Australia reviewpublished at 81 overs
Bairstow is hit on the pads! Huge appeal from Australia. Given not out. But Steve Smith sends it upstairs!
Looked to be going down leg...
Summary
Root & Bairstow fall to new ball
Root superbly caught for 83
Malan 55* - dropped on 34
Stoneman 24, Vince 25, Cook 39
Crane makes debut; Woakes injured
Australia lead 3-0 in five-Test series
Australia reviewpublished at 81 overs
Eng 228-4published at 80.4 overs
No nightwatchman for England - Jonny Bairstow is the new man in.
And Starc sends down a ropey wide one first up that Bairstow can comfortably leave.
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Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match SpecialAustralia have got exactly what they were after. It was an impeccable catch to hold on to that. Marsh dived very athletically to his right.
Postpublished at 07:55 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2018
Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match SpecialRoot has clipped it straight to square leg. He has to go. He looks distraught.
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WICKETpublished at 80.3 overs
Root c M Marsh b Starc 83 (Eng 228-4)
Say it ain't so, Joe. The England skipper is out just before the close of day one.
It's an ugly dismissal too - Starc bowling full with the new ball and Root clipping it in the air towards square leg, where Mitchell Marsh takes a fine diving catch to his right.
Root sinks to his knees in livid disbelief at what he's done. Australia jubilant. Once again Root fails to convert a fine start into a century.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match SpecialThat was a beautiful delivery from Starc. How that's got past leg stump, I'll never know.
Eng 228-3published at 80.2 overs
Dearie me. How is Joe Root not out here? Starc responds to that first boundary with a late-swinging full one. Root jabs his bat down, and edges it past his stumps. How did that not hit?
New ballpublished at 07:52 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2018
Mitchell Starc, despite his discomfort, will take the new ball as Australia do opt to bowl the last few overs of the day with it.
Here's the first ball...oh lovely. Joe Root plays a sumptuous straight drive down the ground for four.
Eng 220-3published at 80 overs
Hazlewood to bowl the final over before the new ball is available.
Malan swivels it away to square leg. Ouch. Cameron Bancroft jams his knee into the ground as he gives chase, but fortunately doesn't do himself any damage, as Malan picks up two.
That's the second Australian to plug their knee into the soft SCG outfield after Usman Khawaja earlier - he went off the field for a while but was able to return soon after.
Postpublished at 07:48 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2018
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in SydneyIf you aren't spotting many England flags, it's because there aren't too many places to hang them. Security and stewards get antsy when they cover advertising boards. Travelling fans are forced to get creative.
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Dan Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialStarc is gripping that left foot. He looks in a degree of trouble at the moment.
Eng 218-3published at 79 overs
Root 75, Malan 53
Starc over-pitches and Root drives through the covers for two. That'll do for the over as Root defends most and can't pierce the infield with a drive off the last.
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Walking my border collies Swann and Trott in Battersea Park. Pitch black and hosing down. You're lighting up my walk. Love the extra hour.
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Eng 216-3published at 07:41 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2018
Five overs remaining in the day
Hazlewood's first ball is too straight to Root and the captain tucks it away for a single.
Better to Malan, but the Middlesex man is able calmly defend.
Starc spent most of that over stretching his legs. He looks a bit sore but is going to continue.
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Lyon's spell of 12 overs comes to an end and Hazlewood - the pick of Australia's bowlers today - is back on.
Postpublished at 07:36 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2018
Dan Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialStarc pulled up in some pain after the fifth delivery of the over...
Eng 215-3published at 77 overs
Root 72, Malan 53
Another well-timed clip from Malan off his pads to add another two to the total.
Starc is grimacing out there. This one final burst could be one too many for the day.
How's stat?!published at 07:35 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2018
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statisticianDawid Malan's half-century came from 146 balls with five fours in 190 minutes. He has scored 367 runs in the series, taking him past Alastair Cook as England's leading run scorer in this series.
50 for Malanpublished at 07:35 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2018
Eng 213-3
And there it is, Dawid Malan reaches his fifth fifty in 10 Tests with a clip into leg for another couple.
It's been another gritty effort from the number five, who was dropped by Aussie skipper Steve Smith on 34. That wasn't the only chance he's offered up - he could've also been run out after a mix-up with Joe Root.
But he's played some deft shots and cracking cover drives in this knock, ably supporting his captain.