Remarkable first day as it happened

"Australia haven't got a cat in hell's chance of saving this Test. The game is gone. You can't bat like that and expect to win matches."

Here's a round-up of our content so far on a quite remarkable day:

• First of all, there was Stuart Broad's 8-15 as Australia were steamrollered for 60 all out. More on that here.
• Test Match Special was compelling listening...
• And our chief sports writer, Tom Forydce, lapped it up - his intro of 'Jimmy Who' summing it up nicely.
• But even Tom couldn't beat the internet for humour. The best of the Aussie bashing is here.
• And then there's some angry-looking peppers...
• If it's numbers you want, they're over here.

And there's plenty more to come - a Jonathan Agnew column, Pint-sized Ashes, Ashes Social and player quotes...

Steven Chadwick: 14 wickets in a day. England averaging 5 an over!? Who said Test cricket was boring!?

i61Pastor: A Utopian day of cricket.

Matthew Marrs: If Carlsberg did Test matches...

England bowler Stuart Broad on TMS: "It's the best day that I can remember for the first day of a Test match. To have a 214-run lead is very special.

"We got the ball in a really good area, we didn't go searching for wickets. That first wicket really gave me a bit of a boost. Alastair Cook managed to convince me that it was a bowl-first wicket and he's sitting there really smug now.

"We all had dinner with Bob Willis last night and he was great - he just encouraged us to enjoy it."

"Cook's 40-odd was really important - he grafted when the ball was still moving. Joe Root was magnificent - he is one of the world's best already. He sees the ball early and plays it early."

England bowler Stuart Broad on Sky Sports: "It has been one of the best first days I've ever been involved in. Trevor [Bayliss] has been great just telling us to do it our way and that is what we have done.

"That is my best bowling in all cricket I think. It settled my nerves getting the early wicket and the way we caught is special. That Spain trip has paid off."

"I never had any doubts that Broad would bowl well. He has been bowling well since Barbados, he's been bowling with lovely rhythm, and eventually it's paid off. Making flat pitches to negate Mitchell Johnson's pace, like at Lord's, was the wrong approach. I have never met Trevor Bayliss in my life, but he could see that our fast-medium bowlers were cannon fodder when it doesn't move, and very dangerous when it does."

John Lenihan: Massive respect to Michael Clarke facing the press after a day like today.

Josh Payne: I feel genuinely sorry for Michael Clarke.

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Could Australia find any way back into this match? Not with Joe Root around. Cutting and driving his way to a second hundred of the series, more than double Australia's total on his own. Support came from Jonny Bairstow, clips through the leg side bringing his first Test half-century for two years. England close 274-4, 214 ahead.

More from Michael Clarke: "It was a tough day, no doubt. It was a good toss to win but I thought Broad's execution was spot on. They held on to their chances. The wicket dried out but they batted really well, especially Joe Root.

"It is hard right now. I am disappointed but you have to say it is one day down and find a way. We have to bowl England out and then bat as long again.

"I don't think it was our aggression that cost us the wickets. It was good bowling. Sometimes you nick everything and today was one of those. We don't give up. We have to find a way but we need something special."

Australia captain Michael Clarke on Sky Sports: "I'm really disappointed with how the day has turned out, but it's only one day down. We've got to find a way.

I think we were mentally up for the fight, obviously it doesn't look like we were, but I don't want to take anything away from Stuart Broad, and England were brilliant in the field.

"We tried to defend and got out and we tried to play shots and got out. I don't think it was the aggression that got us out - I tried to be aggressive and with that comes risk.

"We weren't as good as we need to be with the ball, but it doesn't help when you've only got 60 runs. We can still find a way to save Ashes, but we've got to fight."

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Eight for Broad, one each for Mark Wood and Steven Finn. Australia all out in 18.4 overs, the shortest first innings in Test history, the first time in Ashes cricket that extras top scored, only the fourth time that both teams have batted before lunch on the first day of a Test match. Australia humiliated.

Michael Clarke is talking to the media. Interesting. You don't often see the captain during the match unless he's done something good. Skipper fronting up, or was he pushed out of the door?

"One team bowled very well. Broad bowled good rhythm, a bit of bounce and good line and length. It was quality seam bowling but even if Australia had batted anything like they would have looked to be 60-2. But they batted like lemmings going over a cliff. It is the worst Australia batting I have seen in 50 years. They played like they do in Australia on harder, bouncier pitches."

Listen to all 10 Australia wickets as they happened on Test Match Special.

Looking back, it's still hard to argue that Australia have anyone but themselves to blame. It was a good toss for England to win and Broad bowled beautifully, but Baggy Green after Baggy Green fell in the same way. Ball fall of length, no feet, push hard at the ball, edge. All eight of Broad's victims were caught in the slips.

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BÖÖM!: What. A. Day.

Andy Donley: That surely has to go down as one of the most one-sided days in Test cricket history.

Peter Whiteley: I see England finished on 274-4 today. Decent but we wont know how good a total that is until Australia have a bat.

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"Not in their wildest dreams would Alastair Cook and his team have anticipated anything like this. Joe Root's was a great Ashes innings, but it was the secondary performance of the day, after Stuart Broad's 8-15. Australia look increasingly abject."

That really is a first-day scorecard, England really do have a lead of 214 runs. Stuart Broad really did take 8-15 this morning. Australia really were bowled out for 60.

If you still don't believe it, you can listen to that Aussie procession once more right here.

England 274-4 (65 overs) - lead by 214 runs

Not out batsmen: Root 124 from 158 balls, Wood 2

Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43), 269-4 (Bairstow 74)

Bowling figures: Starc 17-1-73-3, Hazlewood 20-4-63-1, Johnson 16-2-71-0, Lyon 9-1-38-0, Warner 3-0-18-0

Australia 60 all out (18.3 overs)

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Rogers 0), 10-2 (Warner 0), 10-3 (Smith 6), 15-4 (Shaun Marsh 0), 29-6 (Clarke 10), 33-7 (Voges 1), 46-8 (Nevill 2), 47-9 (Johnson 13), 60-10 (Starc 1)

Bowling figures: Broad 9.3-5-15-8, Wood 3-0-13-1, Finn 6-0-21-1

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It has taken an age for Australia to drag themselves off the pitch. I'm not sure I'd want to face the truths coming in their dressing room, either.

"The ground should rise to salute an extraordinary innings from Joe Root. It was mayhem in the morning, and at some point England look sure to regain the Ashes."

That is it, the end of perhaps England's greatest day of Ashes cricket ever. They have bowled Australia out for 60 then racked up 274-4. They have one hand on sport's tiniest trophy. Australia have been steamrollered.

Stuart Mitchell: I agree with sending in the nightwatchman, save Stokes, Buttler, Ali and Broad for a tiring attack tomorrow for a 500+ run push.

Gavin Street: It's not a night watchman - they've just decided to reverse the order!

Joffan: Why send Wood? Can't believe that Broad didn't get sent out to bat.

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Starc bowling heat-seeking in-duckers, Wood unmoved even when he gets the ball to fine leg. Michael Clarke looks close to shedding a tear. One ball remains.

Probably the last over, Mitchell Starc to bowl it, Mark Wood turning down singles to take the strike.

Adam C-S: Love that England have sent Wood out as Nightwatchman -- they're essentially saying 'we are NOWHERE near done with this innings.'

Tattz: Wood is no mug with the bat. He could outscore Australia too!

Matthew Vernon: I refer you to Jason Gillespie, who made a double hundred as a nightwatchman...

Having said that, with Wood playing this sort of pull shot, he might have been sent it to have a dart. Shadows lengthening, landlords around Trent Bridge warming up for the close-of-play rush. Ooohhhh, edge from Joe Root, just falling short of Michael Clarke at second slip. They were carrying this morning. Chin up, Pup.

"The sight of David Warner bowling on the first day had you looking the other way. It showed up Australia's selection. And at the start of this series, Australia were so confident that this attack would knock England over quickly."

Still Nathan Lyon in the gloom, what sounds like one helluva party going on in the stands. A couple and a single to Root, officially twice as a good as Australia on his own. Still struggling with the idea of the nightwatchman, though. Unless it shows England's intent to bat until Saturday for a lead of 600.

JoElle: Disaster as England lose their 4th wicket only 209 ahead.

Merlyn: A night watchman?!? Attacking cricket?!! Dark ages. Get out there and bat.

James Gutteridge: ‏For a nightwatchman Mark Wood is a pretty canny batsman

Believe it or not, England have sent Mark Wood out as the nightwatchman. I'm not really sure what there is to be tentative about, except the state of Joe Root's back. He's having more painful treatment. Looking again, that was a real bonus wicket for Australia, nothing more than leg-stump filth. Jonny Bairstow's maiden ton goes begging.

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"He's furious with himself, because he thought there might be a hundred there. It looked like bread and butter to him, he usually clips the ball well off his leg. But Jonny Bairstow is back."

"Joe Root is the third player in Test history to double the opposing team's score on the first day of a Test match, after Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen."

Root, by the way, now has twice as many runs on his own than the whole Australia team managed between them. There are about 15 minutes to go in the day.

"It's only the fourth time in Test history that a team batting second has had a lead of 200 by the end of the first day."

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Fetch it! Joe Root on the slog sweep, Nathan Lyon taken for a maximum over deep mid-wicket. One stroke brings 10% of the Australia total.

