Overview
- Pat Cummins returned from a back injury to captain Australia, won the toss and chose to bat.
- Nathan Lyon was recalled to the attack, with Michael Neser and Brendan Doggett making way.
- Steve Smith was ruled out shortly before play with a vestibular illness, and Usman Khawaja came in and scored 82.
- Alex Carey top-scored with 106, while England’s Jofra Archer led the bowling with 3-29 as Australia closed on 326-8.
- Players wore black armbands and observed a minute’s silence for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, which police described as a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State.