Movie man: Lower-order partnerships could define this Ashes. Australia had a crucial partnership while England's lower order collapsed.

Mark Stoneman is the unfortunate man under the lid as Josh Hazlewood thumps a drive straight at him. His padding came in useful there, I'd imagine. A whirl of the wrists from Hazlewood adds another single to the total, before Smith dances to the side and drives uppishly for one. Oh, that turned! For what seems like the first time in an age, Moeen gets one to spin and beat Hazlewood's prod forward.

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

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This is the scenario I thought might happen to England - they did well and then have lacked pace against the lower order. Some of these lads are difficult to shift.

Broad does well to get his mitt to a stonking straight drive from Smith, and it's just enough to take the pace off the ball, before a whip off the pads brings Smith a single. Smith isn't shy about letting his lower order face a few deliveries.

Shot! That's a fine crack from Hazlewood, stepping back and cutting Broad through the covers, and the duo do well to run three and get Smith back on strike. England's lead has been cut down to single figures. If they could redo that afternoon session...

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Moeen should toss a few tempters up near his nose - he's bowling at number 10 here.

Moeen continues, with a slip in place. A fuller delivery is dug out by Josh Hazlewood, and that's very much the theme of the over. Full from Moeen, easily dealt with by Hazlewood. Moeen doesn't look best pleased as he ends the over, and he lobs the ball high in the air towards a waiting fielder. James Anderson, incidentally, is now back on the field.

Anderson is actually off the field at the moment. Craig Overton is running around doing the requisite substitute duties.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

It's clear to me that Jimmy Anderson has got some kind of niggle. Fingers crossed for him and the England side that there's nothing too damaging. He has come back and bowled but Joe Root has been fantastic, throughout this game, with his tactics. I can't think he'd have got that wrong.

Here's Stuart Broad. His first delivery rises on Smith, surprising him and striking him just below his fingers. Smith pulls a confused looking face and then settles himself back into position. He plays what he needs to and ignores everything else, letting a tempter go through to Bairstow before he practices a drive. That's a maiden.

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Australia have ground England into the dirt a bit today. They need to get rid off these last two wickets quickly. We might see Steve Smith trying to score a little quicker now.

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Tuffers reckoned Moeen was carrying a bit of a niggle during the afternoon session. He's certainly not found a consistent rhythm today. Smith plays that weird flamingo shot to score the first post-tea runs, taking a step down the wicket and slapping the ball away. Hazlewood, who looks slightly uncomfortable holding a bat, like he's a kid holding an adult's bat, prods and pokes before cracking a delivery to Alastair Cook at cover.

A very last minute change of gloves for Steve Smith, as he and Josh Hazlewood wait to make their way back on to the pitch. Niggles or no, James Anderson has already bowled 29 overs. It'll be Moeen to get us going after tea.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at the Gabba

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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

The art of playing high level sport is realising when that moment is - the moment you have to win. England won the morning session brilliantly. That moment of making sure you capitalise on what you've already done is key, and England haven't capitalised. They allowed Australia back into this game.

That stat shows how important Smith is to Australia. He's putting his side into a dominant position. It's difficult to reconcile him with the Smith from 2010.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

19 of Steve Smith's 21 hundreds have come in the side's first innings.

It's obvious, but England need to end this as soon as they can. If they do that thing where they bowl like fools at the tail enders, and let Smith rotate the strike and push Australia into the lead, it'll give Australia some extra oomph when they come out to bowl.

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Ian Bell was in BBC Sport HQ earlier, talking on 5 live's Sports Panel. Naturally, Nathan Lyon's name cropped up. For those living under a rock, Lyon said he wanted to end people's careers in this series and said Matt Prior was scared during the last Ashes series, so much so he wanted to go home.

So, what did Bell think? Not a lot really: "Nathan (Lyon) is not the brightest fella so I don’t know how he really meant it and if it’s got used in a slightly different way. You don’t want to be disrespectful to the game or past players.

"Matt Prior was a fantastic cricketer and what Nathan said couldn’t be further away from the truth of what was actually going on out there.”

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at the Gabba

I've just seen a few Aussie fans, dressed in whites and Baggy Green caps. Fakes, I assumed. On closer inspection, they all said 'Australia A tour of South Africa 2017'. How did they get those?

Cheers, Jack.

Not to dampen any spirits but the one wicket England took in that session fell when I'd got up to make a brew. Sorry.