The Ashes | Captain Cummins takes 5 wickets; England crash to 147 on rain-curtailed opening day
The Hindu
England had slipped to 11-3 in the sixth over
England captain Joe Root won the toss, opted to bat and lost opener Rory Burns on the very first delivery of the Ashes series, a late swinging yorker from Australia paceman Mitchell Starc.
It set the tone for the opening two sessions Wednesday, which were more like open season for Australia's pace bowling pack.
Pat Cummins took the last three wickets and finished with a five-wicket haul in his first innings as Australia captain. The England innings finished with ominous thunder and lightning starting to the west and south of the Gabba.
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