Summary

  • Malan 110* - maiden Test century

  • Dropped by Bancroft on 92

  • Bairstow 75* - stand worth 174

  • Stoneman 56, Vince 25, Root 20

  • Australia lead 2-0 in five-Test series

  • Day two starts at 02:30 GMT

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse, Tom Rostance and Saj Chowdhury

  1. 'Win the toss and bat'

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

    Whoever wins the toss will definitely bat, I don't think Joe Root will ever bowl again. The Waca hasn't been bouncy for the last 15 years, it's different clay under the pitch. It will be slow on day one.

  2. View from the box

    Not a cloud in the sky...

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  3. Off-field distractions 'frustrating and annoying'

    There's been plenty of talk about England's so-called drinking culture in the build-up to this Test and, understandably, Joe Root is a bit done with talking about it.

    Root described the off-field antics - which have included Ben Duckett being suspended from playing for the England Lions after tipping a drink over James Anderson - as "frustrating" and "annoying".

    "It's not a fair reflection on this group of players. They are good blokes, good people, but incidents like that let us down and lead people to believe otherwise," Root said.

    "In the face of adversity, people want to see you put in big performances and prove why you have been chosen to play for England."

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  4. TMS on air

    BBC Test Match Special

    Our commentary team are poised in the Test Match Special box to bring you all the action from the Waca.

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

  5. 'Farewell to the Waca, cricket's graveyard'

    Tom Fordyce
    Chief sports writer

    You walk into the Waca and the heat hits you straight away. It comes off the hard clay pitch and the white concrete stands and chases you around the unprotected concourses and open banks of plastic seating.

    There is minimal protection for those watching the cricket and even less for those playing it. Just the fierce western Australian sun and the sweat and the fear of that pitch in the middle of it all, the fastest, nastiest track an English batsman will ever take guard on.

    No other sporting stadium in the world has wrecked as many English dreams as the Waca. In 46 years of Test cricket there, they have played in 13 matches and been defeated nine times.

    More from chief sports writer Tom Fordyce here.

  6. England's Waca record

    Traditionally, England have had a miserable time at the Waca,

    Australia sealed their last three home Ashes wins in Western Australia, while England's last Test victory at the ground came in 1978, against a weakened Australia side.

    Equally worryingly for England's batting department is the fact that since 1986, the visitors have only twice made totals in excess of 300, although the pitch is thought to have slowed in recent times.

    England at the Waca graphicBBC Sport

  7. Good morning! Stick the kettle on, it's going to be a long morning. There's no two ways about it. England need to win this Test, otherwise it's bye bye Ashes, and the possibility of losing 5-0 suddenly looks much more threatening. We're about ten minutes or so away from the toss, with play set to start at 02:30 GMT.

  8. It's simple for England.

    Lose, and Australia get the Ashes back. Win, and they're in with a sniff of turning this tour around. All that's standing between them is a ground that they haven't won a Test on since 1978.

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