"The Australian batsmen are very fallible when the ball moves - the ball did not move off the pitch a jot at Lord's. The Australian bowlers are talented but they need the comfort of a big total. So the conditions are a big factor in this turnaround, but they can't explain everything."

It's all getting a bit silly from Australia now, a bit village cricket. Too short from Hazlewood, bouncing over the head of Bairstow and the glove of Nevill. Four byes. You know all those times in the 1990s when Australia totally dominated and a tiring English attack was reduced to firing ping pong balls at a revolving door? It's like that. Only with Jonny Bairstow.

Simon Alton: My heart is swelling at how we have played today. It makes all the years of watching Merv Hughes bully Peter Such worthwhile.

Benjamin: If Root gets another 50-100 runs he has a real chance of a personal victory by an innings.

Willo: And as one, the nation cheers ROOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!

It's almost as if Australia batted on a different day, or if we are playing Brian Lara Cricket on the easiest setting. Nathan Lyon finally reintroduced, cut so late by Joe Root as to be posthumous. Four more for Root, who stretches his back. If he bats this well with a dodgy tic tac, how good would he be when fully fit? Also, with Stephen Fry using the hashtag #bbccricket, does that mean he's reading? I do hope so.

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Victor makes a good point. I still can't get my head around how it is the selectors, rather than the captain, that has the final say on this Australia team. Josh Hazlewood back, too short, pulled for four. The "Rooooooot" din rings around Nottingham, not only celebrating the shot but also the 150 partnership. How might this match progress? If England bat until tea tomorrow they will probably be 400 ahead.

"I wonder if Michael Clarke is bowling Warner just to show that he's not happy with the bowling line-up that he's got."

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Still the short figure of David Warner, banging down a tennis-ball bouncer at 74mph. The equivalent of bringing a knife to a gun fight. Called wide. Could anyone have predicted that we would have seen David Warner bowling today? Is this England's greatest day in Ashes history? Maybe in all of their Test cricket?

England 233-3 (47 overs) - lead by 173 runs

Not out batsmen: Root 101, Bairstow 63

Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43)

Bowling figures: Starc 16-0-73-3, Hazlewood 16-3-48-0, Johnson 12-2-71-0, Lyon 6-1-22-0, Warner 2-0-12-0

Australia 60 all out (18.3 overs)

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Rogers 0), 10-2 (Warner 0), 10-3 (Smith 6), 15-4 (Shaun Marsh 0), 29-6 (Clarke 10), 33-7 (Voges 1), 46-8 (Nevill 2), 47-9 (Johnson 13), 60-10 (Starc 1)

Bowling figures: Broad 9.3-5-15-8, Wood 3-0-13-1, Finn 6-0-21-1

Full scorecard

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Still Johnson, still refusing to get off the pitch in his follow through. Trent Bridge in shadows, Australia chairman of selectors Rod Marsh watching on. "I wonder if I can convince Warney and Punter to play at The Oval?"

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There was kiss of the badge from Root, Alastair Cook leading the celebrations on the England balcony, clapping above his head. Trevor Bayliss, as he has for most of the series, sat under his sunhat. He's like Yoda. Root's brother Billy, one of the England subs, is also here to enjoy it. It's party time for the rest of the night in Nottingham, England will be more than 200 on by the close.

"Root has shown his class in this series. He has been the in-form batsman. He has got all the shots and on a wicket like this he hasn't been challenged at all."

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There it is! A hundred for Joe Root, reached with a cut for four off his old mate David Warner. On a day when Australia were bowled out for 60, Root has tonned up. A punch of the air, the helmet removed, Trent Bridge rising to Root's eighth Test century. Could this day have gone any better for England? 128 balls, 16 fours, cuts and drives on both sides of the wicket.

"Joe Root's 96 is the highest score in an Ashes Test by a batsman batting in the second innings on the first day."

It's almost as if Bairstow is trying to invent ways of nearly getting out, just to wind up the Aussies. This time he's nearly run out, coming back for a second, diving in at the non-striker's end to beat the work of Warner and Johnson. To rub more salt into the wounds, they take an overthrow that moves Root to 96...

Dan D: If they win tomorrow would this be the first time ever that England have won the Ashes before the Premier League kicks off?

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Australia are getting decidedly spikey now. Johnson round the wicket, no attempt to get off the pitch in his follow-through, earning a word from Aleem Dar. With Warner in a huff and now Johnson, we're in danger of them grabbing their boomerang and getting on the first flight back to Sydney. Quicker from Johnson, hitting Root on the pads, an appeal but it's going down. Root opens his eyes wide, almost suggesting he hasn't seen it.

If you're just logging on and wondering what on earth has happened today, let us help.

• First of all, there was Stuart Broad's 8-15 as Australia were steamrollered for 60 all out. More on that here.
• Test Match Special was compelling listening...
• And our chief sports writer, Tom Forydce, lapped it up - his intro of 'Jimmy Who' summing it up nicely.
• But even Tom couldn't beat the internet for humour. The best of the Aussie bashing is here.
• If it's numbers you want, they're over here.

And there's plenty more to come - a Jonathan Agnew column, Pint-sized Ashes, Ashes Social and some angry-looking peppers...

Warner, by the way, has four Test wickets. I think most of those were taken bowling leg-breaks. When Bairstow shovels through the leg side and runs a single, Warner doesn't move to get out of his way. Bairstow can only grin at Warner's ire. 42 of Bairstow's 59 runs have come on the leg side, lots of clips through mid-wicket.

Rob Davy-Cripwell: Clarke needs a Time Turner as well as some Felix Felicis

Frost*ie: I read that as "Felix Francis" & thought "this is hardly time to start a horse racing novel"...

It is David Warner and immediately he creates a chance. Little away-swinger, loose drive from Bairstow, an edge between slips and gully for four. Warner, slug-moustache bristling, looks like he could swing for someone.

Joe Root must be a nightmare to play against. He never shuts up, constantly wears the sort of cherubic smile that gets right under your skin and it's impossible to stop him scoring. If he's not scything cuts or knifing drives, he's dabbing on the off side and scampering singles. Speaking of people who find Joe Root slightly annoying, David Warner is getting loose.

"That is Bairstow's second fifty in Ashes Tests. In his last nine Test matches, his previous highest score was 28."

"He's an attacking young batsman and he's played some terrific shots."

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Well played, Jonny Bairstow. A first Test half-century for two years. His international career was put on hold by a struggle against the Aussies and it looked more of the same when he got a snorter on his return at Edgbaston, but he's battled his way to 50 here. Having said that, he gets there by virtue of a wild leg-side delivery that should have been given as byes. No bat on that. Fifth Test fifty for Bairstow, 73 balls.

"At lunch you thought it couldn't get any worse for Australia, but it has. It's been the tale of this series for Australia - they haven't adapted to English conditions with bat or ball."

Ooohhhs and aaaahhhs as Joe Root turns down a second run that would have taken Jonny Bairstow to his first Test half-century in two years. The sun dips behind a cloud as Johnson comes round the wicket to Root. Joe not interested in playing. An hour to go today, or 19 overs, whichever comes first.

Beautiful evening in Nottingham, far removed from the grey of the morning. Those in Baggy Green/yellow are the only ones not enjoying it, especially as the Aussies just get a little ragged. A fumble from keeper Peter Nevill gives England a bye. Every run being cheered.

"I'm not just being patriotic but I honestly thought Australia did well to get to 60 in the end. I wasn't sure, at one stage, if they would get to 40."

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Jonny Bairstow is oscillating between the role of not being sure which end of the bat to hold and one-man highlight reel. Two shots of the latter here, on the up through the covers and then clipped off his pads for four. In the stands, the great Allan Border sits hunched in a big yellow coat. What does he make of it all? At fine leg, Mitchell Johnson can only smile at the grief he's getting. Banter aside, Johnson is actually a really nice bloke.

"Depleting their bowling on a track like this was just a chronically bad decision by Australia. It was a bizarre choice."

Mitchell Johnson in the sunshine after drinks. Slick-back hair and moustache, rueful look of a man who's lost a tenner and found 5p. Twice short and wide to Root, twice cut behind square for four. Root into the 90s, the 100 partnership between this Yorkshire pair. Johnson, bowling in the mid-80s, is going for almost five an over.

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"Australia have what you might call an attacking bowling attack. It is difficult to face that when they have runs on the board. But when they only have 60 it is lovely because you know a loose ball will come. The pressure is all on the bowlers."

The players are taking drinks. Michael Clarke has asked for some Felix Felicis.

England 189-3 (47 overs) - lead by 129 runs

Not out batsmen: Root 82, Bairstow 39

Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43)

Bowling figures: Starc 14-0-59-3, Hazlewood 16-3-48-0, Johnson 11-2-54-0, Lyon 6-1-22-0

Australia 60 all out (18.3 overs)

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Rogers 0), 10-2 (Warner 0), 10-3 (Smith 6), 15-4 (Shaun Marsh 0), 29-6 (Clarke 10), 33-7 (Voges 1), 46-8 (Nevill 2), 47-9 (Johnson 13), 60-10 (Starc 1)

Not out: Hazlewood 4

Bowling figures: Broad 9.3-5-15-8, Wood 3-0-13-1, Finn 6-0-21-1

Full scorecard

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Every so often Jonny Bairstow gets himself into an awful tangle, a one man game of Twister. Short ball from Starc, Bairstow plays three different shots and eventually edges over the slips. Michael Clarke looks for answers inside his sunhat, whilst Starc shakes his head. When Bairstow pushes the ball back to the bowler and thinks about taking a single, Starc throws at the stumps. He misses, but we almost had a Roger Harper-Graham Gooch moment. As I said, Bairstow sometimes gets himself in an awful tangle.

