Australia vs England, 2nd Ashes Test Day 1 Highlights: Warner, Labuschagne help hosts take Day 1 honours

Australia vs England, 2nd Ashes Test Day 1 Live Cricket Score: Follow AUS vs ENG live score, updates and scorecard.

Australia vs England, 2nd Ashes Test Day 1 Live Cricket Score: That is it from the live score and updates of the 2nd AUS vs ENG Test from the Adelaide Oval. It was almost a perfect day for the hosts. They won the toss, and despite losing opener Marcus Harris early, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne put Australia in complete control with their 172-run stand before the left-hander missed out on his much-deserved century for the second consecutive time. Steve Smith, the stand-in skipper, then joined Labuschagne to stitch a valiant 45-run stand against the English attack who had to toil hard on day 1. There were some help for the seamers under the light when the ball moved appreciably, but England were left unfortunate after Jos Buttler dropped an absolute sitter against Labuschagne on 95.

Australia's David Warner bats against England during their Ashes cricket test match in Adelaide, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (AP)

Here are the playing XIs:

Australia: Marcus Harris, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (WK), Mitchell Starc, Michael Neser, Nathan Lyon, Jhye Richardson

England: Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson