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Joe Root and Harry Brook are denied the chance to improve on their 154-run partnership as bad light and rain cut day one of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney short, leaving England on 211-3.

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LAWRENCE BOOTH IN SYDNEY: England reached a position of strength on 211 for three on the first day of the fifth Test at Sydney before bad light and rain cut short their progress

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Joe Root and Harry Brook shared in England's highest partnership of the series to put the tourists on top after a storm-affected first day of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Bad light and rain forced an early end to proceedings just before the tea break.

England’s promising start to the fifth Ashes Test against Australia is curtailed by bad light and rain on the opening day in Sydney.