"Bairstow is just starting to gain confidence now. This is an important innings for him. He has done some hard graft to get in."

Oh, Joseph. That is a handsome cover drive, the James Dean of cricket strokes. Big cricket fan, James Dean. A member at Northants. When Root gives his mate Bairstow a chance, Jonny shows he can do aesthetically pleasing too with a drive through mid-on. Hazlewood, the bowler, is so hacked off he heads for the dressing room.

CDNesbitt: ‏Has anyone ever declared on Day One of a test match?

Jon Salinger: ‏At what point should England declare? Still enough overs in the day to bowl out.

Stuart Skeldon: England should declare and finish Test match on first day.

I'm surprised that 2005 Aussie slayer Michael Vaughan would suggest sympathy for the Baggy Greens. It was something I was on the verge of in 2013, only to experience the torturous long nights of the return series six months later. The loose limbs of Mitchell Starc back into the attack, hooping his in-duckers back towards this pair of right-handers. As a larger chap takes a snooze in the stand, England take some easy picking through the leg side.

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"Root and Bairstow are playing with good control, capitalising on anything slightly loose. It's not often that you start to feel sorry for Australia but they look completely lost."

It's good stuff from Hazlewood, getting his line better to Joe Root, who needs to be teased on to the front foot. Nice shape towards the slips, Root playing only when absolutely necessary. A maiden. That's probably the highlight of Australia's day.

With the various shocked food stuffs that are being sent in we could make salad. Or a stir fry. Root down the pitch to Lyon, meeting the ball on the full and whipping through mid-wicket for four. Evening sunshine at TB, shadows cast to the right (as we look) of every man on the pitch. The Barmy Army, lubricated, are singing the song that tells us who we are. Are they also singing the name of Dutch darts player Michael van Gerwen? That can't be right...

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Growing in stature? Not convincing from Jonny Bairstow, trying to hit another big Hazlewood swinger from outside off stump through mid-wicket. I'm sorry, Jonny, but you're not Viv Richards. A thick edge, flying in the gap between the slips and gully. The sort of edge England had six slips waiting for earlier today. Meanwhile, Joe Root is struggling with his back.

"I was disappointed with the way the Australians went about their batting. They went too hard at the ball. They didn't play and miss but they nicked everything. I can't remember a team bowled out for 60 like that before, certainly not that I played in. But there is a long way to go in this Test match, so fingers crossed.

"Stuart Broad is a quality bowler and that wicket suited him. He hit good areas. He knows his game well and he is a competitor, especially against Australia."

I defy you not to giggle when looking at the picture of those shocked peppers. Brilliant. Bairstow, growing in stature, gets on the sweep to take Lyon fine for four. 25 for Bairstow. His highest Test score since July 2013 is 28.

All of a sudden, Josh Hazlewood is swinging it around corners, conventional out-swingers to these right-handers. Think the sort of big boomers that Matthew Hoggard used to send down. His slight problem is that they are starting too wide, allowing the red-haired Bairstow to leave with flourish of Zorro.

Jon Clayson: Joe Root - officially better than Australia.

Steven Savile: Next time how about we only send Joe Root out to give the Aussies a chance?

AJ Baker: That's enough now lads, declare and skittle them out tonight. Don't think we'll even need the extra 30 mins.

Nathan Lyon into the attack, shaved head, tongue poking out as he delivers his spindly offies from round the wicket. Too full and wide, Root punches for two. Too short, Root pulls for one. Someone has pointed out the Brentford FC's Griffin Park has a pub on each corner. Am I confusing that with Trent Bridge? Either way, Nottingham has plenty of pubs.

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"The last few balls that Hazlewood has bowled have really gone like boomerangs. What he has done I don't know, but it was conventional swing, not reverse."

Jonny Bairstow still looks a touch tentative, as if inventing batting from first principles. Slightly uncertain feet, moving them carefully, like a man creeping up the stairs three hours after he said he'd back from the pub. Having said that, Josh Hazlewood is bowling some arcing trimmers, swinging the ball away from the right-hander.

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Mitchell Johnson is giving the Barmies some fodder for their favourite song here. Too often too short, Bairstow flicking for three then Root pulling for four. Getting rowdy inside Trent Bridge, I bet the Trent Bridge Inn will be rocking tonight. Am I right in thinking there's a pub on each corner of Trent Bridge? Or is that another ground?

Thanks, Marc. Only three wickets since I was last here. Dull stuff.

One more thing I've learned. You know how Michael Clarke always refers to "the selectors", as if they are an invisible band of drones, controlling his team like puppeteers? Two of the four of them are back home in Australia! Does that mean two of them are taking late night calls, or perhaps getting shots of the conditions on Skype in order to pick the team? Ridiculous.

50 partnership up between this Yorkshire pair.

Just to be clear, I was joking about Darren Lehmann below. He's not sabotaging Joe Root with some grappling. That would be a story!

As Root late cuts another boundary, allow me to hand over the live text reins to Stephan Shemilt. Over and out.

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Joe Root is having some treatment on his back with the England physio. At least I think it's the England physio, as he gets Root in some sort of wrestling-style grip and starts cracking his back.

That's not Darren Lehmann is it?! Get off our Joe, Boof...

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Jonny Bairstow is lucky to advance to 15 when he almost chops on to Mitchell Johnson, the ball running behind for four. MJ then bowls a skyscraper of a delivery which flies over the wicketkeeper's heads and runs for four byes. I'd like to say Jonny Bairstow saw that whistle past his grille but the fact he looked behind him once the ball had gone past the keeper suggests to me he didn't.

RobinJRance: Minutes into a film any character played by Sean Bean dies.

Chris Wright: Jack Wilshere's game time.

Robin Errington: ‏Usain Bolt's 100m world record.

There it is... Joe Root's 14th Test half-century in just his 31st match. England's best ever? I think he will be one day. He's sensational.

He brings up the latest landmark with a cover drive for four off Mitchell Starc.

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Michael Clarke just doesn't have that same aura any more does he? It's like he's three foot tall.

Michael Clarke is in deep conversation with Steve Smith in the slip cordon.

"Can I have your sponsor's car when you step down after this match, Pup?"

Mitchell Johnson bowls a maiden to Joe Root.

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Australia appeal for a feather down leg when Jonny Bairstow chases a slider. Nothing doing. At the other end, Joe Root is dominating at the crease now - belting Mitchell Starc for another off-side boundary. That's his fourth boundary off the left-arm quick.

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"Shaun Marsh has seven ducks in 26 Test innings, and nine more scores of below 20."

"I think it was a mistake to replace Mitchell Marsh with Shaun Marsh. It was a defensive move, it betrayed what Australia were thinking. It depleted the bowling, and now you've got Nathan Lyon bowling on a surface that has nothing for him."

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In his last 10 Test innings, Jonny Bairstow has failed to reach 30 - now would be a great time to change all of that. Even 30 runs in this match would be worth double such is Australia's perilous position. Keeping his hands low, he sways out of the way of a Mitchell Johnson bumper, then clips one off his pads for a single. Five from the over.

Still catching up on what's happened today? Where've you been? Maybe the In Short section of the 5 live website can help you out. There, you can listen to every wicket from Australia's remarkable collapse again. Find it on the cricket page of the BBC Sport website, or click this link.

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Mitchell Johnson tests Jonny Bairstow with a rib-tickler which the batsman plays quite well - getting down on it and scampering a single.

"I think England would be happy with anything around 250. It's not been a minefield that's jagged all over the place."

Elegant from Joe Root. Mitchell Starc bowls on his pads and he is flicked through mid-wicket for four. Then the ball is pitched up and the right-hander stands tall deep in his crease, punching four through the off side. #hescoresrunsallroundthewicket

The players are back on the pitch. It's time to see if England can pile on the runs in the evening session.

Or can Australia smash down the door which is slightly ajar after that afternoon session? And I emphasise the word slightly - it would have to be some collapse.

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To that coach who made Stuart Broad a bowler at 17 years of age. England thanks you. Don't expect to be bought a pint in Australia any time soon.

Former England batsman and Stuart Broad's father Chris Broad on TMS: "He was a late developer, he was a batsman until the age of 17. But he started to grow a few inches, and for some reason Leicestershire saw something in him as a bowler."

We asked you to name the four Englishmen since 1993 to have scored centuries in Ashes Tests at Trent Bridge

The answers are Ian Bell, Andrew Flintoff, Graham Gooch, Graham Thorpe.

Former England bowler Matthew Hoggard at TMS: "There was a period when England wanted Broad to bowl short and be the enforcer. But that isn't Stuart - he's at his best when he's testing batsmen's technique on the front foot."

Former England batsman and Stuart Broad's father Chris Broad on TMS: "I think there is a synergy between Stuart and [England bowling coach] Ottis Gibson. In the West Indies he told me that Ottis said to him to open his hip up. Since then he's started to get a bit more nip off the pitch and get it through a bit quicker."

"I've just had my first foray outside of the Test match and I can report that it's officially party time in the Trent Bridge stands. The grey skies and cool air have been replaced by blue and sunshine and the mercury is rising at the same rate that the odds on England winning the Ashes are tumbling. The biggest beer-spilling moments were England going past Australia's score and Steve Smith palming Cook's edge over the bar."

