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. Poor shot, this, from Cameron Bancroft.

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    Greg Kingston: Sanding down the Aussie batting order, one by one.

  3. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    These conditions might help Usman Khawaja. He really struggles against off-spin but with the ball swinging, England won't put Moeen Ali on this early. Khawaja is a fine player of pace.

    Usman Khawaja of Australia bats during Day One of the 1st Specsavers Ashes Test between England and AustraliaGetty Images

  4. Aus 23-2

    Khawaja 5, Smith 5

    There's a cluster of 2005 Ashes winners watching on from the stands. I prepped for this morning by watching that Steve Harmison slower ball to dismiss Michael Clarke about 50 times in a row.

  5. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    Steve Smith likes the ball there.

  6. Aus 22-2

    Usman Khawaja taps a single around the corner before Steve Smith gets himself off the mark with four!

    That's too straight from Woakes and it's very easy for Smith to turn it past the man at short leg and away to the boundary. Greeted with absolute silence.

  7. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    Crying Steve Smiths in the Hollies.

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    Jim Dale: Could this be one of those special spells from Broad?

    Jason Cole: What do Australians cricket fans fear more than anything? ... Stuart Broad getting in a roll.

    The Comanche: 'Are you Ireland in disguise?'

  9. Aus 17-2

    Steve Smith strolls across his stumps and pats the ball away to cover. It's like he's never been away.

    That doesn't happen too often, though; Smith goes searching outside his off stump and Broad shapes his final ball just past the edge of the bat.

  10. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    For a lot of batsmen that would have been an lbw shout but Smith gets so far over it hit him outside the line of off stump.

  11. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    An excellent delivery from Broad. This is a really good examination for Smith.

    England's Stuart Broad and Australia's Steven SmithReuters

  12. Aus 17-2

    Stuart Broad beats Steve Smith and the slips, crowd and bowler go up as one.

    Has he nicked it? Nope. A sliver of pad has saved him.

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    Bevan Asher: Genuinely think he's not reviewed this due to the hostility of the crowd.. how far he is out of his crease, how much it's moved across.. I think he just wanted to get into the hutch asap.

  14. Warner's eventful morning

    Here's how David Warner's return to Test cricket unfolded.

  15. Aus 17-2

    Usman Khawaja gets squared up by Chris Woakes' second delivery, but it's all along the ground and Rory Burns cuts it off at gully.

    Another edge from Khawaja plops to cover before he's beaten outside his off stump to end the over. A maiden from Woakes first up!

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  17. Tom Fordyce
    BBC chief sports writer at Edgbaston

    No such thing as a slow start to an Ashes series, and no such thing as a quiet morning in front of the Hollies Stand, but this has been a first hour that you could hear inside the Bullring.

  18. Well then.

    An early change for England - here's Chris Woakes.

  19. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Bancroft is going to be in for a torturous series against Broad and Anderson with the new ball with that technique.

    Cameron Bancroft walks off the field after being dismissed during day one of the Ashes Test match at EdgbastonPA Media

  20. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    A sandpaper salute as Bancroft departs and Smith arrives. Loudest boos of all. "He's gonna cry in a minute" is the song.