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Second Test, day one: Australia reach 221-2 at stumpsAs it happened: look back on the first day of playEngland began the day-night second Ashes Test at the magnificent Adelaide Oval wondering if fortunes might be about to turn. News had filtered through before the start of play that Pat Cummins had been pinged out of the match and, with Josh Hazlewood already absent through a side injury, suddenly Australia appeared vulnerable.Yet come stumps, with the stunning salmon skies of the South Australian twilight having made way for darkness overhead, many of the feelings from Brisbane had returned. Marnus Labuschagne was unbeaten on 95 from 275 balls, the beneficiary of not one but two howling drops by Jos Buttler behind the stumps, and the hosts had laid an ominous platform for those to come by reaching 221 for two from 89 overs. Continue reading...