Former England bowler Matthew Hoggard at TMS: "We were a bit concerned at how England would cope with the loss of their leader. But they've found a new one in Stuart Broad."

Former England batsman and Stuart Broad's father Chris Broad on TMS: "He chatted to me a couple of days a go and I was a bit concerned that he was a bit too focused on getting one wicket for his 300th. So to get one in his first over was a release."

England 99-3 (29 overs)

Not out batsmen: Root 33, Bairstow 2

Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1), 96-3 (Cook 43)

Bowling figures: Starc 9-0-33-3, Hazlewood 10-2-26-0, Johnson 7-1-30-0, Lyon 3-1-8-0

Australia 60 all out (18.3 overs)

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Rogers 0), 10-2 (Warner 0), 10-3 (Smith 6), 15-4 (Shaun Marsh 0), 29-6 (Clarke 10), 33-7 (Voges 1), 46-8 (Nevill 2), 47-9 (Johnson 13), 60-10 (Starc 1)

Not out: Hazlewood 4

Bowling figures: Broad 9.3-5-15-8, Wood 3-0-13-1, Finn 6-0-21-1

Full scorecard

Jonny Bairstow is off the mark with two through the leg side. That should settle the nerves. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is tea.

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Mitchell Johnson to bowl the last over before tea. He ships a single to Joe Root which gives him three deliveries at Jonny Bairstow.

Philip Wiseman: Most German words.

James McCarthy: The career of a Star Trek Red Shirt...

Liam Condron: A rich tea biscuit on its second dunk.

Jonny Bairstow, who was dismissed by an absolute snorter from Mitchell Johnson in his only innings in the last Test, is the new man to the crease. I bet he's still smelling leather in his sleep now following that brute of a delivery a week ago.

"Starc is showing glimpses here of his great strike capacity - he does leak a few runs, but when you see him bowl like this, you can see how he can get six-for."

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"That's a good ball. That's similar to what Starc bowls sometimes in white cricket with a white ball - he gets it up there with a little bit of late swing. But Alastair Cook has played pretty well and given England a bit of a platform."

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"I keep hearing how hard Michael Clarke is working in the nets. But what's the point in that when he flails at one that I couldn't reach with my mum's sweeping brush? As a batsman, your thinking has to be right."

The Aussies look a little lost on that outfield. While England were swarming all over the tourists, there are vast open spaces now they are batting. The Aussies are retreating - both in body and mind. Alastair Cook has now gone 10 balls without scoring a run though, playing out a maiden to Nathan Lyon.

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Owen Radford-Lloyd: The width of Shane Watson's front pad

Martyn Brunt: A Rowntrees fruit pastille.

Keith Bean: The guys at CERN now measuring things in Aussies.

"You've got England's best two batsman batting by far. You'd be picking those two in a World XI. They've got the technique, the concentration, the determination. They're putting this pitch into context."

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Alastair Cook has booked in for bed and breakfast - leaving anything that's on a length, putting away the bad ball and keeping the close fielders on their toes with quick singles. You'd trust him with your last tenner when he's in this mood. Gives nothing away.

"Without Mitchell Marsh or Shane Watson, Lyon has got to get into the attack early. Johnson is someone Australia don't want to bowl in more than four-over bursts, and Starc is a strike bowler too. I actually think that Mitchell Marsh or Watson might have bowled quite well on this surface. To go for six specialist batsman suggests a certain paranoia."

I'm struggling to think of a positive from an Australian perspective but Nathan Lyon has outbowled Moeen Ali so far in this series - taking 12 wickets in his 91 overs. Moeen has nine in 100.

Saying that, Lyon is cut for four by Alastair Cook. That lead is now 31.

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Joe Root has a batting strike-rate of 72 in this series - the highest of all England's batsmen and second only to David Warner (76) in the series. He doesn't let the bowler settle. Even his forward defence to Josh Hazlewood has intent about it. Two singles from the over.

Josh Emden: Moeen Ali's run up.

Chong-Yee Khoo: "Rooooooooooooooooooot!"

Scott Fowler: England's innings

"Lyon has got a lovely, classical action, very rhythmic, and he gets lot of overspin and drop on the ball."

Nathan Lyon is given a whirl by Michael Clarke, who might be fielding calls from local club teams for his players this weekend if this game is wrapped up in two days. Imagine Steve Smith strapping the pads on for the Dog and Duck?

Getting a hint of turn and bowling with nice drift, he is driven for two by Joe Root to bring up the 50 partnership in 51 balls.

We are happy to report that the wicket alerts in the BBC Sport app are working smoothly - they got quite a work out this morning.

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Today's #QSTeaser from @QuestionofSport...

Name the 4 Englishmen since 1993 to have scored centuries in Ashes Tests at Trent Bridge.

Oh... can this day get any better? Now Mitchell Johnson mis-fields on the boundary and Joe Root gets four through mid-wicket. It's as if England have decided to up the run-rate since overtaking the Australian 60 all out.

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Australia are becoming leakier than a dodgy radiator now - Alastair Cook getting the late cut out and taking four more off Mitchell Starc. Then Josh Hazlewood pitches up and Joe Root belts him through to the cover boundary.

"Cook's feet aren't quite working as he would like today. He is battling a bit at the moment."

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It's just not Australia's day. Mitchell Starc squares up Alastair Cook and finds the outside edge but Steve Smith can only get a little hand to it at third slip and it runs away for four. That's now 2,000 runs versus Australia for the skip.

Tommy 'T' Dickson Jr: The time it's taking me to think of a witty tweet...

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Sam: A main character in game of thrones.

Stewart wallace: The time it takes to get an innuendo on Great British Bake Off.

England are taking on Mitchell Johnson now - a bouncer being pulled for four by Joe Root. The right-hander got over the ball perfectly.

"It has taken England 18.3 overs to take the lead - exactly the same number of overs as Australia's innings."

Stephen MCP Brogarth: Putting on the ultimate mockers posting all these pics of people looking at the score. If we are all out for 100 it's your fault.

andy kerr: England's extras is making very little impact compared to the Aussies- I'd drop him for the next match.

Sue: Negativity from England supporters already? Good grief!

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Mitchell Johnson bowls to the right, Joe Root helps it down to fine leg for four... and England have a first-innings lead. At 14:56 on the first day.

The crowd is reasonably quiet at Trent Bridge. As though they've been shocked into a slumber following this morning's chaos. I'm not sure I can quite believe it yet. Mitchell Starc is bowling some good inswinging toe-crushers and Joe Root does well to dig the latest one out. Waiting for one to be pitched up, Root gets full bang for his buck with a sweet on-drive for four. Rooooooooooooooooooooot.

At least the Australians haven't lost their sense of humour. Here's the latest gem, from the Sydney Morning Herald live blog.

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Mitchell Johnson is back into the attack, noticeably down on speed, and he is belted through the off side by Joe Root who is up and running with a boundary. MJ's speed has dropped 5mph. He's not quite at Ian Austin levels yet, but he's more trundler than terroriser at the moment. Like Superman with Kryptonite in his side.

England 44-2 (16 overs)

Not out batsmen: Cook 26, Root 0

Fall of wickets: 32-1 (Lyth 14), 34-2 (Bell 1)

Bowling figures: Starc 5-0-18-2, Hazlewood 7-2-14-0, Johnson 4-1-12-0

Australia 60 all out (18.3 overs)

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Rogers 0), 10-2 (Warner 0), 10-3 (Smith 6), 15-4 (Shaun Marsh 0), 29-6 (Clarke 10), 33-7 (Voges 1), 46-8 (Nevill 2), 47-9 (Johnson 13), 60-10 (Starc 1)

Not out: Hazlewood 4

Bowling figures: Broad 9.3-5-15-8, Wood 3-0-13-1, Finn 6-0-21-1

Full scorecard

Michael Clarke gees up his troops as Alastair Cook deliberately guides four low and wide of the slip cordon. Athletic, upright and with a mean look on his face Mitchell Starc is really going through the gears. But he's being met with Joe Root's straight bat.

Adam Woods: England vs Australia as England won the Rugby world cup in Australia in 2003.

Dominic: Mahler's Symphony no. 3 (depending a little on the performance!)

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Andrew Lawton: 30 odd for two... back to some level of normality I suppose

Nick Blyth: Normal service resumed with the return of Binary Bell

Scott Keene: Getting nervous now?

For the second time in the match, Alastair Cook edges to slip but the ball drops short of the grabber. Credit to the batsman that he's able to play at such deliveries late and with soft hands. The skipper is playing well here - clipping two off his pads and then a single down to the ground, only being denied a boundary by David Warner's good fielding at mid-off.

Dave Haines: ‏Shane Warne's exfoliation regime in the morning.

Barrie Taylor: Moeen Ali's beard!

Alan: I've had hiccups that have lasted longer than that Australian innings.

Careful Joe.

Root, England's number four, chases a wide one at 91mph and is lucky not to get a nick behind.

"It's the sixth time in his last 14 innings that Ian Bell has been dismissed for 1. It's the 12th time in his career that he's been out for 1 - the most for any specialist batsman."

"I think Hawkeye this series has done some iffy things. It was on leg stump as it hit Bell. I have a real query with that."

"It's late shape, and Ian Bell thinks it's going down the leg side."

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Mitchell Starc bowls a crackerjack of an inswinging yorker into Ian Bell's pads. Big appeal. Given out. But Belly wants a review.

