Edgbaston Test Day 1 : As it happened

Match stats:Australia 136 all out(Rogers 52(89), Andersen 6/47) and England 133-3(Bell 53(56),Lyon 2/3).

The first day of the very crucial Edgbaston test has ended and England look to be in complete control of the proceedings right now courtesy an utterly dismal show of batting by the Australians. Other than Rogers, each Aussie batsman made batting look very difficult and weren’t able to apply themselves.

For England, Root and Jimmy Bairstow are on the crease right now and they are in a stable position thanks to a solid foundation provided by Cook and Root. Now, their task would be to build up on this foundation and post a score that is enough to put an Australian win out of the equation.

Earlier, Australia having won the toss surprisingly decided to bat first but their decision backfired as soon as the comeback lad Finn jolted the Aussies  with a double blow which included the prized wicket of Steven Smith, whose rare stint of consistency was marred by this aberration, and Michael Clarke, who is out of touch these days. After that Australia could never recover and by a virtue of some splendid bowling coupled with some unintelligent batting the mighty Aussies were bundled out for a meager 136.