Summary

  • Root takes two wickets in an over but Australia close on 339-5

  • Smith, who ends 85 not out, involved in century stands with Labuschagne and Head

  • Head stumped after brilliant 77 off 73 balls

  • Pope off the field with a shoulder injury

  • Tongue bowls both Khawaja and Warner

  • England won toss; Starc replaces Boland for Australia

  • Australia lead five-match series 1-0

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

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    Always play a spinner. Always. Although sympathy for selectors, it's not like English spinners taking 12 wickets & hitting 140 grow on trees...

    Jasper in Verwood

  2. Aus 194-2published at 52 overs

    Maiden over from Jimmy Anderson. He is getting the ball to swing gently away from the right-handers but Marnus Labuschagne isn't getting drawn in just yet.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

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    Re: Dave (16.07) - the pessimism of England fans never ceases to amaze me!

    Connor

    A lot of negativity already. One aspect I enjoy most about this England team is not knowing when they are beaten. They have plans A-Z and expect each one to work at some point, it's exciting seeing each play out! Come on England!

    Anon

  4. Aus 194-2published at 51.2 overs

    Jimmy Anderson will start from the Nursery End and starts with a very wide delivery. He looks a bit stiff.

    Well, for one delivery. The next is on the money around fourth stump and swinging away. Wisely left alone by Marnus Labuschagne.

  5. Postpublished at 16:26 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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    In that first session, I think England were expecting the pitch to do a lot more than it actually did. I actually think you've got to give the batters credit occasionally. The scoring rate in that second session was too high.

  6. Aus 194-2published at 51 overs

    That boundary first up is the only scoring shot of the over and Ollie Robinson challenges Steve Smith outside off for the remainder of the over.

    There is a bouncer thrown in there, too, that Smith ducks and actually turns his back on. Probably not advisable but the ball clears him comfortably this time around.

  7. Aus 194-2published at 50.2 overs

    First ball of the evening session and Steve Smith swivels to pull Ollie Robinson for four.

    Ominous signs for England...

    ...but Robinson responds and nips the next ball down the slope and just past Smith's inside edge.

  8. Postpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Thanks, Tom.

    It's only day one but this feels like a big session for England already. Wickets needed, quickly and frequently.

  9. Postpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    The players are out in the middle - can England break this partnership?

    Here to guide you through the evening session is Sam Drury.

  10. Postpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    There is no hiding place for the ECB or any organisation within cricket, the key stakeholders. Everyone has to take a look at themselves. Are organisations equipped to deal with discrimination? That was the one knock-on effect of the Azeem Rafiq trial was that organisations became better at making sure there were reporting mechanisms in place.

    Is that there for every organisation? I hope it is now because many people in the game experience discrimination. They might have heard something that has been said – not to them but to someone else. But how do you report that?

    In our environment here at the BBC are you going to go to your producer and feel comfortable telling how you feel about certain subjects without that going anywhere else?

    We’re getting down to the nitty-gritty here and actual examples but a lot of these things need to be set up with transparency and openness to be able to handle these situations. That’s what we’re faced with in the game.

    You look at clubs as well. If there are any clubs out there wanting to do something and want to improve their offering for other people around them, you look at your club and you see who isn’t there. Who is not there playing cricket? Then you go, ‘how do we try and attract more people to our sport?’

  11. Postpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Daily Mirror cricket correspondent Dean Wilson: "I see lots and lots of black people at The Oval but they are all bar staff, waiting staff, event support, security. Low skilled work around the outside. The game is going on in the middle but they are on the outside. There is a disconnect.

    "It is complex but in order for the game to move forward - not just in London, this is a nationwide issue - we have to open our hearts, open our minds and say we want a game for everyone. We are going to do this together.

    "I looked around the press room and there was one woman, one Asian face, one black face and the rest were white men. It is not a unique situation. We all have to try and do our bit."

  12. Postpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Isa Guha
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Leadership is so important as we look to solutions going forward. There are so many amazing leaders in this game who have got it right and have tried encourage inclusivity in the dressing room and encourage people to be themselves.

    But also keeping an eye on people around you who might be affected by that comment. Take them to one side during the day and see if they're OK.

    Quite often, those in the minority just go along with it because they want to feel part of the team. They do it because maybe they're on the fringes and they don't want to cause a scene so they can stay part of that environment.

    Those who have left the game it is because they've had those experiences, they weren't happy with it but they had nowhere to go and talk about it. For me, it's just having that understanding that you can look out for your team-mates.

    It doesn't have to be the leader but that leader has to create a culture within that dressing room. It's not just the captain, it's the coach as well and the coaching environment around that group of players.

  13. Postpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Daily Mirror cricket correspondent Dean Wilson: "It is life. We are talking about cricket but it is not just cricket. But cricket has an opportunity to make or set an example and face up to this challenge and lead in a way to show how we can be more tolerant and respect people. That is the key word here - treating people with respect, That's the starting point from which everything flows.

    "But it is across the board. It is the breadth of it - sexism, classism, racism, any form of discrimination really.

    "I heard a story from Mark Alleyne from his time at Gloucestershire. There was discrimination of any kind of characteristic. It was someone with ginger hair, or a big nose. The 'b' word - banter - is used but it doesn't have to be that way.

    "You want to support your team-mates but the chap who is the butt of his joke is being made to feel worse. So it doesn't matter what it is, it is a toxic environment that has been allowed to fester over time."

  14. Postpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon have come out for a look at the pitch at tea. I thought they'd be batting by now if I'm honest.

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    They might have to make the announcement “If anyone knows how to get Steve Smith out report to the England dressing room” again at St John’s Wood Station. It happened in 2019 when Smith made 144 and they might have to do it again if he continues.

    Kaden

    Safe to say we lost The Ashes today. Australia will walk it from here. Could well be the 5-0 McGrath predicted.

    Dave

  16. Postpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    They will be happy with the DRS system too, Smith caught behind and Labuschagne trapped LBW, both have been overturned. They have batted in their typical way.

  17. Postpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Smith and Labuschagne have put on 94 together so far in just 20.1 overs.

  18. Tea - Aus 190-2published at 50 overs

    Australia take no risks as a single and leg-bye wrap up a very satisfying session for the tourists.

    Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith both survived DRS reviews but otherwise look ominously comfortable.

    Plenty to ponder for England at tea.

  19. Postpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 28 June 2023

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    There are even more selfie grabbers now. Eoin Morgan has joined KP on the boundary edge.