Australia in to bat as England all out for 334 at Gabba

Australia's batting order has its work cut out after a vastly improved England made 334 in their first innings of the second Ashes Test at the Gabba.

In his second Test match, right-arm paceman Brendan Doggett took the last remaining wicket within 15 minutes of play resuming on day two on Friday.

No.11 Jofra Archer (38 off 36 balls, two fours, two sixes) pulled a Doggett short ball to Marnus Labuschagne, who took a diving catch in the deep on the leg-side.

England had gone to stumps at 9-325 on Thursday, opting not to declare and force Australia to face the new ball under lights.

But the big call paid off as Joe Root and Archer shared a 70-run stand for the final wicket that appears to have pushed the tourists ahead of the game.

England's efforts marked significant improvement from the batting nightmare that cost them dearly in the first-Test loss at Optus Stadium.

Mitchell Starc (6-75) finished with his sixth-best figures for a Test innings, passing Wasim Akram on Thursday to become the most prolific left-arm quick in Test history.

But Root (138no) was the hero of the first innings after England won the toss, finally breaking through for his first Test century in Australia in his 30th innings.

The No.4 has still not won a Test match in Australia from 16 attempts. England's last win in Australia came during the 2010-11 Ashes tour, before Root's Test debut.

But in good signs for England, no side batting first in a day-night Test match has lost when setting as high a first-innings total as their 334.

South Africa's 9-259 declared from the 2016 day-nighter against Australia is the highest first-innings score for a team that batted first and went on to lose.

Following Usman Khawaja's back injury, Travis Head will again open the batting alongside Darwin-born Jake Weatherald, who is playing his second Test match.

But all eyes will be on Head, whose classic Ashes century lifted Australia to an eight-wicket victory in the series opener.

Australia will hope the controversial inclusion of Michael Neser at the expense of Nathan Lyon can add extra batting firepower lower down the order.

Like the other right-arm options in the attack, Neser struggled for breakthroughs on day one

By bowling England out within 80 overs, Australia have avoided potential WTC penalty points that could have been accrued for their slow over rate.

The hosts went to stumps on day one eight overs behind, in no small part due to their decision to drop offspinner Lyon and field an all-pace attack.