Live updates from the first day of the Ashes series at the GabbaEmail Geoff here or Tweet him with your musingsRob Smyth: what England can learn from the Gabba in 1986Guardian writers give their predictions for the series 2.04am GMT 29th over: England 59-1 (Stoneman 25, Vince 32) Starc with the final over before lunch. Shane Warne urging him onward on the TV, wanting to make something spicy happen. There is no searing yorker. Continued short ball attack, but Stoneman stays behind most balls and knocks them back. Lunch is reached safely. Well played! 2.03am GMT 28th over: England 59-1 (Stoneman 25, Vince 32) Oh, this is getting good! Lyon is all over Vince here, and Vince is managing to survive. First an edge for no score. Then a boundary, right off the edge, through the cordon along the ground. Then another ball popping up toward leg slip that lands safely. Nervous moments abound. “In the studio here with the wind blowing hard over Porthmeor… was going to start something new, then realised the way to go was a whisky and a sit down… TMS on the radio, following your updates… in a country and world gone mad, suddenly it all feels a little better… thank you.” Continue reading…
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