The first day of the second Ashes Test at Brisbane, a pink-ball affair was an action-packed one, with the day ending in England’s favour. Highlights of the day were Joe Root finally shutting down the chatter with his maiden Test ton in Australia and Aussie left-armer Mitchell Starc taking a six-fer, going past Pakistani legend Wasim Akram to become the most successful left-armed pacer ever in Tests.

England ended the day one at 325/9. The quickfire half-century between centurion Root and Jofra Archer pushed England past the 300-run mark after they had been reduced to 264/9. This bodes really well for England as far as this Test is concerned, as no side has ever lost a day-night Test after scoring 300-plus runs in the first innings.

Root ended the day with a score of 135* in 202 balls, wi

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