That was a compelling arm-wrestle, with the battle rarely moving far from the middle of the table. Mark Stoneman and particularly James Vince batted beautifully before Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon dragged Australia back into the match with some seriously good bowling. Thanks for your company, bye! It was another superb delivery from Lyon, who has bowled outrageously well for a finger spinner on a first-day pitch. He ends the over with a speculative bouncer - and Malan slams a regal pull through square leg for four. Malan has played well at a crucial phase of the match. Australia decide not to review and replays confirm it just pitched outside leg. It was closer than it looked at first, though. Perhaps Theresa May should seek counsel on Brexit from, say, Ronnie Irani? Moeen Ali proffers an alternative approach, slog-sweeping a majestic six over midwicket. As for cricket you can see it on several screens in the restaurant as the place is owned and run by the HK Club!! This is a precarious hour now, where 195-4 could easily be 186-6. Lyon finds his length after that and beats Malan with huge off-breaks from consecutive deliveries. That is serious turn for a first-day pitch anywhere in the world, never mind Australia. Master Lyon may not be ending careers today but he looks well set for curtailing a few innings. Time for a Lanky style DOOMED I reckon. You sense that he is itching to counter-attack. Jeremy Corbyn jeremycorbyn Vince's runout was unfortunate, but still a decent start to for. Best of luck the for rest of this Test and the series. Malan is turned round by an attempted yorker and edges it along the ground to point. I think he lost sight of that. The next ball is short, keeps a bit low and brings an optimistic appeal for LBW. It was more Box Before Wicket and would have gone over the top. But Australia are threatening a wicket in every over. Root toe-ends a reverse sweep, is almost trapped in front by a quicker one and then pushes between the legs of Bancroft at short leg. These are dangerous times for England, with little to gain and seven wickets to lose in the hour or so before the close. Good positive start from the Brits, hopefully setting the tone for a cracker series. He is getting good turn and bounce, bowling around the wicket to both the right and left-handers. Malan edges along the ground and wide of gully for a couple before being beaten by another excellent delivery. The deadly Starc yorker is dug out by Root, who might have to curb his aggression for a few overs. If he goes in the next half an hour, England could be dragged into the malodorous stuff before the close. Great start from England. England were starting to look comfortable, with the ball no longer reversing, but this new old ball is definitely doing a bit. Anyway, I hear there was rain earlier. Is there likely to be a second new ball before close today, do you know? Nathan Lyon has abracadabrad a wicket! Vince played tip and run into the covers, where Lyon picked up and threw down the stumps in one movement. It was a sensational piece of fielding, but Vince will feel he has given away a Test hundred. He played a delightful innings of 83 which should - should - make him feel like he belongs at this level. Starc switches back over the wicket for Root and angles a good delivery past the outside edge. Root looks busy, as always, and scampers back for a second after flicking to fine leg. He is a totally different player to the startled kid who toured in 2013-14, when he had few scoring options and a strike rate of 33. The Cali wicket, which was cut for the first time yesterday, is even slower than the Gabba was this morning. They are trying everything to get the ball changed. The ball is definitely reverse-swinging. Root drives pleasantly off the back foot for a couple, the only runs from the over. Two years ago he played one of the ; his performance here, whether he succeeds or fails, could also resound through the series. My instinct was that it was seam movement but on reflection I think Swann might be right. The first two deliveries to Root - one swinging out, the next swinging in - confirm he was right. Replays show the ball to Stoneman really was a jaffa, which curved in and may have beaten him for pace as well. Root gets off the mark from the last ball before tea - but that was a brilliant over from Cummins, with both a wicket and a hint of the game-changing phenomenon that is reverse swing. See you in 15 minutes. After a quiet start to the game, this should be a pulsating evening session.
