Looks like Michael Neser is marking his run-up at the Gabba... #Ashes

Brendon McCullum speaks to the players ten minutes from the toss. A potentially career-defining week for the England coach. #Ashes

An underrated consequence of not picking Nathan Lyon at the Gabba could be the impact on overrates. Australia have no one to catch up time with, and at this rate won’t get the new ball under lights tonight. In theory, they should have 10. That would be a big miss. #Ashes

Scott Boland's bowling average in Ashes Tests: 1st innings - 46.85 2nd innings - 11.64 #Ashes

Mitchell Starc this series: 16 wickets at 9.93 The rest of Australia this series: 12 wickets at 35.33 #Ashes

Day 2 at the Gabba. The line for members more than two hours out from the first ball. #Ashes

Jake Weatherald and Travis Head is the eighth opening partnership Australia has trialled since the start of last year. After nearly two years of top-order tinkering and experimentation, Australia may have finally unearthed a long-term pairing to face the new ball. #Ashes

Mark Waugh on Brydon Carse: "He’s bowled poorly. He hasn’t put two balls in the one spot in any over. “At this level, you’ve got to be better. “Look at this pitch match, that’s third-grade standard. That’s all over the place." #Ashes Fox Cricket

Mitchell Starc has faced more deliveries in this series than Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith and Ben Stokes. #Ashes

Brydon Carse has conceded 146 runs in this innings, the most from an England seamer on Australian soil since 1954. #Ashes

This is only the third time every player in an Australian side has reached double figures in a Test innings. #Ashes

For the first time in Test history, all eleven players have scored 13+ runs in an innings. #Ashes

Batting average in Ashes Tests: 25.48 - Mitchell Starc 18.71 - Ollie Pope #Ashes

Ben Stokes is the first player to arrive at the Gabba. #Ashes

Most Test matches in Australia without a victory: 16 - Joe Root (ENG) 12 - Daniel Vettori (NZ) 11 - Ben Stokes (ENG) 10 - Dawid Malan (ENG) #Ashes

Jake Weatherald to Jofra Archer: "Spit it out if you’re going to say something. Finally rocked up." Ben Stokes to Weatherald: “You got 70 and started chatting.” #Ashes Fox Cricket foxsports.com.au/video/cricket/…

Starc look like a # 3

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