Summary

  • Smith 64*, Marsh 44*

  • Australia recover from 76-4

  • England slip from 246-4 to 302

  • Vince 83, Malan 56, Stoneman 53

  • Starc 3-77, Cummins 3-85

  • Play resumes at 23:58 GMT on Friday

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse, Jack Skelton and Matthew Henry

  1. Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    The pitch has quickened up a little bit but it's still so hard to keep that scoring rate high.

  2. Good morning!

    If you're just joining us then hello, good morning - fetch us a cuppa, will you?

    You've missed England being bowled out for 302, after they lost their final six wickets for 56 runs. Some thumping from Stuart Broad saw England over the 300 line.

    With the ball, England have been impressive. Cameron Bancroft fell earlier, before Usman Khawaja was done by Moeen and David Warner was done by David Warner. Seriously, a terrible shot.

    David WarnerEPA

    Captain Steve Smith is still there, though, and Australia are always in the game while he's at the crease.

  3. Aus 96-4

    Marsh 11, Smith 28

    Ooh! That's a genuine edge from Smith, prodding forward, but the ball trickles towards Joe Root at slip. Oh, and again! This time it's Shaun Marsh, pushing forward yet again, but the outside edge goes between first and second slip and Marsh can nab two. It's not easy going for Australia.

  4. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at the Gabba

    An update on the man with the Gloucestershire pint pot. He's reading the local newspaper (from Gloucestershire) that is dated Thursday, 16 November. I think he is determined not to feel homesick.

  5. Aus 93-4

    Stuart Broad has many qualities. The use of the review system is not one of them. He gets a cracker to lift and bounce over Marsh's stumps, before he goes for the inswinging yorker. His line is a bit off, though, and the ball ends up sliding down leg and avoiding Marsh's attempted flick of the bat.

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  6. Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    From where Broad was, I'm sure he thought it looked very good because he was very wide on the crease.

  7. Not out

    Aus 93-4

    Not out! Shaun Marsh got a big stride in but offered no shot, the ball struck him quite high on the pad but, no. That's missing by a good bit.

  8. That might be hitting a fourth stump...

  9. Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    It was outside off but it's whether it was tailing back. Bowlers always think it's hitting the stumps. Has it done enough?

  10. England review

    Aus 93-4

    Review time! Broad strikes Shaun Marsh onto his pad, Umpire Erasmus shakes his head, but Broad persuades Root to have a look...

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  12. Aus 93-4

    Trail by 209

    Tim Paine is sat in the Australia dressing room, having a chinwag with Brad Haddin. It was around this time four years ago that Haddin would stride to the crease and batter England's fragile hopes all around the ground. He was remarkable in that 2013-14 series. Moeen continues, and Marsh defends, before cracking a cut away for three runs. That takes him to nine runs from 37 balls.

  13. View from the press box

  14. Aus 90-4

    The highlights reel on the telly has just shown all 10 of the wickets that have fallen today. I'm having David Warner's as the worst of the lot. Dreadful judgement.

    Shot! That breaks the deadlock. Broad bowls too straight and Smith whips it off his pads and away for a welcome boundary. Another bouncer comes Smith's way - something that really isn't Broad's strength - and the Australia captain bends his knees and avoids it with ease.

  15. Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    What it has shown today is it is still tough to score runs; the ball's not coming on and it's turning quite a bit. It just shows how good Vince, Stoneman and Malan's innings were in the context of the match.

  16. Aus 86-4

    Moeen 11-4-25-1

    Australia have scored three runs in the past five overs. Root's done well with his field placings. He's got men poised either side of the wicket to stop Marsh, and it's starting to frustrate him. Twice Marsh comes out of his crease to Moeen, and twice he crashes the ball straight to a fielder. Marsh does it again to the final ball of the over and narrowly avoids spooning a ball up to short leg. Maiden.

    Joe RootPA

  17. Glenn McGrath
    BBC Test Match Special

    If I was bowling to Steve Smith, I'd just try to hit the top of off, find the edge, keep it simple.

  18. Aus 86-4

    Smith 23, Marsh 6

    Broad appears to have a different approach to Smith than Anderson. He pushes the ball away from Smith, hanging outside the off stump, and stopping him from working the ball off his pads. A bouncer from Broad is easily ducked, and another short ball later in the over goes sailing harmlessly by. The pitch has dried out, I reckon, but there's no extra zip there yet. That's another tidy maiden from Broad.

  19. Dan Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    I wouldn't call it disrespect but it's a tad odd to see a number six come in and the opposition captain hand a single to the other batsman so they can bowl at him, as England are doing with Shaun Marsh.

  20. Aus 86-4

    Trail by 216

    Jonny Bairstow comes out with a half-hearted appeal as Shaun Marsh chips a ball up and Cook dives at mid off to snaffle the catch but the ball had, very obviously, gone crashing into the ground beforehand. Just a single from that over for Australia. The squeeze is very much on.