Overview
- England were bowled out for 334 early on Day 2, with Joe Root unbeaten on 138 after steering a recovery from 5-2 on the opening day.
- Mitchell Starc took 6-71 and moved past Wasim Akram to become the leading left-arm fast wicket-taker in Test history.
- Root and No.11 Jofra Archer turbocharged the close of Day 1 with an unbroken 61-run tenth-wicket stand at stumps; Archer later finished with 38.
- Australia fielded an all-seam attack at the Gabba after dropping Nathan Lyon, a decision chair of selectors George Bailey described as a one-Test call, which Lyon said left him "absolutely filthy."
- Zak Crawley made 76 in a 117-run stand with Root as England sought to reset the series after their two-day defeat in Perth.