23-11-2017 09:49 via theguardian.com

Australia rally as England’s Joe Root falls late on even Ashes opening day

• First Test, day one: England 196-4 at stumps
• James Vince makes 83, Alastair Cook out in third overFor a while it all went quiet out there, too damn quiet – at least for the Australians. After all the braggadocio in the build-up to this series, the actual cricket seemed to be taking place in a library. Seldom can 30,000 assembled Aussies have been so hushed. But in the final session of a rain-affected day the crowd found their voice as their team snaffled the vital wicket.As t
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