Summary

  • Smith hits superb 144 on Test return

  • First Test since ball-tampering scandal

  • Aus recover from 122-8 to 284 all out

  • Smith puts on 88 with Siddle (44)

  • Smith adds 74 with last man Lyon (12*)

  • Broad 5-86, Woakes 3-58

  • Injured Anderson has scan on calf

  • First Test of five; Australia won toss

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse, Matthew Henry and Jack Skelton

  1. How's stat?!

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    We've had six reviews, four of which were successful, and then there were two that should have reviewed in Warner and Pattinson, and they didn't.

  2. Aus 131-8

    Smith 50, Siddle 0

    A very eventful over but no wicket for England.

    The sun is now out but there are some very threatening dark clouds. Don't rule out a shower.

  3. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    The boos... it's water under the bridge now. They know what they did, they've been punished for it, it's been and gone.

  4. 50 runs

    50 for Smith

    It's just appeal after appeal at one end but at the other Steve Smith chugs along to 50.

    There are loud, loud boos as the former captain reaches the landmark.

    Steve Smith as he reaches his half centuryReuters

  5. Not out

    Siddle has just driven that straight into the ground. What a waste of everyone's time.

    There are a few boos from the crowd, I think at the decision to check that.

  6. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    What are the umpires talking about here? They're checking to see if it was a bump ball. The umpiring today has not been ideal.

  7. Aus 129-8

    I can't keep up.

    The ball is in the hands of backward point but there's no real appeal because it looks like a bump ball.

    The umpires want to check it anyway.

  8. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    How did the umpire not see that?!

  9. Not out

    This is brilliant entertainment but the umpires are having a shocker.

    Not out.

  10. Siddle has got a big inside edge...

  11. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    You've got good lugs on you!

  12. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Peter Siddle is going to refer this - I wonder if I might have heard two noises.

  13. Australia review

    Woakes gets Siddle lbw!

    But it's reviewed straight away.

    Siddle is grinning. Has he hit it?

    Chris Woakes appeals for the wicket of Australia's Peter Siddle by LBWPA Media

  14. Caption competition

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    Do your best work...

    Joe RootReuters

  15. Aus 129-8

    Smith 49, Siddle 0

    Ben Stokes is hooping the ball around here. If England could nip these two wickets out and then watch the dark clouds disappear that'd be perfect for the hosts.

    Chris Woakes is coming back at the other end.

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    Can we stop hating Steve Smith? He didn't (doesn't) have the temperament or authority to be a great or even good captain. Warner led him too easily. But Steve Smith most certainly has the temperament and authority to be a great batsman and this should be admired.

    Iain, London

  17. More loud chants of "It's all gone quiet over there" at a gloomy Edgbaston. The Aussie fans are unmoved.

  18. Aus 127-8

    An enthusiastic appeal now from Stokes and Bairstow but not much from slips. Has Smith nicked that?

    No. The replays show he flicked his pad. A good decision not to review.

  19. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That only missed Jonny Bairstow's paw by a couple of inches...

  20. How's stat?!

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Peter Siddle's most memorable innings is a Test in Delhi, where he top-scored in both innings batting at nine.