LIVE: Australia rocked by bouncer barrage

Travis Head departs for 7 aft Joe Root flies to his near to instrumentality a one-handed drawback astatine abbreviated leg. What an effort!

Stuart Broad targets Head's armpit and each helium tin bash is nudge it away.

"I deliberation Australia volition beryllium targeting 350 arsenic a people present to effort to get to due to the fact that the wicket doesn't look to person excessively galore demons successful it," Aaron Finch told Nine's coverage.

Australia are 5-197 arsenic Alex Carey joins Cameron Green.

Travis Head finds the bound aft different abbreviated transportation from Josh Tongue.

Travis Head is dropped connected his archetypal shot from Josh Tongue. Phew.

But ohio no! Tongue past picks disconnected Steve Smith. Disaster.

Smith finds Zak Crawley retired astatine heavy backward quadrate and his innings comes to a adjacent connected 34. Another unfortunate of the abbreviated ball.

Cameron Green comes to the crease a batch sooner than helium would person hoped.

Australia 4-190.

In Stuart Broad's archetypal implicit of the day, helium ends Usman Khawaja's innings connected 77.

Khawaja steers it consecutive towards substitute fielder Matt Pots astatine good leg.

Travis Head joins Steve Smith successful the middle.

Australia 3-187.

We cognize Steve Smith loves shadow batting but this is taking things to a caller level.

"There has been a small spot of Steve Smith magic successful determination arsenic well. Some Stevisms," Aaron Finch told Nine's sum erstwhile describing Smith's efforts successful the archetypal session.

"A spot of lightsaber activity? The tennis overhead smash? Didn't rather spell the mode helium wanted but helium continued to practise for a small spot portion connected his back."

Usman Khawaja floats it precocious supra Johnny Bairstow's head.

Bairstow goes up for the drawback but can't grasp it arsenic helium falls backmost to Earth.

Khawaja presently 73 from 174 balls.

After 57 overs, Australia are 2-168.

Steve Smith (26) and Usman Khawaja (68) are looking coagulated arsenic England propulsion everything astatine them.

Steve Smith hits 3 boundaries successful the 51st implicit to nudge Australia past the 150 run-mark.

Aussies 2-153.