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Steve Smith is swinging his arms round and round as he and Shaun Marsh wait beyond the boundary. Smith waiting to bat is much like Smith at the crease - plenty of fidgeting around and nervous energy. Marsh is much more stoic.

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

As we suspected before this match began, not all of the problems are England's.

Australia's batting looks to have a soft underbelly and, sure enough, the home side found themselves 76-4 after some pretty poor dismissals.

Cameron Bancroft was rooted to the spot in edging Stuart Broad behind, Usman Khawaja clearly cannot play off-spin for toffee, David Warner gifted his wicket with a poke to mid-wicket and Peter Handscomb was lbw to a gun-barrel straight ball.

Four mistakes, four wickets.

Read more from Aggers here.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at the Gabba

Today is election day in Queensland, with the state electing a premier. It's the law that you have to vote in Australia, so there is a polling station at the Gabba. I shared a cab with a couple from the Sunshine Coast, Seth and Anna. They've had to bring their polling cards with them.

Australia batsman Peter Handscomb, speaking to Test Match Special: "It's in the balance, I reckon. We started poor with the bat and there was a couple of soft dismissals, but there was a great fightback from Smudge [Steve Smith].

"The more runs we can get in front, the harder we can attack, and our fast bowlers will really come into their own.

On his dismissal: "I faced 17 balls and I stuffed up one, and it just happened to be my dismissal. The 16 before that, I felt really good. Everything's feeling good. It's just trying not to worry too much about it."

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At this rate, we're going to end up with a Test Match Special broadcast coming live from the pool.

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England all-rounder Moeen Ali, speaking to Test Match Special: "I think yesterday was a good day. I thought we were patient but I think, in general, we're slightly on top.

"I thought Smith and Marsh played very well. Marsh in particular played very patient. It was difficult to get them out. We tried a few things. If we get a few wickets this morning, we'll be right on top.

"The noise wasn't as much as I thought it was going to be. It wasn't too bad, actually. It was like a normal game in England."

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Glenn McGrath
Ex-Australia pace bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It's a little bit muggy. I can't see the pitch being any quicker and the ball's probably not going to do anything anyway. It won't be too dissimilar to yesterday.

There were some poor shots played yesterday, but the one David Warner pulled out of his locker to be dismissed with was, by far, the oddest.

Have a listen below.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

I've been flicking through the local newspaper this morning. There's two key issues in this part of the world, it seems - the cost of electricity and crocodile management.

Nothing breeds tedious, repeated threats by fast bowlers like an Ashes series.

Step forward Mitchell Starc, who says he "can't wait" to bowl at England on a quicker pitch after their lower order struggled in Brisbane.

"It's going to be great to take them on and see how they react," said Starc.

"I can't wait to bowl on a fast wicket against these guys if that's the way they're going to play on a slow one."

(Just quietly, Starc did go short ball heavy on England's tail yesterday, and ended up gifting them 20 extra runs. Or maybe I'm just being grumpy.)

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Test Match Special, and their stash of ice creams, are poised to bring you all the action from today at the Gabba.

You can listen using the player at the top of the page, or by clicking here.

You know what won't help anyone stay awake? Rain breaks. And there might be some bad news on that front...

Right, folks. I am struggling with this lack of sleep business. So much so that I almost fell asleep in my cereal when I woke up this afternoon. So, if any of you good people have any tips on how to stay awake, or any food that will give me an extra boost then please, send them my way.

You can tweet us using #bbccricket, text us on 81111 or email tms@bbc.co.uk.

If you happen to know the answer to the above question, then direct your responses to Mr J Root, c/o The Gabba, Australia.

Steve Smith is the top ranked Test batsman and is, frankly, utterly infuriating for bowlers to deal with. He will be crucial for Australia in this series.

We've taken a look at how England can try and restrict him.

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Steve Smith did what Steve Smith does yesterday - dig his side out of a hole and frustrate England's bowlers as he reached stumps unbeaten on 64.

Speaking to Test Match Special, James Anderson said: "It's our job now to try and restrict them as much as we can.

"Smith is an outstanding player and his record speaks for itself. Because he moves around so much, you've got to try and take him out of the equation and concentrate on where you want the ball to pitch.

When asked which of England's plans would work best on Smith, Anderson replied: "None of them have worked so far! We've spoken a lot about him and those plans change throughout the course of the game."

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A little reminder that play starts today at the pleasing time of 23:58 GMT. Those extra two minutes will make all the difference.

On yesterday, I thought Joe Root had a good game as captain. They've clearly done their homework and got plans up their sleeve for all the Australia players. When the first plan didn't work on Smith, Root went a bit outside of the box and set a few cracking fields.

If you'd like to hear about Aggers' unintentional new work out regime, and who Tuffers' mum reckoned was the best babysitter of them all, then get your ears around our Pint-sized Ashes.

There's probably some discussion of the cricket in there, too.

Well, this is one way to warm up for work...

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If you felt the call of sleep last night, and missed some of the action, then fear not.

Stephan Shemlit is our man at the Gabba and, when he wasn't trying to take a dip in the pool, put together a report of what we down yesterday.

Have a read and get yourselves up to speed.

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