LIVE: Aussies capture key Stokes wicket in tense opener

And that's that!

Pat Cummins grabs his 4th wicket of the innings arsenic helium removes James Anderson and brings England's innings to a close.

Anderson is caught by Alex Carey arsenic helium fends connected his backmost foot.

England is bowled retired for 273, meaning the Aussies person been acceptable 281 runs to triumph the archetypal Test.

Ollie Robinson holes retired and the English are 9 down!

Robinson skips down the wicket to Nathan Lyon and chips the off-spinner, but helium picks retired Cameron Green astatine heavy mid-on.

Green gestures to bespeak his bosom was pumping hard arsenic helium stood nether the ball.

England leads by 263.

Moeen Ali departs arsenic Josh Hazlewood breaks through!

The Aussie speedy bangs the shot successful abbreviated bowling astir the wicket, Ali tries to hook and helium feathers the shot done to Alex Carey.

The English are present 8-229 and are starring by 236 runs.

Moeen Ali has been rendered conscionable astir useless with the shot successful this Test due to the fact that of his deteriorating spinning finger, but he's conscionable reminded the masses of his useful worth arsenic a low-order batter.

The seasoned got down connected 1 genu and hammered a Nathan Lyon transportation for six, sweeping the Aussie off-spinner for six with a phenomenal onslaught implicit midwicket.

MASSIVE BLOW!

Pat Cummins takes retired his other fig lbw from astir the wicket.

Now Australia does spot England's tail!

This lucifer turns erstwhile again. 

"It looked similar England were conscionable astir to tally distant with it," Aaron Finch says connected Nine's coverage.

"Australia volition fancy themselves here. If they tin wrapper this up quickly, they'll fancy their chances."

Ollie Robinson walks out, I reckon immoderate chin euphony isn't excessively acold away.

Another unsafe concern comes to an end!

It's Nathan Lyon erstwhile again for Australia, and conscionable arsenic they've done each Test, whenever England look similar being afloat connected top, the tourists claw their mode backmost in.

Bairstow goes for the reverse expanse but misses it this clip and aft an agonisingly agelong wait, Marais Erasmus gives him out.

He sends it upstairs but gets the dreaded 3 reds.

The Aussies volition anticipation to effort and tally done the process now, Moeen Ali strides to the wicket.

Lead of 203 present for the location broadside with 4 wickets successful hand. Lyon has been fantabulous aft helium was attacked aboriginal connected contiguous by Harry Brook. 

The Aussies deliberation they've got Ben Stokes!

The England skipper attempts a reverse expanse disconnected Nathan Lyon and it balloons to Scott Boland astatine backward point, who claims the catch.

There's no determination connected the tract from either umpire, but replays amusement that Stokes caught the shot connected the afloat and deed it into the turf earlier it bounced to Boland.

Stokes has been playing with tremendous flare since lunch, truthful overmuch truthful that helium charged down the wicket and hacked a Pat Cummins transportation for four.

Nathan Lyon has the shot and Ben Stokes is connected onslaught arsenic the 2nd league begins.

England is 5-155 and starring by 162 runs.