The Ashes: Stuart Broad omission 'surprised' Australia, says Pat Cummins

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Pat Cummins said that Australia were surprised that Stuart Broad wasn't in the first Test.

James Anderson was rested as a precautionary measure, despite Broad being England's second highest Test bowler.

Cummins thought at least one would play in every game.

On the first day of play, England were whitewashed for 147, but batter Ollie Pope says they will come back strong.

Joe Root's side were reduced to 29-4 before they were dismissed in 50.1 overs just before tea.

Australia will start their reply on day two after bad light and heavy rain prevented further play.

Cummins said that they were surprised that Broad was left out, but that they had plenty of other bowlers to pose a challenge.

"We are blessed with a very good seam attack and it was a difficult decision to make," said Root at the toss. It's important that they're ready to go when called upon.

One of Broad's best friends, Harry Gurney, told Radio 5 Live he spoke to his former team-mate "this morning" and that he was "naturally disappointed".

"It does seem odd when I heard Jimmy wasn't playing," said Gurney. They will have their reasons.

He wasn't selected for a Test match a couple of years ago atSouthampton but this time he's a little bit more pragmatic about it.

Mark Ramprakash was "gobsmacked" that Broad wasn't selected.

We have the skills to get back into the game.

England got off to the worst possible start when opener Burns was dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the first over of the match.

England were 29-4 after captain Joe Root went without scoring and Ben Stokes made five in his return to the game.

Pope and Haseeb Hameed shared a stand of 31 with Buttler top- scoring with a counter-attacking 39.

Buttler and Pope fell within 17 balls of each other, and Cummins took three of the last four.

Pope said that they probably didn't make the adjustment to a day one pitch quickly enough.

If we'd got through the first session only one down we would have been able to make the most of the softer ball in the afternoon.

We're going to keep fighting. We have the ability in our bowling to get back into the game and go big second dig.

We have to come back strong.

It is a dream start.

It was Cummins' first day as Australia's Test captain, with the pace bowler taking over after Tim Paine resigned less than three weeks ago over a historical investigation into sexually explicit texts he sent to a female colleague.

Cummins said the day was a "dream", as he was the first fast bowler to captain Australia since the 1950s.

The 28-year-old said it wasn't a bad toss to lose. I didn't think it would have a huge bearing on the match because I was probably going to bat.

It was a standard day one pitch and I felt like it would be better after lunch.

I'm proud of how consistent everyone was. It was a good start.

Cummins' deliveries were on a good length and he was able to lure England into nicks behind him.