The Ashes 1st Test Day 1 Highlights: Australia 14/0 at Stumps after England declare on 393/8

Bairstow started that over with a lovely cover drive for four. He is on 46 off 54 at the end of that over and Root on 74 off 106. Nathan Lyon, who was just peppered with a chant from the England fans that said that he is "just a s**t Moeen Ali", continuing from the other end.

Oh that is just ridiculous from Joe Root. The fifth ball of the 53rd from Boland who averages just over 15 goes good length wide outside off. Root squares up and reverse flicks it over the slip cordon, all the away past the boundary.

So Scott Boland will bowl the first over of the final session. Bairstow is on strike with Root at the other end. England 240/5.

Lyon bowled the uneventful last over of an eventful session that saw England continuing on their merry path but losing five wickets. Root and Bairstow have looked quite steady though. The pair have put up 64 runs for the sixth wicket off 82 balls. Root is on 66 off 97, Bairstow on 33 off 45. This match is already at a crossroads already, if Australia get a wicket in the next session, they could England all out before they reach 400, if they don't though, they are staring at a mammoth total at the end of this day itself with either Root or Bairstow, or both, scoring a century. That's… not Test cricket normally. But, it is Bazball. 

Nope, it's not an ODI score and the teams are not running back to prepare for Australia's 231-run chase. This is the Bazball effect. 230/5 is what can be called a low total but something that can still be defended in an ODI match but this is Test cricket. Teams are supposed to be able to score at a far lesser rate than even a below average batting run rate in any limited overs cricket. Well, someone tell England that if you dare. Root on 65 off 93, Bairstow on 32 as just over one over remains for Tea.

Big appeal for LBW off the fourth ball of the 50th right after Root hit the previous one for four. The umpire raises his finger quickly and Root was even quicker in going for the review. Looked plumb to the naked eye unless Root had got something on it and he seemed quite confident of that. As it turns out, he did get some bat on that and so he stays.

Last ball of the 48th, Bairstow hits him down the ground over mid-off. No one there and it is straightforward pickings. England are 217/5 in 48 overs. Bairstow on 24 off 37, Root on 52 off 81.

An easy single off the second ball of the 44th takes the great man to his 59th Test fifty. "Na na na na Joe Rooooot!!!" sings the Edgbaston crowd. They seem to have decided to use the famous Beatles song as their primary chant for Root as opposed to the "Roooooo!!" that sounded so much like a boo.

Root on 45 off 72 and Bairstow on six off 14. England have given Bazball a break for now and Australia will know just how important it is to get Root out. He is looking as steady as ever at the moment.

He comes in to bowl his first Ashes over in England and it is the 42nd over of the day. England 187/5 in 41 overs, Joe Root on 44 off 67, Jonny Bairstow on 4 off 7.

Root moves across and eases the second ball of the 41st over from Hazlewood down the leg side.

Stokes drives Hazlewood on the up, goes behind and the umpire raises his finger. Stokes is not sure about that and reviews, replays show a clear nick. The England captain has to walk and Australia are right back in it now.

Stokes c Carey b Hazlewood 1 (8), England 176/5 in 38.4 overs

Australia are back in it in a rather bizarre way. Extra spin and bounce from Lyon, Brook shoulders arms and the ball hits his thigh pad. THe batter doesn't really look up and is search for the ball beneath him while it comes back down on the ground, takes a bounce and spins on to the wickets.

Brook b Lyon 32 (37), England 175/4 in 37.2 overs

A single off the fourth ball of the 36th bowled by Lyon does the job. Root on 36 off 57 and Brook 32 off 30. England are 174/3. 

How about that for a sequence of events. 4, 2, 4, dropped. It was not a straightforward chance, Head comes running in from deep backward point, dives forward and gets the ball in his hands but it spills out.

Brook with a late cut off Boland off the first ball of the 33rd to take England over the 150-run mark. He then hit the second ball behind point and Head somehow stopped it at the ropes. Then Brook charges and smashes Boland over cover off the third.

Root on 29 off 48, Brook on 14 off 17. Both players are relying on singles and doubles and so England don't really feel any pressure with the boundaries drying up. This is limited overs language of course but that is how England are going about their business at the moment.

Brook comes down the ground and sends Lyon over extra cover off the first ball of the 30th.

Boland continues his over, steaming in for the fifth delivery with Harry Brook on strike.

Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon all got a wicket each but England scored over 120 runs. Crawley was the constant for them throughout the session and he was undone by a ripper from Boland off the last ball of the session. His 22-run stand with Ben Duckett came in 22 balls after which came a 70-run stand with Ollie Pope off 86 deliveries. Pope scored 31 off 44 before falling to Lyon. Joe Root then put up 32 off balls with Crawley at the other end before the latter fell on 61 off 73 balls. The former England captain is now unbeaten on 20 off 33 with Harry Brook set to join him.

Three wickets in the first session is normally good for any bowling side but what do you say when those three wickets have come at the cost of 124 runs?

Well if there was no DRS this would've been an umpiring howler. It was a jaffa from Boland, leaps from a length and took Crawley by surprise. There was a big sound as the ball passed his gloves and Australia looked quite confident of it. But Marais Erasmus was unmoved, leading to some puzzled looks from Australia before Cummins takes the review. There was no need for ultra edge even and the decision is reversed.

Crawley c Carey b Boland 61 (73), Australia 124/3 in 26.4 overs

Too straight from Boland for the fourth ball of the 25th, Root tucks it away fine for four.

Crawley on 56 off 65, Root on 4 off 13. Boland comes in to replace Cummins so it is short spells for the fast bowlers. Cameron Green is yet to bowl though. 

In just 56 balls. This has been some innings from the England opener, six boundaries in it so far. Meanwhile, his current partner Joe Root got a big reception has he came out, as one would expect.