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It's the only time I can ever remember that coming off in an NFL game.

Imo Leach is still living off his partnership with Stokes, he doesn't offer a real wicket taking threat or control the run rate.

England didn't bowl too badly for the most part, a few edges went flying into gaps and to safety. There were also a couple of run out chances that went begging, Hameed has to hit the stumps from no more than 10 feet away when Warner was crawling about the deck. Last session was a free for all for Head as the bowlers tired. That was the third fastest hundred in Ashes history. I posted further up that I didn't rate Leach, every Aussie batsman treated him with utter disdain. 1 wicket from 95 runs from 11 overs. The Aussie commentators were making the point that it looks like the Australian tactic is to inflcit so much damage on Leach that it could end his series.

An extremely jammy 8 for Thursday.

First over after lunch and Burns drops a straightforward chance from Warner.

And forgot to add that Stokes was limping pretty badly right before lunch.

113-1 at lunch. Wood really unlucky not to have a couple of wickets, Leach being dispatched all over Brisbane.

Quite a few close calls for England but it's 41-1 at the drinks break.

Stokes gets Warner to edge one with his second ball which fizzes through the slips, then bowls him two balls later. But it's a huge no ball.

Lucky boy imo. Wonder if he now goes after the European Tour for potential lost earnings?

I'm not sure his defence of 'it was the sleeping pills what did it" will carry much weight.

You could have stopped after "and starting Leach" tbh. Don't rate him at this level at all. I understand Anderson can't play all 5 Tests, but imo you have to play your best bowling line up in the first test to try and get off to a positive start.. Even more so when it was obvious the other day it was going to be a greenish pitch and there was lots of cloud in the weather forecast. I just can't fathom why you leave out 1100+ test wickets and go with that attack. I might have to eat my words once they get going later, but not confident England's bowlers can replicate what the Aussies did, even with the home batting line up not being in great nick either.

No more play today.

Chucking it down. England will be hoping for 4 days of this.

Buttler exceeded my expectations and hit a breezy 39 from 58 balls before Starc got him to edge one to Carey. Pope goes soon after though to leave England on 118-7.

8 for Wednesday, home secretary and nationality wrong.

Buttler counter attacking, expect him to score 20 or so then get out.

Hameed goes for 25 as England go to 60-5. Decent knock tbf but he played at one he could have left and edged it to Smith at slip. Buttler lucky to survive one from Hazelwood that nipped back.

Scotland's Jimmy Robertson sets a new world record for the most points in a single frame. Scottish Open: New single-frame points record for Jimmy Robertson - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/59572854

Burns has 6 ducks in this calendar year, the most in the history of Test cricket. As a team England have 44 for the year, tied second on the all time list. The leader on that list is England of 1998 with 54. I can see this squad running that close before the month is out.

And so it begins... [emoji85]

8 for Tuesday.

Patriots running the ball very well tbf. Harris might be done for the night though.