The Ashes: Live coverage of Day 1 of the second Test between Australia and England at the Gabba

With the night sky now on full display above the Gabba, we are back for the third session.

Mitchell Starc will resume the attack for Australia, with the left-armer looking to add to his three wickets for the day.

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The teams are now leaving the field for the dinner break.

England’s Joe Root is pressing for his first hundred on Australian soil, going back to the dressing rooms on 68 not out, while captain Ben Stokes is 14 not out.

Australia will be looking for the final six wickets in a third session which will be played with the lights in full effect.

We’ll be back in around 20 minutes for the resumption of play.

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At 6.32pm local time, we have now reached the official mark of sunset in Brisbane.

Night-time batting against the pink ball can prove treacherous but England do have one set batter at the crease in Joe Root — who is 67 not out — and are contending with a ball which is now 45 overs old.

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England’s Joe Root is the new owner of something of an unfortunate record.

Now 66 not out, he has now made by an overseas batter in Australia without ever reaching three figures.

But he will be hoping he does not have that record for much longer.

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Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland have given away only six runs in the 16 deliveries since Harry Brook’s departure.

The bulk of them came from an outside edge from Ben Stokes which went along the ground between the slips cordon and gully to the boundary, getting the England captain off the mark.

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STARC GETS IT DONE AGAIN! Brook goes for a drive and edges to Smith at second slip.

A huge breakthrough, as Brook was looking ominous but is cut short from 31.

The floodlights are taking over at the Gabba as Ben Stokes comes to the wicket.

With that wicket Starc moves past Wasim Akram to become the all time leading wicket taker with left arm pace with 415 wickets.

He gets along way across and misses the flick off Boland but it’s not given.

Smith confidently reveiws but the bounce means it’s just going over the stumps and Root survives on 62.

Was worth a look.

Short and wide from Green and punished by Brook who crashes it through point for four.

Australia looking short of ideas at the moment with the picht flat and the ball soft.

Cam Green replaces Neser.

Gets one to rise off a length as Root backs out of his defensive prod.

FOUR. Too full and Root crunches the drive.

Full toss and Root picks up three through the covers.

And that’s drinks. Outside of Neser’s breakthrough it’s not been great stuff from the Australian’s.

Boland returns, and hopefully that’s an end to the juck short ball stuff.

Root continues to shuffle down the pitch as he defends into the offside.

Root gets off strike after Green strikes the stumps and allows an overthrow.

Brook flashes hard outside off, but it lands wide of point for two.