Overview
- England recovered from 5-2 through partnerships led by Root, including 117 with Zak Crawley, who made 76.
- Mitchell Starc took 6-71 on day one and moved to 418 Test wickets, surpassing Wasim Akram for most by a left-arm quick.
- Root and Jofra Archer added an unbeaten 61 for the 10th wicket, the highest last-wicket stand in day-night Tests; Archer finished 32 not out.
- England’s 325 in the first innings places them on the right side of a noted trend that teams topping 300 in day-night Tests have not lost.
- Nathan Lyon said he was "absolutely filthy" after being omitted, and chair of selectors George Bailey called it a one-Test decision with Lyon guaranteed to play the third Test.