Summary

  • Smith 64*, Marsh 44*

  • Australia recover from 76-4

  • England slip from 246-4 to 302

  • Vince 83, Malan 56, Stoneman 53

  • Starc 3-77, Cummins 3-85

  • Play resumes at 23:58 GMT on Friday

  1. Postpublished at 04:24 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Well I don't think that exact mode of dismissal was part of the plan.

    Warner looks just as stunned as the home Gabba crowd as he strides off.

    Here comes Peter Handscomb...

  2. Postpublished at 04:22 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Dan Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That's an extraordinary shot. It came out of nowhere. It was a nothing ball and he's just clipped it straight to short mid-wicket.

  3. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 04:21 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Warner c Malan b Ball 26 (Aus 59-3)

    Out of nowhere!

    I was literally typing how nothing had worked for England since the second wicket when David Warner contrives to clip a rather innocuous delivery from Jake Ball straight to Dawid Malan at short mid-wicket.

    A bizarre shot and a huge bonus for the tourists.

    David WarnerImage source, PA
  4. Postpublished at 04:18 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    You give Warner room, he can free his arms. I wouldn't bowl that way at him, that's all I'm saying. It's not my way.

  5. Aus 56-2published at 04:18 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    50 up for Australia as Moeen drops a tad too short and wide, allowing Warner to deftly cut it away to the fence.

    Good rotation as Warner picks up a single and Smith scrambles three to finish the over.

    Steve SmithImage source, PA
  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 04:15 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    #bbccricket

    Paul Cleaver: I can safely say that I’m the only person on the 5am train from Craiova to Bucharest that has any awareness of a cricket match going on right now

  7. Aus 48-2published at 18 overs

    Ball oversteps to concede a no ball before a decent-looking drive for one by Warner.

    Not much for Ball until the fifth delivery as he angles one back in and it whistles past off stump - Smith happy to leave it though, he knows where his off peg is.

    A comfortable defence to finish.

  8. Postpublished at 04:11 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Right, Jake Ball is into the attack for the first time in the Ashes.

    He's not bowled much on the tour so far after turning his ankle in that practice match.

    Can he nip one of these two out?

  9. Postpublished at 04:10 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at the Gabba

    Barmies being properly heard for the first time in the series. "We are the Army, the Barmy Army, and we are mental, we are mad. We are the loyalest cricket supporters that the wooorrrrlllllddd has ever had." Repeat. Cracking atmos.

    Barmy ArmyImage source, EPA

    Stuart Broad is even conducting the orchestra, asking for more noise.

  10. Aus 46-2published at 04:10 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Warner knocks it through mid-on for one and then Moeen drops too short and Smith can pull away for three.

    Another single for Warner and Smith plays out the over.

  11. Postpublished at 04:07 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    I would try something different to Smith. I'd bowl fairly straight - to his strength - but I'd pack the on side. He looks, and I hate to say it, a bit ugly duckling. He's not an aesthetic player but he's a very effective player.

    Steve SmithImage source, Getty Images
  12. Aus 41-2published at 16 overs

    Woakes tidy enough but Smith easily able to leave everything on line. That's fine but Woakes has to be disciplined to keep it there and not drift into Smith's pads and allow him an easy scoring shot.

    He is for now - five dot balls to Smith after a single to Warner off the first delivery.

  13. Postpublished at 04:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Warner and Smith are so much better than the rest of the Australia line-up that either of their wickets are worth two.

  14. From the press boxpublished at 04:02 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

  15. Aus 40-2published at 15 overs

    Warner 15, Smith 9

    Moeen to Smith - plenty of ooh and ahs from Bairstow behind the stumps but no real venom to the right-hander thus far.

    The Aussie captain flicks away a single before Warner does the same off the final ball.

  16. Postpublished at 04:00 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    I used to think Michael Slater had all these idiosyncrasies when he was batting, but Steve Smith has him well and truly covered.

  17. Aus 38-2published at 04:00 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Steve Smith is obviously a tremendous batsman. But my days he's stressful to watch, taking a huge step from leg stump to off and moving all the time.

    I may never fully understand how he's made this technique effective, but it sure has been over the past few years. England need to get the home skipper early.

    For now he works Woakes away throught mid-wicket for two before jogging through for a single.

  18. Aus 35-2published at 03:56 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    Moeen 3-1-6-1

    Maiden for Moeen as Warner can't work him away.

    Nifty bit of footwork from umpire Aleem Dar to flick the ball up for Moeen too.

  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 03:54 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2017

    #bbccricket

    Andy Bracegirdle: Bold prediction I made yesterday. Moeen Ali will take more wickets this series with a lower average than Nathan Lyon!

    Ed Woodley: This plan to keep Warner off strike with easy singles and attacking the other batsman! Working a treat!

    Moeen AliImage source, Reuters
  20. Aus 35-2published at 12 overs

    Warner 14, Smith 5

    Yeesh, Steve Smith is not lacking in confidence nor touch as he just whips one off his toes through wide mid-on and it rollicks away to the fence.

    A few leaves follow, Smith displaying his trademark fidgety style.

    Khawaja has struggled against spin in the past so a crafty bit of captaincy from Joe Root if that's part of the reason he got Moeen Ali on early.

    Steadying ship time for Australia's linchpins Warner and Smith.