Australia vs England, The Ashes, 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: Rain Brings Early Stumps After Pat Cummins Fifer Sees England Fold For 147

We are set to begin! The players of England stride out to the middle. David Warner and Marcus Harris are the openers for Australia. Chris Woakes will start the proceedings with the ball.

Australia dominated day one thoroughly as their pacers enjoyed bowling in seaming conditions. The lethal trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc combined to take 9 wickets while Cameron Green celebrated his maiden Test wicket. The star of the day was the newly made leader, Pat Cummins, a five-fer on his captaincy debut against arch-rivals are stuff to dream of. England will be without their veterans Broad and Anderson. A tough job lies ahead for the other pacers and Joe Root has to lead his troops without his go-to guns. Stay tuned for further updates.

Hello and a warm welcome to Day 2 of the first Test match between Australia and England here at Gabba. Australia have had a dream start to the series as they bundled out the visitors for mere 147 runs. The onus is with the Aussies as they will look for a good start to their innings. Overcast conditions and rain might play its role yet again. Let's hope the weather stays clear.

... Day 2, Session 1 ...

It was raining non-stop and the umpires had no other option but to call it the day. It was overcast all day but thankfully we got two full sessions of entertaining cricket. The Test era under Cummins is underway and they have done exceptionally well to shred England batting apart. Now Australia will try and build on the advantage they have. But after watching the Aussie pacers, the opposition pacers will be itching to get out. Join us for Day 2 as the action will begin half an hour early at 9.30 am Local (11.30 pm GMT, previous day). Till then, take care and goodbye!

Update 1656 local (1856 GMT) - Well the inevitable has happened. The cut-off time was 5 pm local and with the rain gods showing no signs of mercy, the play has been called off. Australia dominated the first two sessions with their pace bowlers making England dance on their tunes. The visitors were 60/5 at one stage and then Pope and Buttler steadied the ship but the latter fell and then wickets started tumbling. England will surely miss Anderson and Broad in this pitch but they have other pacers to bet on.

Update 1628 local (1828 GMT) - It has stopped raining for now and the covers are coming off. The ground is still wet though and if the ground staff can make the ground ready in the next few minutes, we are in for some play but that will take a big effort. Pitch inspection in 10 minutes.

Update 1610 local (1810 GMT) - We are waiting for any official update regarding further play. Stay tuned with us for further updates. Even if the rain stops, the damp patches might make more upsets and drainage as well. Fingers crossed.

Update 1530 local (1730 GMT) - It is absolutely pouring down at the Gabba at the moment. Lots of water already on the covers. It seems like we might be in for a long delay. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that we resume the action soon. Stay tuned.

Update 1520 local (1720 GMT) - Missing out on some red-ball action? Don't worry as you can catch the action from Bangladesh vs Pakistan where Bangladesh are trailing by 186 runs and have 6 wickets in hand as we write this. Do enjoy the coverage of that match until we bring you more updates from this match.

Update 1500 Local (1700 GMT) - It was time for the Australian batters to walk out but the rain gods have other ideas. It was dark and overcast for quite a while and has started pouring here at Gabba and the pitch is covered for now. The play has been interrupted due to rain. Hope it clears soon and we get back to cricketing action. Stay tuned for further updates.

The pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins have been right on the money since the word go and the skipper didn't take too long to draw the first blood as he scalped Hameed straightaway after the Lunch break leaving England reeling at 60/5. After that, they were kept quiet for a tad period but Mitchell Starc provided Australia with the breakthrough and then the pacers bossed the game where Cameron Green also bagged his maiden Test wicket and in the end, Pat Cummins ended the innings with a five-fer to his name bundling England out under 150. Australia batters would look to come out and will look to take a healthy first innings lead. For England, there is still enough from the pitch to keep their bowlers interested but remember, they do not have Stuart Broad and James Anderson. The overcast conditions could help Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood. Will they able to replicate a performance just like their rivals did? Do join us for the final session at 3 pm local (5 am GMT) to find out.

England already had a herculean task on their hands as they were pushed in early tatters and would have hoped Haseeb Hameed and Ollie Pope to repair the damage work. That wasn't the case though as the former's resistance came to an end in the first over itself after Lunch. The visitors then enjoyed a good passage of play as Jos Buttler played counter-attacking shots to keep the scoreboard moving and not allow the opponent's bowlers to take the game away. Pope supported him well from the other end and just when their partnership was blossoming, came a flurry of wickets and they got bundled out in a blink of an eye.

What a Test captaincy debut for Pat Cummins! First match as a Test captain, in an Ashes opener and has led from the front as he bags a five-wicket haul and the mighty Aussies, have rattled England out for 147 runs. The skipper would be very proud of his team's efforts and will head to the break with nothing but smiles. He leads his side to the pavilion and gets acknowledged by the crowd for his five-fer.

OUT! TAKEN! The captain takes a five-fer. A short ball, on middle. Chris Woakes pulls it but does not middle it. The ball goes off the top edge towards Josh Hazlewood in the deep again. He has to work hard as he runs across from fine leg and takes a diving catch. He plucks it just above the ground. Almost a carbon copy of the catch he took at backward square leg of Pope. Sensational stuff from Josh Hazlewood and England are all out for 147. THAT WILL ALSO BE TEA ON DAY 1!

Leach survives. Around off, defended to point.

Full and on off. Kept out.

Now covers his stumps and blocks it to covers.

Tossed up, on middle. Leach gets on the front foot to block it out.

Outside off. Woakes skips down and drills it to long on for a single.