine last played, which ties the record for Australia - Brad Hogg also missed 78 Tests between appearances.
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