STUMPS: Australia 6-277 (Paine 16, Cummins 11)

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Well this pitch, and the players of course, have provided us an excellent day of Test cricket. I honestly believe both captains will be pretty happy with where their teams have ended up.

Obviously Tim Paine would have liked a few more runs from the established batsmen, especially with four players getting over 40 without going on to get the big one. And Virat Kohli would like for some more of Jasprit Bumrah's brilliant bowling to have yielded wickets, but all told, that's an evenly poised day of Test match cricket and it was fun to watch.

As far as what happens from here, we can't know what a good score is on this pitch, but it looks like it has plenty of life in it. Both sets of bowlers should be pretty excited by the prospect of sending down some bullets.

I don't know what it will look like tomorrow, but I get the sense day two or three may be the best days for batting on it. Still, if there's anything to be found, Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood and Lyon will sniff it out like the bowling bloodhounds they are.

James and I will be back tomorrow to guide you through it. Until then, adios.