BRISBANE, Australia — Steve Smith produced a defiant unconquered century and Josh Hazlewood claimed two wickets to leave England reeling as Australia cracked open the first Ashes Test at the Gabba on Saturday. The Australian skipper played one of his greatest Test knocks with an unbeaten 141, forged over eight and a half hours, to deliver his team a 26-run lead over the tourists on the third day. Paceman Hazlewood compounded the tourists' woes with the wickets of Alastair Cook (7) and James Vince (2) in his opening two overs before a nasty Mitchell Starc lifter thundered into Joe Root's helmet grille late in the day. At the close with two days left, England were hanging on in a torrid ending to the day at 33 for two, leading by just seven runs with Root, on five, and Mark Stoneman, on 19, at the crease. England captain Root did everything to remove the obdurate Smith with 'Bodyline'- >Scoreboard

England 1st Innings: 302 Australia, 1st Innings Cameron Bancroft c Bairstow b Broad 5 David Warner c Malan b Ball 26 Usman Khawaja lbw Ali 11 Steve Smith not out 141 Peter Handscomb lbw b Anderson 14 Shaun Marsh c Anderson b Broad 51 Tim Paine c Bairstow b Anderson 13 Mitchell Starc c & b Broad 6 Pat Cummins c Cook b Woakes 42 Josh Hazlewood b Ali 6 Nathan Lyon c Cook b Root 9 Extras: (1lb,2w,1nb) 4 TOTAL: (130, 3 overs, all out) 328 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-30, 3-59, 4-76, 5-175, 6-202, 7-209, 8-275, 9-298, 10-328. Bowling: Jimmy Anderson 29-10-50-2, Stuart Broad 25-10-49-3, Moeen Ali 30-8-74-2, Chris Woakes 24-5-67-1, Jake Ball 18-3-77-1 (2w 1nb), Joe Root 4.3-0-10-1. England, 2nd Innings Alastair Cook c Starc b Hazlewood 7 Mark Stoneman not out 19 James Vince c Smith b Hazlewood 2 Joe Root not out 5 TOTAL: (16 overs, for 2 wickets) 33 Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-17 Still to bat: Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Jake Ball, Jimmy Anderson. Bowling: Mitch Starc 5-1-14-0, Josh Hazlewood 5-1-11-2, Pat Cummins 3-2-1-0, Nathan Lyon 3-0-7-0.