Rob Burman: Mitchell Johnson's tache

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Carl Taylor: Michael Clarke's face...

Joseph D'Urso: 29 renditions of Waltzing Matilda

Allan Border is sat with an Australian tour group. He takes an absolute age to switch channels on his ear-piece and talk to the Sky Sports commentators. How the tourists could do with him out there today. Josh Hazlewood to Alastair Cook. Maiden over.

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Poor old Adam Lyth. Caught behind once again. Given that England may well only need to bat once, it's highly possible that he'll be parading around with the Ashes urn on Saturday knowing he's about to be dropped. Still, not a bad way to bow out.

That wicket brings Ian Bell to the crease, the England number three geeing himself up with some jumping up and down on the spot.

Andrew Bevan: A Geoffrey Boycott aggressive 10*.

Nick Round: The time it took to type this tweet.

Tom Audsley: that hashtag.

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"Starc got the ball to bounce on a length and seam and Lyth played the big drive. It's they type of shot we saw the Australians getting out to - it's the kind of wicket where you need to err on the side of defence."

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Mitchell Johnson looks mightily fed up. Like somebody's run over his cat. His pace is down to 86mph and the ball is not on target enough to worry Alastair Cook.

James Gutteridge: ‏My exam next week

Diccon Thornely: My commute into work, thanks to the tube strike!!

Lee Skulskyj: The film Australia.

"I'm not sure how Australia can stay in this game unless they consistently chip away with wickets this afternoon."

Alastair Cook is loving this - ball angling into his pads from Josh Hazlewood and single easily milked. Steady as she goes for England. But what's the rush? They'd still have plenty of time if a biblical Monsoon swept in for the next two days.

So, your challenge this afternoon - tell us #thingslongerthananAussieinnings after the tourists' effort lasted just 100 minutes earlier. Go!

Stuart Broad is sat on the England balcony, shades on - probably feeling like James Bond after the carnage he's just inflicted on Australia. All the bowlers are having a good laugh, as is the work experience kid - hang on, that's Jonny Bairstow. My mistake.

Adam Lyth leaves one from Mitchell Johnson and it flies over his stumps. Good judgement. Two from the over. Ticking along nicely.

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Josh Hazlewood, like Stuart Broad did to Chris Rogers earlier, goes round the wicket to Alastair Cook and gets the ball to nip back into the left-hander's pads. Not out. Too high. Maiden over.

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"Stuart Broad is the first seamer to take eight wickets in a Test innings without one going to the wicket-keeper."

When you're replying to the opponents' 60 all out, Mitchell Johnson is about as intimidating as a Rottweiler whose teeth have fallen out. He is flicked for four off his pads by Alastair Cook as England bring up 26 without loss - their best opening partnership of the series. The previous highest was 19.

Josh Hazlewood is one unhappy fast bowler. His batsmen have given him nothing to play with. It's like your Mum giving you a quid for the shop but asking for you to come back with milk, bread and butter. And something for yourself. Not happening.

He throws the ball at Adam Lyth in a moment of anger, but the Yorkie left-hander is unperturbed. He knows his team-mates have the Aussies by the throat. Two from the over.

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"When your batting has been rolled so cheaply, your margin for error with the ball is so small. Every bad ball costs you a fifteenth of your total."

RoyalBalletSinfonia: We're keeping very quiet in the pit today. Not musically, but about the cricket #tactfulaccompanists #australiancompany

When those Australian wickets were dropping like flies, Adam Lyth was probably the only Englishman in the country to be a tad unhappy about it all. He knew he'd have to go and bat on the same pitch at some point.

He's batting nicely at the moment though, watching the ball intently and scampering a single before watching from the non-striker's end when Alastair Cook edges towards slip but the fact he's playing it with soft hands means it drops short. The skipper ends the over by slicing Mitchell Johnson through backward point for four.

Tom Rice: I know I'm not that clued up on cricket but I would say this chap 'Extras' needs to move higher up the order in the 2nd innings.

Isaac ward: Extras in for captain next test instead of Clarke?

JoElle: But can he bowl?

"Australia don't have a genuine seam bowler. Starc hoops it around with big swing, and Mitchell Johnson uses aggression and pace through the air, whereas England have bowlers who just run in and hit the pitch."

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For sale: inflatable Kangaroo. One former owner.

This looks like a different game already. Josh Hazlewood can't get his line right and is tickled for two down the leg side. To be fair, his next two are beauties which beat the skipper outside off.

What must the Aussie dressing room have been like at lunch? Did Boof go for the hairdryer or silent treatment? Did he send Michael Clarke to the naughty step? Ban David Warner from having a dessert after his sandwiches?

Adam Lyth looks to the sky above and the clouds are parting. He and Alastair Cook walk to the crease with England batting at the start of the second session. After putting Australia into bat.

They only need 260 for a 200-run lead. We're back under way.

"There's a lot of excitement about all these wickets... but England have created another Test record today - the surnames of their eleven players contain a collective 53 letters. That's the shortest in Test history."

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"Right you little gremlins... come here. Uncle Boof's going to get you."

Thanks Stephan. The only thing I can think of writing is this: Kylie Minogue, Hugh Jackman, Dame Edna, Ricky Ponting... your boys are taking one hell of a beating.

At what point do we mourn the loss of Australian cricket?

I've only just remembered that the match started five minutes late. It was merely a delay to the Australian capitulation. Will we ever see another session of Test cricket like that? I doubt it. In the immediate future, Marc Higginson is here to talk you through the afternoon session.

If and when England win this match, they will seal a fourth successive home Ashes win. By the time Australia come again in 2019, they will have not won in England for 18 years. Since 2001, the only team to win the Ashes away from home are England in 2010-11.

The Sydney Morning Herald has just opened a vote on the man of the match award.

The candidates? Stuart Broad, Chris Broad's son and S. Broad.

I'm a big fan of this photo. Check out the bloke in the middle. "Half-way round the world to watch this?"

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"Australia aren't playing with any kind of confidence. Their head positions are so far off the line of the ball and they go at the ball with their hands so far forward. Steve Smith is a great player but his technique let him down. Look at Kane Williamson at Lord's a few months ago - he played late with a 45-degree angled bat and got away with a lot."

Fair play to the 6.8%.

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"It was a good toss - there was a little bit of drizzle - but you just have to look at the manner of the dismissals. As a captain, when you win the toss and bowl, you are always nervous but Australia aren't playing with any confidence at all."

I like the scorecard below, but I'm not sure if it quite cuts the mustard. Maybe the following is the one you'll print out and frame...

"Broad has had this coming - he's bowled beautifully throughout this series, largely on pitches that haven't suited him. He's looked so rhythmical."

Australia's lowest Test scores:

• 36 v England, Birmingham, 1902.
• 42 v England, Sydney, 1888
• 44 v England, The Oval, 1896
• 47 v South Africa, Cape Town, 2011
• 53 v England, Lord's, 1896
• 58 v England, Brisbane, 1936
• 60 v England, Lord's, 1888
• 60 v England, Nottingham, 2015

Jay: Lyth has left more balls alone in this over than the Aussies managed to in their entire innings.

Ian Hopping: ‏Lyth and Cook: please both get 61

Neil Spofforth: Time for Cook to go. No adventure at all. Should have declared and put the Aussies back in.

"60 all out is Australia's joint seventh-lowest total in Test matches. It was the earliest fall of the fourth, fifth and sixth wicket in Test cricket.

"Stuart Broad's 8-15 was the third-cheapest eight-for in Test history. Extras top-scored for the first time in Ashes cricket"

"It was a very good toss to win, but you've still got to hit the wicket and get that bounce, like Stuart Broad. Australia are trying to get the ball full and swing it - I'd prefer to see them just hit the deck."

My favourite stat? This is only the fourth time in Test history that a team has bowled first and been batting by lunch.

"I'm not even sure Roget himself would know the right word to describe that morning of cricket and you certainly wouldn't find it in his famous thesaurus. I'm going to choose the best of an inadequate bunch and go for electrifying. If you made contact with any England fan within the grounds of Trent Bridge right now sparks would fly."

Test Match Special has just replayed every one of the 10 Australia wickets. It was almost impossible to hear the commentary over the roar of the Trent Bridge crowd. Andrew Samson is now running through all the remarkable statistics. It might take him all of the interval.

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"It's been one of the worst mornings you can think of for Australia. They've got to get it right with the ball - they can't afford to let England have too big a first-innings lead, or that will be the Ashes over."

As if to accentuate England's morning, Adam Lyth drives the final ball for four. England lunch on 13-0. They haven't dominated, they have simply been the only team playing in this match. Has a team ever had a more perfect session in the history of Test cricket? It's looking pretty likely that England have just won the Ashes.

Jemma Coyle: Never thought my boyfriend would manage to get me into cricket but my god I'm hooked!!

Dave McK: So when Michael Clarke said he wanted to bowl this morning, I didn't realise he'd go to these lengths

Joe Cottrell: ‏Might have Blowers reading that scorecard as my ringtone

Careful, Adam Lyth. That's the sort of uppish drive that can cost a man his Test career, especially when you might only get one chance to bat in this match. Falls short of point. Bit of gardening, make sure this is the last over before lunch.

Tom Fairbrother: One day Test? Bat the afternoon in T20 mode then chuck 'em back in.

