Smith ton leads Australia recovery in Ashes opener

England 10-0 at stumps Australia vs England Scoreboard

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 1, (Agencies): Steve Smith scored 144 on his return to Test cricket after a ban for ball-tampering as Australia recovered from 122-8 to 284 all out against England on the opening day of the Ashes series on Thursday.

England openers Rory Burns (4 not

Australia’s Steven Smith takes a run during day one of the first Ashes Test cricket match between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham,

England on Aug 1. (AP)

out) and Jason Roy (6 not out) confidently survived two overs in the evening session to reach stumps at 10-0 in the first Test.

Smith and Peter Siddle came to the rescue of Australia’s first innings with an 88-run partnership for the ninth wicket at Edgbaston, and Smith then shared 74 runs with Nathan Lyon for the last wicket in an extraordinary turnaround.

Smith was finally bowled while trying to smash Stuart Broad. His 219ball

LONDON, Aug 1, (RTRS): Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of 1st Test between England and Australia at Birmingham, England.

1st innings Bancroft c Root b Broad ........ 8 Warner lbw Broad .................. 2 Khawaja c Bs’tow b Woakes..13 Smith b Broad .................... 144 Head lbw Woakes ................ 35 Wade lbw Woakes ................. 1 Paine c Burns b Broad ........... 5 Pattinson lbw Broad ............... 0 Pat Cummins lbw Stokes ....... 5 Siddle c Buttler b Ali ............ 44 Lyon not out ......................... 12 Extras: (13lb, 2w) ................. 15 Total: (80.4 overs, all out).. 284 Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Warner), 2-17 (Bancroft), 3-35 (Khawaja), 4-99 (Head), 5-105 (Wade),

AUSTRALIA

6-112 (Paine), 7-112 (Pattinson), 8-122 (Cummins), 9-210 (Siddle), 10-284 (Smith) Bowling: Anderson 4-3-1-0, Broad 22.4-4-86-5, Woakes 212-58-3; Stokes 18-1-77-1, Ali 13-3-42-1, Denly 2-1-7-0

1st innings R. Burns not out ..................... 4 J. Roy not out ........................ 6 Extras: ................................... 0 Total: (2 overs, no loss) ....... 10

Bowling: Cummins 1-0-3-0, Pattinson 1-0-7-0

Match result: England trail Australia by 274 runs with 10 wickets remaining

Umpires: Joel Wilson, Aleem Dar

TV Umpire: Christopher Gaffaney Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle

ENGLAND