Australia v England First Test, Day One Report Card

Featuring English confidence, first over wickets, tiresome discussions, the madness of Harry Brook, Usman Khawaja's slight and footwork

English Confidence
Grade: B+

An Ashes build-up that had lasted for countless generations, passed down from parent to child, in whispered bedtime tales and vague prophecies of What Might Be™, was finally here. Like any good game of whispers, this build-up had devolved in every retelling until the final piece of pre-series banter was, inexplicably, Steve Sm…