How's it been for you? Have you been celebrating this morning? Maybe in the office or on the beach? Did you forget to check the score, come back and struggled to believe what you saw on the screen? Josh Hazlewood to Cook, a clip through mid-wicket for four. It's bright sunshine, blue sky and a touch of white cloud. It feels like a time to bat. Michael Clarke regrets breaking that mirror, walking under a ladder a kicking a black cat.

"Stuart Broad has the third-best Ashes bowling figures in history - behind Jim Laker's 10-53 and 9-37 in 1956."

By the way, extras, with 14, top-scored for Australia. Starc channels off stump, but Lyth leaves watchfully. England get through the first over, maybe two more to go before lunch. If you'd told Alastair Cook that he and Lyth would be batting at this time, he would probably have thought he'd lost the toss but still managed a decent morning. This will be beyond his wildest dreams.

Cheapest eight-wicket hauls in Test cricket:

• 8-7: G Lohmann, England v SA, 1896
• 8-11: J Briggs, England v SA, 1889
• 8-15: S Broad, England v Aus, 2015
• 8-24: G McGrath, Aus v Pak, 2004

Second ball, a perfect cover drive for four. Cheers in Trent Bridge, the under-pressure Lyth's nerves are settled.

"18.3 overs is the quickest any team has ever been bowled out in the first innings of a Test match.

"Stuart Broad's 8-15 are the best figures in a Test match for England since Devon Malcolm's 9-57 against South Africa in 1994."

If you're like me, then you we brought up on Australian dominance. On Warne, Waugh, McGrath and Gilchrist. There were tales of Lillee, Thomson and the Chappells. England were the team bowled out for 60. What a turnaround.

The players are back out, England have batting to do. Mitchell Starc to Adam Lyth...

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"The Australians need to put in a really good performance now, but not get carried away with trying to take wickets. Just land it in the right area, and there's enough natural variation there. The more the pitch does, the less you do as a bowler."

Australia 60 all out (18.3 overs)

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Rogers 0), 10-2 (Warner 0), 10-3 (Smith 6), 15-4 (Shaun Marsh 0), 29-6 (Clarke 10), 33-7 (Voges 1), 46-8 (Nevill 2), 47-9 (Johnson 13), 60-10 (Starc 1)

Not out: Hazlewood 4

Extras: 14 (top score)

Bowling figures: Broad 9.3-5-15-8, Wood 3-0-13-1, Finn 6-0-21-1

Full scorecard

You cling on to that thought, Glenn. To be honest, I like your optimism. Even if England get rolled for 200, all in all a pretty poor return, they would still lead by 140. If Australia are to get something from this match - and save the Ashes - it would be the most incredible turnaround in Test history.

"The Australians have gone very hard at the ball, and the wicket's done just enough - it's a very bad combination. But England haven't batted yet..."

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England's Stuart Broad, who took 8-15, speaking on Sky Sports: "It's pretty unbelievable. It's not sunk in. We knew Trent Bridge would offer us something but we had to bowl well and take our catches - I still can't believe Ben Stokes caught that one. It was unbelievable. We've given ourselves a chance to get a big lead now. We just have to graft hard."

Caught Light: Blink and you missed it!

Ben White: The Ozzies have just surrendered the urn in an hour and 40 mins...

Alex Lumley: Is Test cricket dead? What happened to it being the ultimate test of mental and physical skill...

"When a team gets on a roll, you just expect it. The slips expect to catch every ball. As soon as Australia were five down, somehow we knew that hey would be all out before lunch. Everything's gone right for England."

"One of the major differences that I'm seeing in this English team under Trevor Bayliss is the catching. It just looks solid. The cordon just didn't look right before."

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Believe it or not, but England haven't actually had a very good couple of overs. Too short, not threatening the stumps. When Finn goes full once more, he hits Lyon on the pads and asks the question. Too high. Only one partnership has made double figures in this innings, this is on course to be the second. The Australia top four registered scores of 0, 0, 6 and 0. Put that together and stick it in your phone. You'll get through to Malaysia.

Own up. Which rascal has changed Stuart Broad's Wikipedia page?

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To highlight my point about conditions not being unreasonable for batting, Josh Hazlewood is actually doing a decent job here. When Broad doesn't threaten the stumps, he just leaves it alone. Why couldn't the rest of them have done that? What are they thinking in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane right now? Are their nightmares stalked by a lanky, blond English cherub? Will there be protests outside the Opera House? Will they stop sending us episodes of Neighbours?

"You get the odd morning like this in county cricket, under overcast skies. But you shouldn't get mornings like this in Ashes cricket. And England haven't even had to do that much - they've just bowled that fourth-stump channel."

Think the pitch is a minefield? That every delivery is a grenade full of Australian danger? Think again. England have just done the basics, while Australia look like they don't know what the basics are. Six slips and a short leg for Lyon, an extraordinary field. In the crowd, an Australia fan sits with his head on his hand. "I saved for years for this. The trip of a lifetime, hoping to see us win the Ashes in England for the first time in 14 years. They can't even bat until lunch."

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"Believe it or not, you only have to go back three and a half years for Australia's last humiliation on this scale. In 2011, they were bowled out for 47 by South Africa in Cape Town."

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You can't blame Josh Hazlewood, he's number 10 in a side that have collapsed in a heap, but he's backing off to Stuart Broad here. Michael Clarke waits in the dressing room, whites on, ready to field. Clouds roll in again, Trent Bridge almost silent as Broad gallops in, expecting to erupt once more. Is this England's greatest session of Test cricket of all time? I'd like to know what would beat it.

Almost all she wrote. Number 11 Nathan Lyon edges Finn just short of the dive of Joe Root at third slip. Questions running through my mind. Has a team ever bowled another out in the first session of a Test? What's the fastest a team has been bowled out on the first morning? Is Stuart Broad set for the cheapest 8-for in Test history? Could England have a lead by lunch?

"Australia were bowled out for 53 in 22.3 overs at Lord's in 1896. They've got some way to ensure they beat that, their lowest ever."

Chris Hutchings: I think England should declare without batting and put them in again.

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This is the definition of sarcastic applause. Josh Hazlewood pokes Steven Finn through mid-wicket to bring up the Australia 50. It's almost the biggest cheer of the day.

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"This is one of the most embarrassing batting performances in Test history."

"It moved a fraction, and was good enough just to take the edge. England are catching flies at the moment - although they are on red-alert. They're expecting one to come at any moment."

"It's been remarkable. Stuart Broad has been outstanding. It's not easy as a batting unit, but Australia have been pathetic - just pushing at the ball as soon as it's full."

"I wonder what the odds on Mitchell Johnson being the top scorer in this innings would be? Oddly enough, he's batted well in this series - he's shown quite a bit of discretion."

Well played, Mitchell Johnson, that back-foot slash for four takes you past extras as the top-scorer. Ooofff, that is another beauty from Finn, nipping back, cutting Johnson in two. Trent Bridge is just a little quieter, perhaps the stands emptied during drinks, spectators making excited phone calls. Can Australia make any sort of recovery? Even 100 would be a good effort from here.

Stephen MCP Brogarth: I can't be the only England fan thinking... The tail could wag get 100 and they have us all out for 50. The worst humiliation.

Partridge Thornton: This has draw written all over it.

Gareth Williams: I am fairly confident now that this will be England's session.

Just looking again at the Aussie wickets. It's so important to stress that the ball hasn't done that much. Certainly not 38-7's worth of movement. A little off the pitch, not a great deal in the air. The sun has shone for most of the morning. What is remarkable is the Trent Bridge roar, enough noise to be heard in Leicester. I think it peaked at that amazing Ben Stokes catch. Steven Finn after drinks.

"This has been an astonishing 55 minutes of play. The Aussies have barely played and missed once - but they've played and nicked six times!"

How our Australian live text colleagues are reporting on the carnage...

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Jimbo: As I have Eng and Oz upbringing this is torture, where's my nice close match to satiate the love of both teams. Step up Aus.

Rakesh Pradhan: Trent Bridge finance director is having a bigger meltdown than the Aussie batting line up.

Jonny Young: If ever there was a time to print off the scoreboard...

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"Australia are just poor at batting when the ball moves - they play so hard at the ball in front of the pad. You can do that in Australia, but not here. This hasn't moved as much as it did at Edgbaston. Some of the shots have been pathetic."

Darren Lehmann sits in the shadows of the Australia dressing room. It looks like a might be flicking through a book. The MCC Coaching Manual, perhaps. In front of him, David Warner is sitting in stunned disbelief. I know how he feels. Still Stuart Broad, Cook will need a crowbar to get the ball out of his hand. Six slips for Starc, the original umbrella field. Time for drinks. I'll have champagne.

"Our stats man Andrew is having a field day - although he is sweating a bit."

Mitchell Starc arrives to join Mitchell Johnson - a combination you'd expect to see with the ball, rather than bat, at this time on the first morning of a Test match. Replays show Nevill simply refused to play forward to a full ball. It's Australia's morning in microcosm - orthodox bowling from England, horrific batting from the tourists. A replay shows how the Trent Bridge crowd rose as one when Nevill's bails went flying. It really is party time in Nottingham, surely a warm-up for the lifting of the Ashes at some point in the next few days.

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"An extraordinary morning for England. The wickets continue to tumble and you feel the Ashes are heading this way. That was pretty much the perfect ball."

Jeremy Driver: This is boring, there's not been a wicket for 8 minutes...

Evan Samuel: I'd describe this as schoolboy stuff but I don't want to be sued for libel by an entire generation.

