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. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    David Warner will revel in this - he's that sort of character.

  2. Aus 0-0

    Left well alone by Cameron Bancroft.

    Hello, Ashes!

    Cameron Bancroft in actionReuters

  3. Huge cheer for James Anderson as his name is announced over the tannoy.

    Are you excited? Are you ready?

    Here we go. Five slips. Anderson to Bancroft.

  4. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    This is special. It's always special. The Ashes stirs the emotions.

  5. Well. That's a proper Edgbaston welcome for Cameron Bancroft and David Warner.

    It'll be James Anderson to open the bowling.

    David Warner and Cameron Bancroft of AustraliaGetty Images

  6. My word...

  7. 'It's like a zoo'

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    David Warner is coming down here. It's like a zoo - listen to the noise!

  8. A gospel choir are singing the national anthems, which means when they hold a note a little longer than expected, half the England players start laughing because they weren't expecting it.

    Lovely stuff.

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  10. Get Involved

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    Any tips on how to combine the Ashes and the writing of my thesis would be most welcome.

    Max, Aberystwyth

  11. Here come the players for the national anthems.

    And here come the boos as the Australian players walk out...

  12. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    Australia have changed their approach with their bowling - it's no good bowling express pace if you are just going to fling it all over the pace. You need consistency. That is why Peter Siddle is playing instead of Mitchell Starc.

  13. Inside the mind of an Ashes captain

    "There's Test cricket and there's Ashes cricket. The two are completely different."

    So says Andrew Strauss, who, as one of only three England captains to win the Ashes both home and away, knows what he is talking about.

    But just what goes on inside the mind of an Ashes captain?

    RootGetty Images

  14. Steve Smith already looks twitchy.

  15. Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    The reaction to the sandpaper scandal showed how Australians have a love affair with cricket and don't want anyone to tarnish it by doing something stupid.

    Bancroft, Smith and Warner will want to show they've moved on. But the crowd has not moved on.

  16. Time to channel the spirit of 2005, England...

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  17. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    Pre-match, the outfield is as crowded as ever. Former batting coach Mark Ramprakash chats with the England team. Justin Langer, Steve Waugh and Brad Haddin show that Australia may have more batting on their staff than in their top order.

  18. 'I'm very up for this'

    BBC Test Match Special

    England captain Joe Root, speaking to TMS: "It's a great opportunity for us this morning, we've got good overcast conditions and we get to take them on.

    "It looks a bit tacky and it's a great opportunity to take some early wickets.

    "It doesn't really matter what I would've done. It's a nice one to lose and hopefully there is one in the bank for later in the series that it's good to win.

    "I'm very up for this. We had a special evening together as a group and everyone seems to be in a great place. Hopefully this will be a great time for English cricket and this crowd will get right behind us."

    Joe Root and Tim PaineGetty Images

  19. Playing hours

    • First session: 11:00-13:00 BST
    • Lunch: 13:00-13:40
    • Second session: 13:40-15:40
    • Tea: 15:40-16:00
    • Third session: 16:00-18:00 (play can continue until 18:30)

  20. The last time Australia won the toss and batted first at Edgbaston, they were bowled out for 136.

    A lot has changed since then.