The Ashes, Australia vs England 5th Test Day 1 Highlights: Rain Forces Early Stumps With Australia At 241/6

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Aus vs Eng: Travis Head scored a brilliant ton in the first innings.© AFP

The Ashes, Australia vs England 5th Test Day 1 Highlights:Rain forced an early stumps with Australia at 241 for six on Day 1 of the fifth Ashes Test against England.After losing four wickets in the first session, Australia made a good comeback as Travis Head hit a superb century and Cameron Green proved to be an able partner in an impressive partnership against England at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. However, Head was dismissed immediately after reaching his ton, giving England their fifth wicket of the day. The home side lost the wicket of opener David Warner early to Ollie Robinson followed by Usman Khawaja to Stuart Broad. Robinson struck again as he dismissed Steve Smith to put Australia on the backfoot. Marnus Labuschagne also fell before Lunch to Broad for 44 runs. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Playing XIs

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

England: Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Sam Billings(w), Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad

Ashes Australia vs England 5th Test Day 1 Highlights From Bellerive Oval In Hobart

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