Dave Wood: Unbelievably naive batting from England last night. The traps were set for bouncers & we fell for them hook, line and sinker

BBC Test Match Special

Ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell: "I enjoyed every ball of that. England will be feeling not too bad - maybe six or seven out of 10."

Test Match Special commentator Simon Mann: "Australia have fought back strongly this morning but some useful tailend runs right at the end."

More from Phil Tufnell: "A tale of what might've been from England. A bit of naive batting and some loose shots cost them in the middle order."

"I'm kind of happy with 302 - the short ball is difficult to score against and England will have learned valuable lessons of how to ball here. But they must bowl well."

Ex-Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath: "That 302 England made is more like 360 or 380."

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England’s lower order may have failed but they did come up against some aggressive fast bowling.

Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins both bowled short and at the body of the England bowlers while David Warner chipped in with some verbals towards Jimmy Anderson in particular. Warner also took a stunning catch to dismiss Jake Ball at leg slip.

In the end, Starc and Cummins both ended with three wickets, Nathan Lyon two and Josh Hazelwood one.

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Much of the talk before play was about the importance of the first hour and England’s Dawid Malan and Moeen Ali impressed in that time as the tourists made a controlled start.

After struggling to create opportunities Australia turned to aggressive, short-pitched bowling and that eventually did for Malan, after he had earlier become the third centurion of the England innings.

Malan was dismissed for 56, caught top-edging off Mitchell Starc and that sparked a collapse with Moeen out lbw to Nathan Lyon in the following over.

England lost their next four quick wickets quickly – losing six wickets for 56 runs in total – with Jonny Bairstow making just nine and Chris Woakes out for a duck.

Stuart Broad added an attacking 20 to help England pass 300 but they were eventually bowled out for 302.

Right. Let's have a look at the key moments throughout the day's play...

England bowler Jake Ball, speaking to BT Sport: "With the pitch a little slow it is about trying different things and changing things. We did really well today. It isn't too bowler friendly and you have got to stick in and wait for the mistake.

"We have done a lot of research and talked a lot on different plans. We have adapted really well with bat and ball.

On his wicket of David Warner, Ball said: "It was not the way I dreamed of it happening but you take every wicket when it comes.

"The mood is pretty good. We know if we get two quick wickets in the morning we are right in this game. We are due a little bit of luck and hopefully we will get it."

More from James Anderson speaking to BT Sport: "It is about even. If we get a couple of wickets we are well in the game.

"We would have liked a few more runs but it didn't go our way on a very un-Gabba-like wicket. I thought we bowled pretty well and could have had more wickets on another day.

"I have literally bowled every ball I could think off to get something out of the pitch. Each spell is different, you get a feel for what is going to work.

"They (Smith and Marsh) have played really well. It will be case of being patient and bowling good balls, I am sure we can get a breakthrough eventually."

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Australia were concerned - they were patting Marsh on the back so enthusiastically at the close. They realise how important that partnership was. They were worried. England have put down a marker, albeit a small one.

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England bowler James Anderson, speaking to TMS: "Steve Smith is an outstanding player and it's our job as bowlers to figure out a way of getting him out.

"Because he moves around so much you've almost got to take him out of the equation and bowl it in the right areas.

"None of our plans have worked so far because he's 64 not out! He's their best player so we've spoken a lot about him. Those plans change over the course of a game but hopefully one good ball will get rid of him tomorrow.

"I wouldn't say it s a great cricket wicket so far. It's not great for the spectators with such a low run rate but we've just got to deal with it."

Glenn McGrath
BBC Test Match Special

It's been a fascinating game. It's evenly-poised. England started to get on top this morning when they added 50 runs, then they were bowled out, then England took four wickets, then Australia fought back again. For a match in which runs have been scored at 2.5 runs an over, it's been fantastic. This is not boring at all.

So for those of you just waking up on cold November morning, here's what's happened through the night with the game once again evenly poised.

• Dawid Malan became the third Ashes debutant to make a half-century for England as he and Moeen Ali (38) made a solid start.
• But afterwards England collapsed losing six wickets for 56, eventually being bowled out for 302 with Stuart Broad making a useful 20.
• England's bowlers then made an excellent start, reducing Australia to 76-4.
• But in the final 90 minutes Aussie captain Steve Smith (64 not out) led the hosts' recovery, putting on an unbeaten partnership of 89 with Shaun Marsh and helping his side close on 165-4, 137 runs behind.

Here's the full scorecard.

Here's the day two report.

Thanks Jack. That's lovely of you but get to sleep.

Much like day two this match is right in the balance.

I'm well aware many of you will just be waking up so let's get to it.

Over the next couple of hours we will review the day's play, get more reaction from the Gabba and have a little debate on the state of the match.

Don't. Go. Anywhere.

Right then. The early relief is in in the shape of Matt Henry, who will take things from here.

The hero that he is, he even came in early to get up to speed on the day's play so will round up everything for those of you just joining us, as well as providing plenty of reaction to a fascinating day two at the Gabba.

The headline is this first Test is still extremely tight and difficult to call which side is ahead. England but only just for me.

Shout out to anyone who stayed with us through the night. I'm off to bed...only to do it all again later tonight for day three. Catch you then.

Australia bowler Mitchell Starc, speaking to BT Sport: "We had to adapt to the wicket. It is probably like a normal day one wicket. I think it will get quicker tomorrow. We had to find a way to generate a few wickets.

"They [Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh] have done fantastically. It was not the ideal start to be four for not a lot but they dug in and ground it out. We have got something to build on tomorrow."

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Australia were teetering before Smith came in. He steadied them and then slowly went through the gears. England need to nick him off early, then get him out for a couple of low scores after that to give the bowlers confidence and knock the Aussies. England actually look more solid than Australia, who clearly rely so much on Smith.

England bowler James Anderson, speaking to TMS: "Dawid and Moeen discussed how to play the short ball, they knew what was coming down and they were confident they could take it on.

"It was a positive way to go, they've got the backing of the dressing room and on another day they could've gone on to make big scores.

"You don't want to be bowled out like that when you're in a decent position but it happens.

"Every batsman has come back in and said they're not sure what a good score is here - if we get Australia to 180-6 then 300 is a good score."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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The difference in this match could be Steve Smith. If he gets to 100, he gets big hundreds. Shaun Marsh is similar in that regard. Then there's a lot of pressure on England in the third innings.

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

England have got to come up with some plans for Steve Smith. It's going to be critical. He is their main man.

England bowler James Anderson, speaking to Test Match Special: "It's pretty level at the moment. Obviously we would've like to have got some more runs on the board.

"It's a very un-Gabba like wicket - it's slow and stodgy and very difficult to score runs on. Even those two who are still in haven't got away from us.

"So if we get a couple of early wickets tomorrow then we're right in the game."

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

It's been a terrific day's cricket. We didn't expect 10 wickets to fall, but they almost all came in the first two sessions of the day. We didn't have one since shortly after tea.