Mathew Brown: Would the last Australian to leave Trent Bridge please turn out the lights.

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There have been 17 balls without a wicket. Is that right? Stuart Broad is still bowling beautifully, round the wicket, testing the left-hander Johnson. One from it.

Phrases overheard at Trent Bridge: "Is this really happening?", "Best day ever", "I've never seen the like of this in all my days", and "anyone got plans for tomorrow?"

In case you're wondering, Australia's lowest ever Ashes score is 36 at Edgbaston in 1902. That's still in danger. I can still see a few empty seats inside Trent Bridge. Can you imagine if you were late for this start? "I was at Trent Bridge in 2015, didn't get there until lunch". Did you suffer misery at the hands of the Aussies through the 1990s? Maybe you stayed up all night through the whitewashes of 2006-07 and 2013-14. How sweet does this feel?

Alex Norton: Are they... are they parodying us? It's method sledging.

Michael Parry: What the heck are the Aussies playing at? Tiddlywinks? It sure ain't cricket!

steven robert hurdle: The old lady sitting next to me in the launderette just checked her phone and shouted "GET IN!!!" It's chaos in here.

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"Stuart Broad has just won the game, it's over."

Just looking again at the six (yes, six) wickets that have fallen this morning and you can honestly say that the ball hasn't done anything too outrageous. This pitch has not behaved any differently to what you would expect from a grey morning in England. Yes, England have bowled and caught very well, but Australia have been woefully inept. Here comes Steven Finn...

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"It's awful. Michael Clarke couldn't have reached that with a sweeping brush. I can't believe how poor their batting has been. I've never seen an Australian batting play so badly against the moving ball in all my years."

We think this might be the fastest five-wicket haul in Test cricket history. Even TMS scorer Andrew Samson doesn't know that one off the top of his head. Either way, Stuart Broad, asked to lead the attack in the absence of James Anderson, has produced another of his Ashes-winning spells. Add Trent Bridge 2015 to The Oval 2009 and Durham 2013. Mitchell Johnson is the new man, England fans don't even bother to taunt him. He's batting earlier than he would have bowled first change.

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"He has just thrown the bat at it - that shot could come back and haunt Michael Clarke. It's a stinker."

Matthew Appleton: I'd have 9 slips right now.

John Folwell: Jimmy Who?!

Darren: Has Christmas come early?

Simon Wedlock: Loving these 1 day Test matches!

"Paul Farbrace has his hands on his head, is wide-eyed as though he's just seen a ghost. These are ideal conditions in which to bowl."

The cameras pick up the sight of James Anderson in the England dressing room. If he was playing, Australia would probably be all out by now. The ball is doing all sorts, in the air and off the seam. Australia have no answers. Trent Bridge doesn't just hum, it buzzes with excitement, spectators already conjuring 'I was there' stories. Michael Clarke, not so much a captain, but an eyewitness, hooks Wood for four to edge Australia nearer to the magic 30 mark. A psychological barrier, 30.

Adam Michie: Tube workers could not have picked a better day to strike. I get to work from home and witness this.

Graham H: Just wait until we release Finn into the attack, then they'll be worried.

Kendall: Calm down lads, do we want to be batting this morning?!

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The amazing thing about that catch is that Adam Lyth, at fourth slip, was already running to chase the ball. Voges was flat-footted, prodding at a ball of a full length. Frankly, who cares? No one will remember what the batsman was doing, just the catch. Peter Nevill is the new man. He probably didn't want to put his pads on until tonight. Now he's facing a rampant pack of England lions that are making this ball sing opera.

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"Brilliantly caught. An outrageous catch by Ben Stokes. It was gone, it was past him. He went backwards and to his right. You won't see a better catch. Slow motion does not do it justice."

"The ball hasn't been moving an extravagant amount. If anything it moved more at Edgbaston but this morning its moving just enough to keep the bowlers interested."

Third ball of the match: Broad to Rogers, nipping away, caught at first slip. Broad 300 Test wickets. 4-1

Sixth ball of the match: Broad to Smith (who had time for a four and a two), moving away, Smith in a horrible position, caught at second slip. 10-2

Eighth ball of the match: Wood to Warner, nipping back, inside edge, caught behind. 10-3

16th ball of the match: Broad to Shaun Marsh, full, edge to second slip. 15-4

Can you imagine the scramble for kit in the Australia dressing room? There's jock straps, thigh pads and Baggy Greens flying everywhere. Steven Finn hasn't bowled yet.

Robert Brien: Just checked the cricket score nearly fell off my chair.

Georgina Tompkins: 15-4!! Well this is just cruel! Funny... But cruel!

Mat Evans: This is a collapse of English proportions by the Australians

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Just joining us? Unable to believe what you're seeing? Believe it. Australia really are 19-4. Stuart Broad has taken three wickets in 10 balls. Let me see if I can recap before another Australian Lemming goes off the cliff...

"What a performance. 15-4 in the third over. The ball has done a little bit, not a massive amount, but the movement is preying on the uncertainty of the Australian batsmen's footwork."

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"Can you believe it? It gets better and better for England and worse and worse for Australia. Another beauty from Broad. He came forward and it went to second slip. Marsh, who was in for his brother, now goes out with a nought against his name."

'Orns: Dear Australia, my stag this weekend, few beers and some cricket planned at some point. Make a game of it, yeah?

Greg Double: Loose start from Broad. 10 runs off an over is not good enough at any level.

Have you managed to keep up? Just switching on? Rubbing your eyes at the score? Let me see if I can bring you up to speed...

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This is absolute delirium. I repeat: absolute delirium. The Trent Bridge crowd have barely taken their first sips of ale and already Australia are three down. Cheers of joy are ringing round this famous bowl, chants of "cheerio" to the departing batsmen and even the dot balls are bringing booming "ooohs" and "aaahs".

Has Michael Clarke even got his pads on? Wasn't much point going down to number five, eh skipper? Five slips and a short leg. Ooohs and aaahs as he inside edges his second ball past the stumps for four.

No script writers, Even Sam Mendes in all those Bond films couldn't have written this.

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This is quite extraordinary. Steve Smith made his intentions clear but his style didn't live up to it. I wonder if Broad has ever got two wickets in the first over, certainly not against Australia. Warner, who we've forgotten about, is up at the other end watching the carnage. He must've thought he was in a butcher's shop.

What a start for England. Great piece of bowling with Stuart Broad coming round the wicket and a great catch by Alastair Cook. That couldn't be better. Chris Rogers is the one fellow who looks to hang around and now England are into the fragile middle order now.

I wonder if that sunshine just makes it a better time to bat? Stuart Broad has the ball, round the wicket to Rogers right away. Three slips and a gully. Broad on 299 Test wickets. Play.

Great toss for England to win. A greenish pitch: a nice covering of grass and cloudy overhead. England will be thinking lets have another crack at this fragile batting line up, particularly the middle order. who haven't been firing.

I say dark, but the sun is trying to poke through, creating a strange mix of clouds and sunlight.

The umpires are on their way, through the flags, followed by a big cheer for the jogging England team. At first it seems like we've forgotten Jerusalem, but a lady in a red dress is belting it out.

David Warner has a little kiss of the Australia flag as he emerges with Chris Rogers.

When we do start, it will be really interesting to see how the Australians cope with these dank, dark, green conditions.

Have they learned anything from the errors of Edgbaston? Bat poorly today and the urn could be as good as gone.

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"Michael Clarke is under a fair bit of pressure at the moment. He said at the press conference at Edgbaston that only 10 men played out there. He loves to bat at number five. It is a position he's played in before so fingers crossed for him. Being captain he'll want to do well for his team."

The spots of rain that have been falling in Nottingham have cause a slight delay. Five minutes, to be precise.

Just time to grab yourself a brew or cram in an extra five minutes of work before you down tools for the day.

Thanks, Marc.

In case you need reminding (you probably don't, but indulge me), England could lift the Ashes at some point between now and Monday evening.

Are you ready for a fourth home Ashes victory in as many series? To extend Australia's misery in England past its current 14 years?

OK then. England win the toss under grey skies and on a wicket tinged with green. It could be interesting.

Here's Stephan Shemilt to call the first session of the day...

"Mark Wood has a good record on this ground bowling for Durham. I think he will have to bowl fuller, get it swinging and then he will be a threat. It's an environment he's not used to, being 2-1 up in an Ashes series, but everyone will be expecting him to deliver in the absence of Jimmy Anderson."

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"Jimmy's not going to play forever. Once the side starts straining that could signal that you're coming to the end of your career. It's an opportunity for Stuart Broad to lead the bowling attack. When Broady needs to turn it on he tends to. When the big Ashes Test matches come around he tends to pull his finger out. It wouldn't surprise me if he gave them the run around this morning."

Stuart Broad, who has 299 Test wickets, on Sky Sports: "I couldn't pick a better place to try and get 300. I haven't done it yet, but I'd like the 300 to be part of 5-30.

"There's some fantastic names ahead of me and I don't like talking about it too much because I'm not there yet.

"There was big talk when I first started about everyone bowling 90mph - if you get it in a good area, then OK.

"Now, I probably try to settle into a plane for a long period of time, being more patient. I guess that comes with age."

Michael Shaw: Why does this Australian team keep looking at old failed players, where are the young guns?

Alex Turner: Clarke is vulnerable. He's dropped to five because he needs protecting. I think his innings could be over fairly swiftly.

Ian Leslie: Absolute madness to not give Ryan Sidebottom a swansong today!

