Summary

  • England bowled out for 147 after winning toss and batting first

  • Starc removes Burns with first ball of the match

  • Cummins takes 5-38; Buttler top-scores with 39

  • England leave out Anderson & Broad

  • First Test, day one, Brisbane

  • Daily highlights programme on BBC iPlayer from 17:00

  1. Eng 20-3published at 11 overs

    Travis Head, who is sporting a thick, bristly moustache, gets a round of applause for diving to stop a powerful Stokes drive. Stokes has hit some good shots for his one run.

    It says a lot that I've just thought to myself these two are doing well now.

  2. Postpublished at 00:53 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    HameedImage source, PA Media

    Hameed is full of anxious, squatty shots.

  3. Eng 20-3published at 10 overs

    Hameed 12, Stokes 1

    10 overs gone.

    As my boss would tell me... Room for improvement.

  4. Postpublished at 00:50 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    England might look at this pitch and decide it's best to bowl short... Josh Hazlewood's lengths would dispute that!

    Josh Hazlewood's bowling in this innings: % full, 79% good length and 21% short. 4 overs, 2 maidens, went for 2 runs, took 2 wickets with an economy of 0.50.
  5. Eng 20-3published at 9.2 overs

    Almost a fourth! Haseeb Hameed flashes an edge over gully after chasing a wide ball.

    It's four but will do nothing to calm the Aussie supporters.

  6. Postpublished at 00:49 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Australia can rotate their quick bowlers like Pep Guardiola's midfield. Mitchell Starc returns with Josh Hazlewood next to take a breather.

  7. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 00:49 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    #bbccricket

    Marco: Does statistical analysis play too much of a role in cricket these days? Any other ground in the world (bar India maybe) you'd bowl first. But the statistics say bat first. These conditions are so different to usual Gabba conditions. Wrong call for me.

  8. Eng 16-3published at 9 overs

    Hameed 8, Stokes 1

    Jim Maxwell is already being naughty on TMS. Speaking to England-supporting listeners he says "I hope you're all ready for a competitive series" with more than a hint of sarcasm.

    The small group of England fans at the Gabba bursts into song as Stokes defends to the immaculate Cummins again.

  9. How's stat?!published at 00:45 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Rory Burns' sixth duck in a calendar year is the most in the history of Test cricket. It's England's 44th - tied second on the all-time list. They are 10 behind the England team of 1998.

  10. Postpublished at 00:44 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Jim Maxwell
    BBC Test Match Special

    The Aussies are running the show at the moment.

  11. Eng 15-3published at 8 overs

    Hameed 7, Stokes 1

    Despite ending up on his hands and knees, Ben Stokes, playing his first England game since July, gets off the mark with a single. He's now leaning on his bat at the non-striker's end, doing his best to look calm.

  12. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 00:40 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    #bbccricket

    StarcImage source, Rex Features

    Sam: Phil Tufnell @ 11:44pm on the BBC Sport live feed said “England can't be 30-4.” We’d snatch your hand off for that at the minute, Phil.

  13. Eng 13-3published at 7 overs

    You can all switch off and go to sleep. I can't. I want some sympathy.

    Haseeb Hameed does at least score England's first run for four overs.

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 00:36 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    #bbccricket

    Daniel Woodrow: 11-3! Going to bed now with the wildly optimistic prediction that Joe Root will get to bat again today.

  15. Postpublished at 00:34 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    If there's a man for a crisis, this is your man.

  16. Eng 11-3published at 6 overs

    Ben Stokes survives his first ball. This could get ugly.

  17. Postpublished at 00:33 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's the exact scenario England wanted to avoid. The lengths Australia have bowled have been great. He's tempted Root forward. England are in big trouble.

  18. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 5.5 overs

    Root c Warner b Hazlewood 0 (Eng 11-3)

    Root gone! I think I've just heard the sound thousands of England fans turning off.

    England skipper, their talisman and superstar batter, edges Josh Hazlewood to first slip for a duck. It's David Warner who takes the catch too.

  19. Eng 11-2published at 5.3 overs

    If you are lying in bed following this you won't thank me for telling you Root is beaten outside off by Hazlewood.

    Things almost go from bad to horrendous.

  20. Postpublished at 00:29 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    CumminsImage source, Rex Features

    My favourite story about Cummins is that when he met his fiance, he didn't tell her what he does. She spotted him on a poster and said 'that looks like Pat'.