Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes removes Labuschagne to interrupt Australia progress in first innings
England bowlers toil as Australia take charge of Ashes Test after Joe Root heroics
- England were dismissed for 338 early on day two in Brisbane as Joe Root finished on 138 not out.
- Australia made a fast start with the bat as England toiled after Jamie Smith dropped Travis Head when he had only scored three runs.
- Head was eventually dismissed by Brydon Carse for 33 but Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne both posted half-centuries to put Australia in control.
- Weatherald fell to Archer after scoring 72, while Ben Stokes got the wicket of Labuschagne after he had scored 65 runs.
- Australia were still in a dominant position heading into the closing stages of day two, with Steve Smith and Cameron Green at the crease.