Marnus Labuschagne defends the final ball of the first over after lunch.

Eventful.

Stuart Clark
Former Australia fast bowler on Test Match Special

David Warner was almost walking off after he nicked that.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

That's a sitter. Goodness me - it floated to Burns! It's regulation in the slips that.

Warner dropped on 48published at 31.5 overs

31.5 overs

No. No. NO!

An horrendous drop!

Rory Burns has dropped a regulation slip catch. Ollie Robinson draws the outside edge of David Warner as the left-hander looks to drive down the ground and it goes at hip height to Burns' left and it hits it wrist and goes to ground.

England's catching once again lets them down.

Ooh. Beauty. Robinson angles one across David Warner and it square the left-hander up. He was off his feet and had a nibble at it.

He just laughs in the direction of Robinson though. A sight no England fan wants to see.

Stuart Clark
Former Australia fast bowler on Test Match Special

Things didn't go right for England in the first session, but they are not out of it yet. They need a couple of wickets soon though.

It will be Ollie Robinson to bowl after lunch.

He found the initial breakthrough, having Marcus Harris caught at slip.

Can he find another?

Geoff Lemon
Australian journalist at the Gabba

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Confirmation from the match officials at the Gabba that the technology for the third umpire to monitor all no-balls has been down for the entire match so far. They have accordingly reverted to the old playing conditions, leaving no-balls up to the standing umpires for the first time in over two years. Those umpires can refer individual deliveries to the broadcaster on request.

The players and umpires are making their way back out to the middle at The Gabba.

Australia are 113-1 - a deficit of just 34 and you'd expect them to wipe that out and go comfortably past it in this session.

Jack Leach was doing some bowling on the sidelines as the players prepared to come on. England need him to find some control.

Here's where the Aussie batters have scored their runs...

As Chris says Ben Stokes was limping throughout the session.

He appeared to be fairly comfortable as he walked off for lunch though so hopefully it isn't anything too significant.

But it is always a fear and worry, especially with the all-rounder playing in his first game of cricket since July.

Having said that, I can barely remember a time in the recent past that Stokes hasn't been hobbling and limping when bowling to be fair.

Chris Painter: Stokes limping, Leach going for sight-seeing tours of the boundaries and Wood being saved for short, sharp spells. I hope Woakes and Robinson are looking forward to a long day at the office...

Mark Wood has bowled well for England.

He's bowled with pace - touching nearly 90mph on average - and discipline.

The right-armer has conceded just 11 from his seven overs, but wickets are the currency that England need to start dealing in.

From then on it was largely the David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne show.

The pair have put on an unbroken 103 for the second wicket, with Warner unbeaten on 48 and Labuschagne 53 at lunch.

That in itself is worrying for England, but they have also dismantled left-arm spinner Jack Leach. He's gone for 31 from three overs, and has already been smashed for four sixes.

Then a potentially huge moment.

Ben Stokes bowled David Warner with a good delivery in his first over, but the England all-rounder had overstepped and a no-ball was called by the third umpire.

Cue absolute Australia pandemonium.

Marco: Getting away from England very quickly here. Australia will pile on heaps of runs here, we need rain!

The extended morning session started well for England with Ollie Robinson removing Marcus Harris in the sixth over.

It was a good catch from Dawid Malan in the slips too. England can't afford to drop catches in this series, so this was a positive start.