24-11-2017 09:02 via theguardian.com

Smith stands tall to keep first Ashes Test in balance after England apply pressure

• First Test, day two: Australia 165-4; England 302
• Captain Smith helps stabilise hosts after England take four early wicketsThe grim-faced Australian captain battled away to prevent England from gaining a first innings lead in a Test match that has, so far, been surprising, not just to the locals. On an unusually sluggish Gabba pitch upon which the spinners have often seemed the most threatening of the bowlers, England’s much maligned tourists – the unnamed ones destined
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