Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's

I’m hoping it’s not a sign of things to come for England but I’ve arrived at Lord’s and my laptop is just beeping at me very loudly with a black screen. Any suggestions?

However, Matt himself, is having a bad start to the day.

Any IT experts in the house?

Ollie Pope suffered the shoulder in the early stages of the afternoon session.

Here's the moment it happened.

He spent the rest of the day off the field.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's

Ollie Pope, who was off the field for most of yesterday with a shoulder problem, has just walked over to the nets.

That’s surely a positive for England.

Right, England fans.

Time to bring you some good news...

The Sydney Morning Herald, external and Malcolm Conn also say that David Warner will have his left hand assessed before the third Test at Headingley.

Warner has already been struggling with the injury, and took more blows on Wednesday.

Australia have Marcus Harris in their squad as their reserve opener.

Throughout this Ashes series we're going to be getting the Australia perspective from podcasters 'The Grade Cricketer'.

Here are they are Lord's yesterday, which they call "The Mecca" of cricket.

They call England's display "insipid" and are left wondering "have Australia just won the Ashes?".

The Australian haven't held back in their review of England's day one efforts either.

A comment piece, external from Gideon Haigh goes with the headline "Bazball becomes badball as England left in panting pursuit".

The summary adds: "England snared two late wickets, but they hardly deserved it. Their bowling had little zest, meagre entertainment value, and was certainly not going to save Test cricket."

Peter Lalor has also penned a piece, external around England's needs to "Just Stop Smith".

The Sydney Morning Herald, external and Daniel Brettig focus on the return to form for David Warner and how Australia's engine room fired on day one at Lord's.

Former opener Matthew Hayden and his contemporaries liked to call Australia’s Test match top three the “engine room”.

Ricky Ponting, Justin Langer and Hayden were the self-appointed drivers of an innings, absorbing the shock of the new ball and making the hard runs against fresh bowlers.

They were then followed by the “interior decorators” in the middle order, who could capitalise on the early ground gained by the top three.

Day one of the Lord’s Test was going to be a significant challenge for any batting engine room, no matter how accomplished.

The lights were on all day, the Dukes ball moved in the air and off the seam throughout and there was enough carry for edges into the slips cordon. Add to this the vagaries of the Lord’s slope, helping some balls to move treacherously into or away from the bat, and it was quite the assignment.

Read more from Daniel Brettig on how Australia's batting line-up delivered in their assignment. , external

Want to have a look at some overnight reaction from down under?

No? I thought you might say that.

Here it is anyway. Brace yourselves, they are in a confident mood.

David Gower
Ex-England captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

I always struggle with believing that an England team under these circumstances is being genuinely casual.

There is probably a very fine line between running out there at 11am having won the toss, with conditions in their favour, knowing Australia would have done the same - I'm sure there would have been 100% intent at that moment.

When you slip a few past the outside edge, and you're not quite in rhythm, I struggle to say you're being casual. It might just one of those days, where for whatever reason, you're not quite at your best.

Andy Zaltzman
Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

Here's a reminder of Thursday's ZaltzQuiz question if you're just joining us:

Wednesday was the 105th time that England have won the toss and chosen to bowl first.

If Australia score 11 more runs, it will be the 37th time out of those 105 innings in which England have conceded at least 350 runs.

In how many of the previous 36 occasions have England gone on to win the match?

Send in your answers (guesses, educated predictions, whatever they may be!) via #bbccricket, by texting 81111 (UK only - standard rates apply) or sending a Whats App to 03301231826.

Tom Finnagan: 0

Rich: 2

Tom: 3

Matthew Hill: Feels like it will be a low one. I want to say none, but go on... twice?

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's

It’s a wet, drizzly morning at Lord’s.

It’s Red for Ruth day and I’ve already seen two pairs of red chinos on my walk to the ground.

I’ll let you know how bold my esteemed, man-of-the-people colleague Stephan goes.

Let's finish with the English perspective on a slightly more positive note.

The Daily Star are buoyed by the two late wickets that Joe Root took, saying it puts "a good spin on a dismal day".

Image source, Daily Star

A clever mix of the words shambolic and oil from The Daily Mail who also opt to combine the Just Stop Oil protest with England's performance and Kevin Pietersen's thoughts.

Image source, The Daily Mail

The Mirror reflect on the Just Stop Oil protest after one over of Wednesday's play (more on that from us in a while) and mixes it with how Ben Stokes wasn't as successful in stopping Australia as Jonny Bairstow was with the protestor.

Image source, The Daily Mirror

A simple message from The Daily Telegraph.

Next question: "How do you do that?"

That is what the England think tank will have been pondering overnight.

Image source, The Daily Telegraph