Ashes Timeline - 5th Test, day 2: As it happened

All the action from day two of the fifth Test at Hobart as Australia look to push on from their impressive recovery on day one...

2:20pm (3:20am UK time): Good morning/evening and welcome to coverage of day two of the fifth Test in Hobart. 

An action-packed day one saw England reduce Australia to 12 for 3 inside 10 overs - David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith all picking out slip fielders - before a counter-attacking Travis Head (101 off 113), accompanied by Marnus Labuschagne and later Cameron Green (74 off 109) wrestled back control.

Rain forced an early finish and Australia will resume on 241 for 6 on day two, with Alex Carey on 10 off 27 and Mitchell Starc on 0 off 5.

A bit of injury news: Ollie Robinson continues to struggle with the back spasms which restricted him to just six balls after lunch on day one and will now bowl in the first session.

2:30pm (59.3 overs, Australia 241-6): Mark Wood gets us underway with a yorker and the sun is shining (for now) in Hobart.

2:49pm WICKET! (63.2 overs, Australia 246-7): Mitchell Starc goes after a short delivery, messes up his cut shot and picks out Rory Burns at square leg to depart for three. Wood has his second of the innings and skipper Pat Cummins walks out to bat.

03:09pm WICKET! (67.1 overs, Australia 252-8): Another short ball from Wood, another wicket. And who's in place to take the catch? Zak Crawley, at deep square leg, picking up his fourth catch of the innings. Cummins went for the pull and couldn't keep it down. Nathan Lyon is in to bat and dispatches his second ball for six! Joyous.

Nathan Lyon clears the rope, despite two men back! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/LAgNWbDrOi

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03:27pm WICKET! (70.3 overs, Australia 280-9): England have their ninth wicket as Chris Woakes bowls Alex Carey for 24 (60). It's an inside edge onto his forearm and thigh which does for the wicketkeeper who once again fails to capitalise on a solid start.

03:41pm (73 overs, Australia 293-9): An unexpected drinks break as the ball is changed. Stuart Broad to take the new ball.

03:54pm WICKET! (75.4 overs, Australia 303-10): Lyon's boundary-laden cameo comes to an end as Broad bowls him for 31. Australia are all out for 303 as England pick up 4 for 62 on day two. However, when you think back to 12 for yesterday, it's still advantage Australia.

04:14pm WICKET! (1.4 overs, England 2-1): Nightmare start. Drop-and-run into the covers from Crawley, Marnus Labuschagne nails the stumps and Burns is inches short of his ground. A costly hesitation and no dive from Burns but a poor call from Crawley. Burns departs for a six-ball duck and in comes Dawid Malan.

04:44pm WICKET! (7.6 overs, England 29-2): An inside edge hits Crawley's pad and balloons to a leaping Head at short leg. He gathers at the second attempt and Cummins has his first of the day. Crawley departs for 18 (21). A familiar position for Joe Root to walk into.

05:00pm LUNCH! (12 overs, England 34-2): Malan and Root survive until lunch and England head in on 34 for 2. A good session with the ball for England to keep Australia around 300 but another poor start with the bat and Cummins and Boland are on fire.

^{Travis Head celebrates the wicket of Zak Crawley [Steve Bell/Getty Images]}

05:40pm (12 overs, England 34-2): We're back and it's Scott Boland to open the second session. Root is 3 off 8, Malan has 9 off 37.

05:57pm (15.3 overs, England 44-2): A life for Malan on 13! He appears to nick Green through to Carey but Cummins opts against the review. The look on Justin Langer's face says everything about the replay.

06:19pm (20.3 overs, England 70-2): It's Root's turn to narrowly avoid dismissal. A huge appeal for lbw from Australia is taken upstairs but it's umpire's call on impact and missing off stump. Australia lose a review and England breathe a sigh of relief.

06:25pm WICKET! (21.4 overs, England 78-3): Malan goes after a harmless delivery from Cummins, clips it and can only watch as it sails into the hands of Carey. He departs in disappointing fashion for 25 (64 balls) and Ben Stokes, walking wounded with a side strain, enters.

06:37pm WICKET! (23.4 overs, England 81-4): Cummins has his third, trapping Root lbw. The England captain opts against the review - a brief look at ball-tracking suggests umpire's call on height - and departs for 34. Ollie Pope is the new man in.

06:46pm WICKET! (24.6 overs, England 85-5): What a catch! Lyon makes a diving stop at point to remove Stokes (4) off Starc. England have lost 3 for 7 in 3.2 overs and it's well and truly squeaky bum time in Hobart. After drinks we'll say a Test hello to Sam Billings.

^{Ben Stokes reacts to his dismissal [Robert Cianflone/Getty Images]}

07:16pm WICKET! (30.5 overs, England 110-6): Boland strikes! He bowls a wide one, tempting Pope into attempting the push and a gleeful Carey gathers the outside edge. Another avoidable wicket for England.

07:18pm DROP! (30.6 overs, England 110-6): David Warner drops Chris Woakes at slip.

07:40pm DROP! (36.1 overs, England 124-6): Woakes (five) survives again as Usman Khawaja dives across Steve Smith at second slip and shells it. Poor Boland, that's twice he should have had Woakes. And five balls later it's lunch. After 37 overs, England are 124 for 6, with Billings on 19 off 32 and Woakes five off 19.

08:24pm WICKET! (41.5 overs, England 152-7): A promising partnership comes to an end as Billings hooks Cameron Green's short ball to Boland at long leg. Billings' aggression was good, the execution not so much but he departs with 29 Test runs to his name. Enter Wood.

08:48pm WICKET! (46.2 overs, England 182-8): Australia finally get Woakes and it's by the smallest of margins. Carey takes a catch behind the stumps and Cummins sends it upstairs. The mark on hotspot is fairly small but it's a mark nonetheless and Woakes has to depart for 36 (48 balls).

08:53pm WICKET! (46.6. overs, England 182-9): Bowled him! Starc strikes twice in an over to send Broad back to the shed for a duck - England's second of the match and fifth of 2021. Will England make it to 9pm?

08:56pm WICKET! (47.4 overs, England 188-10): Nope, they won't. A fine cameo from Wood (16 off  15) comes to an end as he is bowled by Cummins. Woakes is England's top-scorer with 36, with Root scoring 34 and Billings 29. Cummins finishes with figures of 4 for 45, Starc bags an expensive 3 for 53, Boland 1 for 33 and Green 1 for 45.

England trail by 115 runs.

^{Broad bags Warner [Steve Bell/Getty Images]}

09:07pm We're off with Broad bowling to David Warner, let operation pair commence. England have 80 minutes to bowl this evening (morning).

09:09pm WICKET! (0.3 overs, Australia 0-1): OPERATION PAIR COMPLETE! Pope takes a fine catch at point and Warner shuffles sheepishly back into Broad's pocket.

09:17pm WICKET! (3.1 overs, Australia 5-2): Billings has his first Test catch as Labuschagne is strangled by Woakes.

10:09pm WICKET! (14.1 overs, Australia 33-3): A vicious bouncer from Wood removes Khawaja (38), who gloves behind to Billings. Nightwatcher Boland is in.

11:30pm CLOSE (19 overs, Australia 37-3): Boland survives and Australia will resume tomorrow on 37 for 3. Smith is not out on 17 (37), Boland has 3 off 25, and Australia lead by 152 runs.

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