Summary

  • Australia close on 244-3 - Smith unbeaten on 65

  • Warner makes 103 after being reprieved by Curran no-ball on 99

  • Wickets for Anderson, Broad & Woakes

  • Australia won toss; Bird replaces Starc

  • Australia 3-0 up in five-match series

  1. Postpublished at 03:44 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Ed Smith
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Edged! Gone!

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 47.4 overs

    Warner c Bairstow b Anderson 103 (Aus 135-2)

    James AndersonImage source, PA

    This time David Warner is gone! He's had one reprieve but not this time.

    It is a soft dismissal as he gets a faint nick behind off James Anderson which is snaffled by Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps. The umpires check for the no ball meaning England have to wait nervously but Jimmy is as safe as ever. Warner is definitely out this time. He receives a terrific ovation for an eventful and excellent century.

  3. Postpublished at 03:42 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Although Warner is scoring freely, Bancroft and Khawaja have both looked all at sea. It's not much but that might be something to take for England.

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 03:42 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Text 81111

    David Warner is the kind of guy who'd hold the cracker halfway up to beat his 7 year old niece.

    Theo

  5. Aus 135-1published at 47 overs

    You've got to feel for Tom Curran. He's bowling nicely and now beats Khawaja outside off stump again.

    The TV replays are showing the moment it dawned on him he'd bowled a no ball on that Warner 'wicket'. This is effectively his first day in his new job as a Test cricketer remember. Any of you ever done anything similarly embarrassing?

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 03:38 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Ben Williams: This is painful for England. At my wife's parents' house in Oz and they are loving this score.

    WarnerImage source, Getty Images
  7. Aus 135-1published at 46 overs

    Warner 103, Khawaja 5

    England are pegging the run rate back as this ball gets softer and softer. James Anderson bowls his second successive maiden with more bowling outside the off stump. England are working hard on the ball. Can they start to get some reverse to create a bigger threat?

  8. Aus 135-1published at 45 overs

    Curran 7-2-23-0

    Tom Curran has tried round the wicket to these two left handers and is now going over the wicket. The young man is mixing it up even if he is bowling in the low to mid 80s mph.

    We saw a back-of-the-hand slower ball earlier and here is another. Good skills. Curran is giving it everything on his Test debut. He'd be a lot happier if that wicket was back beside his name though.

  9. Aus 132-1published at 44 overs

    Warner 101, Khawaja 4

    A maiden now from Jimmy Anderson as we continue this post-century lull. The replays show Warner had a little word with Tom Curran after he reached his ton. I'm guessing it wasn't a compliment.

    David WarnerImage source, Getty Images
  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 03:26 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Umpires don't look for no balls anymore. I'd love to know how many Curran has bowled that have gone uncalled. If he'd been no balled along time ago, he'd have readjusted.

    Jack, Bournemouth.

  11. Aus 132-1published at 43 overs

    Warner 101, Khawaja 4

    Yikes. That's brilliant from Tom Curran. Almost as good a response as he can give to the big mistake. He beats Warner outside off stump with a delivery that just nips away off the pitch.

    Good line and length from the 22-year-old. Fair play. Curran doesn't look too bothered by everything.

  12. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 03:21 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Sam Pougatch: The last 5 minutes sums up the whole series. Time for a beer.

    James Vicary: Just managed to wake up my shattered fiance and new born baby for a wicket that's didn't count!

  13. Aus 132-1published at 42 overs

    Warner 101, Khawaja 4

    It is now like a totally different game as near silence descends over the MCG with Jimmy Anderson bowling quiet over with just one run coming from it.

    Everyone needs a breather after that. How must Tom Curran be feeling?

    Root & CurranImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 03:18 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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  15. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 41 overs

    Warner 100, Khawaja 4

    We've got a drinks break now to all calm down after that.

  16. Postpublished at 03:16 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Melbourne

    David WarnerImage source, PA

    Absolutely extraordinary. The noise when Warner was 'out' was quite something, but nothing compared to the roar when the replay of the no-ball appeared on the big screen. Next ball, the century, was louded than both put together, and probably heard in Perth. The most incredible two deliveries of Test cricket.

  17. Aus 131-1published at 41 overs

    Cricket, ey? Not often you see something like that.

    It was a really bad shot from Warner on 99, chipping a leading edge to Stuart Broad at mid on. England thought they had their man but 22-year-old Tom Curran committed the biggest sin of all. Get your foot behind the line!

    It was only an inch or two over but it was over.

  18. Postpublished at 03:14 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's lucky because of that reprieve on 99 but it's been a wonderful innings. He came out knowing this pitch was an absolute belter.

  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 03:14 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2017

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    Fi Cousins: Unbelievable.

    Liam Reilly: Oh Tom...

  20. 100 runs

    100 for Warnerpublished at 40.5 overs

    David WarnerImage source, PA

    And next ball David Warner gets his century!

    Amazing scenes at 'the G'. What drama. Warner was furious with himself a ball earlier and thought he was out. Now he is roaring in the middle, holding his bat and helmet aloft.

    The crowd is going absolutely wild. Warner's teammates are on their feet applauding with huge smiles on their faces.