England captain Joe Root won the toss, opted to bat and lost the very first ball of the Ashes series to opener Rory Burns, a late swing yorker from Australia pacer Mitchell Starc.
On Wednesday, when Josh Hazlewood dismissed David Malan (6) and Root (0), England went 11-3 in the sixth over.
When Pat Cummins took his first wicket as Australia’s Test captain star all-rounder Ben Stokes (5), Marnus Labuschagne took a four-ball catch at third slip as England trailed 29-4 after the first drink break .
The opening session was like an open session for the fast bowlers of Australia.
Opener Haseeb Hameed defied the attack, scoring an unbeaten 25 off 73 balls and sharing an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 30 with Ollie Pope (17) to help England reach 59-4 by lunch.
Australia v England, Ashes 2021-22, 1st Test, Day 1
It turns out, it was a good toss for Cummins to lose in his first Test since replacing Tim Paine as Australia’s captain. Root had a tough choice, given the green wicket at the Gabba in overcast conditions and the rain forecast.
For the first time since 1936, a wicket fell in Down Under on the first ball of the Ashes series. England lost a wicket on the first ball at the Gabba in ’36 and went 20–3 down, but recovered to win the match.
It is a long way off for the England lineup, due to a lack of preparation due to regular rain and a two-week quarantine after arriving in Australia.
England have not won a Test match in Australia since winning the Ashes here in 2010–11, and have not won a Test at the Gabba since 1986. After the opening session, it will be an uphill struggle to reverse that sequence.
England’s top-order struggled to deal with the extra bounce and carry that characterize the Gabba pitch, and Australia’s fast trio bowled an excellent line and length in the conditions.
Hazlewood got into a particularly troublesome rhythm and came back 2-3 in seven overs, including four maidens. Cummins returned 1-16 in six overs and Starc returned 1-25 from seven.
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England’s bowling attack will lack a lot of experience, as Stuart Broad was dropped from the 12-man squad at the toss.
Broad and Jimmy Anderson have jointly made nine Ashes tours for Australia, but both are out of the opening match, leaving Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Ollie Robinson as specialist pace bowlers and Jack Leach as specialist spin substitutes. has gone.
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