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The Ashes | Gabba Test, Day 2: Robinson takes consecutive wickets of Warner, Green to halt Australia

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After the couple of big wickets of Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the afternoon session, England got right back in the game with the biggest wicket of the innings of David Warner, who was looking well-placed for a big score in the final session on the second day of the Gabba Test.

If Warner’s wicket was not enough for the tourists to lift their spirit, Cameron Green was bowled shouldering arms and Ollie Robinson came on the verge of hat-trick. First, he accounted for Warner with a slower ball and then sent Green back with his error in judgment Alex Carey faced the first ball of his Test career as a hat-trick ball.

Warner and Labuschagne seemed to be in control in the afternoon session before the Australian number three got too eager to score on every ball of Jack Leach and threw his wicket away for 74. Steve Smith batted with method so unlike him as he charged Leach and scored some streaky runs before edging to Jos Buttler off the bowling of Mark Wood.

Robinson’s success brought England right back in the game as they are at 196/5 in 56 overs and are left with only Travis Head and the debutant wicketkeeper-batsman Carey to extend the lead beyond England’s comfort level.

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The Ashes | Gabba Test, Day 2: Australia dominate as Warner-Labuschagne attack Leach in century stand

An unbeaten 103 run partnership between David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne took Australia to a dominant position at lunch on the second day of the first Ashes Test at Gabba. Labuschagne was unbeaten on 53 while Warner was just two runs away from his half century as Australia reached 113/1 and are just 34 runs behind England’s first innings total of 147 runs. Both of them were lucky as well though with Warner becoming a survivor due to Ben Stokes’ overstepping on several occasions and most importantly on the ball he bowled the left-hander. Labuschagne was lucky to escape a close call as a genuine edge off the bowling of Chris Woakes did not carry to Joe Root at first slip. Both Labuschagne and Warner took a liking to Jack Leach and in an ominous sign of hitting the left arm spinner out of attack so that Root is compelled to use his pacers more, both came down heavily on him. Warner was full of intent against him and tried to tee off from the very first ball. However, he had to wait for the second over to start his onslaught and he punished Leach for two sixes to show his intentions. There was no respite for Leach from the other end as well with Labuchagne looking determined to put him under enormous pressure. He hit him for four on the final ball of the second over and followed that over with a 17-run over including a six over long-on to establish Australia’s domination. Things are not looking good for England at the moment and they need a bit of spark from the bowlers on a true Gabba surface which still has something to offer for the bowlers to come back in the game.

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The Ashes | Gabba Test, Day 2: Ben Stokes gets away with 13 no-balls as technology outage hurts umpire

The Ashes has moved on to only the second day but there have been enough action on the field to create moments that will go beyond the final scoreline of the series. The first day produced mostly the cricketing moments to savour in the future as Australian pacers attracted all the headlines followed by counterattacks from Jos Buttler and Ollie Pope. However, the second day produced a controversial set of events that will attract a lot of bad press to the umpires. England skipper Joe Root introduced Ben stokes for the first time in the 12th over of the day and Australia’s innings and staying true to what is expected to be his rhythm after such a long layoff, he produced four no-balls on the trot except that the third umpire Paul Wilson failed to spot first three of them. He could spot the fourth and last no-ball of the series only after David Warner was cleared up by Stokes and it was caught in customary no-ball check post the fall of a wicket. Wilson’s failure to spot the no-ball attracted a lot of stern criticism and former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting called it “pathetic officiating”. England were on the moon after the dismissal of David Warner as Ben Stokes celebrated a big wicket of Warner in the first over on his return. However, they find themselves in a precarious position with Australia motoring along to 68/1 with Warner and Marnus Labuschagne looking in no mood to waste the sunshine and pace on the pitch at the Gabba.

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We’ll keep the spirits high, it’s a long tour: Ollie Pope on pathetic Day-1 for England in Ashes Test

Ollie Pope the only English batter along with Jos Buttler to put some sense into the team batting on the first day of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba said that his team is disappointed, but not at all down as it was just the first day of the tour and only one team has batted so far. Pope believes that there is a lot of time left and England will keep their spirits high and try and make a comeback. "I wouldn't look too much at the toss. We just had to execute in the first couple of hours of the game. We had the quality in the side to score the runs we needed. We'll keep fighting and we have to see both sides bat on this wicket. We don't know how it's going to react tomorrow and we'll come back stronger,” Pope said at the end of the Day-1 press conference in Brisbane. "It wasn't the end result we wanted. We're not going to get too down about it but it's a disappointing start. It's a long tour and a long series. We'll keep the spirits high and come back fighting tomorrow,” added the 23-year-old who played in place of Jonny Bairstow in the first Test. Talking about the first ball dismissal of Rory Burns, which has happened only twice in 144-year-old history cricket that a player has got out on the very first ball fo five-match Test series, Pope said, "I wouldn't say it (Burns' wicket) created panic at all because you have to stay calm but it wasn't the ideal start.” His own batting was something that England could look forward to in the second innings. Pope scored 35 of 79 balls but was disappointed that he couldn’t convert it into a big score. "I like to come with a lot of intent and want to move the scoreboard along, especially if the ball is in my area. I think a situation like that leant itself to that too. You need to get your runs on the board. Jos came in and played nicely and it's just frustrating neither of us could go on and get a bigger score,” Pope said. England were bundled out for 147 in 50 overs on the first day but were lucky enough that Australia didn’t get to bat as rain played spoilsport and no play was possible after the first innings.