Ashes: England beaten by Australia in first Test in Brisbane

The first Test is in Brisbane.

England had a total of 147 and

Australia is 20-1.

Australia won by a large margin.

The scorecard is a summary of what happened.

England's hopes of winning the first Test at the Gabba were crushed by Australia on the fourth day.

England lost their last eight wickets for 77 runs in the morning session, including the crucial departures of Joe Root for 89 and Dawid Malan on 82, as they meekly lost their third-day fightback.

The off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed his 400th Test wickets as England were dismissed for 297.

Pat Cummins won his first Test as Australia's captain when they completed their 20 to chase after lunch.

The home side have not lost to England in 35 years and are up by one in the series.

England have lost 10 of their past 11 Tests in Australia and only one of 10 matches since they beat India in the first Test in February.

With England needing to win the series in order to regain the urn, they have almost no margin for error in the remaining four Tests.

The second Test in Adelaide is a day-night match.

The fifth Test, originally scheduled for Perth, will now be held in Hobart.

England engineer their downfall.

England needed everything to go their way if they were to leave with a victory.

They were as bad as they were when they were down by tea. On top of that, David Warner was dropped on 94 and was also dismissed for a no-ball in Australia's first-innings total.

The only time England had a win over Australia was when Root and Malan were in the middle of a partnership.

Questions will be asked about the decisions made. Stuart Broad was left out of the bowling attack and Jack Leach took his place, as they chose to bat in ideal conditions for bowling.

If England had been able to post a challenging target in the fourthinnings, Australia would have faced some bounce and turn from Leach.

When the batting collapses in both the first and second parts of the game, toss and selection decisions don't count.

There is a lot of pressure on England when Broad and Anderson return in a bid to exploit the pink ball. If you lose there, the urn will almost certainly be gone.

Hope was extinguished.

After four overs on Friday, the optimism that was created by Root and Malan was gone, as the latter turned the ball into his pad to be caught at silly point, making Lyon the 17th man in Test history to reach 400.

The loss of captain Joe Root, who was drawn into edging a delicious outswinger from Green, ensured his wait for a Test hundred in Australia continues.

England was defeated by the ruthless Australians in a collection of loose strokes, poor technique and timid prods.

England had lost 3-11 when Pope tried to cut the first ball from Lyon and was caught at slip, but global TV pictures from the Gabba were lost for about 30 minutes.

England did not lose a single point in that time but, when they came back, Ben Stokes was caught off Cummins' bowling for the second time in the match.

Mark Wood fell trying to attack Lyon, while Chris Woakes gave an edge to Green.

All right for Australia.

Three weeks ago Australia's joy at winning the T20 World Cup was shattered by the resignation of captain Tim Paine in a texting scandal, with the former captain pulling out of the series altogether.

The hammerings that England got on their last four tours down under are something they are considering repeating.

Cummins took seven of Australia's 14 Test victims, Head scored a century and Alex Carey took eight catches.

The fitness of Warner, who was struck in the ribs while batting in the first, will be a concern for Australia.

Marcus Harris hit the winning runs after Carey took his place as opener.

We know where we need to improve.

England captain Joe Root said it was frustration. We worked hard to get back in the game. We wanted to post a total today. The pitch was not perfect, but we could not get through the initial phase.

Our selection? It is easy to say with hindsight. We wanted to move through different gears. The bowlers were good, but we need to be better in the field. Likewise with the bat.

We showed fight and character in the second half of the game.

Pat Cummins is the captain of Australia. It was a perfect performance. The way Marnus and Davey played is a sign of a positive, brave side, and the way the bowlers did their job on the first day is proof.

On day three, I was happy that everyone stuck to it. We knew we were ahead of the game.

rav can take the game away in a couple of hours. Everything we say to him is up to him. He has a bright future.