England won the toss and elected to bowl first but the surface looked really good for the batters. The sun was also out and with the lack of overcast conditions, the English pace bowlers did not manage to get sufficient movement. Stuart Broad, however, continued his good form and dismissed Usman Khawaja early but David Warner got off to a good start. He could not capitalize though and was dismissed by Chris Woakes. Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne looked comfortable out in the middle with Australia going into Lunch having scored 107 runs at a brisk rate. Steven Smith fell to Mark Wood after the break and Australia managed to build another partnership but Labuschagne was dismissed by Moeen Ali right after he reached his fifty. At Tea, Australia were still in control but would have been disappointed by the fact that most of the batters could not make the most of the starts that they got.
