Summary

  • Vince 83 - brilliantly run out by Lyon

  • Stoneman 53 - bowled by Cummins

  • Root 15 - lbw on review to Cummins

  • England slip from 127-1 to 163-4

  • Play to start at 23:30 GMT on Thursday

  1. Australia reviewpublished at 07:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Huge moment. Cummins gets one through Root's defences and it strikes the England captain's pads.

    Looks a decent shout but umpire Erasmus says not out.

    Steve Smith reviews straight away...

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:32 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

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    Good to have Glenn McGrath back on at the Gabba. Especially as it's in the commentary box and not on the pitch.

    Rob, Yorkshire

  3. Eng 163-3published at 70 overs

    Lyon bowling out of the shadows to Malan in the sunshine - the first loose ball in a while from the spinner as Malan rocks back and cuts it away to the fence.

    Great reply from Lyon as he gets one to turn sharply from middle stump to beat the outside edge by a long way.

    Unplayable that - a reminder this isn't day five in Colombo but day one in Brisbane.

  4. Postpublished at 07:29 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    The entire playing surface, other than the pitch, is in shadow now.

  5. Eng 159-3published at 69 overs

    Root 15, Malan 4

    Floodlights on at the Gabba, long shadows on the field, even though there's still blue sky and sunshine above.

    Sedate up there but tense times on the pitch. Cummins to Root, the England skipper leaving well...until he leaves one that keeps coming back and narrowly misses the off stump.

    Cries of anguish from the home side. Root unmoved as he calmly plays out the final two balls of the over.

  6. Postpublished at 07:24 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    There's been some proper spin here today. We've been speaking about pace and what we've seen instead is the ball spinning sharply. I don't think either of the batsmen are enjoying playing against Lyon at the moment.

  7. Eng 159-3published at 07:24 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Three fielders crowd around the bat as Lyon continues to the left-hander Malan.

    Remarkable turn and bite from the off-spinner on day one but the Middlesex man is equal to it so far as he plays out a maiden.

  8. Postpublished at 07:21 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    This has been good, old-fashioned Test cricket today - 67 overs, 158 runs, three wickets.

  9. Eng 159-3published at 67 overs

    England add another to the total, Malan watchful so far with just four runs from 24 deliveries.

  10. Eng 158-3published at 66.4 overs

    Malan looks to swing a pull away to deep square leg, plays around it and it strikes him above the pads, resulting in a frivolous appeal from the Aussies.

    Clearly not out.

  11. Postpublished at 07:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

  12. Eng 158-3published at 66 overs

    Root survives another very threatening over from Lyon.

    An off-spinner producing this turn on a day one pitch while the quicks struggle at Brisbane? Madness.

  13. dropped catch

    Dropped catchpublished at 07:17 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Eng 158-3

    Oo-er, Joe Root brings out the reverse sweep to Nathan Lyon and rather toe ends it away, harmlessly enough but a bit of a rogue shot that.

    Cripes, Root nudges one away square and it clips Cameron Bancroft at short leg on the boot.

    Perhaps overly harsh to use the dropped catch graphic, but hey ho...

  14. Postpublished at 07:14 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    You feel the day is in the balance - another couple of wickets and Australia will be very happy with their day's work.

  15. Postpublished at 07:10 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's an interesting part of the day's play. The Australians have got their tail up and Nathan Lyon is getting a bit of turn.

  16. drinks break

    Drinks break - Eng 158-3published at 65 overs

    Starc short and wide as Root gets on top of it and pulls away for a single. Much more controlled than his last effort.

    Now the second extra of the series as Starc bowls a no-ball - his run-up has been troubling him.

    Starc goes short but Malan drops his hands under it. A full one follows but Malan does enough to repel the attempted yorker. A leave to finish.

    And that's drinks.

  17. Postpublished at 07:06 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England have got to be careful they don't undo their hard work with a lack of concentration in the final 60-90 minutes of the day.

  18. Eng 156-3published at 64 overs

    And it'll be Lyon to re-enter the fray, he's been the pick of the Aussie bowlers today,

    For good reason, too - the off-spinner ripping one beyond Joe Root's inside edge and off his pad, the catch is taken but no bat involved.

    Root then jogs through for a bye - the first extra of the series after 63.3 overs bowled! One for stat fans, that.

    More menace from Lyon to the left-handed Malan, the final ball spinning past his defences as Paine whips off the bails but the Middlesex man hadn't moved.

  19. Postpublished at 07:03 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Welcome to newly awake readers - here's what you've missed.

    Alastair Cook edged to first slip early on to leave England 2-1 before Mark Stoneman and the especially impressive James Vince led a determined recovery.

    Both passed 50 as they made a century stand before Stoneman saw his stumps rearranged by a rare delivery that moved from Pat Cummins.

    England reached 128-2 at tea and Vince was edging towards a maiden Test century, only to just fall to a brilliant run out by none other than Nathan Lyon for 83.

  20. Postpublished at 07:02 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I think Australia have got the ball to start reversing.