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Dennis Ethan: The Ashes series should be played in England only. The Aussies are far superior down under.

Oli Joel: Waking up gutted was always more likely wasn't it?

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Joe Root partially blamed himself for Jack Leach's expensive figures in the first innings. The left-arm spinner finished with 1-102 from 13 overs at 7.84 after Australia's batsmen targeted the Somerset man.

He said: "They took on Leachy. I was too aggressive with his fields early on. It's on my shoulders how I managed him, rather than looking at the selection or how he went about it.

"In terms of selection, we wanted a balanced attack and we wanted to be able to change the momentum of the game."

JJ Haigh: Personally, I think coach Chris Silverwood should be accountable for a lot of this. Ever since he brought in this ridiculous rotation policy we have been terrible. Pick your best team and stop making a mockery of series, opposition and those of us who pay to watch.

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We were all excited when play began after England had showed some fight yesterday. However, when Dawid Malan got out you started to think 'no this isn't going to happen'. Then when Joe Root was out soon after it felt inevitable. Three wickets before the new ball and it was pretty much all over.

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The Gabba defeat was the first time in five years England went into a Test without both Broad and James Anderson, their two all-time leading wicket-takers.

England captain Root said both will be "fit and available" for the second Test in Adelaide on Thursday, where the tourists will look to the experienced pair to exploit the pink ball in day-night conditions.

With regard to Anderson's omission, Root pointed to England's lack of preparation and their experience in the home Ashes of 2019, when he played in the first Test when not fully recovered from a calf injury and subsequently managed only four overs before missing the rest of the series.

"More than anything, if you look at Jimmy's position coming into the game, it was a risk to play him," said Root.

"Anderson being available for as many Tests as possible is really important to us."

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We've said from the start England were up against it with the lack of preparation, and they did not pick their best team. Stuart Board should have played. Broad would have bowled better than Jack Leach on a worn pitch, and on a fresh pitch. It was a bad selection. Joe Root saying things were said with hindsight was off the mark.

Olly Pryce-Jones: Of course we made the correct decision to bat at the toss. England’s batting line up can’t be covered up and if Australia had batted they would have still scored 500. Enough of the false hope and saying we can beat these guys - it will be a 5-0 thrashing.

England captain Joe Root defended his decision to bat first in Brisbane after he won the toss only to see his side rolled for 147 on day one.

"Batting first was the right decision, if you look at how the pitch has unfolded," Root said.

"If we had got 250 if that first innings, the game looks very different. Looking back at the toss, I would have done the same thing."

The final podcast from the Gabba is live now for your breakfast time listening.

Jonathan Agnew and Steve Finn give their reaction to Simon Mann after England's latest batting collapse puts Australia 1-0 up in the Ashes

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Adelaide is a critical game for England now, clearly. They will have a short break and will have to prepare themselves quickly over the next few days. England have to fight back.

Nic Wirtz: One-sided Test match cricket is very, very boring.

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What did Joe Root have to say following the defeat in Brisbane? The England captain felt his side didn't get the breaks and backed them to come back fighting in Adelaide.

"There were periods in this game when we showed we are more than capable of getting on top of Australia, we just didn't do it for long enough," Root said.

"I genuinely believe if we take our chances and handle that first innings better we could be sat here in a very different position.

"This team has generally responded to difficult defeats with some strong results and we have to do exactly the same on this tour."

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Did Joe Root get the decision to bat at the toss wrong? Did England pick the right XI? Who should come in, and who should be left out, for the second Test in Adelaide?

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This may sound somewhat familiar....While most of the UK were sleeping the England's cricket team were going to pieces Down Under.

The first Ashes Test was concluded early in the afternoon session on day four (just after 03:00 GMT) as England slumped to 297 all out in their second innings. That left Australia with just 20 to chase for victory, which they did with ease.

We'll recap the highlights, talking points and reaction over the next couple of hours.

That just about concludes things for this live text commentary of the first Test from Brisbane.

"Questions will be asked of the decisions England made...Now there is huge pressure on England in Adelaide," is the verdict of our chief cricket writer Stephan Shemilt, and you can read his report here.

There will be highlights of today's play available on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer from 17:00 GMT.

Marcus Harris wrapped up a nine-wicket win for Australia in the sixth over with a boundary off Mark Wood's first ball.

A crumb of comfort for Ollie Robinson. He removed Alex Carey, promoted to open with David Warner suffering from a bruised rib, for nine caught by Jos Buttler.