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"A big decision by Cook, and a brave one. To those of us under Nottingham's grey skies and growing mugginess it also feels like the right one, even if history suggests a gamble too."

More from Australia captain Michael Clarke: "We're batting, so it doesn't matter what I would have done had I won. Now we have to bat well.

"I have similar feeling to before the start of the Lord's Test, when we came back after losing in Cardiff.

"We've swapped a batsman for an all-rounder. It strengthens the batting, bringing in a very good and in-form batter in Shaun Marsh. I'll bat at five, Shaun at 4."

Australia captain Michael Clarke, speaking at the toss: "This is just another game for Australia. I've got to be at my best and lead from the front. I love the fact that my team has won or lost in every game. I like to see cricket played that way."

England captain Alastair Cook, speaking at the toss: "It's not really a straightforward decision. There is green grass and overhead conditions, but it's a good wicket as well. It was an interesting call.

"The conditions are so different to last year (the draw with India), but the toss is irrelevant. It's about which side plays the best.

"Mark Wood is fully fit and has got a really good record at Trent Bridge for Durham. I think he will take new ball. We can't replace James Anderson's 400 wickets overnight, but we see potential in Mark and he'll be looking forward to it."

Stefan Glosby: Never thought I'd do a fist pump over the result of a coin toss. This series is making me behave very strangely.

Stuart Wickham: And that, friends, is the Ashes in the bag. Great toss to win.

Grant Kennett: The only decision Cook could make. It's bold, shows intent and it keeps the pressure firmly on their wilting batsmen. Bring it!

Rohan Premnath: I know how the Marsh family feel. Brings back memories of getting dropped for my brother @KieranPremnath in our school 1st XI!

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Michael Clarke looked a bit miffed to lose the toss. It's his own fault... the last two times he's won the toss he's called tails. He changed to heads today. Tails never fails, Pup...

England: Cook, Lyth, Bell, Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Buttler, Moeen, Broad, Wood, Finn.

Australia: Warner, Rogers, Smith, S Marsh, Clarke, Voges, Nevill, Johnson, Starc, Hazlewood, Lyon.

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Heads calls Michael Clarke and it's tails. England win toss and bowl first.

Toss coming up...

Steven Phillips: I like the idea of a fair pitch between bat & ball, I am, however, feeling nervous that the toss will dictate this game.

If that's true... is Michael Clarke taking a step back? Have England got him on the run? A batting order demotion suggests so.

As for Shaun Marsh, he has 16 centuries in 108 first-class matches. And two in 14 in Tests.

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And it's also a good time to remind you about our Ashes wickets alerts.

One tip... if Australia bat first, be aware that your phone may be noisy today.

Full details here.

Affected by the lack of Tube travel in London today? Don't worry, it just means you can listen to TMS on the move. Aggers and the team are just whirring into life now on BBC Radio 4 LW, 5 live sports extra and you can also listen online through a variety of mobile devices.

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"At 10:50 BST, there will be an minute's applause in remembrance of Clive Rice, the former South Africa captain and Nottinghamshire all-rounder, who died last week at the age of 66. Rice helped Notts win the County Championship in 1981 and 1987 and returned to Trent Bridge as cricket manager from 1999 until 2003."

A quick glance at The Age website suggests the Aussies know where their deficiencies lie - in the batting! And they are already planning for the future...

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"Grey skies. Rain around for day one but the forecast fair for the remainder of the match. Sound familiar?

"Eight days ago, Michael Clarke won the toss at Edgbaston in similar conditions and chose to bat. We all know what happened next. Will he change his tune if he calls correctly today, or would that be a sign of weakness?

"One thing that might sway either skipper towards bowling first is the pitch. It looks green, damp and devious."

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There's been a lot of talk about batting techniques in this series. It appears that both sides are struggling to knuckle down when the going gets tough.

Ex-Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has written a fascinating piece about this very subject for Cricinfo this week, and he says: "Two examples of tough spells spring to mind. In Perth in 1999 I batted alongside Justin Langer during a witheringly fast spell from Shoaib Akhtar, among the quickest ever recorded by a speed gun. There was plenty of pace and a little bit of movement in the pitch, and we hung on dearly through that spell after Pakistan had taken some early wickets.

"Another, more protracted, period of tough spells was the final day of the Old Trafford Test in 2005. Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison and Simon Jones were all reverse-swinging the ball at high pace through the day, and I was stretched to my limit in trying to cope with that."

Heading into this match, England are officially the most inconsistent team to have played Test cricket. Their current record reads WLWLWLW.

If it continues like that, they'll win the Ashes. But it also means the next five days could be a slog.

Stuart Rice: I wonder if the captains are secretly hoping to lose the toss this morning?

Paul Evans: Buzz of expectation building on the train - win the toss and put the Aussies into bat.

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Let's be honest... that's one of the big questions ahead of this critical fourth Test.

You can find out the predicted answer in Greg James' Ashes predictions. Former England bowler Graeme Swann, Muse's Chris Wolstenholme and comedian Tim Key also share their thoughts. Watch that here.

And, if you're desperate for some cricket listening in the hour or so before play begins, you should check out the podcast of Graeme Swann's Ashes Roadshow. Special guests include Allan Lamb and Aussie due Jeff Thomson & Ian Healy. Listen to that here.

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One of the men to ensure Michael Clarke's form stayed decidedly dodgy was Steven Finn, who was reinvigorated at Edgbaston.

The Analyst, Simon Hughes, has been looking at Finn's return to form and also the action of Mitchell Johnson in his latest feature for the BBC Sport website. Have a look here.

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Australia skipper Michael Clarke has made only 94 runs in six innings in the series, but used his column in the Daily Telegraph to respond to criticism of his commitment.

At Wednesday's pre-match news conference he said: "There's no doubt I'm coming to the back end of my career - I'm 34 years of age.

"There were question marks about my will to be successful and obviously I am questioning that. If I didn't want to be here I wouldn't be doing the work I'm doing.

"I've still got that love, desire and passion and I'm still trying to get better."

Jym Beestone: I've played on village wickets with less green than that! #bowlerspitch #wintossandbowl

Ben Sutton: I'd usually bat first all day long but today? With this cloud cover and that pitch? Bowl! Bowl! Bowl!

I hate the phrase "12th man" but I don't think there's any better way to describe the impact of the crowd on England's performance in Birmingham last week.

"The atmosphere last week at Edgbaston was just fantastic," said England skipper Alastair Cook. "The crowd at the end was just brilliant and we were taking as a group about how much we enjoyed it.

"We earned the right to get the crowd on our side. Hopefully we can do the same this week and the crowd can be the 12th man."

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How good was that atmosphere at Edgbaston last week? I've noticed a few of the Aussies saying it didn't affect them... but I disagree.

By the end of the Test, Mitchell Johnson was bowling from a yard outside the crease, was slinging them down leg and was dropping his sunglasses on the floor. He was well and truly Barmied by the Army.

Can Trent Bridge deliver the same?

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So, we'll get a glimpse into a world without Jimmy Anderson leading the England bowling attack today. Scary thought, isn't it?

In his place, England are likely to recall Mark Wood. They also have Yorkshire quick Liam Plunkett and Derbyshire left-armer Mark Footitt in the squad.

Could they throw in a curveball selection in such a crucial Test? Stranger things have happened. Just ask Darren Pattinson.

My bad, Sam. Corrected and changed before the great man sees it.

The start of the football season is beginning to dominate the back pages of the national newspapers, but the Daily Express leads on Alastair Cook's rallying call to his players. The leader looks as pumped up and as animated as I've ever seen him in that picture.

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Mmm... are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Morning cloud! Bowl first if you win the toss? After all, Trent Bridge traditionally favours swing bowling more than any other venue in the country.

The toss is at 10:30 BST approx.

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So, the most important bit of this build-up - what's the weather going to be like?

BBC Weather's Helen Willetts has the answer: "The forecast for today is quite favourable, the morning cloud may give a little light rain, but as it brightens up and the sun comes out it will warm up nicely, temps reaching 23/24C mid 70s. Although mainly dry, there is a small risk of an afternoon shower.

"Friday should also be dry but with just a low shower risk again. Saturday looks warm with strong sunny spells. By Sunday the weather starts to take a downward turn and the shower risk increases significantly."

Morning all. How's tricks? Suitably pumped for the next five days? Or, more likely, the next three and a half?

What are your predictions? Will England wrap up the Ashes? Or are we destined for a nail-biter at The Oval in the final Test of the summer?

Get involved. You can send a tweet to #bbccricket, text us on 81111, email tms@bbc.co.uk or post to the BBC Sport Facebook and Google+ pages.

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England captain Alastair Cook knows what's at stake, telling his men to "make history" by winning this Test and putting the Aussies to bed.

"There is another opportunity for someone to make their name in the history of English cricket," Cook said. "Because of the way the series is poised, if someone scores a big hundred or takes six wickets and helps England win the game, the name will be etched in history forever - that's the opportunity we have as a side."

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Morning all. Hands up who predicted they'd see a picture of a hairy rocker when they opened the cricket live text page this morning?

Me neither. It just popped into my head while I was driving to work this morning. On a totally random note, I once saw a Meat Loaf tribute in Benidorm called Malt Loaf. True story.

Anyway, back to more pressing matters - if England win this fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge they will take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. Then we party.

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It was Meat Loaf who said "two out of three ain't bad".

If England make it three out of four... the Ashes are in the bag!