Summary

  • Australia win Ashes

  • Hosts take 3-0 lead in five-Test series

  • Victory sealed before tea on final day

  • Malan 54; Hazlewood 5-48

  • 'Damp patches' delay start by 3 hrs

  • Rain leaks through covers overnight

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance, Amy Lofthouse and Mandeep Sanghera

  1. Ever seen a man bench press an Olympian?

    SPOTY: The World's Strongest Man attempts to lift Tom Daley?

    You have now!

  2. BECAUSE IT'S LUNCHTIME STEPH.

    Can't let play get in the way of a man's lunch.

  3. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Perth

    Joe Root is heading back out there. The standing umpires are back in the pavilion, the fourth umpire is monitoring the blowers (spare a thought for the guys who have been doing that for hours). I'm coming to the opinion that I can't understand why they aren't playing.

  4. If you're just joining us, play is due to start at 04:40 GMT.

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    On the fifth day of the test match my true love gave to me, five damp patches, four hours play, three wickets left, two Tests to play and a small urn coming home with me.

    Damian Cooper

  6. North Utsire, South Utsire, Cromarty, German Bight.

    Nobody understands it do they Sean - apart from the only people who need to of course - but it's just good listening. Undeniable.

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    Jamie Brown: In Perth airport waiting for a flight to Melbourne. Wouldn’t mind more of the lightning that cancelled our flight last night.

    Sean Cox: Never understood the shipping forecast.

  8. If bowlers get any such movement out of the pitch when we get going again stand by for a lengthy discussion about damp patches etc...

  9. Ball of the century?

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    It is being described as the ball of the century.

    Admittedly, there's still a long time to go - but Mitchell Starc's delivery to remove James Vince on day four of the third Ashes Test was something special.

    The left-armer went round the wicket, delivered a 90mph ball on a good length and watched it rip out Vince's off stump.

    Replays showed the ball, which hit a crack, would have gone down the leg side had it carried on its natural path. Instead, it left Vince's off stick uprooted.

    "That absolutely splattered the stumps," said former England spinner Vic Marks on Test Match Special. "It was like a 90mph bit of left-arm spin.

    "I think we can give Vince licence there. How do you play that? It was an absolute cracker."

  10. There's keen fans, and there's this guy...

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  11. What's the Venn diagram crossover between fans of TMS and fans of the shipping forecast?

    Heavy correlation I reckon.

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    Genuinely loving this coverage of the weather and blower action, it's on a par with the joy of listening to the shipping forecast - you can’t explain why but it’s gripping!

    Harvey, Swindon

  13. Get your lunch down you Joe - we start at 04:40 GMT...

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    Sparky Ed: Having a dog with a dodgy bladder at the moment its not the first time I’ve woken at 4am to a damp patch.

  15. Michael Vaughan is predicting a lot of, err, shall we say 'gamesmanship' when play resumes.

    Expect some glove changes, boot changes, drinks breaks, a touch of cramp maybe...

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    Who’d have thought that we’d be talking about ‘Blowers’ during this Ashes series! Thought he’d retired. ‘My dear old thing.'

    Nick-Wymondham, Norfolk

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  17. Who would have imagined that a rain delay could be so entertaining?

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    Katya Witney: This is the most gripping day in the whole test!

  19. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    If England look at the positives, there's been overs taken out of the game.

  20. Dan Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    There's another bank of cloud coming in from our left. We haven't had more than 20 minutes of non-rainy time for the groundstaff to work on the pitch.