Moeen Ali on round the wicket to David Warner - there are barely any man around the bat at all. Bizarre.

Warner duly knocks it to deep mid-off for a single.

This is better - two more close catchers come in for Smith. Moeen stays round the wicket and draws a leading edge as Smith tries to work it to leg. It flies across the ground to point and Smith picks up one.

Again a spread field to Warner. Again the opener easily clips it away for one. Smith defends the last two.

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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Moeen is coming into the attack and that is right. To get 20 wickets here your spinner has to play a part. Moeen has to join the party.

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Steve C Lawley: I am staying awake by setting wicket alert notifications at top volume. Will undoubtedly fall asleep if nothing happens soon.

The Barmy Army try to rouse Stuart Broad as he continue to charge in at Steve Smith.

The stoic skipper will still not be moved though, calmly playing out another maiden.

OK, a bit of kick off a length from Anderson that catches out Warner, who ends up playing it with the top of his bat.

A bit more venom, Anderson firing down a bouncer that Warner has to duck under.

Fuller one to finish but Warner is happy to tap it into off for no run.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

England have to offer up opportunities to score.

It looks like the only way to create a chance, by making Australia playing a shot. Most of the dismissals this week have come from batsman error.

Broad draws a false shot from Smith, whose attempted cover drive ends up streaking along the floor to the man at backward point. England need that to be in the air though.

Smith shelves that shot for the rest of the over, instead opting for the checked drive to just defend away into the off side.

That's a maiden to start from Broad.

Here comes Stuart Broad into the attack for Chris Woakes.

What price one of *those* Broad spells here...

Andrew, Somerset

Smith pushes it away into off for a single and that's the 50 partnership for him and Warner.

Warner soaks up another five dot balls, not tempted by anything Anderson serves up so far.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

David Warner's fifty came in 161 balls with four fours in 219 minutes. His previous slowest was 133 balls against West Indies in 2012.

He has never taken more than 101 balls to get a fifty in Australia.

Obviously the state of the game is partly behind David Warner's patient knock, but he also deserves credit for adapting his style accordingly, as do England for bowling accurately at him.

He's able to leave the last couple of balls from Woakes.

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Woakes strays at touch wide and Warner guides it away behind point to scamper two and reach his fifty. His slowest in Test cricket.

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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator

There's a strong breeze blowing across the ground this morning - the flags are billowing.

Alex, Chris and a baby whose name might be Jimmy, Stuart...or Moeen of he finds some form

Hello! First moment of excitement on day five as James Anderson draws Steve Smith into fending at one in the corridor.

It was close but no nick on it - the ball died and bounced before it reached Jonny Bairstow anyway. Still a bit of promise for England there.

Smith - who will be livid at himself for play at that - duly leaves well alone for the rest of the over.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Melbourne

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Understandable, but quite strange to see so many empty seats in such a big ground. The sound of ball on bat echoes around. We'll probably be able to hear what the players are shouting too. Best behaviour...

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Moeen Ali plays such a big role today. He needs wickets and he needs to hold down an end for 15 or 16 overs. I want to see spin at one end and pace at the other. At the moment, he might as well not be playing.

England put in a silly mid-off and silly mid-on to Steve Smith - the sort of field you only ever really see when you select it for a laugh on a cricket computer game.

They are also flanked by men at close-in cover and short mid-wicket - but it's not enough to stop Smith casually tucking Woakes off the pads for one.

Woakes round the wicket to Warner, getting one to tail in and then one to shape away, but both are too wide and Warner can leave.

A solid forward defence to finish.