Summary

  • Head's 85-ball century lifts Australia from 236-6

  • Robinson takes two wickets in two balls after tea

  • Warner (94) and Labuschagne (74) put on 156 for second wicket

  • Warner survives being bowled off a Stokes no-ball, and being dropped in the slips by Burns

  • Leach expensive as Aussies target England spinner

  • First Test, day two, Brisbane

  • Daily highlights programme on BBC iPlayer from 17:00

  1. Postpublished at 23:03 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    Hello again. Did you make it through the day? Manage to stay awake at your desk? Good.

    Day one saw English optimism disappear quicker than Usain Bolt on a motorbike.

    England's bowlers are tasked with dragging the tourists back into the game on day two. Play begins in just under half an hour.

  2. Postpublished at 23:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2021

    It was not a bad dream...