Live Australia vs England, Ashes 2021-22 live: score and updates from first Test day one in Brisbane

A single apiece for Pope and Buttler from this Cummins over.

Then the Aussie skipper drops short to Pope and the ball thumps into his right arm. That will hurt.

Pope darts through for a quick single before Buttler tries a booming drive off Hazlewood... but he plays all around an in-ducker which just misses his stumps!

Then Buttler leans on a lovely cover drive for four before mistiming through the covers for two more.

Cummins makes the breakthrough post-lunch with a decent delivery - but Hameed might be a little frustrated that he played at a ball on a sixth-stump line.

Buttler in at No 7 and defends his first couple of balls.

The Aussie skipper snares a wicket in the first over after lunch!

Hameed dangles his bat at a delivery wide of off-stump and Smith makes no mistake at second slip.

FOW 60/5

Massive session ahead. England really need Pope and Hameed to keep this partnership going as long as they can after that dominant start from the Aussie bowlers.

A very assertive little innings so far from Ollie Pope. In total, England played 20 attacking shots in that session - Pope played 10 of them. With a 16% false shot percentage it wasn't without risk, but he'll look to counter against Lyon and Green. #Ashes

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) December 8, 2021

Hameed nudges his way off strike, before Pope charges at Lyon looking to smite him into the top tier - but only succeeds in inside-edging off his pads for a single!

Not sure he really needed to do that in the final over before the break!

Hameed shows a calm head to block back the final three balls of the over and that's lunch.

Green strays too straight at Pope and the Surrey man flips him behind square on the leg-side for a couple.

Not much else to shout about in this over.

England, dare I say it, starting to tick along nicely here.

They've steadied the ship nicely and lunch is looming. Will they get there unscathed?

Pope crunches Lyon out to the leg-side sweeper for a single.

Then Hameed deftly opens the face and runs the spinner down past slip to third man for four. Lovely touch.

Green into the attack, replacing Starc.

It's a tidy enough start from the all-rounder but nothing overly threatening.

A maiden.

Hameed flicks Lyon to mid-on and runs a sharpish single, which brings up England's fifty.

Then the off-spinner bowls a rank long hop which Pope rocks back and crunches straight into Labuschagne's shin at short leg. 

Ouch. Lucky he's wearing shinguards.

Starc continues and there's just a single each for the England batsmen in this over.

Time for a bit of spin - Lyon replace Hazlewood. He's got a slip, a leg-slip and a man under the lid at short leg.

Given Australia's dominant position he's unlucky not to have another slip in there to be honest.

Hameed plays back a maiden with no bother.

Four dots from Starc before he chucks down a rank wide half-volley which Pope thrashes through the covers for four.

Another dot to end the over, with Pope flicking a rising delivery off his hip down and straight at a fielder.

Yet another maiden from Hazlewood who has been at his relentless, probing best in this first session.

Josh Hazlewood has been tremendous this morning. His control of length has been very good, with 63% of his deliveries on a classical good length. He's conceded just one run from the 23 good length deliveries he's bowled. #Ashes

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) December 8, 2021

Hameed rotates the strike before Pope adds four to his tally with a slashing drive behind point.

He wasn't in total control of it but it bisected two Aussie fielders and ran away swiftly.

Just one to Hameed off this Hazlewood over.

The metronomic Aussie quick has two for three off six overs. Not a bad start to the series for him.

Hameed has been quietly going about his business as wickets have been tumbling all around him.

He adds a single to his tally before flicking towards midwicket for a comfortably run three off the final delivery of Cummins' over.

So says our chief sports writer Oliver Brown:

In this debacle of an opening session, it already feels as if England are missing the mischievous interventions that their travelling support can bring.

Border closures mean that the Barmy Army amounts to no more than a few disconsolate Queensland-based expats.

In their absence, the Australians are already crowing.

Brisbane's Courier-Mail, who refused even to mention Stuart Broad by name in 2013 after he refused to walk, marked the news of the star seamer's absence for this Test by declaring: "The Poms have put their very own ban on the 35-year-old medium pacer."

Another Hazlewood maiden.

Stokes had just carved Cummins to the cover boundary, pouncing on a slightly overpitched delivery to score his first boundary of the innings.

But in response Cummins went wide of the crease, got the ball to dart back a touch and caught the outside edge - then Labuschagne did the rest in the slips.

Pope is in at No 6 and off the mark with a sharply-run single off his first delivery.

From bad to much, much worse.

Stokes has looked in total control and been looking to take the sting out of the Aussie attack, but Cummins squares him up, catches the top edge and Labuschagne takes a smart diving catch.

That completes a nightmare first hour for England.

FOW 29/4